Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan

Monday, September 28, 2020

Some more 1997 Calbees

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  I picked up 15 singles from the 1997 Calbee set this week.  Nobody particularly exciting, the whole  lot only cost me about 4$, but they w...
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

Dogs Wearing Caps

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  This is one of the new key pieces of my collection.  Its an uncut sheet from the 1948 set Engel catalogues as JBR 118.  The set was issued...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

I've Waited Years To Find This Card

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  My 1975-76 Calbee set made a massive jump towards completion yesterday with the addition of The Most Valuable Card In The Set (TMVCITS)! T...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Fake Ichiros and Weird Bidders

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  There is a seller on Yahoo Auctions who I've been watching for a few years now.  A few years ago I bought one of the rare 1994 Calbee ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The 1977 Oh Series

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  One of the hardest Calbee sets from the 70s to find is the 96 card set dedicated entirely to Sadaharu Oh on the occasion of him passing Ha...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Missing Noses, Chins, Eyebrows and Foreheads: The Worst Baseball Card Photo Cropping in History

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  I recently added the above card, #177 from the 1975 NST set featuring Shigeo Nagashima, to my collection.   Its notable for the fact that ...
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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Billboards on Cards

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  One thing I like to see on older cards is billboards in the background.  They give cards a distinctive period look when they are fortunate...
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