tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post4241362151128853062..comments2024-03-26T01:25:08.843-07:00Comments on Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan: The 1980s Calbee Sets Ranked by DifficultyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-71547966295870152992019-06-25T20:02:17.057-07:002019-06-25T20:02:17.057-07:00Try Ebay.Try Ebay.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-57165421435383498862019-06-25T15:41:26.533-07:002019-06-25T15:41:26.533-07:00Can I sell a Japanese baseball cards here ?Can I sell a Japanese baseball cards here ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365706403189507765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-69148583264400594942019-06-24T19:19:36.914-07:002019-06-24T19:19:36.914-07:00Yeah I was surprised that Murata was more than Och...Yeah I was surprised that Murata was more than Ochiai (mind you, these prices are from 2010, they might have changed since then). Its very hard to understand the pricing of some player's cards in that SCM, the highest priced guys in a lot of sets are almost never the ones you'd think they'd be based on career accomplishment, fame, etc. <br /><br />And Ha, your collection must explain the drought of 81s over here!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-3505512165582426532019-06-24T15:04:10.831-07:002019-06-24T15:04:10.831-07:00Wow, the Murata is twice the value of the Ochiai? ...Wow, the Murata is twice the value of the Ochiai? But there's a lot more Murata cards pre-1985 than there are Ochiai. The only pre-1985 Ochiai cards I know of are Takara. I wonder if it's because there are comparatively fewer Murata cards in all - he retired in 1990 so there's no BBM cards from when he was a player while Ochiai played until 1998. And Murata's been a no-show in BBM's OB sets until this year while Ochiai showed up a lot until 2011.<br /><br />All the 1981 Calbee's must have left Japan and headed for the States!NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-54164506948351177472019-06-23T19:04:33.013-07:002019-06-23T19:04:33.013-07:00No are there websites with those price guides?
An...No are there websites with those price guides?<br /><br />And yeah, it is kind of weird that SCM lists the 1985 Calbee Murata (and Ochiai) as their "rookie" cards, so late in their career and despite the fact that Yamakatsu issued several Murata's in the late 70s/early 80s. Not sure why but it lists the Murata at double the price of the Ochiai, despite being in the same series (5000 Yen versus 2500 Yen). <br /><br />That is amazing that you have so many 1981s relative to the other 80s sets, they are the hardest set to find cards for except maybe the 1980 set. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-67109751597878387272019-06-23T19:01:07.118-07:002019-06-23T19:01:07.118-07:00Yeah, its really more of a pipe dream now, I can&#...Yeah, its really more of a pipe dream now, I can't afford to seriously go after any of those early 80s sets, I'm mostly concentrating on getting the non-short printed ones complete, since they are affordable. I'm only really spending $$ on the harder to find cards I need for the 75-76 set for now!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-13281758519557688382019-06-21T06:00:44.049-07:002019-06-21T06:00:44.049-07:00>my (now out of date admittedly) copy of Sports...>my (now out of date admittedly) copy of Sports Card Magazine<br />Unfortunately there aren't any copies of SCM that aren't out of date. Have you seen any websites featuring the price guides that used to be in SCM?<br /><br />>The set is also notable for having Choji Murata’s rookie card<br />Kind of weird that's considered his rookie card - he'd been playing for 10 years before this set came out and had Yamakatsu and Takara cards starting in the late 70's. The only reason his first Calbee card wasn't until this year is that Calbee didn't feature Lotte players until this set. Is Ochiai's "rookie" card similarly high priced?<br /><br />Oddly enough I think the 1981 set is the one I have the most cards from. Don't know the count off hand but it's probably more than 100.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-29345807604647818022019-06-21T02:30:24.914-07:002019-06-21T02:30:24.914-07:00Holy cow! Supply and demand sure driving up price...Holy cow! Supply and demand sure driving up prices. I can see why they are so hard to complete. Good luck on them all!SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.com