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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 Bowman20 of 104 cardsShow all 104 →

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 Bowman99 of 436 cardsShow all 436 →

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 Bowman81 of 567 cardsShow all 567 →

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 Bowman97 of 510 cardsShow all 510 →

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 Bowman82 of 344 cardsShow all 344 →

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.

1953 Bowman2 cards

1954 Bowman88 of 406 cardsShow all 406 →

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 Bowman46 of 433 cardsShow all 433 →

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.

1957 Bowman1 cards

1989 Bowman95 of 217 cardsShow all 217 →

1990 Bowman25 of 154 cardsShow all 154 →

1991 Bowman23 of 248 cardsShow all 248 →

1992 Bowman20 of 179 cardsShow all 179 →

1993 Bowman14 of 216 cardsShow all 216 →

1994 Bowman8 of 226 cardsShow all 226 →

1995 Bowman5 of 385 cardsShow all 385 →

1998 Bowman3 of 189 cardsShow all 189 →

2001 Bowman2 of 126 cardsShow all 126 →

2003 Bowman1 of 34 cardsShow all 34 →

2005 Bowman1 of 12 cardsShow all 12 →

2011 Bowman1 of 16 cardsShow all 16 →

2012 Bowman2 of 13 cardsShow all 13 →

2013 Bowman1 of 97 cardsShow all 97 →

2017 Bowman1 of 78 cardsShow all 78 →

2018 Bowman3 of 77 cardsShow all 77 →

2019 Bowman7 of 253 cardsShow all 253 →

2020 Bowman4 of 257 cardsShow all 257 →

2023 Bowman9 of 251 cardsShow all 251 →

2024 Bowman12 of 290 cardsShow all 290 →

2025 Bowman32 of 291 cardsShow all 291 →

2026 Bowman23 of 550 cardsShow all 550 →

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