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Bowman card values

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Revived by Topps in 1989 as its prospect-focused brand, Bowman — and especially Bowman Chrome autographs — is where the hobby speculates on future stars years before their major-league debuts.

Current market values for graded cards from Bowman, by grade, from real comparable sales. Track your whole collection — with a 0–1000 protection score and a broker-ready insurance schedule — free.

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1948 Bowman47 cards

Bowman's inaugural baseball issue: 48 small black-and-white cards that mark the true start of the modern annual card set. Rookies of Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, and Ralph Kiner drive the set.

1949 Bowman264 cards

Bowman's 240-card sophomore effort added color tinting to player photos and includes rookie cards of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, and Satchel Paige — a rookie class few sets have ever matched.

1950 Bowman171 cards

A 252-card set of hand-painted reproductions of photographs, considered Bowman's most beautiful early issue. Its first series was pulled and repainted mid-run, and it carries Ted Williams' first Bowman card.

1951 Bowman57 cards

At 324 cards Bowman's largest set to date, and the source of the true rookie cards of both Mickey Mantle (#253) and Willie Mays (#305) — issued a year before Topps' famous 1952 Mantle. The painted design directly inspired its 1952 competitor.

1952 Bowman99 cards

Bowman's 252-card answer to the arrival of Topps: painted portraits with facsimile autographs on the front. Mantle, Mays, and a young roster of stars overlap with the 1952 Topps set that ultimately won the marketing war.

1954 Bowman145 cards

A 224-card set best known for card #66, Ted Williams, which was pulled early in the run over a contract dispute and replaced with Jimmy Piersall — creating one of the great post-war rarities.

1955 Bowman81 cards

Bowman's final set before Topps absorbed the company: 320 cards framed inside a wood-grain television set, a design collectors either love or love to mock. It is also prized for its subset of umpire cards, the only such issue of the era.

1989 Bowman138 cards

1990 Bowman25 cards

1991 Bowman23 cards

1992 Bowman20 cards

1993 Bowman14 cards

1994 Bowman8 cards

1995 Bowman5 cards

1998 Bowman3 cards

2001 Bowman2 cards

2003 Bowman1 cards

2005 Bowman1 cards

2011 Bowman1 cards

2012 Bowman2 cards

2013 Bowman1 cards

2017 Bowman1 cards

2018 Bowman3 cards

2019 Bowman7 cards

2020 Bowman4 cards

2023 Bowman9 cards

2024 Bowman12 cards

2025 Bowman32 cards

2026 Bowman23 cards

Values are informational estimates from recent comparable sales — not a certified appraisal, insurance, or financial advice.