1971 Topps - Set Complete!

[quitcrab]

Congrats ! I have always liked the 71 Topps.
That high number series is tough to obtain.

[tjenkins]

Congrats on a awesome set. I am also doing the same thing. I am completing the 1971 set from my childhood wax buying days. I found out I am about 140 cards short of completion, so now I start the completion process. I would say my condition is very similar to yours. If you have doubles to move I may be interested. Today I actually come up with numbers I need. Again congrats on a very cool set.

[Kevin]

Fun accomplishment. Congratulations...

[jimmer77]

I too have completed this set, and agree it's one of my favorite sets, along with the 65 topps set.

[butchie_t]

It is a beautiful set. Congratulations in the quest.

Cheers,

Butch

[ALR-bishop]

Congrats, James. Wonderful set, and Topps continued to issue off beat related baseball profducts in 71 as well....Greatest Moments, Tattoos, Scratch Offs, Coins, Supers, the fantasy 71 Winners and the enigmatic unissued Rookie Artist Proofs

[Elberson]

Congrats…….fun set!!!

[jingram058]

Thanks everyone! I just finished sorting them out, #1 to #752, in 9 pocket pages. I wound up with the grand total of 16 leftover duplicates, all in pretty horrendous condition. I might re-sort them by teams and subsets, but that's might, as it will take time to do that.

[Harliduck]

Congrats! Not an easy set to complete, no matter what the condition is. Hell of an accomplishment!



When I initially built my 71's, I started with a decent lot...most cards were VG-EX and I like my sets to be EX or better. No creases, decent corners, no ink...with centering just having to show some white on the edges, so nothing too bad, but purists on centering would be upgrading a few cards...

With that said, the goal was completion and went the best I could at EX moving forward. Once I was done, which took a while with those high numbers and the sheer volume of cards (1972, I'm talking to YOU), I was super happy. NOW...for the last 5 years or so...about every month or so I grab a couple beers, pull out the set...and look to upgrade to EX or better cards on cards that could be upgraded. Now my set is EX plus...over time...and beautiful. I've enjoyed the process and in little chunks, have made the set what I really want. I love doing that to all my sets...keeps the drive alive...