This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/1/2010
A full 160-card set of 1953 Bowman Color baseball cards with 147 of the items front-signed by their respective subjects in marker or ballpoint ("6-9", averaging "8"). This exceptional set features many deceased players and notoriously difficult signers, as well as a pair of cards with multiple signatures. Signed keys include: #'s 1 Williams, 8 Rosen, 9 Rizzuto, 10 Ashburn, 12 Erskine, 21 Garagiola, 32 Musial, 33 Reese, 36 Minoso, 40 Doby, 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle (GD), 51 Irvin, 55 Durocher, 57 Boudreau, 59 Mantle, 61 Kell, 62 Kluszewski, 63 McDougald, 65 Roberts, 68 Reynolds, 78 Furillo, 80 Kiner, 81 Slaughter, 84 Bauer, 92 Hodges (PR), 93 Rizzuto/Martin, 97 Mathews, 99 Spahn, 101 Schoendienst, 114 Feller, 117 Snider (FR), 118 Martin, 143 Lopez, 146 Wynn (FR) and 153 Ford (GD). The cards exhibit overall VG to EX condition quality with some lesser. Card #'s 136 and 155 have been personalized. Unsigned cards include: #'s 46 Campanella (GD/VG), 98, 113, 124, 133, 140 and 158 with cards having CLUBHOUSE signatures being #18 Fox, 26 McMillan, 94 Addis, 104 Easter, 121 Berra, and 157 Lollar. Pre-Certified by PSA/DNA.