Mike D's 1976 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

The 289 card lot I mentioned above finally arrived today, and the 200 card lot I am buying from a Net54 user shipped....so I see a LOT of sorting in my future, and hopefully some posts about my progress as soon as this weekend.

Total spent on binder set: $224.16

Total spent on graded: $47.37

[Mike D.]

Thanks guys for the supportive posts, and glad you're enjoying reading. I plan to post lots of pictures and updates once the sorting kicks into high gear.

One observation on the cards so far...you can tell this was during the "monopoly era", as quality control was clearly not something Topps bothered with...the centering is completely inconsistent, and generally quite terrible, on a majority of the cards I've laid hands on so far.

[Mike D.]

The 200 card lot I bought from a board member arrived today, and it looks great! Thanks again Pat!

The lot was highlighted by an Eck RC, which is THE key RC in the set, so great to get one of those checked off the list. Along with the other cards in the lot, it's in very good shape. There was a few other stars in the lot, and some commons I hadn't previously had.

So...I can finally GET STARTED!

[Mike D.]

Going in groups of 9 because, well, pages....

We're off to a good start, with cards 1-9 all being included the lots I picked up.

Card #3 (Mickey Lolich RB) is one I'll probably try to upgrade at some point.

Cards I'd consider buying graded are #1 Hank Aaron RB and #5 Tom Seaver RB.

Here's a photo of 1-9, plus a couple dups:



And since it's the first lot, in the binder...front and back:





It.....beggggggggiiiinnnns!

[Mike D.]

Numbers 10-18 (aka "page 2") are all present and accounted for.

#10 Lou Brock is an upgrade candidate, due to a crease.

The Brock is also a "pick up a PSA copy" candidate.



A few more dups with this lot:

[Mike D.]

Cards numbers 19-27 are all here as well, a nice little start!

None of these are obvious upgrade candidates, although I retain the right to change my mind upon future viewings.

The Brett is a PSA candidate, although that is a tough (expensive) card in better grades.



The dups:



Figueroa, Figueroa, Figueroa!!!!

[Mike D.]

On page 4, we hit our first missing cards, #'s 29 (Rick Burleson) and #35 (Tony Oliva).

No obvious upgrade candidates and no PSA purchase candidates.



And the dups:



So, guess we won't finish this thing in one go!