tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post2391069243221409938..comments2023-12-11T03:37:10.895-08:00Comments on This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards: Nakano Broadway: Vintage NPB Baseball Pickups (Help me!)Ryan Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-22954817053944092262012-12-21T07:58:05.358-08:002012-12-21T07:58:05.358-08:00Thanks guys. I didn't have a chance to reply a...Thanks guys. I didn't have a chance to reply after Jason posted, but I confirmed the NST set from his info.<br /><br />I'll tag the two grey-back menkos as JCM15, and I'll be adding the rest to my collection as uncatalogued issues. If I have time tomorrow I might ask around for translation help where it could be of benefit.<br /><br />The Calbee is from JC8c (1979 Calbee April-June Central League Stars). Finding all those series from the 1977 and 1979 issues is proving to be quite difficult!Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-44396648833372600942012-12-20T19:04:38.025-08:002012-12-20T19:04:38.025-08:00If you post a picture of the back of the 1979 Calb...If you post a picture of the back of the 1979 Calbee card of Masayuki Kakefu we might be able to figure out which of the series it's from. Engel's latest guide shows sample backs from all the different series that year (12!).NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-37731284538345773792012-12-20T18:59:17.944-08:002012-12-20T18:59:17.944-08:00Engel's latest guide moved the "1975 menk...Engel's latest guide moved the "1975 menko set" (JCM 15) that the Tabuchi card is from back a few years and he split it into two sets - one likely from 1972 (JCM15a) and the other likely from 1973 (JCM15b). The Tabuchi card is associated with JCM15a now. Of that row of the other three - the two on the left (#22 of the Tigers and #21 of the Dragons) look like they could be from JCM15b (which has backs that look like the backs from JCM58 from 1975-76) but neither card appears in the listing (#22 is Tabuchi again - the guy wearing #12 in the background of the first card isn't him). Nothing listed for the other card but I think it's Oh.<br /><br />This has been way more fun than getting my Christmas cards done but I think I better get back to it. Thanks for posting these.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-89901394877473307072012-12-20T18:50:25.481-08:002012-12-20T18:50:25.481-08:00The card after the large 1980 Calbee card is of Sh...The card after the large 1980 Calbee card is of Shigeru Kobayashi. It looks very similar to some sets listed in Engel's Vintage Guide that were issued with a magazine called "Elementary School" in the late 70's. Kobayashi was with the Giants from 1973-78.<br /><br />Jason is right about card #152 being from the 1975 NST set. It's actually a stamp that was meant to be pasted into an album. The text is the same on the back of every card - I suspect it's some sort of instructions for pasting the card but I have no idea.<br /><br />No idea on the old menko. I agree with you that the first one is probably a tie-in with either anime or manga. I can't even figure out what team the player on the second one is from. The third one is Noboru Aota when he was with the Giants which dates the card (probably) to between 1948 and 1952. The die-cut one is not in Engel's latest book either.<br /><br />NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-13164078683789281472012-12-20T06:05:16.337-08:002012-12-20T06:05:16.337-08:00That card #152 on the thin paper is probably one o...That card #152 on the thin paper is probably one of the NST issues from the late 1970s. I'd guess the 1975 set since that looks like Shigeo Nagashima.Jason Presleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com