1953 Bowman Color set - COMPLETE

robsbessette · #1 02-04-2013, 05:50 PM

Finally completed! It was quite the journey. Attached is my first 1953 Bowman I got on my 15th birthday from my father. Rizzuto and Martin. Just got my last one in the mail today, Willie Jones. 15 years in the making finally finished!

cubsfan-budman · #2 02-04-2013, 05:56 PM

Hey, thats awesome! Congrats!

Harliduck · #3 02-04-2013, 06:31 PM

Super cool! Nothing better than getting that LAST card...and what a great set. Great father son shot too...

Edit - BTW....what is your favorite card in the set? What was your best/favorite deal? Where is the weirdest place you found a card you needed? Sorry, I love asking these kind of questions to fellow set builders...

robsbessette · #4 02-04-2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Harliduck

Super cool! Nothing better than getting that LAST card...and what a great set. Great father son shot too...

Edit - BTW....what is your favorite card in the set? What was your best/favorite deal? Where is the weirdest place you found a card you needed? Sorry, I love asking these kind of questions to fellow set builders...

I love hearing those kinds of stories, too. I'd say the Musial is probably my favorite, but it's really hard to choose. Mantle, Snider, Bauer, Ford, Berra, and Mathews are among my favorites. The Rizzuto/Martin card holds a special place as well since it's the first one.

The best/favorite deal was probably rummaging through a random card show in Woburn, MA. I was working on my 1958 Topps set and shuffling through 100s of commons from that year. For some reason there were about 15 high numbers in VGish shape that had no business being in there. I asked how much and they said $1 each since they were in with the 58s (what they were asking for the 58s). They were only commons, but some of the high number cards are really hard to get at a decent price.

Probably the weirdest place I found a card was on eBay from a seller who only sold books. Bobby Morgan, #135. It was found in between pages of an old book. I just like the story behind it!

ALR-bishop · #5 02-04-2013, 06:31 PM

Congratulations on the quest and accomplishment of a great set

darkhorse9 · #6 02-04-2013, 06:52 PM

Now that's the way to complete a set. Congrats. That one is coming up soon in my lists of must complete

Paul S · #7 02-04-2013, 06:55 PM

Terrific feat! Maybe my favorite post-war set. What's next? The B&W?

robsbessette · #8 02-04-2013, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul S

Terrific feat! Maybe my favorite post-war set. What's next? The B&W?

For some reason the B&W doesn't appeal to me as much. Maybe it's the lack of big name stars. I only have the Stengel (love that classic pose) at the time being.

Right now I think I'm going to nail down the sets in my signature. I can get sidetracked pretty easily these days! Focus, Rob, focus!!!

campyfan39 · #9 02-04-2013, 08:07 PM

Congrats. Love the picture!

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