As we have stated in the past it is not our desire to get into the habit of offering more modern cards in our auctions. However 1985 Topps Minis are an exception. These cards were never actually released for public sale but somehow managed to sneak out into the collecting world. Allegedly a result of O-Pee-Chee"s testing of new printing equipment an undersized "set" of 132 cards (the number of cards traditionally found on a single sheet) were printed about 10% smaller than the typical Topps card and on brighter paper than the typical cards. The result is a smaller card more vibrant and reminiscent of some of the "premium" cards that would become the standard in the hobby half a dozen years later.It is theorized that only about 100 sheets of 1985 Minis were printed resulting in just 100 or so copies of each card manufactured. Graded examples are rare and as we can see from this listing at least some of the printed sheets were miscut resulting in printing "freaks" among the sheets. Just ten cards of Hall of Famers were printed in the 132-card "set."Presented here are 19 different cards from the set including three of the miscut "freaks." Counting the print anomalies this grouping includes six of the ten Hall of Famers available on the sheet. This is a rare group of cards most grading in the EX/MT to NMT range some perhaps higher. As is the case with most cards from this issue several of them - Steve Garvey Steve Carlton (HOF) Joe Morgan (HOF) Carlton Fisk (HOF) and the checklist - are marred by large surface wrinkles across the front. Many of the cards that have been found are wrinkled likely due to some flaw in the printing process or due to damage that occurred when the cards were discarded. Those cards would obviously carry a technical grade of F-G. Among the few truly rare modern issues 1985 Topps "Mini" cards were obviously never issued in packs and thus are not easy to find by any means. As an example just 561 Topps Mini cards have been graded by PSA versus nearly 94 000 regular-issue 1985 Topps cards. Clearly these cards are scarce and this is an outstanding opportunity to pick up a large group of them at once including six Hall of Famers (three of which - Steve Carlton Gary Carter and Nolan Ryan - are print anomalies). IMPORTANT NOTE: It has been brought to our attention that there is speculation that all the 1985 Topps Minis were discard