SERIAL NUMBERED 32/50 — ONE OF JUST 50 COPIES

This is copy 32 of a 50-copy print run, with the serial printed on the back and visible in the scans. Shipped by a Top Rated Plus seller: same or next business-day handling, tracked delivery, and every card sleeved and protected before it leaves. 18,000+ listings shipped and a 30-day return window on every order.

Why This Card Matters

Masayuki Kuwahara was named MVP of the 2024 Japan Series, the championship that gave the Yokohama DeNA BayStars their first title in 26 years. He debuted for Yokohama on October 1, 2012, won Mitsui Golden Glove awards in 2017 and 2023, and hit for the cycle on July 20, 2018 as the 67th player in NPB history to do it. In the 2024 season this card documents he batted .270 with five home runs and 24 RBI across 106 games. The Gold Border parallel is serial numbered to 50 copies, and this is number 32 of those 50.

Market-Informed Pricing

Priced at $19.99 with Best Offer enabled; offers at or above $17.99 are accepted automatically. This is a /50 parallel of the 2024 Japan Series MVP with no direct Buy It Now sold history of its own, so it is priced against comparable Gold Border /50 cards from the same set - and Best Offer is open if you read the market differently.

Professional Imaging

High-resolution scans and photos so you can inspect corners, edges, surface, and centering yourself. What you see is what you get.

Secure Shipping

Penny sleeve, top loader or card saver, team bag, and rigid protection in every shipment. Packed right, shipped fast, from a smoke-free environment.

About the Gold Border /50 Parallel

2024 Topps 206 NPB rebuilds the classic 1909 T206 tobacco-card design around Nippon Professional Baseball, with painted-look portraits, period borders and Japanese-language backs. The Gold Border sits at the top of the set’s border-parallel structure at 50 serial-numbered copies. Pair that print run with a Japan Series MVP season and copies of this card are genuinely hard to find on the U.S. market.