Formidable 1953 Bowman Baseball Color near set of (158/160) cards. These bold color picture cards (which almost bankrupted the Philadelphia company) have an overall approximate condition breakdown of 10% (EX or better), 25% (VG-EX), 35% (VG) and 30% (GD or lesser). Highlights include: #1 Da. Williams (GD), #9 Rizzuto (trimmed), #10 Ashburn (VG), #18 Fox (GD), #32 Musial (FR), #36 Minoso (VG), #40 Doby (VG-EX), #44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle (VG), #46 Campanella (VG), #51 Irvin (GD), #55 Durocher (GD), #57 Boudreau (VG), #61 Kell (GD), #62 Kluszewski (VG), #65 Roberts (VG), #80 Kiner (VG), #81 Slaughter (VG-EX), #92 Hodges (FR, reverse residue), #93 Rizzuto/Martin (GD), #97 Mathews (GD), #99 Spahn (VG), #101 Schoendienst (FR, writing), #114 Feller (trimmed), #117 Snider (VG), #118 B. Martin (VG), #121 Berra (VG), #146 Wynn (VG), #153 Ford (VG) and #160 Abrams (PR, reverse paper loss). Missing only #33 Reese and #59 Mantle for completion.
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