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1951 Bowman: c. 2,066 [46] PSA MT 9 April 20, 2018: Heritage Auctions: The 1951 Bowman is the only recognized rookie card of Mickey Mantle who is the most collected figure in the industry. [47] [48] 33 $720,000 $720,000 Michael Jordan: 1986 Fleer Reg. Issue #57 PSA GM-MT 10 January 30, 2021 Goldin Auctions
Among those are the famous T206 Honus Wagner issued by American Tobacco, [7] [8] [9] or 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, [10] [11] although the 1951 Bowman card was the actual rookie year card. Nonetheless, in August 2022, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition (SGC Mint+ 9.5) sold for a record $12.6 million. It was originally ...
Kenny Washington 1948 Bowman card. By then, Bowman was competing against Leaf Candy Company, which left the marketplace in 1950; [9] that year Bowman sales of baseball cards alone was $1 million. [1] For a few years, Bowman was the leading producer of baseball cards, but was soon overtaken by rival company Topps Chewing Gum. Bowman produced ...
A 1951 Bowman Gum trading card of Pafko. Pafko was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers in June 1951 during the middle of the season; he was the left fielder when Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World". [3]
Stubby Overmire displayed on a Bowman card in 1951. Five years later, Topps acquired Bowman and added it to its brands portfolio. Bowman was Topps' main competitor from 1951 until Topps bought out Bowman after the 1955 season. Almost 35 years later, in 1989, Topps resurrected the Bowman brand and created a new annual baseball card set which was ...
This 1952 Topps Mantle is often mistakenly referred to as Mantle's rookie card, but that honor belongs to his 1951 Bowman card (which is worth less than the 1952 Topps card). The combination of baseball cards and bubble gum was popular among young boys, and given the mediocre quality of the gum, the cards quickly became the primary attraction.
The American Card Catalog: The Standard Guide on All Collected Cards and Their Values is a reference book for American trading cards produced before 1951, compiled by Jefferson Burdick. [1] Some collectors regard the book as the most important in the history of collectible cards.
However, Bowman continued producing sets, from 1950 through 1955. In addition, Topps Chewing Gum Company produced its first set in 1950. [6] Bowman would be bought out by Topps in 1956. [1] That year, Topps produced a new card set (after producing sets of historic college players in 1950, 1951, and 1955).