New member intro: Greetings from Japan

[seanofjapan]

Nice to still be made to feel welcome here!

That jersey is nice. I am kind of curious how much it goes for and if the seller might have done better trying to sell it in Japan (though there aren't any good auction houses for high end vintage stuff here like in the US).

Nice Oh rookie David! I recently added this one to my collection, its from a different set issued that year.

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

I never understood why that guys number wasn't ZERO

Why would his number be zero?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Why would his number be zero?

I didn't catch it the first time, but his last name is definitely often substituted for Zero when calling out numbers, such as area codes, zip codes, etc...

Brian

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I didn't catch it the first time, but his last name is definitely often substituted for Zero when calling out numbers, such as area codes, zip codes, etc...

Brian

Ha, good point, I hadn't thought of that.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Nice to still be made to feel welcome here!

That jersey is nice. I am kind of curious how much it goes for and if the seller might have done better trying to sell it in Japan (though there aren't any good auction houses for high end vintage stuff here like in the US).

Nice Oh rookie Dave!



Why would his number be zero?

0 looks like the letter O

[Jobu]

Glad you are still here 4 years later!

Here are my only items from Japan - what is possibly a one-of-a-kind GT Son bromide of the 1931 World Tour featuring Gehrig and many others and two photos that I thought were awesome (I Masuda & S Tanabe).

[Mungo Hungo]

Welcome -- I'm in Hawaii, roughly halfway between you and various collectors in California.

I've been surprised at how difficult it is to find Japanese cards in the U.S., even on ebay. Any tips for how to find them?

Actually, I'm really just looking for a card--any card--of Chang-Yong Lim, who played for Yakult from 2008-12, briefly for the Cubs in 2013 and for Korean teams before and after that time. Would you happen to have a double of him lying around, and/or any thoughts as to where I could find one?

Jeff

[seanofjapan]

Bryan - that Bromide of the 1931 team is fantastic!

Originally Posted by Mungo Hungo

Welcome -- I'm in Hawaii, roughly halfway between you and various collectors in California.

I've been surprised at how difficult it is to find Japanese cards in the U.S., even on ebay. Any tips for how to find them?

Actually, I'm really just looking for a card--any card--of Chang-Yong Lim, who played for Yakult from 2008-12, briefly for the Cubs in 2013 and for Korean teams before and after that time. Would you happen to have a double of him lying around, and/or any thoughts as to where I could find one?

Jeff

There are a couple of places outside of ebay. One is Mandarake, which has a good stock of Japanese cards (mostly 70s-80s-90s) that you can browse in English and they will ship to the US. I know at least one American collector who gets cards from them:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/...e=0606&lang=en

Unfortunately though there is no postal service between Japan and the US now due to the pandemic, so they have to send stuff by private courier which is insanely expensive. Once postal service resumes though (whenever that happens) its much cheaper.

For high end stuff there is also Prestige Collectibles, which has some of the best stuff anywhere in their auctions: https://prestigecollectiblesauction.com/

About Chang Yong Lim I can definitely hook you up, he is in some Calbee sets that I have a lot of. I haven't checked but its very likely that I have a double of him lying around somewhere (and if I don't its not hard to find one). The only problem is the above mentioned lack of postal service to the US. Send me a PM though and once that resumes I can get one to you!

[Mungo Hungo]

Thanks Sean -- that's really helpful. I had not heard of Mandarake, but the English-language feature sounds great.

I also wasn't aware of the current lack of postal service -- but I guess these are the times we're in.

And on Chang Yong Lim, I'll send you a PM. Thanks!

Jeff

[Topnotchsy]

Welcome!

I've been able to pick up some photos from the 1931 US Tour of Japan with some early Japanese HOFers and figures. Haven't been able to find out too much about a number of players:

Atsushi Kono
Hisashi Koshimoto
Tsunekichi Oshita
Takizo Matsumoto
Jiro Ito