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Munetaka Murakami村上宗隆

2019 Epoch Tokyo Yakult Swallows Rookies & Stars #A25

PSA10Gem Mint

Authentic Signatures — Horizontal

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The Story

物語

A horizontal card in a vertical slab: white signature panel across the top half, "MUNETAKA MURAKAMI 55" set small at the left, and Murakami's follow-through fading up from the bottom edge in green gradient. Epoch, 2019, before anyone had settled on what he would become.

Player Narrative

2019 was Murakami's first full season. He hit 36 home runs, took the Central League Rookie of the Year award, and struck out enough to convince the skeptics he was a work in progress. Every collector tracing his rise starts here — this is the year the record hunt began.

Card Narrative

Epoch's team-issue Rookies & Stars sets are printed in small runs for the Swallows fanbase, which is exactly why early Murakami autographs from them are so hard to find in high grade. The signature here is fast and loose — a young player who had not yet settled on how he signed — and PSA/DNA graded it a 7 for that looseness. The card itself is flawless: Gem Mint 10, dead-centered, sharp on all four corners.

Why It Matters

This is early-career supply, and it does not replenish. The Auto 7 makes it obtainable in a way the same card with a 10 would not be.

Catalogued by BBM BOYZ Archive — Tokyo

Card DNA

カードDNA

Identity

Player

Munetaka Murakami (村上宗隆)

Year

2019

Set

Epoch Tokyo Yakult Swallows Rookies & Stars

Card Number

#A25

Subset/Insert

Authentic Signatures — Horizontal

Manufacturer

Epoch

Grading

Grading Company

PSA

Grade

10 — Gem Mint

Cert Number

168414877

Population

PSA/DNA Auto 7

Market

Last Comp Sale

Inquire

Trend

Rising

Authentication

Status

Authenticated by BBM BOYZ

Method

PSA/DNA Certified

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