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Munetaka Murakami村上宗隆

2025 Epoch Yakult Swallows Premier Edition #MM

PSA8NM-MT

Star Autograph — Gold

Discreet Global White-Glove Delivery

The Story

物語

No bat, no swing, no stadium — just Murakami's face, mouth open mid-roar, shot tight against a teal wash. Murakami signed straight across the chest of the pinstriped Swallows jersey in black marker. This is the gold-foil serial-numbered parallel.

Player Narrative

Murakami plays with his emotions fully on the surface. The photograph on this card is not a highlight — it is a release, the sound a hitter makes when the season has been long and the swing finally connects. Epoch's photo editors chose it over a hundred cleaner batting shots, and they were right.

Card Narrative

Premier Edition is Epoch's team-dedicated high-end line, produced in tiny quantities for the Yakult Swallows collector. The Star Autograph is its signature card; the Gold parallel adds foil serial numbering in the top corner and sits several tiers above the base in scarcity.

Why It Matters

An NM-MT 8 on a card this rare is not a compromise — Premier Edition's mirrored surfaces and thin borders punish graders' eyes, and low-population gold parallels rarely surface at all. The Auto 10 is what collectors are actually buying.

Catalogued by BBM BOYZ Archive — Tokyo

Card DNA

カードDNA

Identity

Player

Munetaka Murakami (村上宗隆)

Year

2025

Set

Epoch Yakult Swallows Premier Edition

Card Number

#MM

Subset/Insert

Star Autograph — Gold

Manufacturer

Epoch

Grading

Grading Company

PSA

Grade

8 — NM-MT

Cert Number

168414885

Population

Gold parallel — serial numbered / 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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