Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project
As my 1976 Topps Binder Project is approaching completion (set complete, 20 upgrade candidates as of this posting), I'm ready to take on another set.
My 1976 thread has surpassed 10,000 views, so hopefully you all are enjoying following along in my quest! To review: What is a binder set? It's got non-high end, non-graded cards, perfect for flipping through without risking any major investments. To add to the fun, I'll likely pick up graded copies of some of the more interesting stars from the set. If I get a graded copy of a card, I'll still get a non-graded for the binder, but may allow for lower grade there to help keep costs in check. Depending on what I get for duplicates, I may even dabble in some TTM autograph chasing. From a condition perspective, I aimed for EX for my '76 set, but quickly realized I'm a bit of a stickler for condition, so I expect this one will be more like EXMT+. Centering isn't going to be perfect by any means, but I'll try to avoid badly dinged corners and the like. The 1977 Topps set consists of 660 cards. Here is the checklist. The key rookies are are Andre Dawson (#473), Dale Murphy (#476) and Bruce Sutter (#144). The set also includes cards of roughly 20 other Hall of Famers of the era. Great to have another project ahead of me! |
The Binder & Pages
The first rule of building a binder set is that you're gonna need a binder. :)
1 BCW 3" Black Baseball Card Storage D-Ring Album Binder & 50 Pages 9 Pocket - $23.28 delivered http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/binder.jpg 25 Ultra PRO Platinum 9-Pocket Hologram Card Album Pages/Binder Sheets - $7.92 delivered http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/pages.jpg Total spent on binder set: $31.20 |
1977 Topps Graded
1977 Topps PSA Graded Cards
Going into the project, I have the following PSA graded cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/graded.jpg I'll target PSA graded cards only, PSA 7 and above, with no qualifiers. For most, I'll probably target PSA 8, with the exception being for those that 8's get a big pricey. |
Starting to Acquire Cards - eBay
Starting to pick up cards: 1977 Topps Baseball Starter Set (410 Different) BV $294 Avg Ex/Mt to Nm Palmer - $57.01 delivered http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/1977a.jpg LOT OF 50: 1977 TOPPS COMMON CARDS - $5.91 delivered http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/1977b.jpg 1977 TOPPS BASEBALL - 100 CARD LOT - ALL DIFFERENT SEE LIST - EX-NM - $15.94 delivered http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/100_card.jpg Total spent on binder set: $110.06 |
Starting to Acquire Cards - Net54
I made some deals with a couple of Net54 users to help get the project kick-started. 300 card lot EX-EXMT - all different - $45 delivered 600 card lot - VG-NM - some lower grade than I'm targeting, and some dups, but great start and good fun - $30 delivered Total spent on binder set: $185.06 |
Cards 1-9
Let's get started!
Cards 1-9 include the "Leaders" subset. 1 Batting Leaders 2 Home Run Leaders 3 RBI Leaders 4 Stolen Base Leaders 5 Victory Leaders 6 Strikeout Leaders 7 ERA Leaders 8 Leading Firemen 9 Doug Rader Missing: #2 Home Run Leaders, #6 Strikeout Leaders, and #8 Leading Firemen. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/1-9a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/1-9b.jpg |
BTW, for page 1, cards #1 and #3 are upgrade candidates.
Not the best start, but with 1,460 cards to draw from, I'm hopeful most pages are a lot more complete and upgrade-free than this one! |
Cards #10-18
The next lot:
10 Reggie Jackson 11 Rob Dressler 12 Larry Haney 13 Luis Gomez 14 Tommy Smith 15 Don Gullett 16 Bob Jones RC 17 Steve Stone 18 Frank Robinson Missing are card #15, Don Gullett, and card #18, Frank Robinson. No obvious upgrade candidates in this lot. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/10-18a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/10-18b.jpg |
1977 Topps Cards #19-27
Batch #3:
19 John D'Acquisto 20 Graig Nettles 21 Ken Forsch 22 Bill Freehan 23 Dan Driessen 24 Carl Morton 25 Dwight Evans 26 Ray Sadecki 27 Bill Buckner All 9 are here, and no obvious upgrade candidates! I like it! The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/19-27a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/19-27b.jpg |
1977 Topps #28-36
The next batch:
28 Woodie Fryman 29 Bucky Dent 30 Greg Luzinski 31 Jim Todd 32 Checklist 1-132 33 Wayne Garland 34 Norm Sherry 35 Rennie Stennett 36 John Ellis Card #32, the checklist, is missing. I think back in those days, an awful lot of checklists actually got used as checklists! And look....Bucky Dent, before he got his colorful middle name (at least here in Red Sox country)! :D The rest of the lot looks good...no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/28-36a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/28-36b.jpg |
Up next:
37 Steve Hargan 38 Craig Kusick 39 Tom Griffin 40 Bobby Murcer 41 Jim Kern 42 Jose Cruz 43 Ray Bare 44 Bud Harrelson 45 Rawly Eastwick #45, Rawly Eastwick, is an upgrade candidate. Other than that, all here and no other upgrade candidates. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/37-45a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/37-45b.jpg |
1977 Topps Cards 46-54
The next 9:
46 Buck Martinez 47 Lynn McGlothen 48 Tom Paciorek 49 Grant Jackson 50 Ron Cey 51 Alex Grammas 52 Ellis Valentine 53 Paul Mitchell 54 Sandy Alomar All the cards are here. #50, Ron Cey, is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/46-54a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/46-54b.jpg |
1977 Topps Cards 55-63
Up next:
55 Jeff Burroughs 56 Rudy May 57 Marc Hill 58 Chet Lemon 59 Larry Christenson 60 Jim Rice 61 Manny Sanguillen 62 Eric Raich 63 Tito Fuentes All cards are here. The Rice (#60) could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/55-63a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/55-63b.jpg |
1977 Topps Cards 64-72
The next nine:
64 Larry Biittner 65 Skip Lockwood 66 Roy Smalley 67 Joaquin Andujar RC 68 Bruce Bochte 69 Jim Crawford 70 Johnny Bench 71 Dock Ellis 72 Mike Anderson The cards are all here. The Johnny Bench (#70) is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/64-72a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/64-72b.jpg |
1977 Topps 73-81
The next group:
73 Charlie Williams 74 Oakland Athletics CL 75 Dennis Leonar 76 Tim Foli 77 Dyar Miller 78 Bob Davis 79 Don Money 80 Andy Messersmith 81 Juan Beniquez All 9 are here and no major upgrade candidates! The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/72-81a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/72-81b.jpg |
1977 Topps 82-90
9 to get us to 90:
82 Jim Rooker 83 Kevin Bell RC 84 Ollie Brown 85 Duane Kuiper 86 Pat Zachry 87 Glenn Borgmann 88 Stan Wall 89 Butch Hobson RC 90 Cesar Cedeno 9 more that are all present and accounted for, and no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/82-90a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/82-90b.jpg |
1977 Topps 91-99
The next batch:
91 John Verhoeven 92 Dave Rosello 93 Tom Poquette 94 Craig Swan 95 Keith Hernandez 96 Lou Piniella 97 Dave Heaverlo 98 Milt May 99 Tom Hausman The lot is all here. Keith Hernandez (#95) is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/91-99a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/91-99b.jpg |
1977 Topps 100-108
Passing 100:
100 Joe Morgan 101 Dick Bosman 102 Jose Morales 103 Mike Bacsik 104 Omar Moreno RC 105 Steve Yeager 106 Mike Flanagan 107 Bill Melton 108 Alan Foster All here, and no upgrade candidates. The Morgan is real nice! The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/100-108a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/100-108b.jpg |
1977 Topps 109-117
Up next:
109 Jorge Orta 110 Steve Carlton 111 Rico Petrocelli 112 Bill Greif 113 Toronto Blue Jays CL 114 Bruce Dal Canton 115 Rich Manning 116 Joe Niekro 117 Frank White This batch is all here. 111 Rico Petrocelli and 113 Toronto Blue Jays CL are both upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/109-117a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/109-117b.jpg |
1977 Topps #118-126
Next:
118 Rick Jones RC 119 John Stearns 120 Rod Carew 121 Gary Nolan 122 Ben Oglivie 123 Fred Stanley 124 George Mitterwald 125 Bill Travers 126 Rod Gilbreath All here! 119 John Stearns and 123 Fred Stanley are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/118-126a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/118-126b.jpg |
Good luck with the set. I was 11 in 1977 and these are the first wax packs that I can remember opening. Always excited to find an 'All-Star' logo on a card when opening up a pack.
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My 8 year old son, "inspired" by my binder projects, has started a 1987 Topps binder project of his own. Pretty funny watching him bust packs of the first set I ever bought! |
1977
Man, you picked up a pretty good amount up front. Really like the look of this set and looking forward to viewing it all. While I’m not really a set collector I really like viewing all the different cards and this is one of the last years I really was picking up a ton of cards. I did get some ‘78’s, but that was it for quite a number of years.
Love that your son is getting into it as well. Be cool to see some pics with his cards! |
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I blame two factors for this: 1) the relative affordability of lots from this year and 2) the Net54 community, who provided some great lots that I couldn't say "no" to. :) I wasn't a set collector until I started my 1976 project, but it's fun. Glad folks are enjoying the posts...it makes it a lot more fun and interesting to share the journey. I think I may hit '78 Topps next. It's funny, but being a young collector in the late 80's and early 90's, that set seemed like an unattainable big money "vintage" set. Molitor/Trammel RC?! Eddie Murray RC?! Might as well have been Ruth and Gehrig to a kid scratching together $16 to buy a box of 1990 Donruss. :p My son made ME sort the cards down into 100's, and he then sorted cards 1-100 down by 10's. He's got up to number 20 in the binder...so he's taking the slow approach. Ah, to be 8... |
1977 Topps 127-135
The next few:
127 Ron Fairly 128 Tommy John Dodgers 129 Mike Sadek 130 Al Oliver 131 Orlando Ramirez RC 132 Chip Lang 133 Ralph Garr 134 San Diego Padres CL 135 Mark Belanger All are here and no upgrade candidates! The cards; http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/127-135a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/127-135b.jpg |
1977 Topps 136-144
Two Hall of Famers:
136 Jerry Mumphrey RC 137 Jeff Terpko RC 138 Bob Stinson 139 Fred Norman 140 Mike Schmidt 141 Mark Littell 142 Steve Dillard RC 143 Ed Herrmann 144 Bruce Sutter RC All here and the Sutter is pretty nice. But a number of upgrade candidates: 139,140, and 142. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/136-144a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/136-144b.jpg |
1977 Topps 145-153
Passing 150:
145 Tom Veryzer 146 Dusty Baker 147 Jackie Brown 148 Fran Healy 149 Mike Cubbage 150 Tom Seaver 151 Johnnie LeMaster 152 Gaylord Perry 153 Ron Jackson RC #146 Dusty Baker is missing. #149 Mike Cubbage could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/145-153a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/145-153b.jpg |
1977 Topps 154-162
The next batch:
154 Dave Giusti 155 Joe Rudi 156 Pete Mackanin 157 Ken Brett 158 Ted Kubiak 159 Bernie Carbo 160 Will McEnaney 161 Garry Templeton RC 162 Mike Cuellar #160 Wil McEnaney is missing. No upgrade candidates. I know Topps usually put a "star" on the 0's...what happened here? The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/154-162a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/154-162b.jpg |
1977 Topps 163-171
Up next:
163 Dave Hilton 164 Tug McGraw 165 Jim Wynn 166 Bill Campbell 167 Rich Hebner 168 Charlie Spikes 169 Darold Knowles 170 Thurman Munson 171 Ken Sanders All here and no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/163-171a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/163-171b.jpg |
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"Working" on it since 76..... still something like 9 cards short..... |
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1977 Topps 172-180
Up next:
172 John Milner 173 Chuck Scrivener RC 174 Nelson Briles 175 Butch Wynegar RC 176 Bob Robertson 177 Bart Johnson 178 Bombo Rivera RC 179 Paul Hartzell RC 180 Dave Lopes All here and no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/172-180a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/172-180b.jpg |
1977 Topps 181-189
The next batch:
181 Ken McMullen 182 Dan Spillner 183 St. Louis Cardinals CL 184 Bo McLaughlin RC 185 Sixto Lezcano 186 Doug Flynn 187 Dick Pole 188 Bob Tolan 189 Rick Dempsey 183 St. Louis Cardinals CL is missing. Everything else looks good. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/181-189a.jpg |
1977 Topps 190-198
The next group:
190 Ray Burris 191 Doug Griffin 192 Clarence Gaston 193 Larry Gura 194 Gary Matthews 195 Ed Figueroa 196 Len Randle 197 Ed Ott 198 Wilbur Wood All here and no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/190-198a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/190-198b.jpg |
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Still, interesting when you get to a "0" and you're like "who?!" :D |
1977 Topps 199-207
Passing 200:
199 Pepe Frias 200 Frank Tanana 201 Ed Kranepool 202 Tom Johnson 203 Ed Armbrister 204 Jeff Newman RC 205 Pete Falcone 206 Boog Powell 207 Glenn Abbott All are here and accounted for, with no upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/199-207a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/199-207b.jpg |
1977 Topps 208-216
Up next:
208 Checklist 133-264 209 Rob Andrews 210 Fred Lynn 211 San Francisco Giants CL 212 Jim Mason 213 Maximino Leon 214 Darrell Porter 215 Butch Metzger 216 Doug DeCinces Card #208 (Checklist 133-264) is missing. 215 Butch Metzger could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/208-216a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/208-216b.jpg |
1977 Topps 217-225
The next batch:
217 Tom Underwood 218 John Wathan RC 219 Joe Coleman 220 Chris Chambliss 221 Bob Bailey 222 Francisco Barrios 223 Earl Williams 224 Rusty Torres 225 Bob Apodaca All 9 are here. 220 Chris Chambliss could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/217-225a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/217-225b.jpg |
1977 Topps 226-234
Next up:
226 Leroy Stanton 227 Joe Sambito RC 228 Minnesota Twins CL 229 Don Kessinger 230 Vida Blue 231 George Brett RB 232 Minnie Minoso RB 233 Jose Morales RB 234 Nolan Ryan RB Missing are 228 Minnesota Twins CL and 234 Nolan Ryan RB (darn). No obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/226-234a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/226-234b.jpg |
1977 Topps 235-243
The next group:
235 Cecil Cooper 236 Tom Buskey 237 Gene Clines 238 Tippy Martinez 239 Bill Plummer 240 Ron LeFlore 241 Dave Tomlin 242 Ken Henderson 243 Ron Reed All here and no obvious upgrade candidates! The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/235-243a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/235-243b.jpg |
1977 Topps 244-252
The cards:
244 John Mayberry 245 Rick Rhoden 246 Mike Vail 247 Chris Knapp 248 Wilbur Howard 249 Pete Redfern 250 Bill Madlock 251 Tony Muser 252 Dale Murray All cards are here. 248 Wilbur Howard is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/244-252a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/244-252b.jpg |
1977 Topps 253-261
Next batch:
253 John Hale 254 Doyle Alexander 255 George Scott 256 Joe Hoerner 257 Mike Miley 258 Luis Tiant 259 New York Mets CL 260 J.R. Richard 261 Phil Garner All 9 are present. 260 J.R. Richard is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/253-261a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/253-261b.jpg |
1977 Topps 262-270
The next group:
262 Al Cowens 263 Mike Marshall 264 Tom Hutton 265 Mark Fidrych RC 266 Derrel Thomas 267 Ray Fosse 268 Rick Sawyer RC 269 Joe Lis 270 Dave Parker 265 Mark Fidrych RC is missing. 264 Tom Hutton could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/262-270a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/262-270b.jpg |
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Sorry to hear mine isn't super rare and isn't going to make me rich (otherwise we could go straight from '77 Topps to '52 Topps). :D |
Nice progress! Lots of nice clean cards!
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1977 Topps 271-279
The next batch:
271 Terry Forster 272 Lee Lacy 273 Eric Soderholm 274 Don Stanhouse 275 Mike Hargrove 276 A.L. Championship 277 N.L. Championship 278 Danny Frisella 279 Joe Wallis 276 A.L. Championship & 277 N.L. Championship are missing. 278 Danny Frisella could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/271-279a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/271-279b.jpg |
1977 Topps 280-288
The next few:
280 Jim Hunter 281 Roy Staiger 282 Sid Monge 283 Jerry DaVanon 284 Mike Norris 285 Brooks Robinson 286 Johnny Grubb 287 Cincinnati Reds CL 288 Bob Montgomery 280 Jim Hunter and 287 Cincinnati Reds CL are missing. No upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/280-288a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/280-288b.jpg |
1977 Topps 289-297
Up next:
289 Gene Garber 290 Amos Otis 291 Jason Thompson RC 292 Rogelio Moret 293 Jack Brohamer 294 George Medich 295 Gary Carter 296 Don Hood 297 Ken Reitz 295 Gary Carter is an upgrade candidate. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/289-297a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/289-297b.jpg |
1977 Topps 298-306
Passing 300:
298 Charlie Hough 299 Otto Velez 300 Jerry Koosman 301 Toby Harrah 302 Mike Garman 303 Gene Tenace 304 Jim Hughes 305 Mickey Rivers 306 Rick Waits 299 Otto Velez and 301 Toby Harrah are missing. 303 Gene Tenace and 305 Mickey Rivers are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/298-306a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/298-306b.jpg |
1977 Topps 307-315
The next batch:
307 Gary Sutherland 308 Gene Pentz RC 309 Boston Red Sox CL 310 Larry Bowa 311 Vern Ruhle 312 Rob Belloir RC 313 Paul Blair 314 Steve Mingori 315 Dave Chalk 309 Boston Red Sox CL is missing (hard to tell from this photo as the card behind shows through). 311 Vern Ruhle, 313 Paul Blair, and 314 Steve Mingori all could use upgrades. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/307-315a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/307-315b.jpg |
1977 Topps 316-324
Next:
316 Steve Rodgers 317 Kurt Bevacqua 318 Duffy Dyer 319 Rich Gossage 320 Ken Griffey 321 Dave Goltz 322 Bill Russell 323 Larry Lintz 324 John Curtis All 9 are here. 317 Kurt Bevacqua and 322 Bill Russell are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/316-324a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/316-324b.jpg |
First Sale
Sold an extra lower grade extra #144 Bruce Sutter RC for $1.99 via eBay auction.
Total spent on binder set: $185.06 Total Reclaimed: $1.99 |
Since I started with such a larger number of cards, I have a lot of dups.
To make the project just a little more fun, I figured I'd go through the dups and send some TTM (through the mail) autograph requests. I used to send 300-500 TTM requests a year and it was a big part of my collecting...at my high water mark, I had over 3,000 autographed cards. I hadn't sent any requests in about 3 years, and have been slowly liquidating some of my autographed cards. That being said, it's a great way to turn commons into something interesting and a lot of players from the 70's sign. I renewed by subscription to http://www.sportscollectors.net/ (inexpensive and well worth it) and figured I'd send some requests, starting with cards I have multiple duplicates of. I'll offer the players extras...we'll see if they take me up on it. Anyway, the first request I sent and my first success was Doug Rader, who signed 4 cards, with the the cards making the round trip in a mere 9 days. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/rader_a.jpg Total spent on binder set: $185.06 Total Reclaimed: $1.99 TTM Successes: 1 |
1977 Topps 325-333
The next group:
325 Mike Ivie 326 Jesse Jefferson 327 Houston Astros CL 328 Tommy Boggs 329 Ron Hodges 330 George Hendrick 331 Jim Colborn 332 Elliott Maddox 333 Paul Reuschel All cards are present. 327 Houston Astros CL could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/325-333a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/325-333b.jpg |
Another TTM success today, from Luis Gomez (#13).
I sent 4 cards and offered extras. I gotta say, I love the result: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/gomez_auto.jpg Kept a couple extras for his grandkids? Love it! Total spent on binder set: $185.06 Total Reclaimed: $1.99 TTM Successes: 2 |
I look forward to your postings. I just picked up the set from eBay for 150.00 shipped in nrmt. Condition. It was missing the Dawson, Murphy and Ryan. Which I picked all three up for under 30.00. I was going to build the set from picking up lots but just gave in lol. The 1973 set is next for me, good luck with the journey, that’s the fun part
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Yes, I've certainly found that some of these late 70's sets are actually cheaper to buy in complete set form than to put them together (I got offered a complete set for less than I've spent already), but it's really about the journey, not the destination. |
1977 Topps 334-342
The next group:
334 Bill Stein 335 Bill Robinson 336 Denny Doyle 337 Ron Schueler 338 Dave Duncan 339 Adrian Devine 340 Hal McRae 341 Joe Kerrigan RC 342 Jerry Remy All here, and no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/334-342a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/334-342b.jpg |
1977 Topps 343-351
The next group:
343 Ed Halicki 344 Brian Downing 345 Reggie Smith 346 Bill Singer 347 George Foster 348 Brent Strom 349 Jim Holt 350 Larry Dierker 351 Jim Sundberg All cards are here and no obvious upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/343-351a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/343-351b.jpg |
1977 Topps 352-360
The next 9:
352 Mike Phillips 353 Stan Thomas 354 Pittsburgh Pirates CL 355 Lou Brock 356 Checklist 265-396 357 Tim McCarver 358 Tom House 359 Willie Randolph 360 Rick Monday 354 Pittsburgh Pirates CL is missing. 352, 353, 355, 356, 358, and 360 all could use an upgrade, making this a less than stellar lot. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/352-360a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/352-360b.jpg |
Fred Stanley
Another TTM success today, this time including a couple of cards from my 1976 Topps project.
Fred Stanley 4/4 in 12 days. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/stanley.jpg |
1977 Topps 361-369
The next batch:
361 Eduardo Rodriguez 362 Tommy Davis 363 Dave Roberts 364 Vic Correll 365 Mike Torrez 366 Ted Sizemore 367 Dave Hamilton 368 Mike Jorgensen 369 Terry Humphrey All here. 363 Dave Roberts, 364 Vic Correll, and 366 Ted Sizemore are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/361-369a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/361-369b.jpg |
1977 Topps 370-378
The next batch:
370 John Montefusco 371 Whitey Herzog 372 Rick Folkers 373 Bert Campaneris 374 Kent Tekulve 375 Larry Hisle 376 Nino Espinosa 377 Dave McKay 378 Jim Umbarger 371 Whitey Herzog is missing. 373 Bert Campaneris could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/370-379a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/370-379b.jpg |
1977 Topps #379-387
The next batch:
379 Larry Cox 380 Lee May 381 Bob Forsch 382 Charlie Moore 383 Stan Bahnsen 384 Darrel Chaney 385 Dave LaRoche 386 Manny Mota 387 New York Yankees CL 387 New York Yankees CL is missing. 380 Lee May, 383 Stan Bahnsen, and 384 Darrel Chaney are all upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/379-387a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/379-387b.jpg |
Sold a 100 card lot of VG 1977 Topps dups on eBay this weekend for $4.49 plus shipping. I'll probably get some more similar lots listed in the coming weeks.
Total spent on binder set: $185.06 Total Reclaimed: $6.48 TTM Successes: 3 |
The next batch:
388 Terry Harmon 389 Ken Kravec 390 Dave Winfield 391 Dan Warthen 392 Phil Roof 393 John Lowenstein 394 Bill Laxton 395 Manny Trillo 396 Tom Murphy 391 Dan Warthen is missing. 393 John Lowenstein could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/388-396a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/388-396b.jpg |
Heading past 400:
397 Larry Herndon RC 398 Tom Burgmeier 399 Bruce Boisclair RC 400 Steve Garvey 401 Mickey Scott 402 Tommy Helms 403 Tom Grieve 404 Eric Rasmussen RC 405 Claudell Washington 400 Steve Garvey is missing. 405 Claudell Washington could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/397-405a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/397-405b.jpg |
1977 Topps #406-414
Up next:
406 Tim Johnson 407 Dave Freisleben 408 Cesar Tovar 409 Pete Broberg 410 Willie Montanez 411 World Series Morgan/Bench 412 World Series Johnny Bench 413 World Series Cincy Wins 414 Tommy Harper 413 World Series Cincy Wins is missing. 409 Pete Broberg and 414 Tommy Harper are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/406-414a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/406-414b.jpg |
1977 Topps 415-423
The next batch:
415 Jay Johnstone 416 Chuck Hartenstein 417 Wayne Garrett 418 Chicago White Sox CL 419 Steve Swisher 420 Rusty Staub 421 Doug Rau 422 Freddie Patek 423 Gary Lavelle The batch is all here. 418 Chicago White Sox CL, 419 Steve Swisher, and 420 Rusty Staub. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/415-423a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/415-423b.jpg |
1977 Topps 424-432
Up next:
424 Steve Brye 425 Joe Torre 426 Dick Drago 427 Dave Rader 428 Texas Rangers CL 429 Ken Boswell 430 Fergie Jenkins 431 Dave Collins UER 432 Buzz Capra 428 Texas Rangers CL is missing. 429 Ken Boswell could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/424-432a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/424-432b.jpg |
1977 Topps 433-441
The next few:
433 Nate Colbert TBC 434 Carl Yastrzemski TBC 435 Maury Wills TBC 436 Bob Keegan TBC 437 Ralph Kiner TBC 438 Marty Perez 439 Gorman Thomas 440 Jon Matlack 441 Larvell Blanks 434 Carl Yastrzemski TBC is missing. All the rest other than 441 Larvell Blanks could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/433-441a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/433-441b.jpg |
1977 Topps 442-450
Running up to 450:
442 Dave Bristol 443 Lamar Johnson 444 Wayne Twitchell 445 Ken Singleton 446 Bill Bonham 447 Jerry Turner 448 Ellie Rodriguez 449 Al Fitzmorris 450 Pete Rose 450 Pete Rose is missing - I'd have bet it would be:p 443 Lamar Johnson and 444 Wayne Twitchell could use upgrades. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/442-450a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/442-450b.jpg |
1977 Topps 451-459
The next group:
451 Checklist 397-528 452 Mike Caldwell 453 Pedro Garcia 454 Andy Etchebarren 455 Rick Wise 456 Leon Roberts 457 Steve Luebber 458 Leo Foster 459 Steve Foucault 451 Checklist 397-528 is missing. 454 Andy Etchebarren and 455 Rick Wise are upgrade candidates. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/451-459a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/451-459b.jpg |
1977 Topps 460-468
Up next:
460 Willie Stargell 461 Dick Tidrow 462 Don Baylor 463 Jamie Quirk 464 Randy Moffitt 465 Rico Carty 466 Fred Holdsworth 467 Philadelphia Phillies CL 468 Ramon Hernandez 465 Rico Carty and 467 Philadelphia Phillies CL are missing. 460 Willie Stargell could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/460-468a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/460-468b.jpg |
Graded Yaz
Picked up a graded Yaz today:
http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/yaz.jpg $31.02 delivered. Total spent on binder set: $185.06 Total Reclaimed: $6.48 Total Spent on Graded: $31.02 TTM Successes: 3 |
Next:
469 Pat Kelly 470 Ted Simmons 471 Del Unser 472 Rookie Pitchers 473 Rookie OF Andre Dawson 474 Rookie Shortstops 475 Rookie Pitchers 476 Rookie C D Murphy/Cerone 477 Rookie Infielders Ugh. Missing are: 473 Rookie OF Andre Dawson 474 Rookie Shortstops 475 Rookie Pitchers 476 Rookie C D Murphy/Cerone 477 Rookie Infielders Also, 471 Del Unser could use an upgrade . The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/469-477a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/469-477b.jpg |
1977 Topps 478-486
The next batch:
478 Rookei Pitchers 479 Rookie Outfielders 480 Carl Yastrzemski 481 Roger Metzge 482 Tony Solaita 483 Richie Zisk 484 Burt Hooton 485 Roy White 486 Ed Bane 485 Roy White is missing. 478 Rookei Pitchers, 479 Rookie Outfielders, 480 Carl Yastrzemski, and 484 Burt Hooton all could use upgrades. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/478-486a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/478-486b.jpg |
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