1956 Topps Willie Mays Graded Card #130 – PSA 5 (Gray Back)

Presented is a 1956 Topps Willie Mays Graded Card. It is #130 in the set and graded PSA EX 5. This is the gray back version.

Many consider the 1956 Topps Baseball set a turning point for the baseball card industry as it marked the beginning of Topps’ monopoly over the baseball card industry which lasted all the way until 1981, and was then re-established in 2010.

The 1956 Topps Baseball set boasts a checklist of 340 base cards and two non-numbered checklists. The dimension of the horizontal cards is 3-3/4″ by 2-5/8″. Building on their success with dual-image cards in previous years, Topps upped the ante by positioning the player profile picture in the foreground against a color action scene in the background. The design really worked and remains one of the most attractive and highly sought after baseball card sets to this day. In addition to the beautifully crafted card front, the 1956 Topps Baseball card backs supplies a cornucopia of information regarding the player, including statistical and biographical information. The popular three-panel comic strips provide additional bits of information about the depicted player.

1956 Topps Willie Mays Graded Card #130 – PSA 5