1951 Bowman cards have the 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie card.  This is one of Bowman's best early sets because not only is there the Mickey Mantle first year card, but there also is a Willie Mays rookie as well.  These are two of the best players of all time and if you cannot afford the Mantle card, a Mays card would be an instant awesome addition to any vintage card collection.  These cards are rare nowadays, there are very few that are in top condition.  If you can find unopened packs of this product, that would be an experience that would be a card collector's dream.  Listed on this page are 1951 Bowman cards on Ebay.

Looking at the Beckett baseball card price guide, here are some of the highlights.  I will again stress that these are the rookies cards of Mantle and Mays, they are great cards.  There is also a Whitey Ford rookie card, #1 in the set.  Nellie Fox also has his rookie card in this year's set and there is a great card of Ted Williams in the series as well.  Yogi Berra is the next superstar and hall of famer that I see with a significant value.  The other cards in the set are lesser valued and the stars are from $50 to $150 for the most part.  It is a great set and if you ask me, may be undervalued simply because of the overwhelming popularity of the Topps sets from this era.  I would recommend this set as an addition to a vintage card collection that would then be able to boast of having the Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Warren Spahn rookie cards.