Title: 1948/49 JGA 2: Yakyu Shonen Purple Tint Dice Game Cards Complete Set of 81--High Grade

Description:

While we have had a number of partial JGA 2 sets in our auctions over the years, this is the first time we have been privileged to offer a complete set. These high grade beauties first appeared in the January 1949 issue (published December 1948) of Yakyu Shonen magazine, a children's publication. The cards were initially offered in the form of an uncut sheet included inside the magazine. Children generally haphazardly cut the cards into singles, and then used them to play a dice game, ultimately resulting in a pile of miscut and badly worn cards. Not these beauties. They are all neatly cut at the borders and are virtually unused. Cards of 20 different Japan HOFers are included in the set: Victor Starffin (Russia), Henry "Bozo" Wakabayashi (Hawaii), Tetsuharu Kawakami, Hiroshi Oshita, Shosei Go (Taiwan), Jiro Noguchi, Makoto Kozuru, Katsumi Shiraishi, Shigeru Chiba, Hideo Fujimoto, Hiroshi Nakao, Haruyasu Nakajima, Takehiko Bessho, Tokuji Iida, Kazuto Tsuruoka, Juzo Sanada, Michinori Tsubouchi, Michio Nishizawa, Fumio Fujimura and Kaoru Betto. Also, one of the few cards of Hawaiian Fujio Ueda appears in this set.

Manufacturer: JGA 2

Condition: Nearly all cards grade somewhere between Ex/Mt and Mt. Average-Nm.

Size: Each card is 1 7/16" x 2 1/4".

Year: 1948/49

Price: $500.00