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1977 Topps 622-630
Up next:
622 Jim Wohlford 623 Jack Kucek 624 Hector Cruz 625 Ken Holtzman 626 Al Bumbry 627 Bob Myrick 628 Mario Guerrero 629 Bobby Valentine 630 Bert Blyleven 622 Jim Wohlford and 622 Jim Wohlford are missing. 623 Jack Kucek, 626 Al Bumbry, and 629 Bobby Valentine need upgrades. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/622-630a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/622-630b.jpg |
1977 Topps #631-639
The next group:
631 Brett Brothers 632 Forsch Brothers 633 May Brothers 634 Reuschel Brothers UER 635 Robin Yount 636 Santo Alcala 637 Alex Johnson 638 Jim Kaat 639 Jerry Morales 631 Brett Brothers, 634 Reuschel Brothers UER, and 635 Robin Yount are missing. 632 Forsch Brothers, 633 May Brothers, and 637 Alex Johnson need upgrades. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/631-639a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/631-639b.jpg |
1977 Topps #640-647
The next group:
640 Carlton Fisk 641 Dan Larson RC 642 Willie Crawford 643 Mike Pazik 644 Matt Alexander 645 Jerry Reuss 646 Andres Mora 647 Montreal Expos CL That Fisk is a very pretty card! 647 Montreal Expos CL is missing. 646 Andres Mora could use an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/640-647a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/640-647b.jpg |
1977 Topps #649-657
Up next:
648 Jim Spencer 649 Dave Cash 650 Nolan Ryan 651 Von Joshua 652 Tom Walker 653 Diego Segui 654 Ron Pruitt RC 655 Tony Perez 656 Ron Guidry 657 Mick Kelleher RC 648 Jim Spencer, 650 Nolan Ryan, 651 Von Joshua, 654 Ron Pruitt RC, and 655 Tony Perez are missing. 652 Tom Walker needs an upgrade. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/649-657a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/649-657b.jpg |
Wrapping things up:
658 Marty Pattin 659 Merv Rettenmund 660 Willie Horton All three are here, but all three need upgrades. The cards: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/658-660a.jpg The dups: http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/658-660b.jpg |
Round 1 Complete
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! |
Wow I can see your having a blast with this set.
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The Start of Round II
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 |
Round II - First Few
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. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-14-20.jpg 67 missing (10.2%) 126 upgrades (19.1%) |
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. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-15-20.jpg 67 missing (10.2%) 126 upgrades (18.9%) |
Next up:
50 Ron Cey 60 Jim Rice 70 Johnny Bench 95 Keith Hernandez All were upgrades. All were darn good players, too! http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-15-20b.jpg 67 missing (10.2%) 125 upgrades (18.5%) |
For cards 1-100, only one missing is #8, Leading Fireman. No upgrade candidates in #'s 1-100 either.
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Another batch:
111 Rico Petrocelli 113 Toronto Blue Jays 119 John Stearns 123 Fred Stanley All 4 are upgrades of prior cards. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-16-20a.jpg 67 missing (10.2%) 121 upgrades (18.3%) |
Next:
139 Fred Norman 140 Mike Schmidt 142 Steve Dillard 146 Dusty Baker 146 Dusty Baker was missing. The other three are upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-16-20b.jpg 66 missing (10%) 118 upgrades (17.9%) |
From another site member, I picked up a batch of 21 cards I needed, including a number of stars, for $30 delivered.
Total spent on binder set: $296.06 Total Reclaimed: $6.48 Total Spent on Graded: $31.02 TTM Successes: 3 |
I just picked up a lot that has pretty much all the stars from this set - if you have a wantlist, please PM me and I'll see if I can help.
Nice to see you having fun with this project. |
Six more:
149 Mike Cubbage 160 Will McEnaney 183 St. Louis Cardinals CL 208 Checklist 133-264 215 Butch Metzger 220 Chris Chambliss McEnaney, Cardinals Team, and the Checklist were missing. Cubbage, Metzger, and Chambliss were upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-25-20a.jpg 64 missing (9.7%) 122 upgrades (18.5%) |
The first card from the new lot of 21, and it's a pretty one:
6 Strikeout Leaders This card had been missing. I know I used to have at least 3 copies of this card that I sold and bought a graded copy maybe 3 years ago. Ah, shifting collecting focuses! http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-25-20b.jpg 63 missing (9.5%) 122 upgrades (18.5%) |
Sold a two card lot George Foster that were dups for $1.99.
Total spent on binder set: $296.06 Total Reclaimed: $7.97 Total Spent on Graded: $31.02 TTM Successes: 3 |
Next batch:
228 Minnesota Twins CL 234 Nolan Ryan RB 248 Wilbur Howard 260 J.R. Richard 264 Tom Hutton 265 Mark Fidrych RC The Twins TC, Nolan Ryan, and Fidrych were all missing. Howard, Richard, and Hutton are upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-27-20a.jpg 60 missing (9.1%) 119 upgrades (18.0%) |
Six more:
276 A.L. Championship 278 Danny Frisella 280 Jim Hunter 295 Gary Carter 299 Otto Velez 301 Toby Harrah The AL Championship card, Hunter, Velez, and Harrah were missing. Frisella and Carter are upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/2-27-20b.jpg 56 missing (8.5%) 117 upgrades (17.8%) |
More reinforcements:
303 Gene Tenace 311 Vern Ruhle 313 Paul Blair 314 Steve Mingori 317 Kurt Bevacqua 322 Bill Russell All of these were upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-4-2020a.jpg 56 missing (8.5%) 111 upgrades (16.8%) |
Up next:
327 Houston Astros CL 352 Mike Phillips 353 Stan Thomas 354 Pittsburgh Pirates CL 355 Lou Brock 356 Checklist 265-396 All but the Pirates checklist are upgrades. The Pirates checklist was missing...but now it could probably use an upgrade. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-4-2020b.jpg 55 missing (8.3%) 107 upgrades (16.2%) |
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%) |
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 |
Another TTM success:
Kevin Bell #83 3/3 in 29 days. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/bell.jpg Total spent on binder set: $296.06 Total Reclaimed: $13.95 Total Spent on Graded: $31.02 TTM Successes: 4 |
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. |
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Picked up:
#8 Leading Fireman $2.09 delivered. This gives us every card in the set from 1-276. So that's something! http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/8.jpg Total spent on binder set: $298.15 Total Reclaimed: $13.95 Total Spent on Graded: $31.02 TTM Successes: 4 |
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.
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For being printed on garbage paper, sure....but not that. :) |
Next up:
405 Claudell Washington 413 World Series Cincy Wins 428 Texas Rangers CL 429 Ken Boswell 435 Maury Wills TBC 438 Marty Perez Washington, Boswell, Wills TBC, and Perez were upgrades. The WS card and the Rangers TC were missing. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-9-20a.jpg 50 missing (7.6%) 100 upgrades (15.1%) |
The next batch:
537 Dave Roberts 287 Cincinnati Reds CL 383 Stan Bahnsen 434 Carl Yastrzemski TBC 439 Gorman Thomas 474 Rookie Shortstops Roberts, Bahnsen, and Thomas were upgrades. The Reds TC, Yastrzemski, and Rookie SS's were missing. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-9-20b.jpg 47 missing (7.1%) 97 upgrades (14.7%) |
The next group:
443 Lamar Johnson 444 Wayne Twitchell 455 Rick Wise 460 Willie Stargell 465 Rico Carty 467 Philadelphia Phillies CL Johnson, Twitchell, Wise, and Stargell were upgrades. Carty and the Phillies checklist were missing. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-11-2020a.jpg 45 missing (6.8%) 93 upgrades (14.1%) |
Up next:
474 Rookie Shortstops 484 Burt Hooton 485 Roy White .... Ok, yeah, not sure what happened here. Mike D, crack photographer, ladies and gentleman... http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-12-2020a.jpg Rookie Shortstops and White were missing. Hooton was an upgrade. The rest I'll have to sort out later with a re-accounting. 43 missing (6.5%) 91 upgrades (13.8%) |
A bit clearer this time:
475 Rookie Pitchers 477 Rookie Infielders 478 Rookie Pitchers 480 Carl Yastrzemski 487 Rookie Pitchers 488 Rookie Outfielders 475 Rookie pitchers , 477 rookie infielders, and 488 rookie OF were missing. 478 rookie pitchers, Yaz, and 487 Rookie pitchers were upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-12-2020b.jpg 40 missing (6.0%) 89 upgrades (13.5%) |
Next group:
489 Rookie Pitchers 490 Rookie Shortstops 493 Rookie Pitchers 523 Rollie Fingers 537 Dave Roberts 548 Joel Youngblood 489 Rookie Pitchers and 490 Rookie Shortstops were missing. 493 Rookie Pitchers, Fingers, Roberts, and Youngblood are upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-12-2020c.jpg 38 missing (5.8%) 85 upgrades (12.9%) |
A few recent sales:
1977 Topps 100 Card Starter Lot - No Dupes= $3.99 plus s/h 1977 Topps Mike Schmidt #140 - Philadelphia Phillies = $1.99 1977 Topps Dave Concepcion #560 - 4 Card Lot - Cincinnati Reds = $1.99 1977 Topps 100 Card Starter Lot - No Dupes = $3.99 plus s/h Total spent on binder set: $296.06 Total Reclaimed: $25.91 Total Spent on Graded: $31.02 TTM Successes: 4 |
More reinforcement:
543 Ron Blomberg 554 Bruce Kimm RC 559 Alan Bannister 562 Checklist 529-660 565 Mickey Lolich 570 Bobby Bonds All of these were missing - I'm hitting the "missing" pile first, then will double back to the "possible upgrades". http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-19-2020a.jpg 32 missing (4.8%) 85 upgrades (12.9%) |
Next up:
625 Ken Holtzman 631 Brett Brothers 634 Reuschel Brothers UER 635 Robin Yount 647 Montreal Expos CL 648 Jim Spencer All of these were missing. Two Hall of Fame players here. One of them laying down a bunt! http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-19-2020b.jpg 26 missing (3.9%) 85 upgrades (12.9%) |
A few more:
587 Rick Baldwin 588 Dave Moates 589 Mike Cosgrove 611 Dave Lemanczyk 621 Detroit Tigers CL 622 Jim Wohlford http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-19-2020c.jpg 20 missing (3.0%) 85 upgrades (12.9%) |
Last of the "missing" pile:
650 Nolan Ryan 651 Von Joshua 654 Ron Pruitt RC 655 Tony Perez The last of the "missing" pile accounted for. A classic Nolan Ryan card, and a cool looking card of HOFer Tony Perez. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-19-2020d.jpg 16 missing (2.4%) 85 upgrades (12.9%) |
With the "missing" pile exhausted, I went through the entire set to double check. I actually am only missing 12 cards, not 16.
Here are the 12 that are missing: 277 N.L. Championship 309 Boston Red Sox CL 387 New York Yankees CL 450 Pete Rose 451 Checklist 397-528 472 Rookie Pitchers 473 Rookie OF Andre Dawson 476 Rookie C D Murphy/Cerone 502 Randy Hundley 504 Tom Lasorda 547 Willie McCovey 597 Mariners Coaches Clearly, the bulk of these aren't commons, and the Dawson and Murphy RC's and the Rose are some of the more sought after cards in the set. Will pick away at these, and also see what we have for upgrades. 12 missing (1.8%) 85 upgrades (12.9%) |
A few upgrades:
528 Bill Castro 529 Jim Essian RC 531 Lyman Bostock 532 Jim Willoughby 536 Vic Albury 538 Frank Taveras As stated above, these are all all upgrades. (and actually, the picture is of the cards that got upgraded, not the upgraded versions, but close enough) http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-22-2020a.jpg 12 missing (1.8%) 79 upgrades (12.0%) |
A few more:
539 Mike Wallace 546 Baltimore Orioles CL 549 Jerry Royster 551 Bill North 555 Dan Ford 557 Jerry White All were upgrades. http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/3-29-2020a.jpg 12 missing (1.8%) 73 upgrades (11.0%) |
What are you still missing? I might be able to help.
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I can remember that Tony Perez card was tough to turn up in the summer of 1977. And being a Reds fan, that made the chase even more urgent.
Especially love all the All-Star cards from that year. |
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