This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/12/2019
The current high bid for the complete set, $14,607.00, is greater than the aggregate total of the bids on the single cards that comprise this set, $3,766.00 (this lot is currently winning)
Urging collectors to "Fight the Red Menace" by promoting a "Children's Crusade Against Communism," this colorful release from Bowman remains one of the most popular post-war issues to this day. The series was a product of the cold war era, an attempt to combat communist takeovers in Europe and China and McCarthy-driven scares here in the United States. The featured 48-card collection is the finest assemblage known, ranked #1 on the PSA Set Registry with an astounding 9.073 set rating and the entire set's only PSA 10 example (card #22) out of over 3,000 submissions total. The collection includes 18 cards graded PSA 9, eight of which are "one of ones" while 16 other cards are at the highest level that PSA has ever graded. This collection is being offered as a complete set as well as each card offered individually, with the final sale going to whichever total (the set versus the sum of the individual lots) is higher. This gives prospective bidders the opportunity to examine each and every card in the collection through the use of our high quality scans. For a complete breakdown of grades and population for each card, please visit our website for a link to the PSA Set Registry.
LINK: 1951 Bowman Red Menace #1 Set