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Munetaka Murakami村上宗隆

2024 Epoch NPB Baseball Cards #SGSMM

PSA10Gem Mint

Authentic Autograph

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The Story

物語

An acid-yellow starburst, Murakami caught at the top of his swing, the NPB 90th Anniversary mark in the corner, and along the bottom edge the number that makes this card what it is: 30 / 30. The last one printed.

Player Narrative

By 2024 the conversation around Murakami had shifted from records to departure. Every high-end NPB card from these seasons is being bought by collectors who expect his posting to MLB to reset the market for his Japanese-issue cards permanently.

Card Narrative

The design is the loudest in the set and it works — the black ink of the signature detonates against the yellow, which is exactly what Epoch intended when they chose this background for the signed short-print. Thirty copies exist.

Why It Matters

Serial 30/30 is the bookend of the run, and end-numbers carry their own premium among Japanese collectors. Gem Mint 10 with an Auto 10 on top of that.

Catalogued by BBM BOYZ Archive — Tokyo

Card DNA

カードDNA

Identity

Player

Munetaka Murakami (村上宗隆)

Year

2024

Set

Epoch NPB Baseball Cards

Card Number

#SGSMM

Subset/Insert

Authentic Autograph

Manufacturer

Epoch

Grading

Grading Company

PSA

Grade

10 — Gem Mint

Cert Number

168414883

Population

Serial 30/30 — PSA/DNA Auto 10

Market

Last Comp Sale

Inquire

Trend

Rising

Authentication

Status

Authenticated by BBM BOYZ

Method

PSA/DNA Certified

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