Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

So, our first run through is complete.

I'd say I'm mildly disappointed considering the number of cards we started with, but I think it's more the upgrade candidates that is troubling, not the actual number missing completely.

With both, the early numbers were pretty good, but after about number 450, the missing/upgrades jumped significantly.

With 660 cards in the set:

69 missing (10.5%)

128 upgrades (19.4%)

Overall, that's almost 30% of the set that still needs work.

So, not great...but reinforcements are already on the way!

[Gpaal]

Wow I can see your having a blast with this set.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Gpaal

Wow I can see your having a blast with this set.

It's been fun....although I am starting to realize that with the poor paper quality on these cards, I'm going to have to be a little more forgiving on condition than I'd ordinarily like or I'll never finish this set and will spend 3 times what it's worth!

[Mike D.]

As I mentioned, reinforcements were coming.

From a board member, I picked up a lot of just under 100 cards that were missing from round 1. Total delivered was $81. Pretty reasonable, I think.

Total spent on binder set: $266.06
Total Reclaimed: $6.48
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 3

[Mike D.]

The first few missing/upgrades:

Here we have cards 1, 2, 3, and 8.

Cards #1 and #8 were missing. #2 and #3 were upgrades. #3 isn't actually in any better shape than the card I already had, but that's OK.



67 missing (10.2%)

126 upgrades (19.1%)

[Mike D.]

A few more:

15 Don Gullett, 18 Frank Robinson, and 32 Checklist 1-132 were missing.

45 Rawly Eastwick was an upgrade.

The Robinson is a little rough, but other are very solid.



67 missing (10.2%)

126 upgrades (18.9%)

[Mike D.]

Next up:

50 Ron Cey
60 Jim Rice
70 Johnny Bench
95 Keith Hernandez

All were upgrades. All were darn good players, too!



67 missing (10.2%)

125 upgrades (18.5%)