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

[bradmar48]

The 1956 set is my favorite set from all my collection. If and when I finally sell
my card collection it will be the last to go because I have an emotional connection with the set. It was the first set that I collected as a kid and I spent hours reading the backs until I could remember the stats and cartoon on the back of each card.

The fact that the action photo on the Aaron card is actually Willie Mays is something I didn't know about until about 10 years ago.

[scmavl]

Glad I could help, Matt. It's a great set and has some of the best art, especially the in action part.

[ALR-bishop]

For whatever it's worth ( probably not much), I have the following variations/oddities in this set.

The 3 Cub teams
The 3 Phils teams
The 3 Indians teams
The 3 Reds teams
The 3 Braves teams
The 3 Orioles teams

108 Pepper...regular and with the yellow spill in grass and yellow blotch near ear (3)...written up in SCD

363 Miller...with and without green boxes around stats on back

323 Schmidt..with or without 6 in the loss box on back...written up in SCD.

If anyone knows of others. please let me know

Also, in trying to complete my Topps unopened pack run, I have had to settle for a penny pack for 1956 ( and 1958). This and the 58 pack seem to
me to be the toughest to get by far.

Also have the 1956 Topps Hocus Focus baseball subset of 18 plus a wrapper. Compared to the cards they are so dreadful you wonder why Topps bothered

[brob28]

My favorite set by far. Not many rookies, but the best looking cards Topps ever produced IMHO and a bunch of hall of famers. I'm at 92% complete Ex/Mt or better raw or graded. I'm down to only few biggies, Koufax, Mays & Yankees team. But some of the commons I'm looking for are real hard to find centered. Love the action shots especially on Clemente's and Mantle.

[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?