Lot # 1396: 1956 Topps Near-Complete Set (339/340)

Outstanding mid- to high-grade near-complete set of 1956 Topps (339 of the 340 cards in the set) featuring all the Hall of Famers and stars of the era, including Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays. Missing #135 Mickey Mantle for completion. Includes thirty-three significant gray back variations (#1-100) and six team card variations (#11, 72, 85, 90, 95, and 100). Condition is 20% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 62% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 18% Gd to Vg (including a couple lesser and seven with erasure marks on a border). Keys: #1 Harridge (Ex, white back), 5 Williams (partially erased pencil marks on right border, otherwise Vg-Ex+, white back), 10 Spahn (Ex-Mt, white back), 15 Banks (Ex+, white back), 20 Kaline (EX-MT 6, gray back), 30 Robinson (EX-MT 6, gray back), 31 Aaron (85/15 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt, gray back), 33 Clemente (Vg-Ex+, white back), 79 Koufax (EX-MT 6, white back), 101 Campanella (EX-MT 6, gray back), 107 Mathews (Ex-Mt, gray back), 110 Berra (Vg-Ex+, gray back), 113 Rizzuto (Vg-Ex+, gray back), 118 Fox (Nr/Mt, white back), 120 Ashburn (Ex+, gray back), 130 Mays (EX-MT 6, gray back), 145 Hodges (Ex+, gray back), 150 Snider (Vg-Ex+, gray back), 164 Killebrew (Ex, gray back), 166 Dodgers (Ex+, gray back), 181 Martin (Vg+), 200 Feller (Vg-Ex), 240 Ford (95/5 T/B, otherwise Ex), 251 Yankees (Gd), 260 Reese (Ex), 292 Aparicio RC (85/15 T/B, otherwise Ex), and 332 Larsen (erasure mark on top border, otherwise Vg-Ex+). This is a very attractive near-complete set (minus one) of this classic 1950s Topps issue. Total: 345 cards (near set of 339 plus six variations).