Loaded with rookie cards and Hall of Famers the 1965 Topps set is not filled with variations that make constructing a master set difficult. Featuring sharp color player photography set against a colored border Topps" 1965 issue continued the company"s string of winning card designs that began in 1963 which featured a card design that depended heavily on photography and much less on graphic design. Topps continued to hone that strategy throughout the middle part of the decade culminating in the beautiful 1967 set before launching the questionable 1968 design.This is a collector-grade set assembled by an avid collector of cards and paper ephemera in the 1980s. Because there were limited avenues through which to purchase cards in the 80s assembling a truly high-grade set was extremely difficult and collectors often settled for lower-grade cards to fill their sets. Despite that this is an extremely attractive set colorful and bold with most of the condition issues restricted to corner wear and centering problems. The set grades out approximately 4% EX/MT or better 19% EX 44% VG/EX 30% VG and 3% lesser grades. A breakdown of the set"s key cards is as follows:#15 Roberts (HOF) EX/MT #16 Morgan RC (HOF) EX #20 Bunning (HOF) VG #50 Marichal (HOF) VG #95 Mazeroski (HOF) VG/EX #110 Santo (HOF) EX #120 F. Robinson (HOF) VG/EX #130 Kaline (HOF) G #150 B. Robinson (HOF) VG #155 Maris VG #160 Clemente (HOF) VG/EX #170 Aaron (HOF) VG #176 McCovey (HOF) G #187 Stengel (HOF) F #193 Perry (HOF) EX #205 Spahn (HOF) VG #207 Rose VG/EX #208 John VG/EX #217 Alston (HOF) VG #220 B. Williams (HOF) VG #250 Mays (HOF) G #260 Drysdale (HOF) VG #276 Wilhelm (HOF) VG/EX #297 DeBusschere VG #300 Koufax (HOF) VG #320 Gibson (HOF) VG #330 Ford (HOF) VG #350 Mantle (HOF) P - trimmed #360 Cepeda (HOF) VG #377 Stargell (HOF) VG #385 Yastrzemski (HOF) VG/EX #400 Killebrew (HOF) VG/EX #410 Aparicio (HOF) VG/EX #414 Lopez (HOF) VG/EX #461 Niekro (HOF RC) VG/EX #470 Berra (HOF) VG/EX #477 Carlton (HOF RC) VG/EX #485 Fox (HOF) VG/EX #500 Mathews (HOF) VG/EX #510 Banks (HOF) EX #526 Hunter (HOF RC) VG/EX #540 Brock (HOF) VG/EX #556 Schoendienst (HOF) VG/EX #581 Perez (HOF RC) VG/EX.The mid 1960s was an excellent period for collecting because one generation of baseball greats was nearing the end of its career while another was starting. This overlap created a large number of eventual Hall of Famers playing all at once and the 1965 Topps