![]() ![]() When Topps hit the market in ’52 with larger sized cards, great color photos and a set numbering over 400 players, Bowman was forced to take notice. Usually comprised of 250-300 cards, they were small and not very aesthetically pleasing. What the casual observer doesn’t know is that the Bowman company started producing baseball card sets in 1948 and were the only ones in the marketplace through 1951. One graded 2.5 sold a few weeks earlier for $25,000! Just a few weeks ago, one of these in poor condition (graded 1 on a scale of 1-to-10) sold for $8,500 on eBay. ![]() It was the product that created the modern era of baseball cards and includes the incredibly valuable “holy grail” card of Mickey Mantle. Even baseball fans without an interest in the hobby of card collecting have some knowledge of the famous 1952 Topps set. ![]()
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