Lot # 3286: 1949 Bowman PSA- and SGC-Graded Partial Set (134/240)

Sizable collection of 134 different cards (out of 240) from the 1949 Bowman baseball series. Each card is professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA (126), SGC (7), and Sports Collectors Digest (1). This collection represents almost 56% of the set. PSA Grading Composite: NM-MT 8 (6 cards): #68, 118, 120, 127, 208, and 228. NM+ 7.5 (1 card): #91. NM 7 (44 cards): #3, 6, 10, 11 Boudreau (Sports Collectors Digest NM 7, REA's grade is possible slight trim, otherwise Nr/Mt), 12, 13, 14, 17, 32, 34, 49, 52, 56, 58, 69, 74, 92, 96, 97, 102, 103, 105, 113, 121, 130, 132, 139, 140, 141, 144, 151, 153, 164, 181, 191, 192, 209 Keller, 213, 223, 225 Coleman RC, 227, 231, 232, and 236. EX-MT+ 6.5 (1 card): #82. EX-MT 6 (21 cards): #5, 16, 18 Thomson, 21, 30, 31, 42, 53, 55, 57, 72, 90, 122, 136, 137, 145, 176, 182, 186, 221, and 239. EX+ 5.5 (4 cards): #44, 47 Sain, 149 (SGC 70), and 217. EX 5 (28 cards): #7, 15, 25 (SGC 60), 28, 40, 41, 51, 54, 59, 62, 73, 75, 88b/name on front, 95, 115, 119, 131, 138, 143 (SGC 60), 152, 168, 177, 193, 199, 220, 230, 234, and 235. VG-EX+ 4.5 (6 cards): #43, 63 (SGC 55), 83b/name on front (SGC 55), 109, 159, and 172 (SGC 55). VG-EX 4 (16 cards): #8, 9, 20, 22, 39, 64 D. DiMaggio, 78b/name on front, 101 Gordon, 106, 114, 125, 129, 133, 196, 200, and 218. VG+ 3.5 (1 card): #203. VG 3 (5 cards): #76, 77, 93, 123, and 237. GOOD 2 (1 card): #37 (SGC 30). Missing the following 106 cards for completion: #1 Bickford, 2, 4, 19, 23 Doerr, 24 Musial, 26 Kell, 27 Feller, 29 Kiner, 33 Spahn, 35, 36 Reese, 38, 45, 46 Roberts, 48, 50 Robinson, 60 Berra, 61, 65 Slaughter, 66, 67, 70 Furillo, 71, 79, 80, 81, 84 Campanella, 85 Mize, 86, 87, 89, 94, 98 Rizzuto, 99, 100 Hodges, 104, 107, 108, 110 Wynn, 111 Schoendienst, 112, 116, 117, 124, 126, 128, 134, 135, 142, 146, 147, 148, 150, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162 Roe, 163, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175 Appling, 178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 194 Branca, 195, 197, 198, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 210 Gordon, 211, 212, 214 Ashburn, 215, 216, 219 Trucks, 222, 224 Paige, 226 Snider, 229 Lopat, 233 Doby, 238 Lemon, and 240. 1949 Bowman is the most underrated set in terms of rarity among Topps and Bowman sets issued between 1948 and 1955. The equivalent SMR value for just 104 of the 134 graded cards (factoring in the six half grades at the lower whole-grade level and not including the Sports Collectors Digest-graded card or the 29 cards graded less than EX) is $7,727. Total: 134 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.