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10-05-2016, 01:56 PM
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40 year quest finally completed
Way back in 1977 I acquired a group of Japanese baseball cards. Having no ability to read Japanese i struggled for years even figuring out what they were. (This is waaaay before the internet)
I finally found a collector of Japanese cards who informed me they were a 1963 Menko Flag back group. I had about half of the set. So naturally I continued my quest to find out more and finish the set. I finally found a checklist that shows the set had 40 cards including Sudaharu Oh. I continued my trek and occasionally a card would pop up on eBay that I would need. I worked my way down to needing about 8 cards to finally complete a set I started in 1977 Imagine my thrill when a group popped up on eBay that included the rest of the set that I needed. Needless to say I bid high and won the group. Finally I have completed a 1963 Menko Flag back set after 40 years of trying. Check that one off my list ...FINALLY! .
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2018 Collecting goals... 1951 Bowman Set (93 cards needed) 1969 Topps set in PSA 8 
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10-05-2016, 02:49 PM
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Complete
Congratulations Mark. I have always found it both exhilarating and yet a tad sad to complete a long project. The quest is a good deal of the fun in collecting a set
If you get a chance can you post a scan of the Oh
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10-05-2016, 03:59 PM
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Congratulations!
Larry
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10-05-2016, 08:45 PM
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And X2 on the pics. Post some up if can. 
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10-06-2016, 08:31 AM
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Here's a scan of part of the set. That's Oh in the upper left hand corner.
The biggest challenge is not being able to read Japanese made it tough to know what cards I had and what I didn't. 
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2018 Collecting goals... 1951 Bowman Set (93 cards needed) 1969 Topps set in PSA 8
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10-06-2016, 11:16 AM
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O/T, but does anyone else wonder why in heck the Japanese teams use the English alphabet on their jerseys?? That's odd.
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Check out my bucket(s). Virtually everything is available for trade: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152396...57685904801706 http://s1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee404/JollyElm/ http://s1036.photobucket.com/user/elmjack44/library/ “I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.” Casey Stengel
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10-06-2016, 11:43 AM
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Those are very attractive cards. Why are they called "flag backs"? And I've always wondered what "Menko" means. Is that just their word for trading cards?
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WTB: 1969 Eskimo Pie Dale Livingston/Gino Cappelletti Actively collecting: Carl Yastrzemski ! Gino Cappelletti John Hannah Andre Tippett
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