Lot # 1212: 1953 Bowman Color Near-Complete Set (158/160) with 84 Graded Cards Including #59 Mickey Mantle BVG EX 5

Very attractive mid- to high-grade near-complete set of 1953 Bowman Color consisting of 158 different cards, out of 160 in the set, missing only #32 Musial and 33 Reese for completion. Eighty-four cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA (79), SGC (4), and BVG (1). PSA Grading Composite: NM 7 (1 card): #12. EX-MT+ 6.5 (2 cards): #46 Campanella (SGC) and 97 Mathews. EX-MT 6 (49 cards): #2, 4, 6, 8, 9 Rizzuto, 10 Ashburn, 13, 15, 24, 26, 28, 36 Minoso, 41, 51 Irvin, 55 Durocher, 58, 64, 66, 72, 75, 79, 82, 92 Hodges, 93 Rizzuto/Martin, 94, 99 Spahn, 100, 101 Schoendienst, 102, 104, 105, 107, 114 Feller (SGC), 116, 117 Snider (SGC), 118 Martin, 130, 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 141, 144, 149, 150, 151 (SGC EX/NM 80), 153 Ford, and 158. EX+ 5.5 (2 cards): #121 Berra and 129. EX 5 (24 cards): #1 Williams, 3, 43, 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle, 47, 48, 59 Mantle (BVG), 63, 67, 69, 84, 85, 96, 106, 112, 115, 120, 122, 128, 138, 140, 146 Wynn, 147, and 148. VG-EX 4 (6 cards): #61 Kell, 68, 78, 81 Slaughter, 124, and 132. The condition of the 74-card unencapsulated balance is 17% Ex-Mt or slightly better, 68% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 15% Gd to Vg (including one that measures small and a few with a slight trim). Unencapsulated Keys: #18 Fox (Ex), 40 Doby (Ex), 62 Kluszewski (Ex), 65 Roberts (Vg-Ex), 80 Kiner (slight trim to right edge, otherwise Ex+), and 160 Abrams (slight trim, otherwise Vg-Ex). This is a very crisp and clean near-complete set (minus two) of this classic 1950s gum-card issue. The equivalent SMR value for just 78 of the graded cards (factoring in the three half grades at the lower whole-grade level and not including the six cards graded lower than EX 5) is $10,040. Total: 158 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.