Lot # 1341: 1953 Bowman Color Near-Complete Set (128/160)

Presented is a near-complete set of 1953 Bowman Color baseball consisting of 128 different cards (out of 160 in the set). Missing the following 32 cards for completion: #2, 4, 5, 11, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32 Musial, 34, 36, 38, 39, 48, 56, 57, 59 Mantle, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 89, 93 Rizzuto/Martin, 95, 103, 111, and 160 Abrams. Condition is 11% Ex, 63% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 26% lesser. We have selected four cards to be professionally graded and encapsulated by SGC. Keys: #1 Williams (Pr-Fr), 9 Rizzuto (Ex), 10 Ashburn (Vg+), 18 Fox (Ex), 33 Reese (Pr-Fr), 40 Doby (Pr-Fr), 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle (EX 5), 46 Campanella (EX+ 5.5), 51 Irvin (Gd), 55 Durocher (Vg+), 62 Kluszewski (Vg), 65 Roberts (Gd), 80 Kiner (90/10 T/B, otherwise Ex), 81 Slaughter (Fr), 92 Hodges (Vg-Ex), 97 Mathews (Ex), 99 Spahn (very small ink mark on reverse, otherwise Ex+), 101 Schoendienst (Fr), 114 Feller (Pr-Fr), 117 Snider (VG/EX 4), 118 Martin (Vg-Ex), 121 Berra (VG/EX 4), 146 Wynn (Fr), and 153 Ford (Vg). This is a very attractive, mostly mid-grade near-complete set of this classic 1950s gum-card issue, representing a particularly outstanding value compared to a higher-graded set. Total: 128 cards.