Topps Odd Ball Item

[steve B]

Mine also came from Halls auction. I believe that they were the ones who sent in the pictures for the redsox that got made. Joel was/is a pretty good photographer. Considering the pics would have been taken from the stands they're not bad. And the cards don't reproduce pictures all that well.

A Yaz makes sense, If there were any they'd have gone quickly and for more than I could have paid. I remember seeing a couple like the Remy in the shop and I waited till they got into the auction.

I've never seen the Sutton, the photo looks like it might have been from TV with the lines?

I've also never seen one picturing a little leaguer or softball player. I don't think the promotion was all that successful. Which might explain pictures of pros sliding through.

Steve B

[ALR-bishop]

There are fewer than 20 of the 71 Winner's set currently known. Since it was part of a Topps contest, as I recall, at most there would be 25. I assume there was no cap on the 79 offer.

I think the reason the 71s do show up on ebay from time to time is that the cards are labeled on the front as a Topps product. Since the 79s were not labeled as Topps on either the front or the back, they would seem less likely to show up in auctions unless they involved an actual MLB player.

I once tried to do a saved search for "1979 Tradin cards" but ebay always changed int to "1979 Trading Cards", and that turns up all kids of unhelpful stuff

[mrmopar]

I found the Remy image previously online (probably the same card), I believe after google searching Hadfield Enterprises.

I don't remember specifically, but probably paid a buck or two for Sutton.