12.12.12 Holiday Catalog #36 (Ends Dec. 12th)

Lot #309:

1951 Willie Mays Bowman Rookie Card Graded EX-NM 6

Willie Mays was a 24 time All-Star, a 12-time Gold Glove Award winner and won a World Championship in 1954 with the NY Giants. The “Say Hey Kid” was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 in his first year of eligibility. This Bowman rookie card, Willie Mays # 305 has been encapsulated by PSA/DNA and graded EX-NM 6.

Lots 308 - 312 in this sale combine to make up a complete 1951 Bowman card set. This historic baseball card set totals 324 cards and features color-art reproductions of actual photographs. The size of the cards was increased to 2 ¹/16" by 3 ¹/8". For collectors, this is the most valuable of the Bowman sets and one of the more valuable sets ever issued by any maker, due in large part to the presence of rookie cards for both Mickey Mantle (card #253) and Willie Mays (card #305). These are the two most valuable single cards Bowman ever issued.