The 1956 set is undoubtedly one of the finest Topps ever made—from a design standpoint, it offers everything you could want in a baseball card: the oversized cards (2 5/8˝ by 3 3/4˝) feature colorful, vivid portraits of the players against exciting action-shot backgrounds, embellished by their facsimile signatures. The set was the first to introduce team cards and checklists, marked the return of Mickey Mantle to the Topps family after a four-year hiatus, and was the last released in this larger-format size. Packed with mid-century star power—Ted Williams, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, and Willie Mays are among the top names here—the 1956 Topps baseball card set is a true classic.
What makes this complete set auction unique is the consistently high grades of the cards—nearly all are graded PSA MINT 9. The only exceptions are eight cards which have been graded as GEM MINT 10, and thirteen as NM-MT 8. A staggering number stand as the finest graded examples, with none graded higher. A
