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Old 08-14-2011, 07:31 PM
Zach Wheat Zach Wheat is offline
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Default 1947-66 Exhibits Mantle Batting

Dean,

You have a Mantle 1947-1966 Exhibits card with no pinstripes and white outlined name batting variety. I did a quick search on eBay - as you probably did - and found a wide range in prices. One of the issues with Exhibits - as in fact a number of other pre-war cards - is that a number of reprints were made, including the Mantle batting pose. Unless the cards being sold are either graded by a third party grader that is respected within the industry or seller includes back scans (see link on how to differentiate between originals & reprints) or other warranties to insure to possible sellers the card is an original, prices can vary significantly.

I have purchase several Exhibits, some of which turned out to be reprints. Reprints generally have a gray back. Following are a couple of links to some Exhibit reprint & general info articles from the archives:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=117276

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=118564

There are also a number of good posts by Adam W, Frank W and Scott M - all of whom collect Exhibits and know a lot more about the issues than I do. Nice card, but sorry I can't help you on price. It looks like you have a high quality card with sharp corners. Maybe Adam, Frank or Scott will chime in.

Zach Wheat
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