1952 Bowman Baseball Project

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I figured I would show the progress of this quest in the actual order it happened. So, my first two cards were purchased on June 21st for $13. They are #36 Cass Michaels and #159 Dutch Leonard. I figured the price wasn't too bad for a couple of decent PSA graded cards, even if they are only a 5 and a 4.

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On June 22nd, I picked up a PSA 6 Monte Kennedy #213. At $12.99, it seemed like a fair price for a nice card.

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On June 25th I made my first purchases of star cards for the set. Now, admittedly, these are both PSA 4's, but I just thought that the cards were nice no matter what the grade was. These two stars are #4 Robin Roberts for $26.99 and #156 Warren Spahn for $43.12. When I see the prices that higher grade star cards from the 50's and 60's get, to grab these two for $70 seems like a solid purchase. I absolutely adore the Spahn. It looks better in hand than the scan indicates.

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On June 26th I snagged three more cards. I got a PSA 4.5 #115 Larry Doby for $28. I also got a couple of PSA 6's with #158 Bucky Harris ($21.99) and #170 Joe Astroth ($13.99). At this point I have 8 of 252 (3.17%).

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For my last update for tonight, on June 27th and 28th I picked up three more cards. I pulled the trigger on some big names. I won an auction for #116 Duke Snider in PSA 4.5. This card is really nice in person and I am overjoyed with it. I also picked up a PSA 4 #196 Stan Musial for $158.99. Not sure if that's a great price. It seemed fair. The card seems like it should be better than a 4 except for some slight toning on the upper right corner. But, I am not unhappy with it at all. It was the biggest purchase I will make on this set for a while. The third card is a PSA 5 of #17 Ed Lopat for $14.99. Lopat is no HOFer, but he certainly is a solid guy for less than $15! This put my set at 11 of 252 (4.37%)

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[KCRfan1]

Very nice cards Sam. Sounds like you are having lots of fun putting the set together!

[PowderedH2O]

Thanks so much! It is a little quicker than it will be for the future. I sold a few collectibles that I didn't need, so I had a few bucks to throw at it. In the near future, I will only have a limited budget to work with, so it will be mostly commons. I'll try to pick up 4-5's in the $6-9 range if I can.

[cdn_collector]

The first card I purchased when I got back into collecting some 12 years ago was a 1952 Bowman Bob Lemon. I no longer have the card, but will almost certainly go after this set one day.

Good luck with this challenge; I look forward to following your progress.

Cheers,

Richard.