1971 topps greatest moments set question?

[Busscooter]

Chris, Do you know if there was a wrapper produced for these cards? I've heard that a wrapper exists, but I have never seen one. The Wrapper Guy

[ALR-bishop]

I have a set. I have never seen an unopened pack or wrapper. I have heard that they were sold by packs only in Brooklyn on a limited basis as a test. I have also heard that examples can be found with gum stains. And, I have seen a scan of a beat up wax box. I think the entire set was also available through the Card Collectors Company of NY.

And why didn't the set include Aaron and Clemente ?

[jmoran19]

I don't think there are any Pirates in the set, maybe they were scheduled to be in a second series??

Here is a fantasy Clemente,

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...reatest&page=4

[theseeker]

I've read that many GM cards were lost in a Card Collector's Co. warehouse fire.

I've also read that the GM cards were only sold in and around NYC. Yet, I distinctly recall these cards available in a candy store in the western suburbs of Chicago, the summer of '71. I remember seeing a few in the shoebox of a fellow child collector. And I highly doubt they were bought through a mail order supplier, as all in my circle were casual collectors.

Is it possible the GM's made there way into the Chicago market or is my mind playing tricks on me?