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1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson #50 PSA Mint 9....
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Description
Robinson claims the National League MVP!
1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson #50 PSA Mint 9. Though the brave
Robinson battled through the harshest adversity ever faced by a
Major League player in winning the 1947 Rookie of the Year Award,
his first great season (and arguably his greatest ever) would be
posted two years later in 1949. In the spring of that year, the
second baseman came under the tutelage of Hall of Famer George
Sisler, who taught Jackie to anticipate the fastball when at the
plate, and then simply adjust for breaking pitches. The results
were striking. Robinson's batting average jumped forty-six points
to a National League-best .342. His ratio of walks to strikeouts
more than doubled, and he added thirty-nine RBI's to his 1948
total, which, along with his League-leading thirty-seven stolen
bases, earned him the 1949 Most Valuable Player Award.So Robinson had every reason to smile big on this beautiful Bowman issued at his Hall of Fame zenith, a card that occupies a plateau with just nine others at the highest elevation of the PSA population chart. The issue gained fame and an enormous collecting fanbase for its fearless application of color, and here we see that trait in its fullest effect, each layer perfectly registered and bold to the point of radioactivity.
The original printing sheet was sliced with an equivalent attention to detail, leaving us with unimprovable centering and corners sharp as razors. Surfaces are entirely immune to the twin plagues of wax and gum stains. If there's a a millimeter's room for improvement, we haven't found it. Graded PSA Mint 9.
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Auction Info
2021 November 18 - 20 Fall Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction #50049 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2021
18th-20th
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