Why I like the 52 Bowman baseball set.
WinPitcher
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The 52 Bowman set is among my favorite of all time. Each card is a piece of art. What I really like though about the set is that is has all the old teams in it. St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia A's etc. My set though "raw" was put together years ago. I had one card graded last year and it came back a 5 (Berra). Other reasons that I like this set is the challange in finding examples with clean backs. Because this set was issued in penny packs (1 card) all those have a dreaded wax stain. The nickel paks contained 6 cards and those are the cards that I desire. My set though has many stained reverses. I have noticed that PSA does not ST these cards as much as you would think. The set with the faux autographs........ is also chock full of HOF's
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theyre all pretty similar...and in my mind should be listed in the top 10 of all time sets.
Great insight and I agree, the Bowmans are mini-art pieces. And now about the "powderized marble" - I just thought I would share this for those who never took the time to read about bubblegum.
Gum is old as dirt and was perfected in the late 1800's but Fleer tried to make bubble gum in the early 1900's but failed to come up with a recipe that didn't stick to the paper and just didn't have the elasticity they were looking for. In 1928, an accountant for the company was messing around with gum recipes in his spare time. Walter Diemer accidentally came up with a recipe that was bubbling, was elastic and could be wrapped. His success was not left unnnoticed by the company and Fleer took over the production of Dubble Bubble for which he never received royalties.
As a side note, Fleer Dubble Bubble was the first one to come up with the "pink" color which is the mainstay of all bubble gums today.
They had the market to themselves until Bazooka came along and of course the rest is history.
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Mike
I do truly enjoy the set, which I feel is greatly under-appreciated. The unique size is interesting, and while it shares that with the 51 Bows, it is much more artistic without the black title boxes cluttering the front. No super RCs, and a little less cards, but that's fine, makes it almost barely affordable. I love the home and road jersey being shown for many teams, especially the St. Louie Browns !
I sent three commons in to PSA about a year or so ago, got one 7, which was sold via the bay, and still am keeping the two 8s gotten. I have about half the set in raw vg-ex to ex-mt +.
Almost ALL sets from 1951, Topps entry into baseball cards, thru 1959, are very attractive and interesting.
56 Topps would probably be my difficult top choice, followed by 52 Bow, then in no particular order, 52 Topps, 53 Bow color, 59 Fleer, 55 Topps, 54 Bow and any other set.