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Mike D. 12-25-2019 06:18 PM

Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project
 
As my 1976 Topps Binder Project is approaching completion (set complete, 20 upgrade candidates as of this posting), I'm ready to take on another set.

My 1976 thread has surpassed 10,000 views, so hopefully you all are enjoying following along in my quest!

To review:

What is a binder set? It's got non-high end, non-graded cards, perfect for flipping through without risking any major investments.

To add to the fun, I'll likely pick up graded copies of some of the more interesting stars from the set. If I get a graded copy of a card, I'll still get a non-graded for the binder, but may allow for lower grade there to help keep costs in check.

Depending on what I get for duplicates, I may even dabble in some TTM autograph chasing.

From a condition perspective, I aimed for EX for my '76 set, but quickly realized I'm a bit of a stickler for condition, so I expect this one will be more like EXMT+. Centering isn't going to be perfect by any means, but I'll try to avoid badly dinged corners and the like.

The 1977 Topps set consists of 660 cards. Here is the checklist.

The key rookies are are Andre Dawson (#473), Dale Murphy (#476) and Bruce Sutter (#144). The set also includes cards of roughly 20 other Hall of Famers of the era.

Great to have another project ahead of me!

Mike D. 12-25-2019 06:27 PM

The Binder & Pages
 
The first rule of building a binder set is that you're gonna need a binder. :)

1 BCW 3" Black Baseball Card Storage D-Ring Album Binder & 50 Pages 9 Pocket - $23.28 delivered

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/binder.jpg

25 Ultra PRO Platinum 9-Pocket Hologram Card Album Pages/Binder Sheets - $7.92 delivered

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/pages.jpg

Total spent on binder set: $31.20

Mike D. 12-25-2019 06:31 PM

1977 Topps Graded
 
1977 Topps PSA Graded Cards

Going into the project, I have the following PSA graded cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/graded.jpg

I'll target PSA graded cards only, PSA 7 and above, with no qualifiers.

For most, I'll probably target PSA 8, with the exception being for those that 8's get a big pricey.

Mike D. 12-25-2019 06:37 PM

Starting to Acquire Cards - eBay

Starting to pick up cards:

1977 Topps Baseball Starter Set (410 Different) BV $294 Avg Ex/Mt to Nm Palmer - $57.01 delivered

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/1977a.jpg

LOT OF 50: 1977 TOPPS COMMON CARDS - $5.91 delivered

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/76-Topps/1977b.jpg

1977 TOPPS BASEBALL - 100 CARD LOT - ALL DIFFERENT SEE LIST - EX-NM - $15.94 delivered

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/100_card.jpg

Total spent on binder set: $110.06

Mike D. 12-25-2019 07:05 PM

Starting to Acquire Cards - Net54

I made some deals with a couple of Net54 users to help get the project kick-started.

300 card lot EX-EXMT - all different - $45 delivered

600 card lot - VG-NM - some lower grade than I'm targeting, and some dups, but great start and good fun - $30 delivered


Total spent on binder set: $185.06

Mike D. 12-25-2019 07:29 PM

Cards 1-9
 
Let's get started!

Cards 1-9 include the "Leaders" subset.

1 Batting Leaders
2 Home Run Leaders
3 RBI Leaders
4 Stolen Base Leaders
5 Victory Leaders
6 Strikeout Leaders
7 ERA Leaders
8 Leading Firemen
9 Doug Rader

Missing: #2 Home Run Leaders, #6 Strikeout Leaders, and #8 Leading Firemen.

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/1-9a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/1-9b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 06:04 PM

BTW, for page 1, cards #1 and #3 are upgrade candidates.

Not the best start, but with 1,460 cards to draw from, I'm hopeful most pages are a lot more complete and upgrade-free than this one!

Mike D. 12-26-2019 06:11 PM

Cards #10-18
 
The next lot:

10 Reggie Jackson
11 Rob Dressler
12 Larry Haney
13 Luis Gomez
14 Tommy Smith
15 Don Gullett
16 Bob Jones RC
17 Steve Stone
18 Frank Robinson

Missing are card #15, Don Gullett, and card #18, Frank Robinson.

No obvious upgrade candidates in this lot.

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/10-18a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/10-18b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 06:29 PM

1977 Topps Cards #19-27
 
Batch #3:

19 John D'Acquisto
20 Graig Nettles
21 Ken Forsch
22 Bill Freehan
23 Dan Driessen
24 Carl Morton
25 Dwight Evans
26 Ray Sadecki
27 Bill Buckner

All 9 are here, and no obvious upgrade candidates! I like it!

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/19-27a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/19-27b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 06:33 PM

1977 Topps #28-36
 
The next batch:

28 Woodie Fryman
29 Bucky Dent
30 Greg Luzinski
31 Jim Todd
32 Checklist 1-132
33 Wayne Garland
34 Norm Sherry
35 Rennie Stennett
36 John Ellis

Card #32, the checklist, is missing. I think back in those days, an awful lot of checklists actually got used as checklists!

And look....Bucky Dent, before he got his colorful middle name (at least here in Red Sox country)! :D

The rest of the lot looks good...no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/28-36a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/28-36b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 06:48 PM

Up next:

37 Steve Hargan
38 Craig Kusick
39 Tom Griffin
40 Bobby Murcer
41 Jim Kern
42 Jose Cruz
43 Ray Bare
44 Bud Harrelson
45 Rawly Eastwick

#45, Rawly Eastwick, is an upgrade candidate. Other than that, all here and no other upgrade candidates.

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/37-45a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/37-45b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 06:53 PM

1977 Topps Cards 46-54
 
The next 9:

46 Buck Martinez
47 Lynn McGlothen
48 Tom Paciorek
49 Grant Jackson
50 Ron Cey
51 Alex Grammas
52 Ellis Valentine
53 Paul Mitchell
54 Sandy Alomar

All the cards are here. #50, Ron Cey, is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/46-54a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/46-54b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 07:30 PM

1977 Topps Cards 55-63
 
Up next:

55 Jeff Burroughs
56 Rudy May
57 Marc Hill
58 Chet Lemon
59 Larry Christenson
60 Jim Rice
61 Manny Sanguillen
62 Eric Raich
63 Tito Fuentes

All cards are here. The Rice (#60) could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/55-63a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/55-63b.jpg

Mike D. 12-26-2019 07:40 PM

1977 Topps Cards 64-72
 
The next nine:

64 Larry Biittner
65 Skip Lockwood
66 Roy Smalley
67 Joaquin Andujar RC
68 Bruce Bochte
69 Jim Crawford
70 Johnny Bench
71 Dock Ellis
72 Mike Anderson

The cards are all here. The Johnny Bench (#70) is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/64-72a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/64-72b.jpg

Mike D. 12-27-2019 02:31 PM

1977 Topps 73-81
 
The next group:

73 Charlie Williams
74 Oakland Athletics CL
75 Dennis Leonar
76 Tim Foli
77 Dyar Miller
78 Bob Davis
79 Don Money
80 Andy Messersmith
81 Juan Beniquez

All 9 are here and no major upgrade candidates!


The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/72-81a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/72-81b.jpg

Mike D. 12-27-2019 02:33 PM

1977 Topps 82-90
 
9 to get us to 90:

82 Jim Rooker
83 Kevin Bell RC
84 Ollie Brown
85 Duane Kuiper
86 Pat Zachry
87 Glenn Borgmann
88 Stan Wall
89 Butch Hobson RC
90 Cesar Cedeno

9 more that are all present and accounted for, and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/82-90a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/82-90b.jpg

Mike D. 12-27-2019 07:29 PM

1977 Topps 91-99
 
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:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/91-99a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/91-99b.jpg

Mike D. 12-27-2019 07:32 PM

1977 Topps 100-108
 
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:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/100-108a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/100-108b.jpg

Mike D. 12-27-2019 07:43 PM

1977 Topps 109-117
 
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:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/109-117a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/109-117b.jpg

Mike D. 12-27-2019 07:48 PM

1977 Topps #118-126
 
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:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/118-126a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/118-126b.jpg

Bigdaddy 12-27-2019 10:49 PM

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. 12-28-2019 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy (Post 1942401)
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 12-29-2019 02:18 AM

1977
 
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!

Mike D. 12-29-2019 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark70Z (Post 1942669)
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!

Yes, I did start with quite a pile! I was noticing that when doing the initial sort by 100's to get started.

I blame two factors for this: 1) the relative affordability of lots from this year and 2) the Net54 community, who provided some great lots that I couldn't say "no" to. :)

I wasn't a set collector until I started my 1976 project, but it's fun. Glad folks are enjoying the posts...it makes it a lot more fun and interesting to share the journey.

I think I may hit '78 Topps next. It's funny, but being a young collector in the late 80's and early 90's, that set seemed like an unattainable big money "vintage" set. Molitor/Trammel RC?! Eddie Murray RC?! Might as well have been Ruth and Gehrig to a kid scratching together $16 to buy a box of 1990 Donruss. :p

My son made ME sort the cards down into 100's, and he then sorted cards 1-100 down by 10's. He's got up to number 20 in the binder...so he's taking the slow approach. Ah, to be 8...

Mike D. 12-29-2019 06:32 PM

1977 Topps 127-135
 
The next few:

127 Ron Fairly
128 Tommy John Dodgers
129 Mike Sadek
130 Al Oliver
131 Orlando Ramirez RC
132 Chip Lang
133 Ralph Garr
134 San Diego Padres CL
135 Mark Belanger

All are here and no upgrade candidates!

The cards;

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/127-135a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/127-135b.jpg

Mike D. 12-29-2019 06:46 PM

1977 Topps 136-144
 
Two Hall of Famers:

136 Jerry Mumphrey RC
137 Jeff Terpko RC
138 Bob Stinson
139 Fred Norman
140 Mike Schmidt
141 Mark Littell
142 Steve Dillard RC
143 Ed Herrmann
144 Bruce Sutter RC

All here and the Sutter is pretty nice. But a number of upgrade candidates: 139,140, and 142.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/136-144a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/136-144b.jpg

Mike D. 12-29-2019 06:56 PM

1977 Topps 145-153
 
Passing 150:

145 Tom Veryzer
146 Dusty Baker
147 Jackie Brown
148 Fran Healy
149 Mike Cubbage
150 Tom Seaver
151 Johnnie LeMaster
152 Gaylord Perry
153 Ron Jackson RC

#146 Dusty Baker is missing. #149 Mike Cubbage could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/145-153a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/145-153b.jpg

Mike D. 12-29-2019 07:02 PM

1977 Topps 154-162
 
The next batch:

154 Dave Giusti
155 Joe Rudi
156 Pete Mackanin
157 Ken Brett
158 Ted Kubiak
159 Bernie Carbo
160 Will McEnaney
161 Garry Templeton RC
162 Mike Cuellar

#160 Wil McEnaney is missing. No upgrade candidates.

I know Topps usually put a "star" on the 0's...what happened here?

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/154-162a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/154-162b.jpg

Mike D. 12-29-2019 07:08 PM

1977 Topps 163-171
 
Up next:

163 Dave Hilton
164 Tug McGraw
165 Jim Wynn
166 Bill Campbell
167 Rich Hebner
168 Charlie Spikes
169 Darold Knowles
170 Thurman Munson
171 Ken Sanders

All here and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/163-171a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/163-171b.jpg

steve B 12-29-2019 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike D. (Post 1941778)
As my 1976 Topps Binder Project is approaching completion (set complete, 20 upgrade candidates as of this posting), I'm ready to take on another set.


Darnit!

"Working" on it since 76..... still something like 9 cards short.....

Mike D. 12-30-2019 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve B (Post 1942883)
Darnit!

"Working" on it since 76..... still something like 9 cards short.....

The good news is that it's a LOT easier these days to find the last few cards you need than it was back then! :)

Mike D. 12-30-2019 06:24 PM

1977 Topps 172-180
 
Up next:

172 John Milner
173 Chuck Scrivener RC
174 Nelson Briles
175 Butch Wynegar RC
176 Bob Robertson
177 Bart Johnson
178 Bombo Rivera RC
179 Paul Hartzell RC
180 Dave Lopes

All here and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/172-180a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/172-180b.jpg

Mike D. 12-30-2019 06:48 PM

1977 Topps 181-189
 
The next batch:

181 Ken McMullen
182 Dan Spillner
183 St. Louis Cardinals CL
184 Bo McLaughlin RC
185 Sixto Lezcano
186 Doug Flynn
187 Dick Pole
188 Bob Tolan
189 Rick Dempsey

183 St. Louis Cardinals CL is missing. Everything else looks good.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/181-189a.jpg

Mike D. 12-30-2019 06:56 PM

1977 Topps 190-198
 
The next group:

190 Ray Burris
191 Doug Griffin
192 Clarence Gaston
193 Larry Gura
194 Gary Matthews
195 Ed Figueroa
196 Len Randle
197 Ed Ott
198 Wilbur Wood

All here and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/190-198a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/190-198b.jpg

Cliff Bowman 12-30-2019 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike D. (Post 1942839)

#160 Wil McEnaney is missing. No upgrade candidates.

I know Topps usually put a "star" on the 0's...what happened here?

That’s a good question, I knew McEnaney had one very good year and thought maybe it was 1976 but when I looked him up on Baseball Reference I saw that it was 1975 and that 1976 was a bad year, even though he got a ring both years. He was out of the major leagues two years after his 1977 card came out. ETA, he did have an excellent World Series in 1976 pitching 4 2/3 scoreless innings with two saves, and for the second straight year he threw the last pitch to win the World Series.

Mike D. 12-31-2019 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman (Post 1943090)
That’s a good question, I knew McEnaney had one very good year and thought maybe it was 1976 but when I looked him up on Baseball Reference I saw that it was 1975 and that 1976 was a bad year, even though he got a ring both years. He was out of the major leagues two years after his 1977 card came out. ETA, he did have an excellent World Series in 1976 pitching 4 2/3 scoreless innings with two saves, and for the second straight year he threw the last pitch to win the World Series.

Yeah, I'm guessing it was his WS contributions and his being part of the "Big Red Machine" that got him the "0" honor.

Still, interesting when you get to a "0" and you're like "who?!" :D

Mike D. 12-31-2019 06:23 PM

1977 Topps 199-207
 
Passing 200:

199 Pepe Frias
200 Frank Tanana
201 Ed Kranepool
202 Tom Johnson
203 Ed Armbrister
204 Jeff Newman RC
205 Pete Falcone
206 Boog Powell
207 Glenn Abbott

All are here and accounted for, with no upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/199-207a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/199-207b.jpg

Mike D. 12-31-2019 06:26 PM

1977 Topps 208-216
 
Up next:

208 Checklist 133-264
209 Rob Andrews
210 Fred Lynn
211 San Francisco Giants CL
212 Jim Mason
213 Maximino Leon
214 Darrell Porter
215 Butch Metzger
216 Doug DeCinces

Card #208 (Checklist 133-264) is missing. 215 Butch Metzger could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/208-216a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/208-216b.jpg

Mike D. 12-31-2019 07:18 PM

1977 Topps 217-225
 
The next batch:

217 Tom Underwood
218 John Wathan RC
219 Joe Coleman
220 Chris Chambliss
221 Bob Bailey
222 Francisco Barrios
223 Earl Williams
224 Rusty Torres
225 Bob Apodaca

All 9 are here. 220 Chris Chambliss could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/217-225a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/217-225b.jpg

Mike D. 12-31-2019 07:20 PM

1977 Topps 226-234
 
Next up:

226 Leroy Stanton
227 Joe Sambito RC
228 Minnesota Twins CL
229 Don Kessinger
230 Vida Blue
231 George Brett RB
232 Minnie Minoso RB
233 Jose Morales RB
234 Nolan Ryan RB

Missing are 228 Minnesota Twins CL and 234 Nolan Ryan RB (darn). No obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/226-234a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/226-234b.jpg

Mike D. 01-01-2020 06:08 PM

1977 Topps 235-243
 
The next group:

235 Cecil Cooper
236 Tom Buskey
237 Gene Clines
238 Tippy Martinez
239 Bill Plummer
240 Ron LeFlore
241 Dave Tomlin
242 Ken Henderson
243 Ron Reed

All here and no obvious upgrade candidates!

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/235-243a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/235-243b.jpg

Mike D. 01-01-2020 06:30 PM

1977 Topps 244-252
 
The cards:

244 John Mayberry
245 Rick Rhoden
246 Mike Vail
247 Chris Knapp
248 Wilbur Howard
249 Pete Redfern
250 Bill Madlock
251 Tony Muser
252 Dale Murray

All cards are here. 248 Wilbur Howard is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/244-252a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/244-252b.jpg

Mike D. 01-01-2020 06:41 PM

1977 Topps 253-261
 
Next batch:

253 John Hale
254 Doyle Alexander
255 George Scott
256 Joe Hoerner
257 Mike Miley
258 Luis Tiant
259 New York Mets CL
260 J.R. Richard
261 Phil Garner

All 9 are present. 260 J.R. Richard is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/253-261a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/253-261b.jpg

Mike D. 01-02-2020 07:33 PM

1977 Topps 262-270
 
The next group:

262 Al Cowens
263 Mike Marshall
264 Tom Hutton
265 Mark Fidrych RC
266 Derrel Thomas
267 Ray Fosse
268 Rick Sawyer RC
269 Joe Lis
270 Dave Parker

265 Mark Fidrych RC is missing. 264 Tom Hutton could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/262-270a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/262-270b.jpg

Cliff Bowman 01-02-2020 08:14 PM

3 Attachment(s)
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike D. (Post 1942346)
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 :D. 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. 01-03-2020 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman (Post 1943918)
I'm happy to see that you finally have a print error/variation in one of your sets :D. 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). :D

Rickyy 01-03-2020 03:55 PM

Nice progress! Lots of nice clean cards!

Ricky Y

Mike D. 01-03-2020 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rickyy (Post 1944092)
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. 01-03-2020 06:20 PM

1977 Topps 271-279
 
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:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/271-279a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/271-279b.jpg

Mike D. 01-03-2020 07:10 PM

1977 Topps 280-288
 
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:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/280-288a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/280-288b.jpg

Mike D. 01-03-2020 07:12 PM

1977 Topps 289-297
 
Up next:

289 Gene Garber
290 Amos Otis
291 Jason Thompson RC
292 Rogelio Moret
293 Jack Brohamer
294 George Medich
295 Gary Carter
296 Don Hood
297 Ken Reitz

295 Gary Carter is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/289-297a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/289-297b.jpg

Mike D. 01-03-2020 07:28 PM

1977 Topps 298-306
 
Passing 300:

298 Charlie Hough
299 Otto Velez
300 Jerry Koosman
301 Toby Harrah
302 Mike Garman
303 Gene Tenace
304 Jim Hughes
305 Mickey Rivers
306 Rick Waits

299 Otto Velez and 301 Toby Harrah are missing. 303 Gene Tenace and 305 Mickey Rivers are upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/298-306a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/298-306b.jpg

Mike D. 01-05-2020 05:20 PM

1977 Topps 307-315
 
The next batch:

307 Gary Sutherland
308 Gene Pentz RC
309 Boston Red Sox CL
310 Larry Bowa
311 Vern Ruhle
312 Rob Belloir RC
313 Paul Blair
314 Steve Mingori
315 Dave Chalk

309 Boston Red Sox CL is missing (hard to tell from this photo as the card behind shows through).

311 Vern Ruhle, 313 Paul Blair, and 314 Steve Mingori all could use upgrades.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/307-315a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/307-315b.jpg

Mike D. 01-06-2020 07:49 PM

1977 Topps 316-324
 
Next:

316 Steve Rodgers
317 Kurt Bevacqua
318 Duffy Dyer
319 Rich Gossage
320 Ken Griffey
321 Dave Goltz
322 Bill Russell
323 Larry Lintz
324 John Curtis

All 9 are here. 317 Kurt Bevacqua and 322 Bill Russell are upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/316-324a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/316-324b.jpg

Mike D. 01-09-2020 06:19 PM

First Sale
 
Sold an extra lower grade extra #144 Bruce Sutter RC for $1.99 via eBay auction.

Total spent on binder set: $185.06
Total Reclaimed: $1.99

Mike D. 01-12-2020 05:41 PM

Since I started with such a larger number of cards, I have a lot of dups.

To make the project just a little more fun, I figured I'd go through the dups and send some TTM (through the mail) autograph requests.

I used to send 300-500 TTM requests a year and it was a big part of my collecting...at my high water mark, I had over 3,000 autographed cards. I hadn't sent any requests in about 3 years, and have been slowly liquidating some of my autographed cards.

That being said, it's a great way to turn commons into something interesting and a lot of players from the 70's sign.

I renewed by subscription to http://www.sportscollectors.net/ (inexpensive and well worth it) and figured I'd send some requests, starting with cards I have multiple duplicates of. I'll offer the players extras...we'll see if they take me up on it.

Anyway, the first request I sent and my first success was Doug Rader, who signed 4 cards, with the the cards making the round trip in a mere 9 days.

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/rader_a.jpg

Total spent on binder set: $185.06
Total Reclaimed: $1.99
TTM Successes: 1

Mike D. 01-13-2020 07:17 PM

1977 Topps 325-333
 
The next group:

325 Mike Ivie
326 Jesse Jefferson
327 Houston Astros CL
328 Tommy Boggs
329 Ron Hodges
330 George Hendrick
331 Jim Colborn
332 Elliott Maddox
333 Paul Reuschel

All cards are present. 327 Houston Astros CL could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/325-333a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/325-333b.jpg

Mike D. 01-13-2020 07:25 PM

Another TTM success today, from Luis Gomez (#13).

I sent 4 cards and offered extras. I gotta say, I love the result:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/gomez_auto.jpg

Kept a couple extras for his grandkids? Love it!

Total spent on binder set: $185.06
Total Reclaimed: $1.99
TTM Successes: 2

Elberson 01-14-2020 01:50 PM

I look forward to your postings. I just picked up the set from eBay for 150.00 shipped in nrmt. Condition. It was missing the Dawson, Murphy and Ryan. Which I picked all three up for under 30.00. I was going to build the set from picking up lots but just gave in lol. The 1973 set is next for me, good luck with the journey, that’s the fun part

Mike D. 01-14-2020 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elberson (Post 1947088)
I look forward to your postings. I just picked up the set from eBay for 150.00 shipped in nrmt. Condition. It was missing the Dawson, Murphy and Ryan. Which I picked all three up for under 30.00. I was going to build the set from picking up lots but just gave in lol. The 1973 set is next for me, good luck with the journey, that’s the fun part

Thank you! It's been a fun journey so far!

Yes, I've certainly found that some of these late 70's sets are actually cheaper to buy in complete set form than to put them together (I got offered a complete set for less than I've spent already), but it's really about the journey, not the destination.

Mike D. 01-14-2020 07:53 PM

1977 Topps 334-342
 
The next group:

334 Bill Stein
335 Bill Robinson
336 Denny Doyle
337 Ron Schueler
338 Dave Duncan
339 Adrian Devine
340 Hal McRae
341 Joe Kerrigan RC
342 Jerry Remy

All here, and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/334-342a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/334-342b.jpg

Mike D. 01-16-2020 08:02 PM

1977 Topps 343-351
 
The next group:

343 Ed Halicki
344 Brian Downing
345 Reggie Smith
346 Bill Singer
347 George Foster
348 Brent Strom
349 Jim Holt
350 Larry Dierker
351 Jim Sundberg

All cards are here and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/343-351a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/343-351b.jpg

Mike D. 01-18-2020 05:38 PM

1977 Topps 352-360
 
The next 9:

352 Mike Phillips
353 Stan Thomas
354 Pittsburgh Pirates CL
355 Lou Brock
356 Checklist 265-396
357 Tim McCarver
358 Tom House
359 Willie Randolph
360 Rick Monday

354 Pittsburgh Pirates CL is missing.

352, 353, 355, 356, 358, and 360 all could use an upgrade, making this a less than stellar lot.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/352-360a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/352-360b.jpg

Mike D. 01-18-2020 05:40 PM

Fred Stanley
 
Another TTM success today, this time including a couple of cards from my 1976 Topps project.

Fred Stanley 4/4 in 12 days.

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/stanley.jpg

Mike D. 01-19-2020 08:34 PM

1977 Topps 361-369
 
The next batch:

361 Eduardo Rodriguez
362 Tommy Davis
363 Dave Roberts
364 Vic Correll
365 Mike Torrez
366 Ted Sizemore
367 Dave Hamilton
368 Mike Jorgensen
369 Terry Humphrey

All here. 363 Dave Roberts, 364 Vic Correll, and 366 Ted Sizemore are upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/361-369a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/361-369b.jpg

Mike D. 01-20-2020 06:45 PM

1977 Topps 370-378
 
The next batch:

370 John Montefusco
371 Whitey Herzog
372 Rick Folkers
373 Bert Campaneris
374 Kent Tekulve
375 Larry Hisle
376 Nino Espinosa
377 Dave McKay
378 Jim Umbarger

371 Whitey Herzog is missing. 373 Bert Campaneris could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/370-379a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/370-379b.jpg

Mike D. 01-24-2020 07:55 PM

1977 Topps #379-387
 
The next batch:

379 Larry Cox
380 Lee May
381 Bob Forsch
382 Charlie Moore
383 Stan Bahnsen
384 Darrel Chaney
385 Dave LaRoche
386 Manny Mota
387 New York Yankees CL

387 New York Yankees CL is missing. 380 Lee May, 383 Stan Bahnsen, and 384 Darrel Chaney are all upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/379-387a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/379-387b.jpg

Mike D. 01-25-2020 05:31 PM

Sold a 100 card lot of VG 1977 Topps dups on eBay this weekend for $4.49 plus shipping. I'll probably get some more similar lots listed in the coming weeks.

Total spent on binder set: $185.06
Total Reclaimed: $6.48
TTM Successes: 3

Mike D. 01-25-2020 06:34 PM

The next batch:

388 Terry Harmon
389 Ken Kravec
390 Dave Winfield
391 Dan Warthen
392 Phil Roof
393 John Lowenstein
394 Bill Laxton
395 Manny Trillo
396 Tom Murphy

391 Dan Warthen is missing. 393 John Lowenstein could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/388-396a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/388-396b.jpg

Mike D. 01-25-2020 06:45 PM

Heading past 400:

397 Larry Herndon RC
398 Tom Burgmeier
399 Bruce Boisclair RC
400 Steve Garvey
401 Mickey Scott
402 Tommy Helms
403 Tom Grieve
404 Eric Rasmussen RC
405 Claudell Washington

400 Steve Garvey is missing. 405 Claudell Washington could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/397-405a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/397-405b.jpg

Mike D. 01-28-2020 07:06 PM

1977 Topps #406-414
 
Up next:

406 Tim Johnson
407 Dave Freisleben
408 Cesar Tovar
409 Pete Broberg
410 Willie Montanez
411 World Series Morgan/Bench
412 World Series Johnny Bench
413 World Series Cincy Wins
414 Tommy Harper

413 World Series Cincy Wins is missing. 409 Pete Broberg and 414 Tommy Harper are upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/406-414a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/406-414b.jpg

Mike D. 01-28-2020 07:12 PM

1977 Topps 415-423
 
The next batch:

415 Jay Johnstone
416 Chuck Hartenstein
417 Wayne Garrett
418 Chicago White Sox CL
419 Steve Swisher
420 Rusty Staub
421 Doug Rau
422 Freddie Patek
423 Gary Lavelle

The batch is all here. 418 Chicago White Sox CL, 419 Steve Swisher, and 420 Rusty Staub.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/415-423a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/415-423b.jpg

Mike D. 01-28-2020 07:18 PM

1977 Topps 424-432
 
Up next:

424 Steve Brye
425 Joe Torre
426 Dick Drago
427 Dave Rader
428 Texas Rangers CL
429 Ken Boswell
430 Fergie Jenkins
431 Dave Collins UER
432 Buzz Capra

428 Texas Rangers CL is missing. 429 Ken Boswell could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/424-432a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/424-432b.jpg

Mike D. 01-28-2020 07:35 PM

1977 Topps 433-441
 
The next few:

433 Nate Colbert TBC
434 Carl Yastrzemski TBC
435 Maury Wills TBC
436 Bob Keegan TBC
437 Ralph Kiner TBC
438 Marty Perez
439 Gorman Thomas
440 Jon Matlack
441 Larvell Blanks

434 Carl Yastrzemski TBC is missing. All the rest other than 441 Larvell Blanks could use an upgrade.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/433-441a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/433-441b.jpg

Mike D. 01-28-2020 07:41 PM

1977 Topps 442-450
 
Running up to 450:

442 Dave Bristol
443 Lamar Johnson
444 Wayne Twitchell
445 Ken Singleton
446 Bill Bonham
447 Jerry Turner
448 Ellie Rodriguez
449 Al Fitzmorris
450 Pete Rose

450 Pete Rose is missing - I'd have bet it would be:p

443 Lamar Johnson and 444 Wayne Twitchell could use upgrades.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/442-450a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/442-450b.jpg

Mike D. 01-29-2020 07:51 PM

1977 Topps 451-459
 
The next group:

451 Checklist 397-528
452 Mike Caldwell
453 Pedro Garcia
454 Andy Etchebarren
455 Rick Wise
456 Leon Roberts
457 Steve Luebber
458 Leo Foster
459 Steve Foucault

451 Checklist 397-528 is missing. 454 Andy Etchebarren and 455 Rick Wise are upgrade candidates.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/451-459a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/451-459b.jpg

Mike D. 01-29-2020 07:57 PM

1977 Topps 460-468
 
Up next:

460 Willie Stargell
461 Dick Tidrow
462 Don Baylor
463 Jamie Quirk
464 Randy Moffitt
465 Rico Carty
466 Fred Holdsworth
467 Philadelphia Phillies CL
468 Ramon Hernandez

465 Rico Carty and 467 Philadelphia Phillies CL are missing. 460 Willie Stargell could use an upgrade.


The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/460-468a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/460-468b.jpg

Mike D. 01-30-2020 06:38 PM

Graded Yaz
 
Picked up a graded Yaz today:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/yaz.jpg

$31.02 delivered.

Total spent on binder set: $185.06
Total Reclaimed: $6.48
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 3

Mike D. 01-30-2020 06:54 PM

Next:

469 Pat Kelly
470 Ted Simmons
471 Del Unser
472 Rookie Pitchers
473 Rookie OF Andre Dawson
474 Rookie Shortstops
475 Rookie Pitchers
476 Rookie C D Murphy/Cerone
477 Rookie Infielders

Ugh.

Missing are:

473 Rookie OF Andre Dawson
474 Rookie Shortstops
475 Rookie Pitchers
476 Rookie C D Murphy/Cerone
477 Rookie Infielders

Also, 471 Del Unser could use an upgrade .

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/469-477a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/469-477b.jpg

Mike D. 01-30-2020 07:05 PM

1977 Topps 478-486
 
The next batch:

478 Rookei Pitchers
479 Rookie Outfielders
480 Carl Yastrzemski
481 Roger Metzge
482 Tony Solaita
483 Richie Zisk
484 Burt Hooton
485 Roy White
486 Ed Bane

485 Roy White is missing. 478 Rookei Pitchers, 479 Rookie Outfielders, 480 Carl Yastrzemski, and 484 Burt Hooton all could use upgrades.

The cards:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/478-486a.jpg

The dups:

http://baseball-trivia-game.com/77-topps/478-486b.jpg


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