Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups:

[Bigdaddy]

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.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

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.

Thank you! I was 11 when I started collecting 10 years later, in 1987.

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!

[Mark70Z]

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!

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

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

I'm happy to see that you finally have a print error/variation in one of your sets . The 1977 Topps Dave Heaverlo can be found with a square green area in his glove at the bottom of the card that I'm guessing was caused by a piece of clear tape on the printing sheet. The print error is less common than the corrected card but is by no means rare.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I'm happy to see that you finally have a print error/variation in one of your sets . The 1977 Topps Dave Heaverlo can be found with a square green area in his glove at the bottom of the card that I'm guessing was caused by a piece of clear tape on the printing sheet. The print error is less common than the corrected card but is by no means rare.

That's pretty cool! I've never been big into "print variations", but it's always interesting to hear about them. Of course, I could have said that about "set collecting" a few short months ago, so who knows what my collecting future holds!

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).

[Rickyy]

Nice progress! Lots of nice clean cards!

Ricky Y

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

Nice progress! Lots of nice clean cards!

Ricky Y

Thank you! The card stock on the 77's is pretty thin...these are tougher than I expected.

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups:

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Thank you! The card stock on the 77's is pretty thin...these are tougher than I expected.

Much tougher

[mrmopar]

I was one year late in being able to collect these as they were issued. I have always loved this set design, the action shots, the All Star banners, the turn back the clocks, etc. This set also provides the best looking Steve Garvey card ever, in my opinion.

Staub, Fisk, Garvey, Templeton, Tanana, Rose, Fidrych, R. Smith, M. Marshall and C. Morton are a handful that stick in my mind as cardboard greatness.