Forgive the slightly less than pre-70 post but I am hoping some of you can confirm if I now have a full set of the 1971 Topps Winners cards, which look like this:



I just won ten from Kevin Savage (who though it might be a complete set but wasn't sure) and have:

Audia
Csuk Jr.
Faulkner
Grover
Harlan
Mihalik
Nachtrieb
Nobile
Rumenyak
Sinopoli

I have blogged about these before and just posed pics of all ten here:

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/1971%20Topps%20Winners

Any additional insight appreciated.

I also have:

Lisa C. Bole
Jeff Hooper
Darren K. Lazzari
Christine Ulicny

OK-14 known at least. I believe the contest was for 25 winners so have to suspect that is the final tally. Anyone have the other 11 names?

The sets I've had contained only the 14 cards listed above.

How any sets would that be, if you don't mind me asking. And given that there seems to be multiple sets about, would some of the cards have gone out the Topps back door? I am quite curious how many of these are out there and how they were ultimately distributed.

Also curious about the Topps Teamates/Grow Power issue and hoping you have details on that as well.

Well, you never know what will pop up off the ol' internet. I have heard from not one but 2 Winners in the past week and can confirm that one of them is new (April D. Bole) and I hope to post a scan of her card and her sister's, who is shown in the above checklist(Lisa C. Bole) soon.

The kicker is their Mom entered the Sweepstakes when she lived in California, so the geographic area was wider than just local Pittsburgh. I suspect since they both won, it was not a widely distributed sweepstakes and it would not survive me if very few entry forms were made up.

More details to come.

EDIT-looking at other backs in the set, Cincinnati is another possible area of distro, as is Maryland (there is a Rockwell there). Perhaps the contest was national in scope.

We have 15th subject: April D. Bole. More details on my blog:

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/1971%20Topps%20Winners

Gotta run, will try to post get some more info out there later.

Bill, could you post or email your four front and back images ?

David, I have saved/stored your fronts/backs from the Topps site.
Could you send any back images that are not shown at the Topps site ?

Would you fellows like a web page ?

Do you think the "kids" would like to have any "later life" picture
on a webpage to the right of their card. (assuming you can find
them or their offspring).

Any thoughts from anyone ?

It could go in the "Fun Page Area" (underway) as it isn't vintage..

I have 12 fronts, 3 backs

Dan:

I have 11 backs total, some already posted. I'll try to scan the rest tomorrow. Can I do say 4 at once or should they be individual?

Now, who has the 10 unknown cards??!!

How much can one expect to pay? Anyone ever locate a sealed pack or box? It is a neat concept and would be a great prize today for young or old card collectors!

I would say they are about $10 per card in nice shape, maybe a little less.

http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/z-ns-start/all-fun.html
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Are at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/douggoodman/sets/72157620705631077/

Doug

Thanks, Doug.....your pictures are now in place.

http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/kids71/go.html
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Can someone explain this set to a collector whose head is mired in the 30's? Given the picture of the kids and the year, I would have been about the same age but I have no memory of this set or what it is about.

My blog has the whole story. Presently there are 15 known cards out of what looks to be a possible 25. The whole thing was a limited sweepstakes from Topps.

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/1971%20Topps%20Winners