Lot # 1546: 1956 Topps Complete Set (340 Plus Two Checklists) Including 20 PSA- and SGC-Graded Cards

Extremely attractive complete set of 1956 Topps featuring all the Hall of Famers and stars of the era, including Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays. Includes 47 significant gray back variations (#1-100). Condition is 19% Nr/Mt (including a few Nr/Mt-Mt), 53% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 28% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a few lesser and 31 trimmed). Twenty cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by SGC (14, submitted by REA) and PSA (6). Keys: #1 Harridge (Vg-Ex, white back), 5 Williams (EX 5, gray back), 10 Spahn (Vg-Ex, white back), 15 Banks (EX/NM 6, white back), 20 Kaline (Vg-Ex, gray back), 30 Robinson (VG/EX+ 4.5, gray back), 31 Aaron (EX 5, gray back), 33 Clemente (VG+ 3.5, gray back), 79 Koufax (EX 5, white back), 101 Campanella (Ex, gray back), 107 Mathews (Ex-Mt, white back), 109 Slaughter (trimmed, otherwise Ex), 110 Berra (VG/EX+ 4.5, gray back), 113 Rizzuto (Ex, white back), 120 Ashburn (NM+ 7.5, gray back), 130 Mays (VG/EX 4, gray back), 135 Mantle (SGC Authentic/evidence of trimming, gray back), 145 Hodges (slight trim, otherwise Vg, gray back), 150 Snider (Vg+, white back), 164 Killebrew (Ex, gray back), 166 Dodgers (Vg-Ex, white back), 181 Martin (EX 5), 200 Feller (Ex-Mt+), 208 Howard (NM 7), 240 Ford (EX/NM 6), 251 Yankees (Ex), 260 Reese (Ex), 292 Aparicio RC (SGC Authentic/erased), 332 Larsen (Ex-Mt), Checklist 1/3 (completely marked in pencil, otherwise Gd+), and Checklist 2/4 (completely marked in pencil, otherwise Vg-Ex). Six PSA-graded cards (white-back variations unless noted): #12 (NM 7), 29 (NM 7), 78 (NM-MT 8), 84 (NM-MT 8), 86 (NM-MT 8), and 138 (NM-MT 8, gray back). Notwithstanding the presence of some trimmed cards, this is still an outstanding mid- to high-grade complete set of this classic 1950s Topps issue. Total: 342 cards (set of 340 plus two checklists). The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.