Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

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.]

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



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



Total spent on binder set: $31.20

[Mike D.]

1977 Topps PSA Graded Cards

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



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.]

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



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



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



Total spent on binder set: $110.06

[Mike D.]

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.]

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.



The dups:

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

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.]

Originally Posted by steve B

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.]

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:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

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:

[Mike D.]

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:



The dups: