Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

Mike D. · #1 02-09-2020, 06:50 PM

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:

The dups:

Mike D. · #2 02-09-2020, 06:55 PM

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:

The dups:

Mike D. · #3 02-09-2020, 07:05 PM

Wrapping things up:

658 Marty Pattin
659 Merv Rettenmund
660 Willie Horton

All three are here, but all three need upgrades.

The cards:

The dups:

Mike D. · #4 02-09-2020, 07:37 PM

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 · #5 02-12-2020, 11:59 PM

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

Mike D. · #6 02-14-2020, 06:46 PM

Quote:

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. · #7 02-14-2020, 07:07 PM

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

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