I got an email from Rob Fitts after I did
my post last week about the Kanebo Gold Card sets from 1993 & 1994. Rob had some unopened packs of Kanebo cards and wanted to know if I was interested in buying any. I decided to buy three packs of the 1994 cards since I only had a couple cards from that set. I got the package in the mail today and decided to do a quick post on it.
The packs were very attractive. The front of each pack featured a different player on a different team:
That's Norihiro Komada on the Baystars wrapper and Masahiro Yamamoto on the Dragons one. I'm pretty sure that's Tomonori Maeda on the Carp wrapper but I could be wrong. These are definitely more attractive wrappers than the 1993 set had:
Before opening the packs, I wondered if the team on the wrapper had any bearing on the card inside the pack. Nope - I pulled three Yakult Swallows (each pack only had one card):
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| #018 |
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| #001 |
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| #008 |
I also pulled three individually wrapped pieces of 26 year old bubble gum from the packs:
I decided to pass on trying any of the pieces.
Rob has a few more 1994 packs available. He may have 1993 ones as well. He also is selling a "starter" set of 43 different 1993 cards. Anyone who is interested should contact Rob via
his website (where you can also buy his latest book "Issei Baseball" which I haven't read yet and his earlier books which I have read and highly recommend).
