First Tiger Mask Palky Type Wrestling Hood By YN, Rare Deep Gold Lame With Leather Edging, Signed, Ring Grade
First Tiger Mask Palky Type Wrestling Hood By YN, Rare Deep Gold Lame With Leather Edging, Signed, Ring Grade
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Condition report
Very Good
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- Honest Wear
- As Found
The darker gold
For the collector who already owns the yellow and wants the rarer cloth.
Best for: Wrestling memorabilia and mask collections
Condition notes
No conspicuous marks or stains are recorded.
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A ring grade hood of the Palky type in a scarce deep gold lamé, made by YN and signed by the wrestler.
The Piece
Black leather stripes, bound at every edge, cross a cloth of dark glittering gold, and cream fur rises in a full ruff at the cheeks. The red inner tongue bears the signature in marker and the label of the workshop, and the lining and laces are finished as for a real bout. The deeper gold was cut in far smaller numbers than the bright yellow usually seen.
The First Tiger Mask
On 23 April 1981 a masked junior heavyweight stepped into the ring at Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo and changed Japanese wrestling overnight. Satoru Sayama, as the first Tiger Mask, brought the comic hero of Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji to life with a speed nobody had seen. His masks changed often, and each pattern, from the fanged early type to the later legend designs, is now studied and named by collectors. Craftsmen in Japan still cut them by hand to the old patterns, in lamé cloth, leather and fur, to the standard worn in a real bout.
Details
- Model: Palky type
- Maker: YN, with Tiger Arts label
- Cloth: Deep gold lamé with leather edging
- Signature: Signed
- Grade: Made to ring standard
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- No conspicuous marks or stains are noted.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade AB (clean, no conspicuous marks) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
The house has not had the signature examined by a third party. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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