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Lot # 298: 1959 Sadaharu Oh Fujiya Caramel Bromide Rookie Card

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "December 2005",
which ran from 11/22/2005 12:00 AM to
11/30/2005 9:00 PM



Oh boy! This rare 1959 Fujiya Caramel Bromide Premium Card marks Sadaharu Oh’s rookie season with the Yomiyuri Giants, the start of something big – a 21-year career with a world-record 868 homers. Japanese bromide cards used a printing process that allowed for extremely crisp and clear color images of the players. The ’59 series that spawned Oh’s rookie card being uniquely large at 4” x 7.25” -- even larger than the bromide Lamp and Phonograph cards – produced an even greater dramatic image, with Oh looking intense in his batting stance, hands gripping a huge bat. A facsimile signature stretches upward across his uniform. Only posing him with his front leg raised like a flamingo would’ve been better. Card is VG-EX w/a touch of wrinkling on the upper edge and crease near the right upper corner. Only the back has surface loss, along the upper edge.

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