After Topps won the 1950's card war, the Bowman name lay dormant for more than 30 years until Topps resurrected the name with a successful 1989 release based on the large-sized 1953-55 cards. That set helped to explode sales of eight-pocket sheets as collectors loved the great photos and the wide range of rookies and prospects. Some of the rookies turned out to have great … [Read more...]
2013 Platinum Baseball Box Break…and a Little Bowman History
by Rich Klein The Bowman name has certainly evolved since the original iteration in the post-war era. In those days, Bowman and Topps had their gum card wars which some collectors still consider the golden age of cards. While personally I do not like every one of those sets issues in that time frame (1954 Bowman comes to mind for me) others are all-time classics (1952 Topps, … [Read more...]