Lot # 1211: 1953 Bowman Color Complete Set (160)

The 1953 Bowman Color set has always been one of the most popular sets of the 1950s. This classic set features all the stars of the era, including cards of Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Pee Wee Reese, Yogi Berra, and Whitey Ford. Condition is 24% Vg-Ex to Ex, 54% Gd to Vg, and 22% lesser (including a few trimmed and ten that measure a bit small). We have selected three cards to be professionally graded and encapsulated by SGC. Keys: #1 Williams (Pr-Fr), 9 Rizzuto (Vg), 10 Ashburn (Vg), 18 Fox (measures small, otherwise Vg-Ex), 32 Musial (trimmed, otherwise Fr), 33 Reese (VG 3), 36 Minoso (Vg-Ex), 40 Doby (Vg), 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle (trimmed, otherwise Fr), 46 Campanella (Vg+), 51 Irvin (Vg+), 55 Durocher (measures a bit small, otherwise Vg), 59 Mantle (POOR 1), 62 Kluszewski (Vg), 65 Roberts (Pr), 80 Kiner (Vg-Ex), 81 Slaughter (Gd), 92 Hodges (Gd), 93 Rizzuto/Martin (Gd), 97 Mathews (Gd+), 99 Spahn (Vg), 101 Schoendienst (trimmed, otherwise Fr), 114 Feller (Vg), 117 Snider (VG/EX 4), 118 Martin (Vg), 121 Berra (measures a bit small and 10/90 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex+), 146 Wynn (measures a bit small, otherwise Vg+), 153 Ford (Vg), and 160 Abrams (measures a bit small, otherwise Gd). This is an attractive and mostly mid-grade complete set of this classic 1950s gum-card issue. Total: 160 cards.