This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/4/2017
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives” Jackie Robinson once said. By that standard, few people -- and no athlete -- this century has impacted more lives. Robinson lit the torch of racial equality in sports and passed it on to several generations of African-American athletes. Two years removed from breaking major league baseball’s color barrier, Robinson appeared in his second major card issue produced by the Bowman Gum Co. This example of Jackie’s 1949 Bowman card #50 bearing his visage has a light surface crease near the front upper right corner and some areas of light discoloration on front and a dark mark on back. The card has been anointed a VG+ 3.5 3 grade by PSA, with nice centering, fine image quality and bold color.