tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post8298465870337763578..comments2023-12-11T03:37:10.895-08:00Comments on This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards: Back to Mint Nagoya CAPS Card ShopRyan Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-7441318971675943102013-08-01T08:42:32.942-07:002013-08-01T08:42:32.942-07:00I remember how interested the Biblio owners(?) wer...I remember how interested the Biblio owners(?) were in the catalog. And at a store in Osaka, the owner brought out a copy of the 7th edition. It's certainly used here, though I would like to go back to Osaka and talk with that dealer about his knowledge of other guides. I'm currently researching a more detailed response to this post and I hope to get back with a little more news by Monday.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-5162363127021490612013-08-01T08:36:09.323-07:002013-08-01T08:36:09.323-07:00Some of the teams issue "Victory sets" -...Some of the teams issue "Victory sets" - they'll do a card for each game that the team wins. <a href="http://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2010/03/fighters-victory-set.html" rel="nofollow">I know the Fighters did one back in 2010.</a> I don't know how many teams do it and whether they do it every year or not. I wonder if the Tigers card you've got there is one of those.<br /><br />This is one of the drawbacks of not having a comprehensive catalogue for more recent Japanese cards.<br /><br />I'm asking around about whether anyone has seen a Japanese version of the catalogue. I have not seen one and I know that the folks at Biblio were very interested in the Vintage Edition of Engel's catalogue that Ryan and I were using at their store so maybe there isn't anything like it in Japan.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-28185705572164670202013-07-31T03:51:26.193-07:002013-07-31T03:51:26.193-07:00You mention finding cards that have not been catal...You mention finding cards that have not been catalogued. I assume (like all non-Japanese collectors) you rely on Gary Engel's work as a resource. But in your time in Japan have you ever come across a Japanese language version of a catalog? In several years of reading and collecting Japanese cards, I don't recall anyone mentioning it. So do Japanese collectors rely solely on BBM (the magazine) as a reference source? <br /><br />I ask only out of curiosity since being Japanese illiterate such a catalog would be of no use to me. I'm just asking to get a better understanding from the Japanese collector viewpoint (and your descriptions of card shows there in Japan was very informative from that standpoint as has your blog been overall). Is Engel the only person (Japanese or foreign) to publish a comprehensive resource? Greg Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879251144389851369noreply@blogger.com