Better set- 52 Bowman or 54 Wilson Franks
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I built a 1935 Goudey set in PSA 6-7 a few years back. Am getting into the hobby again and have narrowed my decision on which set to build to the 52 Bowman set and the 54 Wilson Franks set. Like them both- have about 10 grand to put towards it and judging by VCP values i can build a PSA 7 type 52 Bowman set or a PSA 4-5 type 54 Wilson Franks set. I'm mainly looking at which set you guys feel will have the greatest demand going forward. I'm not looking at this as an investment but would like to know which people think is the better set to sink money into.
1952 Bowman for me:
1. love the artwork, little paintings
2. seems overlooked and possibly undervalued in comparison to the sets around it
3. Mantle and Mays
4. prices are low right now compared to SMR. Outside the star cards, commons can be had for half book.
5. Really not that many graded compared to most of the sets in the 50's. May just be because there's a lot of ungraded raw. Most that is graded seems to be PSA 6 and better.
6. Can afford PSA 7's which are very presentable
1954 Wilson for me
1. Like the quirky weener cards with the floating package, very original
2. like that there's only 20 cards and each is worth quite a bit. No real commons.
3. Like that it's a relatively rare set and not much raw can be found. A few finds the last decade or so makes them a little more common than before but still very hard to find.
4. Ted Williams is my favorite player
5. Some of the cards are kind of ugly as i can only afford PSa 4's and 5's and most of the cards are well off centered
6. Cards don't come up very often except for the same overpriced ones that have been siting on ebay as a buy it now for a year or more.
What are your thoughts on these two sets. Thanks all.
1952 Bowman for me:
1. love the artwork, little paintings
2. seems overlooked and possibly undervalued in comparison to the sets around it
3. Mantle and Mays
4. prices are low right now compared to SMR. Outside the star cards, commons can be had for half book.
5. Really not that many graded compared to most of the sets in the 50's. May just be because there's a lot of ungraded raw. Most that is graded seems to be PSA 6 and better.
6. Can afford PSA 7's which are very presentable
1954 Wilson for me
1. Like the quirky weener cards with the floating package, very original
2. like that there's only 20 cards and each is worth quite a bit. No real commons.
3. Like that it's a relatively rare set and not much raw can be found. A few finds the last decade or so makes them a little more common than before but still very hard to find.
4. Ted Williams is my favorite player
5. Some of the cards are kind of ugly as i can only afford PSa 4's and 5's and most of the cards are well off centered
6. Cards don't come up very often except for the same overpriced ones that have been siting on ebay as a buy it now for a year or more.
What are your thoughts on these two sets. Thanks all.
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for the resell 54 wilson
for the quickness to complete 52 bowman
I would try for the 54 Wilson....
Go Phillies
I'd give it go.
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1954 Wilson Franks
I know where you can pick some of those up to get you a good head start too.
Regards,
Shane
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<< <i>I vote Wilson all the way. The 1952 set is nice but I would bet that you can always sell a Wilson Weiners set much easier than a mid grade 52 set. I have made two sets from 1954, hence the name. Look at prior auction results as well. You never see a set of Franks in there and when you do they sell for crazy money.
I know where you can pick some of those up to get you a good head start too.
Regards,
Shane >>
Thank you. Would appreciate any help or leads you could give me.
Mike
Good Luck with either set.
Bosox1976
'54 Wilson Franks checklist:
1 - Roy Campanella
2 - Del Ennis
3 - Carl Erskine
4 - Ferris Fain
5 - Bob Feller
6 - Nellie Fox
7 - Johnny Groth
8 - Stan Hack MG
9 - Gil Hodges
10 - Ray Jablonski
11 - Harvey Kuenn
12 - Roy McMillan
13 - Andy Pafko
14 - Paul Richards MG
15 - Hank Sauer
16 - Red Schoendienst
17 - Enos Slaughter
18 - Vern Stephens
19 - Sammy White
20 - Ted Williams
PoppaJ
Why if only 20 players did they include 2 MG? Richards was a player in the 30's but was not a star.
Go Phillies
PM me if you are interested in talking. I can help you with the set.
Regards,
Shane
<< <i>Mike,
PM me if you are interested in talking. I can help you with the set.
Regards,
Shane >>
Thanks a bunch. PM sent
Mike
<< <i>Thomas Wilson (Wilson & Co.) headquarters was in Chicago for both meat and sporting goods....thus the connection a total 6 cards 3 each from the Chicago teams including the managers at the time. At least that's what i think. >>
thanks for the info.... neat to know
Go Phillies
I do have three extra graded cards from the Wilson's set. If you decided to dive in, I believe a friend of mine has a couple too. You could be 25% of the way finished in a weeks time.
Here are the cards that I have dups on.
Sauer PSA 6
Hack PSA 5
Fain PSA 5
I do have four ungraded cards that are pretty rough, but I have the hardest one known to exist in that group...... Jablonski. This card brings big dollars.
If you have any questions on the set, let me know.
Regards,
Shane
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1954
Date Posted: Jul/20/2009 8:37 AM
Go Phillies
Shane
<< <i>Mike,
I do have three extra graded cards from the Wilson's set. If you decided to dive in, I believe a friend of mine has a couple too. You could be 25% of the way finished in a weeks time.
Here are the cards that I have dups on.
Sauer PSA 6
Hack PSA 5
Fain PSA 5
I do have four ungraded cards that are pretty rough, but I have the hardest one known to exist in that group...... Jablonski. This card brings big dollars.
If you have any questions on the set, let me know.
Regards,
Shane
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1954
Date Posted: Jul/20/2009 8:37 AM >>
Hey Shane. Yeah definitely interested. Sent you a pm. Appreciate it.
Mike