Up for sale are the following Shigeo Nagashima rookie cards from 1958. Nagashima is considered the greatest player in the history of Nippon Pro Baseball.
Asking
$500 $450 for the lot of 9 Menko cards shown below, which includes:
1958 JCM 31a Menko Marukami Color Cartoon Back Giants & Tigers - Green (Holding Bat & Jacket - 639712) (R)
1958 JCM 31b Menko Marukami Color Cartoon Back (Type I - Marukami symbol) - Green (throwing - 735028) (R)
1958 JCM 31b Menko Marukami Color Cartoon Back (Type II - no Marukami symbol) - Red (w/ bat - 249673) (R)
1958 JCM 31b Menko Marukami Color Cartoon Back (Type II - no Marukami symbol) - Purple (swinging - 645500) (R)
1958 JCM 31b Menko Marukami Color Cartoon Back (Type II - no Marukami symbol) - Pink (Horizontal Swinging Bat w/ Catcher - 871270) (R)
1958 JCM 32a Menko Maramatsu Scoreboard Back, Borderless - Stomach-up Red Portrait #595433 - 1-13/16"x3" [R2] (R)
1958 JCM 33a Menko Yamakatsu Upper Left Glove, Borderless, Green Ink Back, Cream Card Stock - Pink Portrait #890018 - 1-13/16"x3" [R2] (R)
1958 JCM 36 Menko Yamakatsu B&W w/Blue Diagonal Line Back #8969620 [R3] - 1-13/16" x 3" (R)
1958 JCM 38a Marusho Two Bat Back #81004 - At Bat (R)
And for those looking for a really tough rookie card of Mr. Nagashima, I also have a 1958 JBR 14 Large "Waste Up Batting Portrait" which is 2-11/16" x 4-3/16" for
$175 $160. According to the Japanese Baseball Card Checklist and Price Guide, this card has a scarcity factor of R4, meaning that between three and nine copies of this card in any condition are known to exist:
Lastly, I have for sale the following two 1958 JF 24b Fujiya Caramel Large Premiums w/ facsimile signature and printed name which are 5"x7.5" each and can be had for
$75 $60 each or
$125 $100 for both.
Please PM or email me at
h2oya311@yahoo.com if interested.
Thanks,
Derek