Lot # 1395: 1956 Topps PSA-Graded Near-Complete Master Set (345/354) Including Eleven Team Card Variations and Both Checklists

The 1956 Topps set has always been one of the most popular sets of the 1950s. Presented is a near-complete master set of this classic issue consisting of 345 different cards (out of 354 in the master set). This set consists of 332 of the 340 basic cards, 11 of the 12 team-card variations (#11, 72, 85, 90, 95, and 100) and both unnumbered checklists. Missing the following nine cards for completion (all being sold individually in this auction): #5 Williams, 30 J. Robinson, 31 Aaron, 33 Clemente, 79 Koufax, 100a/with date, 130 Mays, 135 Mantle, and 251 Yankees. This set includes 36 significant gray back variations (#1-100). Each card has been graded and encapsulated by PSA. This set consists of two NM-MT+ 8.5s, 53 NM-MT 8s, one NM+ 7.5, and 289 NM 7s. PSA Grading Composite: NM-MT+ 8.5 (2 cards): #11a/with date and 297. NM-MT 8 (53 cards): #9, 11c/no date, name left, 14, 19, 20 Kaline (white back), 21, 22, 27, 28, 34, 42, 51, 81, 95a/with date, 111, 116, 133, 143, 154, 157, 159, 179, 194 Irvin, 197, 203, 209, 220, 224, 234, 237, 239, 247, 248, 264, 272, 273, 278, 283, 284, 285, 288, 299, 300, 303, 304, 310, 321, 322, 324, 327, 329, 334, and 338. NM+ 7.5 (1 card): #83. NM 7 (289 cards): #1 Harridge (gray back), 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 Spahn (gray back), 11b/no date, name center, 12, 13, 15 Banks (white back), 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 Kluszewski (white back), 26, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72a/with date, 72b/no date, name center, 72c/no date, name left, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85a/with date, 85b/no date, name center, 85c/no date, name left, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90a/with date, 90b/no date, name center, 90c/no date, name left, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95b/no date, name center, 95c/no date, name left, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100b/no date, name center, 100c/no date, name left, 101 Campanella (gray back), 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 Mathews (gray back), 108, 109, 110 Berra (gray back), 112, 113 Rizzuto (gray back), 114, 115, 117, 118 Fox (white back), 119, 120 Ashburn (gray back), 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 Minoso (white back), 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145 Hodges (gray back), 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 Snider (gray back), 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164 Killebrew (gray back), 165, 166 Dodgers (gray back), 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180 Roberts (gray back), 181 Martin, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 Wynn, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195 Kell, 196, 198, 199, 200 Feller, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 236, 238, 240 Ford, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 249, 250 Doby, 252, 253, 254, 255 Lemon, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260 Reese, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292 Aparicio RC, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 301, 302, 305, 306, 307 Wilhelm, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 323, 325, 326, 328, 330, 331, 332 Larsen, 333, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, Checklist 1/3, and Checklist 2/4. This is a very attractive and extremely consistent near-complete master set of this classic 1950s Topps issue. The total SMR value in the assigned grades (factoring in the three half grades at the lower whole-grade level) is $27,545. Total: 345 cards (near-set of 332 plus both checklist cards and 11 team variations). The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.