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Munetaka Murakami村上宗隆

2025 Epoch NPB Luxury Collection #SMM

PSA10Gem Mint

Authentic Autograph

Discreet Global White-Glove Delivery

The Story

物語

A framed action photograph on a deep black field, an "AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH" bar beneath it, and the credit line running underneath: 55 • TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS • IF. Restrained where the rest of the collection is loud.

Player Narrative

This is Murakami at the height of his NPB career, in the season collectors already suspect will be among his last in Japan. The photograph — a full follow-through, front foot planted — is the image the Luxury Collection uses to close its story.

Card Narrative

Epoch's Luxury Collection is the standard against which high-end Japanese cards are measured. Black-bordered cards are the single most difficult format to grade Gem Mint: any handling shows as white chipping along the edges, and most examples cap out at a 9.

Why It Matters

A black-bordered card in a PSA 10 holder with a perfect signature grade. The format is what makes the grade meaningful.

Catalogued by BBM BOYZ Archive — Tokyo

Card DNA

カードDNA

Identity

Player

Munetaka Murakami (村上宗隆)

Year

2025

Set

Epoch NPB Luxury Collection

Card Number

#SMM

Subset/Insert

Authentic Autograph

Manufacturer

Epoch

Grading

Grading Company

PSA

Grade

10 — Gem Mint

Cert Number

168414880

Population

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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