Presented here is an exceptional, high-grade complete set of 1952 Bowman Football Large. Truly a classic, this set is to football what the 1952 Topps set is to baseball. Notable rookie cards include Hall-of-Famers Frank Gifford, Hugh McElhenny, Andy Robustelli, Ollie Matson, and Gino Marchetti. It also features the last Bowman cards issued of all-time greats Steve Van Buren, Bob Waterfield and Sammy Baugh, plus coveted short prints (SP) like Norm Van Brocklin, Charlie Conerly, Kyle
Rote and George Connor. The last card in the set, #144 Jim Lansford, was reportedly destroyed in large numbers during production, thus making it one of the hobby’s most sought after football cards. Only 16 Jim Lansford’s have ever been graded higher than this set’s PSA EX-MT 6.
The assembly of this complete set is impressive given the condition issues that so often plague cards from this series, which are notoriously off-center. With a current rank of #10 on the PSA Set Registry (#8 among complete sets) and a set rating and weighted GPA of 5.954, this set is not to be missed as it is rarely offered in this condition to the public. Several cards come in the highest grade given by PSA for that card. It would be a superb addition to any world-class sports card collection. The total SMR value in the assigned grades is approximately $25,000. Set breakdown is as follows:
PSA MINT 9 (3): #50 (OC), 84 (OC), 122 (OC)
PSA NM-MT 8 (22): #18 (OC)(SP), 28 (OC) (SP) (Rote RC), 30 (Baugh HOF), 44(OC), 52 (OC), 60,
69 (OC), 75, 82 (OC)(SP), 85 (OC)(Robustelli RC HOF), 87 (OC), 88 (OC), 98, 110, 113 (OC),
115, 121, 124 (OC), 127 (OC)(Matson RC HOF), 132 (OC), 133, 143
PSA NM 7 (43): #1 (SP) (Van Brocklin HOF), 6, 9 (SP), 14 (Brown HOF)(RC), 15,
17 (Tittle HOF), 21, 23 (Marchetti RC HOF), 24, 31, 33, 38, 40, 42, 43,
48 (Halas RC HOF), 49, 51, 53, 55 (SP)(OC), 64 (SP), 65, 74, 76, 80, 95, 97, 101 (Weinmeister HOF), 102, 103, 106,
107, 109 (SP), 111, 112, 114, 116 (ST), 120 (Towler), 129 (Christianen RC HOF), 131, 138, 140
(Lary RC HOF), 141
PSA EX-MT 6 (48): #3 (Walker HOF), 4 (Owen HOF)(RC), 5, 7, 8, 10 (SP) (Bednarik HOF),
11, 12 (Trippi HOF), 13 (Fears HOF), 16 (Gifford HOF)(RC), 20, 26, 32, 34, 35, 37 (SP)(Hirsch HOF),
39 (Tunnell HOF), 41, 46 (SP) (Donovan RC HOF), 56, 58, 59, 61 (Richter RC HOF), 66, 67, 68, 70, 71,
77, 78 (Layne HOF), 79, 81 (SP), 83 (Perry HOF), 86, 92 (Pihos HOF), 93, 100 (SP), 117 (SP), 119, 123, 125 (Nomellini HOF), 130, 134, 136 (SP)(Rechichar), 137 (Waterfield HOF), 139, 142 (Landry HOF), 144 (SP)(Lansford)(RC)
PSA EX 5 (26): #2 (Graham HOF), 19 (SP) (Connor HOF), 25, 27 (SP), 29 (McElhenny RC HOF), 36 (SP), 45 (SP)(Van Buren HOF), 47, 54 (SP),
57 (Millner RC HOF), 62, 63 (SP), 73 (SP), 89, 90 (SP), 91 (SP), 94, 96, 99 (SP)(Stydahar RC HOF), 104, 105 (Groza HOF), 108
(SP), 118 (SP), 126 (SP), 128 (Lavelli HOF), 135 (SP)(Ronzani RC)
PSA VG-EX 4 (1): #72 (SP)
PSA VG+ 3.5 (1): #22
Direct link to this set on the PSA registry: https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/football/company-sets/1952-bowman-large/publishedset/225595