Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

A few more:

1 missing (Murphy/Cerone RC) and two upgrades (492 Rookie OF and 546 Earl Weaver).



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
504 Tom Lasorda
547 Willie McCovey
597 Mariners Coaches

$11.80 delivered.

1 missing (0.1%)

0 upgrades (0.0%)

Total spent on binder set: $341.62
Total Reclaimed: $49.58
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 7

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

A few more:

1 missing (Murphy/Cerone RC) and two upgrades (492 Rookie OF and 546 Earl Weaver).

Back in the mid 80's at card shows and card stores in the Atlanta area 77 Topps Dale Murphy rookies were a minimum $50 in nice condition. I'll bet you didn't pay anywhere near that.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Back in the mid 80's at card shows and card stores in the Atlanta area 77 Topps Dale Murphy rookies were a minimum $50 in nice condition. I'll bet you didn't pay anywhere near that.

Ha ha...no, not quite $50. I just checked and I paid $6 plus $1 shipping.

I bought my PSA 8 graded copy in 2016 for $21.99.

How the mighty have fallen. A quick and sudden decline phase cursed Murph’s HOF chances, sadly.

[Mike D.]

Arrived today:

387 New York Yankees CL

$4.86 delivered



0 missing (0.0%)

0 upgrades (0.0%)

Total spent on binder set: $346.48
Total Reclaimed: $49.58
Total Spent on Graded: $31.02
TTM Successes: 7

[Mike D.]

So, that wraps this one up! The set is now complete with no more upgrades.

Total time spent on the project was just under 7 months.

Total spent on the set is....probably more than it's worth.

[Mike D.]

It feels annoyingly fitting that the last card to complete this Red Sox fan's set was the Yankees checklist.