Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

Keeping it rolling:

360 Rick Monday
371 Whitey Herzog
373 Bert Campaneris
380 Lee May
400 Steve Garvey
440 Jon Matlack

Herzog and Garvey were missing.

Monday, Campaneris, May, and Matlack were upgrades.

I somehow forgot to take a picture of this round. Oops!

As I go through, I'm noticing a few cards I marked as upgrades aren't really that bad...and based on my experiences with the condition sensitive manner of this set, I'm saying some of them are "good enough". At some point, this will cause a recalculation of the upgrade candidates left below.

53 missing (8.0%)

104 upgrades (15.7%)

[Mike D.]

A couple of recent sales:

Cards #1 and #3 Batting and RBI leaders - $1.99
100 Card Lot of Extras - No Dups - $3.99 plus s/h

Total spent on binder set: $296.06
Total Reclaimed: $13.95
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 3

[Mike D.]

Another TTM success:

Kevin Bell #83 3/3 in 29 days.



Total spent on binder set: $296.06
Total Reclaimed: $13.95
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 4

[KCRfan1]

The 77 set is sneaky tough in nice condition. As you have noticed the paper is a little thinner and the cards are prone to chipping.

Keep having fun with the set! I'm enjoying the thread.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

The 77 set is sneaky tough in nice condition. As you have noticed the paper is a little thinner and the cards are prone to chipping.

Keep having fun with the set! I'm enjoying the thread.

Glad you're enjoying the thread! You're not kidding about the condition of this set...it's a real challenge!

[Mike D.]

Picked up:

#8 Leading Fireman

$2.09 delivered.

This gives us every card in the set from 1-276. So that's something!



Total spent on binder set: $298.15
Total Reclaimed: $13.95
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 4

[Chicosbailbonds]

Design-wise I thought this was a underrated set. The expansion year cards of Seattle and Toronto with the airbrushing really hold it back in the eyes of collectors.