Lot # 1498: 1955 and 1956 Topps Collection (514) with 40 Hall of Famers Including Banks, Berra, and Kaline

Presented is a very attractive and mostly mid-grade shoebox collection of 514 cards from the 1955 and 1956 Topps series, highlighted by forty Hall of Famers, including Ernie Banks, Monte Irvin, Yogi Berra, and Al Kaline. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1955 Topps (104 cards): Condition is 36% Ex to Ex-Mt (mostly Ex), 55% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 9% lesser. Includes five cards from the scarce high-number series (#161-210). Keys: #1 Rhodes (Vg), 4 Kaline (partially erased pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex) five 100 Irvin (four Vg [mostly due to centering] and Gd+), and 120 Kluszewski (5/95 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex+). 2) 1956 Topps (410 cards): Condition is 43% Ex to Ex-Mt (mostly Ex), 50% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 7% lesser. Keys: Three#1 Harridge (Vg, Fr-Gd, and pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg), two 2 Giles, 8 Alston (95/5 T/B, otherwise Vg+), two 10 Spahn (Vg-Ex+ and Vg), four 14 K. Boyer, 15 Banks (15/85 L/R, otherwise Ex), 20 Kaline (Ex+), two 25 Kluszewski (both Vg), 110 Berra (Vg), two 113 Rizzuto (Vg/Vg-Ex and Vg), 118 Fox (Ex), 120 Ashburn (Vg-Ex+), two 145 Hodges (Vg-Ex+ and Vg+), 150 Snider (Vg+), three 164 Killebrew (Ex and two Vg), 165 Schoendienst (Vg-Ex), 166 Dodgers Team (Vg-Ex), three 180 Roberts (Vg-Ex, Gd+, and small pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Vg), two 187 Wynn (Ex and Vg-Ex+), 194 Irvin (Vg-Ex), 195 Kell (Vg-Ex+), 240 Ford (Vg), two 255 Lemon (Ex and Vg-Ex), two 292 Aparicio RC (Vg and 5/95 T/B, otherwise Vg), four 307 Wilhelm (Ex and three Vg-Ex), and Checklist 1/3 (Vg). This is an impressive collection of mid-1950s Topps baseball cards with several notable highlights. Total: 514 cards.