Shohei Ohtani and Takashi Murakami teamed up to autograph some highly coveted baseball cards ahead of the MLB Tokyo Series … and it goes without saying, these pieces of cardboard are going to be insanely valuable.
The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar and famous Japanese artist got together on Monday … where they opened several boxes of the exclusive Topps x Takashi Murakami MLB Tokyo Series collection.
They appeared on Fanatics Live and signed “redemption cards” for two Topps sets created by Murakami … which will surely be highly coveted by any collector.
Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin and Fanatics Collectibles CEO Mike Mahan were there to witness it … with Rubin admitting, “Never wanted to keep a card more in my life!”
Of course, Murakami helped design the 2025 Topps Baseball Series 1 – Tokyo Game Exclusive and 2025 Topps x Murakami MLB Tokyo Series Matchup sets … and also created special merch ahead of the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs’ season-opening matchups.
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Considering Ohtani’s rookie card sold for $533k at auction after the Dodgers won the World Series last October … we can only imagine the value of having two legends scribbling their Hancocks on the same card!!
