Is there a checklist for 1977 Topps no signature proofs?

[frankhardy]

Interesting.

I also just purchased (on Ebay) a pair of 1977 Topps Pete Falcone proofs. One is the regular picture minus the signature. Then, it comes with a second card that is a different picture, but still a Cardinals uniform. I will post a picture when I get it.

[Marckus99]

Falcone had two different images; Topps and OPC.

[frankhardy]

Well crud. I thought I was getting a variation. They are both graded by Beckett and they both say 1977 Topps. There is nothing about OPC on the alternate. They are both blank backed.

[Rickyy]

1977 topps proof as mentioned above...have several versions... regular issue with no signature, and the ones where the team designation and uniforms are different, as Al mentioned...and then one like Al's Lee Richard...where there was no actual regular card issued of him...and then there is the Harry and Eric Rasmussen versions where he changed his name...

Ricky Y

[Cliff Bowman]

Apparently Topps axed Lee Richard and replaced him with John Hale because Richard was released by the Cardinals November 6, 1976 when these sheets were being made up in late 1976. Richard only hit .176 in 66 games for the Cardinals in 1976, but Hale was even worse hitting .154 in only 44 games for the Dodgers in 1976. It also left the Cardinals with only 22 cards in the 1977 Topps team set while the Dodgers wound up with 24 cards in the 1977 Topps team set.

[ALR-bishop]

Good info CB. The Cards sure had some bad teams in the 70s