Lot # 2819: 1950 Bowman "Wild Man" Complete Set (72)

"Wild Man" is one of the most interesting nonsport issues of the era. The set portrays man's violent past with magnificent color artwork and graphic text. This is a set with a message. As stated on each card, "MAN'S PAST is stained with BLOOD. His FUTURE can be bright with promise - If in the present he will wage PEACE." The timing of this set, issued just five years after the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, allows for a greater understanding of this message, and its warnings for the future. Twelve cards are graded and encapsulated by PSA: #10 Marco Polo in the East (EX 5), 13 Building the Pyramids (EX-MT 6), 14 Falconry (EX 5), 17 Stretcher Bearers (EX 5), 23 Jungle Bombing (EX-MT 6), 25 Amazon Frontier (EX-MT 6), 42 Private War (EX-MT 6), 56 Dive Bomber (EX-MT 6), 57 Flame Thrower (EX-MT 6), 58 Land Mine (EX-MT 6), 59 Guerrilla War (EX-MT 6), and 69 Cornered (NM 7). The condition of the sixty-card balance is 16% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 65% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 19% Gd to Vg (including two trimmed and one lesser). This is a very attractive complete set of one of the era's most significant nonsport-card issues. Total: 72 cards.