Sunday, April 21, 2019

Neat Ichiro Find, I think.

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 After writing my last post about the fake 1994 Calbee Hokkaido/Kyushu/Sanyo Ichiros I flipped through my pile of "vintage" Calb...
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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Fake 1994 Calbee Ichiro Cards really are Everywhere

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A board member over on Net54 just drew my attention to the latest Prestige Collectibles Auction which has a really useful listing that I ...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Puzzle: Why are Yamakatsu cards always minty while Calbee ones are always destroyed?

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I am currently trying to put together the 1978 Yamakatsu set (along with the 1979 and 1980 ones).  Jay, a member on Net54 who I have a tr...
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Sunday, April 14, 2019

1946(?) Menko Uncut Sheet!

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 Another cool thing I picked up on Yahoo Auctions recently arrived in the mail yesterday, an uncut sheet of baseball menko! I love these...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Nippon Ham Sausage Set: Where are the Nippon Ham Fighters at?

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The 1975-76 Nippon Ham Sausage set is one of the hardest vintage Japanese sets to track down singles for out there.  In 5 years of collec...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

1975-76 Calbee Red Helmet Fight and Defend Series?

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I reached another major milestone with my 1975-76 Calbee set today with the addition of the above card, #636 featuring a gaggle of Hirosh...
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Monday, April 8, 2019

Why Graded Cards are Stupid: 1995 Calbee Ichiro Edition

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I picked up my first graded Japanese card this week.  Its a 1995 Calbee/ Choco Snack, card C-32 in the set. I actually picked up this en...
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