March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a really nice array of cards from the iconic 1956 Topps Baseball issue, the company’s final effort in the larger 2 5/8-by-3 ¾-inch format and arguably the most attractive horizontal set ever created in the firm’s 70-plus years. In an array that is largely Excellent to Near-Mint, the lineup includes eight Hall of Famers and a number of the great stars of the era, along with seven of the Team cards that made their debut that year in a subset that would be utilized for much of the next quarter century. Three cards have been slabbed by PSA and are included in the listing below. Overall, the group comes out to 8 percent Near-Mint, 39 percent Ex-Mt, 28 percent Excellent, 23 percent Very Good to VG-Ex and just a couple of cards below to Good. Breakdown of keys: No. 1 Harridge – Very Good, 2 Giles – VG, 14 Boyer – Near-Mint, 15 Banks – Excellent, 30 Robinson – VG, 72 Phillies Team (Centered) – Ex, 90 Redlegs Team (Centered) – Ex-Mt, 100 Orioles Team (Centered) – Ex, 111 Red Sox Team – Ex, 113 Rizzuto – VG, 130 Mays – Good, 145 Hodges – VG, 150 Snider – Ex, 165 Schoendienst -VG-Ex, 173 Podres – Ex, 188 White Sox Team – Ex, 226 Giants Team – VG, 233 Erskine – Ex, 251 Yankees Team – Good and 307 Wilhelm – VG-Ex. The complete listing (98) – Near-Mint to Mint – No. 309 – PSA 8 o/c; Near-Mint (7) – No. 14, 91, 103, 186, 273 o/c, 279 and 310 o/c; Ex-Mt (38) – No. 9, 23, 51, 56, 67, 69 Power, 74, 77 Haddix, 80 Triandos, 81, 90, 97, 104, 105 Smith, 138 Antonelli, 155 Kuenn, 156, 158, 163 Woodling, 168, 170, 171, 174, 183, 201, 202, 205 Lockman, 206, 209, 217, 220 Ennis, 234 Runnels, 243 Lollar, 245, 285 – PSA 6, 297 o/c, 318 and 324; Excellent (27) – No. 15, 25 Kluszewski, 28, 35 Rosen, 50 – PSA 5, 51, 57, 66, 72, 100, 108, 111, 119, 150, 161, 169, 173, 188, 233, 247, 261 Shantz, 264, 282, 284 o/c, 286, 315 and 331; Very Good to VG-Ex (23) – No. 1, 2, 16 Lopez Rookie, 24 Groat, 30, 44, 46, 54, 68, 113, 145, 165, 175 Crandall, 226, 272 O’Connell, 289, 293, 307, 311, 312 Pafko, 321 Konstanty, 333 and 335 Hoak; and Good (2) – No. 130 and 251.
1956 Topps Baseball Group, 8 HOFers, Including Mays, Robinson and Snider (98)
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