Building 1953 Bowman Color Full Set

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

Phil you did great on that Feller. Always feels good to knock a main one off the list in that manner

Thank you. I have one already, but the centering from left to right is 25/75; however the image and corners are sharp. Some cards display well with that type of centering, I don't think the Feller does, that's why I bought this one this evening. Here's the one I'm replacing.



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[Casey2296]

I have 8 cards on your needs list if you're interested send me a PM.

[jingram058]

Phil, Casey...I am indeed interested. But the "commanding officer" states that my card collecting is officially on hold until Christmas. Okay, I understand that. If as in previous years I get Visa/MC gift cards, if you still have cards I need, I will indeed want to talk deals.

[Tere1071]

I imagine I will still have cards, I bought another 10 in the last two days. My limit has also been reached. Hopefully I can sell some of my Heritage master sets for me funds.

[jingram058]

Update time...after a sweetheart of a trade with Phil (he got cash, I got cards) from this forum, and re-investing Christmas gift cards for 53 Bowman color cards, the tally now stands thus: 118/160 That's just 42 left to go! I made a deal with my wife, back before Christmas...I will scoop the cat boxes (we have 5 cats!) for 2 years if she will allow me to finish this set by buying a few of these cards every week until it's done. And she agreed to it. Even she appreciates this really cool set. It won't be anything to write home about, as the cards are all over place. Mickey Mantle, Pee Wee Reese, Stan Musial, etc., are all primo. Some of the commons, not so great. Billy Pierce is almost creased in two, but it is autographed, and I suspect was clothespinned to somebody's bicycle against the spokes, but I would rather have than a mint card.

[Tere1071]

Hello everyone, James is a great guy and hopefully some of you who have extra 53 Bowman stars can help him out.

Phil aka Tere1071

Would like to trade for a Bowman color Spahn, Pesky, and Doby in excellent to excellent-mint condition.

[jingram058]

I began this quest back at the beginning of last September. Today it comes to an end, 160/160, following a deal with Kevin (8thAveVB) for the remaining cards I needed to complete the set.

I guess the pandemic and this forum got me going. When I worked out a big trade back in September, I was initially going after 52 Topps. But that set is colossal in both checklist and in cost; not possible to start collecting going in cold at this point. So my trade partner offered a fair lot of 1953 Bowman color, including Mantle and all the other big stars. And off I went, helped immeasurably by folks on this forum with advice. Then Phil (tere1071) stepped in with another big lot. How can I ever appropriately thank you, Phil and Kevin?

And with cards here and there from Sirius, here I am with a full set. It is all raw, in binder. I cracked out Curt Simmons and Del Ennis from PSA slabs so I could have all 160 cards numerically in the binder. And the quality of my cards is literally all over the place, VP to NM, and everything in between. There are printer lines, blurred images, print blobs, off centering, you name it. I am perfectly okay with all of that. I wanted a hands on set like I had as a kid. First complete set I have put together since 1970, 50-something years ago.