Palace Sankei Atoms Authentic Wool Ballcap, Blue And Red Fitted, Astro Boy Crest, Sealed
Palace Sankei Atoms Authentic Wool Ballcap, Blue And Red Fitted, Astro Boy Crest, Sealed
- Dispatch
- Prepared and sent from Tokyo within 7–14 days, often sooner, or as arranged
- Arrival
- United States · usually 4–7 days after dispatch, insured and tracked Check the Shipping Flowchart here
- Import
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A guide for this piece: about $32, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
The final figure is set by US Customs and depends on where the piece was made and the kind of object it is. Many antiques over a century old carry no ordinary duty; most jewellery and leather goods add a single-digit rate.
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- Sizing
- Measured by hand, in centimetres · Find your size · Ask before you buy
- Character
- QuietResplendent Ornate 6.5 of 10 ·
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Every piece is measured by hand, in centimetres as Japan measures. Please allow 1–2 cm (about ½ inch) for the give of the material and the hand that held the tape.
Condition report
Mint
- Giftable
- Mint
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
The ball club with a robot
For the baseball or Palace collector.
Best for: Vintage and anime apparel collections
Condition notes
Unopened.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 14 November 2026
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Palace's Sankei Atoms ballcap, the authentic wool fitted cap of the old professional baseball club that took Atom as its mascot.
The Piece
The Sankei Atoms played in Japan's Central League in the 1960s with Astro Boy on their crest. Palace revived the look in blue and red wool, Atom's head on the front.
Unopened. Shipped boxed so it will not be crushed.
Astro Boy in Fashion
Astro Boy has been printed on clothing since the 1960s, from American souvenir tees of the 1990s to collaborations with Japanese labels that treat Tezuka's line as graphic design. Vintage pieces with the right print and fade, and collaborations sold only through a single shop, are now chased by collectors of both anime and streetwear. Japan holds the deepest stock of these pieces, many bought new and put away, which is why archive shirts in good order still surface here first.
Details
- Maker: Palace
- Design: Sankei Atoms crest
- Material: Wool
- Colour: Blue with red visor
- Status: Unopened
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Unopened.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Maker and size are given as the labels show. Measurements are taken flat. 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.
Every figure above is taken by hand, in centimetres, and Japanese labels often run a size smaller than Western ones. Compare with a piece you already own and allow a little margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our size conversion guide sets Japanese sizes beside US, UK, EU and Asian ones, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.
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