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Welcome
Thanks for joining and linking your blog.
The visuals of the Japanese cards are great. Although I have been fascinated by them since seeing a small offering in either Stan Martucci's or Bruce Yeko's catalogues from the mid-70's, aside from a couple of mid-90's BBM packs, I have never pulled the trigger. One of my favorite books is "You Gotta Have Wa." |
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Welcome, Sean! Here's an article about Japanese baseball cards that appeared in volume V, issue 5 of The Sport Hobbyist in early 1964. I'm not positive, but I think it's the earliest article about Japanese cards to appear in an American hobby publication.
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Welcome to the board!
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Konnichiwa Sean-san!
Like some others on the board, I lived in Japan for a few years. I was there from Jan. 1969 to May 1971. My dad was in the Air Force and we were stationed at Itazuke AB. The base was about 20 some odd miles east of Fukuoka. Unfortunately I was in high school then and had stopped collecting baseball cards just prior to moving there, so I have no baseball related items from my time there. I did watch it on TV though. But enough of my reminiscing, welcome to the board! David - that article caught my eye. The guy who wrote it was from Sasebo. There was (maybe still is, I don't know) a naval base there. We went there for a baseball tournament one weekend. Loads of fun.
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Great thread, I have enjoyed seeing the cards and look forward to seeing more of them.
Sean, I tweeted from my blog account a link to your blog. I look forward to checking it out more! -kin
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Welcome to the Net54 Family
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The main guide (in English) to vintage Japanese cards is by Gary Engel (here http://www.prestigecollectibles.com/Item.aspx?ID=1102 ). There is also a Japanese language publication called Sports Card Magazine, which is sort of the equivalent of Beckett for Japanese collectors. There is a pretty big collector market here, not as big as the US. Mostly it is Japanese collectors. It developed a bit later in the US though. Calbee, which is kind of the Japanese version of Topps (well, its way different than any card maker in the US, but at least in terms of the company that has produced annual sets for the longest) put out its first set in 1973, while BBM (which is a bit more like a conventional US card maker) put out its first set in 1991. Quote:
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It was a great place to live. There still is a navy base in Sasebo BTW. Quote:
Last edited by seanofjapan; 08-28-2016 at 07:21 PM. |
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That is a cool looking display. Can you elaborate on the cards?
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