1977 Topps 3 card panel - any info?

BaltimoreYankee

Does anyone know the story behind this? I don't think it's just cut from an uncut sheet because the star power and New York angle would be too much of a coincidence. The back is fully printed. Thanks.

70ToppsFanatic

Maybe a Burger King Yankees/Mets panel????

daddymc

What card number is the Munson and Catfish?

mlbfan2

<< <i>Maybe a Burger King Yankees/Mets panel???? >>



There were no 1977 Burger King Mets cards.

BaltimoreYankee

The numbers on the back are 280 for Hunter, 170 Munson and 150 Seaver. THere is nothing on the back that looks different from standard 1977 Topps cards.

yankeeno7

I believe those are just cut from a full sheet.

1963ellsworth22and10

They could be inserts from the 1970's Dynamite magazine.

bishop

Throughout the 70s Dynamite magazine had Topps baseball card inserts in panels. The cards were regular Topps cards

bishop

Sorry, did not see the prior post

ThoseBackPages

Those are three of the toughest PSA 9 "Name Players" in that set.

70ToppsFanatic

Being at the edge of the sheet is we prime reason
why 9s are rough

BaltimoreYankee

I just googled "1977 Topps uncut sheet" and it led me to a Net 54 disucssion from 2008. They were saying the same thing: Dynamite magazine from the 1970's. Thanks all for the replies.

sdsalezman

I believe that these were actually Topps' Salesman Samples. I own one myself that contains Randy Jones, Steve Garvey and Jack Billingham. The Topps cards that came in Dynamite Magazine in the 1970's actually were similiar to how the tearouts in magazines work if you wanted to subscribe to a magazine. Essentially there were four cards on one page and two cards on the other page. I've attached images from a current ebay auction to explain this more clearly.






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rbsalezman

I got a graded 1977 Topps Dynamite six card insert sheet back from PSA recently. You can see they’re different than the three card salesman sample mentioned in this thread.

BaltimoreYankee

I like seeing old posts pop up again after a long time but this is the first one where I was the OP.
Hard to believe I was in my 40's when I posted this and now I'm in my 60's.

stevegarveyfan

@rbsalezman said:
I got a graded 1977 Topps Dynamite six card insert sheet back from PSA recently. You can see they’re different than the three card salesman sample mentioned in this thread.

If you decide to sell, I am interested.

82FootballWaxMemorys

@BaltimoreYankee said:
I like seeing old posts pop up again after a long time but this is the first one where I was the OP.
Hard to believe I was in my 40's when I posted this and now I'm in my 60's.

I'm in another forum since 2002 and I know what you mean! Time is relentless...

rbsalezman

stevegarveyfan Posts : 567 ✭✭✭✭September 30, 2023 11:09AM edited September 30, 2023 11:09AM
@rbsalezman said:
I got a graded 1977 Topps Dynamite six card insert sheet back from PSA recently. You can see they’re different than the three card salesman sample mentioned in this thread.

If you decide to sell, I am interested.

I actually got two of them graded and both came back as 2's. I collect Garvey's as well so maybe we can work out a trade if you have any duplicates. Send be a DM.

stevegarveyfan

@rbsalezman said:
stevegarveyfan Posts : 567 ✭✭✭✭September 30, 2023 11:09AM edited September 30, 2023 11:09AM
@rbsalezman said:
I got a graded 1977 Topps Dynamite six card insert sheet back from PSA recently. You can see they’re different than the three card salesman sample mentioned in this thread.

If you decide to sell, I am interested.

I actually got two of them graded and both came back as 2's. I collect Garvey's as well so maybe we can work out a trade if you have any duplicates. Send be a DM.

DM sent

Panama Mutiny (Formerly lawyer05)

@stevegarveyfan said:

@rbsalezman said:
I got a graded 1977 Topps Dynamite six card insert sheet back from PSA recently. You can see they’re different than the three card salesman sample mentioned in this thread.

If you decide to sell, I am interested.

Wow they graded your dynamite?
That's awesome... I have a 3 card insert..do u think they will grade the 3 card insert ?

rbsalezman

I don't know. I'm thinking of doing that next. Which three players are on your insert? Based on the ones above, it looks like they made a sample for New York and possible Southern California. Interested to know what the other ones are if there are more.

PaulMaul

Returning to the subject of the original post, it looks like part of a normal sheet to me…

rbsalezman

There's too many available for sale on eBay over the years of the same three cards to be cut from an original sheet as a one off.

Topps probably cut these off of original sheets and then sent them to retailers as samples based on what part of the country you lived. These exist for both their 1977 MLB and NFL sets which also make me think this was done by Topps and not a one off.

It's the only reason I can think of for why (17) of these three card panels would exist since this NFL panel contains two Cleveland Browns and one St. Louis Cardinal. None of these players on the panel were stars in 1977 or are today.

https://www.steinersports.com/lot-of-17-1977-topps-football-3-card-uncut-panels-mitchell-reaves-phipps/p-2347571726848915+z-927-164366468

Other NFL panels I've noticed include.

• Larry McCarren, Walter Payton, Charlie Hall

The same goes for Baseball. The same three card panels are always available on eBay.

• Catfish Hunter, Thurman Munson, Tom Seaver
• Jack Billingham, Steve Garvey, Randy Jones
• Doug DeCinces, Ken Forsch, Mike Schmidt
• Tommy John, Paul Hartzell, Stan Wall
• Rich Gossage, Del Unser, Dave Chalk

http://www.thetoppsarchives.com/2018/02/

mrmopar

I have a couple of stacks of these as well, 78T I believe. Clearly they were for magazine insertion. Someone got their hands on a large quantity that never got inserted and they are relatively plentiful even now.

I've been known to dabble in Steve Garvey items myself.