Lot # 34: c. 1950 Nine Different Airplane Menko--Chiba (HOF), Betto (HOF)--Possibly Others

Category: Baseball Cards

Starting Bid: $150.00

Bids: 9 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Auction 49 Ended 5/27/2016",
which ran from 5/8/2016 4:30 PM to
5/26/2016 11:00 PM



The airplane menko is one of the most popular styles in the history of Japanese baseball cards. Three of the cards in this lot include player names on the card--Shigeru Chiba (HOF) (top center), Kaoru Betto (HOF) (bottom left) and Keisuke Imanishi (bottom right). However, several other cards, principally the four in the middle, look like they are accurate drawings of real players despite the fact that no player name appears on the card. We are fairly sure that the card in the third row depicts Hall of Famer, Henry "Bozo" Wakabayashi (Hawaii). The card above it may represent Hall of Famer Haruyasu Nakajima. However, we cannot say for certain.

Size: Average--2 1/2" x 1 3/4"

Condition: Average Ex/Mt

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