This collection of 41 circa 1920's-30's autographed photos of Japanese Hall of Famers features numerous rare and early autographs, some of which are the first autographs of these players and managers ever publicly offered. Many of these players and managers were the founding pioneers of Japanese pro ball. The following Hall of Famers are represented (team name in parentheses):
Amachi, Date (3 examples, Ichioka Middle S.), Fujita (Hosei), Hashido, Hirooka (Ichioka Middle S.), Ichioka, Iguchi (2 examples), Iwamoto (Meiji U.), Karita (Hosei U.), Koshimoto (3 examples), Kuji, Matsuki (2 examples; Meiji U., Sundai Club), Miyatake (2 examples, Takamatsu Commercial, Keio U.), Mizuhara (4 examples, 2 each Takamatsu Commercial, Keio U.), Mori, Nakajima (Matsumoto Commercial; 2 examples, one English, one Japanese), Nidegawa (3 examples), Nishimura (2 examples, Kansai U.), Ogawa (Wakayama Middle S.), Okada, Ono, Ota, Tanaka (2 examples), Wakabayashi (Hosei U.), Yokozawa , Yoshida. Photos range in size from 3 1/8" by 2 1/4" to 3 1/2" by 4 1/2". Signatures average 8/10. LOAs from PSA/DNA and JSA.
Estimate: $8,000-10,000