Thursday, April 12, 2018

Japanese Baseball Card Articles in PSA's SMR

Ohtani mania is in full force which led to the April 2018 Sports Market Report being almost exclusively about Japanese baseball cards including Ohtani, Ichiro, and several key vintage sets.  I wanted to give a quick shoutout to my fellow Japanese baseball card collectors who made it into the latest issue of PSA's Sports Market Report (SMR).  Dave over at the Japanese Baseball Cards blog is featured in the articles.  All of the articles are also online:

Image from Japanese Baseball Card blog
Ichiro Article
Sadaharu Oh Article
1967 Kabaya Leaf Article
Vintage Collecting
Modern Collecting

There is some good background and useful information for sumo collectors in the articles, although the sumo timelines and card cataloguing system follow a slightly different path.  It is nice to see the Japanese cards getting some lovin'.

I was also inspired to pick up two unopened boxes of 2013 BBM 1st Version which contains Ohtani's rookie card.  Now what to do with them.

  

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  1. FujiApril 12, 2018 at 8:59 PM

    Great articles. Gonna have to see if my buddy can grab me a copy of this issue next weekend at the Tristar show.

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    1. SumoMenkoManApril 13, 2018 at 2:50 PM

      It is a definite step in the right direction for Japanese cards.

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  2. The Angels In OrderApril 13, 2018 at 5:16 AM

    To rip or not to rip. Such a dilemma.

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    1. SumoMenkoManApril 13, 2018 at 2:51 PM

      I will probably end up being lame and keep them in my unopened collection.

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