1956 Topps...who's favorite summer???

[Gr8Beldini]

The Haddix card was the first 56 card I ever owned. In the late 70's I answered a classified ad in the back of Baseball Digest for George Husby's baseball card pricelist (Sturgeon Bay WI). I wish I still had one of his pricelists - the 56's were .30 cents each. I remember how cool I thought they were based on the 1975 MVP cards, and working on a very miniscule allowance I mailed him a SASE and .30 cents for any 1956 card - just send me a nice one. He sent me a Haddix in a condition that amazed me. All of my 5 year old cards were beat to hell and here I was receiving a 23 year old card in perfect condition. Still one of my all-time favorites for sentimental reasons.

[U240robert]

I love the '56 design and I think it's Topps best overall set.
First year without competition from Bowman, so you pretty much
have all the stars possible (Except Musial)
And it's the last cards of Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller and very early cards of Clemente-Koufax-Killebrew-Aaron-Banks-Mays-Mantle the core of the 60's !
Not common Hall of Famers Giles and Harriage (The presidents)
Nice team cards ! and a load of classic 50's stars
I gotta get back to that someday. I have most of the stars, just need the discipline to finish the rest.

[Big Six]

Just got these in today...I have 17 slabbed (all PSA 5) and 54 more raw...still undecided...do I just do this set raw or slabbed...thoughts?

[mintacular]

Absolutely love this set although I don't have the budget to build the whole thing. David's Mays is awewsome btw plz sell it to me! Pretty plz? Matt you've got a good taste of sets and cards. Anyway, I have these two from the set





BTW-this post also illustrates the importance of a good scanner, the clemente scans is from my old scanner, the mantle from my new/better one...

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by mintacular

Absolutely love this set although I don't have the budget to build the whole thing. David's Mays is awewsome btw plz sell it to me! Pretty plz? Matt you've got a good taste of sets and cards. Anyway, I have these two from the set

BTW-this post also illustrates the importance of a good scanner, the clemente scans is from my old scanner, the mantle from my new/better one...

Pat,

Thanks for the kind words. That Mays was actually an upgrade to the 5.5 I had. Yes, this 5 blew away my old 5.5. I know a lot set registry guys find that difficult to understand because all they think about is numbers, but when you buy the card and not the holder it was an obvious choice for me as the 5 looked way better than my 5.5.

Yes, a good scanner makes all the difference in the world. Great scan and really great card, Pat. That Mantle is absolutely awesome. I think you owe me a new keyboard as that card left me drooling all over mine.

As far as building the set, I've picked up most of the commons in the $5 range and you can get the stars in the PSA 5 or SGC 60-70 range pretty reasonably. I say go for it, Pat. Heck, you've already knocked out two of the biggies.

[smtjoy]

One of my all time favorites, very cool cards, I have two, my fav is the Clemente already posted and I also have the pirates team card. One day I hope to own the Mantle.

[Big Six]

at about $10 per card, was happy to pick these up for my mid-grade set...

[frankbmd]

I bought these as a kid. Mom threw them out as an adult. I bought them again as an adult 20 years ago.

My set is complete EX-MT overall 20% graded. Solid stars.

Good luck with building your 56ers. It's a great set. Good choice.

Clemente NM Mantle EXMT
Robinson NM+ Williams EXMT