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Through the first 500 (actually, 504) cards:
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1976 Topps #505-513
Passing 500:
505 Mark Belanger 506 George Mitterwald 507 Ray Bare 508 Duane Kuiper 509 Bill Hands 510 Amos Otis 511 Jamie Easterly 512 Ellie Rodriguez 513 Bart Johnson 507 Ray Bare is missing. No upgrade candidates here. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/505a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/505b.jpg |
1976 Topps 514-522
The next batch:
514 Dan Driessen 515 Steve Yeager 516 Wayne Granger 517 John Milner 518 Doug Flynn 519 Steve Brye 520 Willie McCovey 521 Jim Colborn 522 Ted Sizemore 518 Doug Flynn and 521 Jim Colborn are missing. No upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/514a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/514b.jpg |
1976 Topps #523-531
Next up:
523 Bob Montgomery 524 Pete Falcone 525 Billy Williams 526 Checklist 397-528 527 Mike Anderson 528 Dock Ellis 529 Deron Johnson 530 Don Sutton 531 Joe Frazier 525 Billy Williams and 526 Checklist 397-528. 528 Dock Ellis and 530 Don Sutton are upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/523a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/523b.jpg |
1976 Topps #532-540
Next up:
532 Milt May 533 Lee Richard 534 Stan Bahnsen 535 Dave Nelson 536 Mike Thompson 537 Tony Muser 538 Pat Darcy 539 John Balaz 540 Bill Freehan 538 Pat Darcy and 540 Bill Freehan are missing. 535 Dave Nelson and 537 Tony Muser are upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/532a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/532b.jpg |
1976 Topps #541-549
The next group:
541 Steve Mingori 542 Keith Hernandez 543 Wayne Twitchell 544 Pepe Frias 545 Sparky Lyle 546 Dave Rosello 547 Roric Harrison 548 Manny Mota 549 Randy Tate 545 Sparky Lyle is missing. 548 Manny Mota is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/541a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/541b.jpg |
1976 Topps #550-
Blowing by 550:
550 Hank Aaron 551 Jerry DaVanon 552 Terry Humphrey 553 Randy Moffitt 554 Ray Fosse 555 Dyar Miller 556 Gene Mauch 557 Dan Spillner 558 Clarence Gaston Missing is 550 Hank Aaron. 556 Gene Mauch and 558 Clarence Gaston are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/550a.jpg |
550!
Through the first 550 (actually, 558) cards:
55 cards missing 66 upgrade candidates |
1976 Topps #559-567
The next 9:
559 Clyde Wright 560 Jorge Orta 561 Tom Carroll 562 Adrian Garrett 563 Larry Demery 564 Kurt Bevacqua 565 Tug McGraw 566 Ken McMullen 567 George Stone 561 Tom Carroll is missing. No upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/559a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/559b.jpg |
1976 Topps #568-576
Up next:
568 Rob Andrews 569 Nelson Briles 570 George Hendrick 571 Don DeMola 572 Rich Coggins 573 Bill Travers 574 Don Kessinger 575 Dwight Evans 576 Maximino Leon 568 Rob Andrews is missing. 570 George Hendrick and 574 Don Kessinger are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/568a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/568b.jpg |
1976 Topps #577-585
The next 9:
577 Marc Hill 578 Ted Kubiak 579 Clay Kirby 580 Bert Campaneris 581 Red Schoendienst 582 Mike Kekich 583 Tommy Helms 584 Stan Wall 585 Joe Torre 580 Bert Campaneris is missing. 579 Clay Kirby, 582 Mike Kekich, and 585 Joe Torre are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/577a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/577b.jpg |
1976 Topps #586-594
Up next:
586 Ron Schueler 587 Leo Cardenas 588 Kevin Kobel 589 Mike Flanagan 590 Chet Lemon 591 Rookie Pitchers 592 Rookie Infielders Randolph 593 Rookie Pitchers 594 Rookie Catchers/Outfielders 591 Rookie Pitchers is missing. 588 Kevin Kobel is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/586a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/586b.jpg |
1976 Topps #595-603
Passing 600:
595 Rookie Pitchers 596 Rookie Infielders 597 Rookie Pitchers Don Aase 598 Rookie Outfielders 599 Rookie Pitchers Guidry 600 Tom Seaver 601 Ken Rudolph 602 Doug Konieczny 603 Jim Holt 596 Rookie Infielders is missing. 598 Rookie Outfielders is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/595a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/595b.jpg |
600!
Through the first 600 (actually, 603) cards:
60 cards missing 74 upgrade candidates |
Was flipping through, and noticed #28 Dusty Baker can use an upgrade.
Through the first 600 (actually, 603) cards: 60 cards missing 75 upgrade candidates |
1976 Topps #604-612
The next 9:
604 Joe Lovitto 605 Al Downing 606 Alex Grammas 607 Rich Hinton 608 Vic Correll 609 Fred Norman 610 Greg Luzinski 611 Rich Folkers 612 Joe Lahoud 609 Fred Norman is missing. 606 Alex Grammas and 608 Vic Correll are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/604a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/604b.jpg |
Love this thread. Makes me want to get off my butt and work on some of my 70's sets. I remember back around 1991 I had just purchased some new cleats for softball but after wearing them two times, I didn't like them so I gave them to a teammate. He remembered I had talked with him about my favorite set as a kid (The 1971 Topps set...which my Mom threw out. Yes kids, that really did happen to a lot of us). Anyway, he showed up the next day with a shoe box full of his 71 doubles. Still have them, so now I think I'll sort through them and start working on the whole set. Sounds like fun just talking about it!!
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Glad you're enjoying the thread...the project has been a blast, and sharing it here makes it feel like more of a shared experience. 1971 Topps is a pretty set....you should go for it! I've never been a set builder, and I never bought 70's cards in packs, but I'm having a good time with it. |
1976 Topps 613-621
The next batch:
613 Tim Johnson 614 Fernando Arroyo 615 Mike Cubbage 616 Buck Martinez 617 Darold Knowles 618 Jack Brohamer 619 Bill Butler 620 Al Oliver 621 Tom Hall 614 Fernando Arroyo is missing. 615 Mike Cubbage is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/613a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/613b.jpg |
1976 Topps 622-630
The next batch:
622 Rick Auerbach 623 Bob Allietta 624 Tony Taylor 625 J.R. Richard 626 Bob Sheldon 627 Bill Plummer 628 John D'Acquisto 629 Sandy Alomar 630 Chris Speier 622 Rick Auerbach and 627 Bill Plummer are missing. 626 Bob Sheldon and 629 Sandy Alomar are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/622a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/622b.jpg |
1976 Topps 631-639
The 630's:
631 Dave Bristol 632 Rogelio Moret 633 John Stearns 634 Larry Christenson 635 Jim Fregosi 636 Joe Decker 637 Bruce Bochte 638 Doyle Alexander 639 Fred Kendall 636 Joe Decker is missing. No upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/631a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/631b.jpg |
1976 Topps 640-648
The next batch:
640 Bill Madlock 641 Tom Paciorek 642 Dennis Blair 643 Checklist 529-660 644 Tom Bradley 645 Darrell Porter 646 John Lowenstein 647 Ramon Hernandez 648 Al Cowens This was probably the toughest page in the whole set. 642 Dennis Blair, 643 Checklist 529-660, 646 John Lowenstein, 647 Ramon Hernandez, and 648 Al Cowens are all missing. 641 Tom Paciorek is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/640a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/640b.jpg |
1976 Topps 649-657
Passing 650:
649 Dave Roberts 650 Thurman Munson 651 John Odom 652 Ed Armbrister 653 Mike Norris 654 Doug Griffin 655 Mike Vail 656 Chuck Tanner 657 Roy Smalley All cards are here. 657 Roy Smalley is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/649a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/649b.jpg |
1976 Topps #658-660
Bringing it home!
658 Jerry Johnson 659 Ben Oglivie 660 Davey Lopes All three are here and look good. No upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/658a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/658b.jpg |
Accounting for Round 1
Through the first pass through the 660 cards:
70 cards missing 82 upgrade candidates That's hair over 10.5% missing, and almost 12.5 upgrade, for a total of 23% of the set that I still need to add. Is that good? I don't know....but so far, it's been a lot of fun, so we'll keep at it! |
The dups
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Love this thread. I was a kid of the '70s (ages 6-16), so those sets are my love. The '76 is the first one I built in my quest to rebuild all of the years '72 thru '79. I have yet to put it in an album though I finished it a few years ago, and its fun to see them all like this. I truly loved my cards as a kid, and when there is one I don't recognize, I know that is one I never got from packs as a kid. I usually managed to get about 600 or so from each set just through packs, and thus probably another 400-500 dupes as once you got close it was just a lottery buy to see if you could hit one you needed. Funny how excited a Juan Beniquez can make you. Thanks for sharing the ride on this one.
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In those pre-internet days, though, you're right....buying packs and a few trades were your only ways to acquire cards, except for the rare trips to a local card shop. And when buying packs, I feel like I got a 1987 Topps Pat Dobson in every pack, even when buying 1988 Donruss or 1989 Topps! :D And you're right about recognizing most of the cards. I bought my son a box of 1987 Topps to rip open a few months back, and I think maybe 1-2 cards in the whole box I didn't recognize. |
Magic of Net54
I have a bunch of the missing and upgrade cards coming my way from a Net54 member....should get me quite a bit closer to complete.
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Stay tuned I will. If you end up still needing Concepcion, Tanana, and Flynn, lmk as I have them and can get 'em out to you.
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Picked up 5 more binder pages on eBay for $3.69 delivered.
9 cards x 5 pages = 45 cards. Which is one more than 44, which should give away what they're for. :D Total spent on binder set: $227.85 Total spent on graded: $47.37 Total recaptured via sales: $1.99 |
Upgrades!
Received a box from fellow board member Collectorsince62 today. 112 cards that I was either missing or was looking to upgrade, plus a traded set, for $40 delivered.
A great deal and a great addition to my project....should keep me busy for a while. Thank you Collectorsince62! Total spent on binder set: $267.85 Total spent on graded: $47.37 Total recaptured via sales: $1.99 I'll be picking away at this lot for DAYS! :cool: |
Upgrades 1-6
The first six cards in the stack, all upgrades over existing cards:
http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/upgrade1.jpg It's a nice start...although I'm starting to notice that every time I go through the binder, I find more cards I wouldn't mind upgrading. :p |
Sold a fairly rough shape Mike Schmidt #480 on eBay for $1.99 w/ free shipping.
Recouping my investment big time here! :p Total spent on binder set: $267.85 Total spent on graded: $47.37 Total recaptured via sales: $3.98 |
6 more upgrades:
http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/upgrade2.jpg I also had six that replaced missing ones, but forgot to take a picture. The lot included Luis Tiant, Rich Gossage, and card #193 Leaders (with Carew). |
1976 Topps Traded
As I mentioned, along with the upgrades and missing cards that just arrived was a 1976 Topps Traded set.
This was Topps 2nd traded set, after '74 (not sure why they didn't do one in '75). 44 cards, numbered to coincide with with the players regular Topps card, but with a "T" added. An interesting approach. Here they all are: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/TT1.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/TT2.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/TT3.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/TT4.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/TT5.jpg |
A few more lots of gap-filling cards...formerly missing from my set!
http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/new1.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/new2.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/new3.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/new4.jpg http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/new5.jpg |
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Looks like you're moving right along. Congrats.
I bought my first lot of 1975s this week. Got a lot of a little over 400 for $65 shipped. I know it has Aaron, Yaz, Bench and a few other HOFers/stars. So not a bad lot at all, and not a bad price for Ex-Mt to NM cards. Once I get them in, and I buy a couple other lots, I'll start a thread. I also have to buy a notebook and pages. So once I get all that done, I'll start the thread and go about like you did. I really enjoyed following along. |
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That's awesome that you've picked up some 1975's - that's a pretty set. Sounds like a good value lot you picked up, and I look forward to your thread. When I eventually finish up the 76 Topps, I'm not sure if I go backwards to '75 or forward to '77. |
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wow you're picking up some nice cards there...as we who collect 70's cards..the 76 ones were very hard to find nicely centered.
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Progress Update!
An update on where things stand:
17 cards missing 26 upgrade candidates Next step is to pick away at the missing cards, maybe sell off my dups to help finance the purchases. Some of it won't be cheap....Nolan Ryan and 2 Hank Aaron cards are among those 43, so it won't always be cheap and easy. |
Lists
Are you going to list the cards missing or needing upgrades?
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Good idea, Rick...I’ll work on that this week!
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