1949 Exhibit Cards

[Exhibitman]

Knock out Frank's Waitkus and add my three and we have 30 cards plus four team cards. Most likely explanation is 32 printed in 49 and 50 with the team cards swapped. Until we find some more.

[fkw]

I like the theory of these being issued over 2 years.... with the team cards being swapped out

Maybe 1 year in Sepia and 1 year in B&W ??

If so what came first???
My only clue would be that the 1948 Indians Team card I showed earlier is Sepia in color... so Sepia = 1948??

has anyone seen the same team card in both Sepia and B&W

also from the looks of Fred's wantlist, I think there may be one..... is there a B&W Satchel Paige card?

[whiteymet]

I've too have often wondered what came first. Knowing a LITTLE about what went on at the Exhibit factory, it could be that both the sepia and B&W were issued the same year. Not syaing they were, just saying it's possible.

About the team cards, I have only seen the sepia versions. Same with Paige.

Anyone out there have ANY of the ones I am looking for in B&W, just to confirm they exist?

Fred

[whiteymet]

Hi All:

I am revisiting this old post to ask if any of you have in your collection any of the following "AN EXHIBIT CARD" in lower left corner that are B&W and NOT sepia. It is my belief that 16 cards in this set were issued in B&W as well as sepia while the other cards in the set were issued only in sepia. If any of you have any of the below in B&W it will blow my theory to pieces. If you do please post scans here. I have all the other 16 in B&W.

I have not seen in B&W: Dark, Fowler, Gustine, Keller, Keltner, Lemon, Marion, Marshall, Paige, Stanky, Stirnweiss, Tebbetts, Vernon, Walters, 1948 Braves Team, 1948 Indians Team, 1949 Dodgers Team, 1949 Yankees team.

If you have any of these PLEASE post them here.

Thanks,

Fred

[tjb1952tjb]

Here's my 1949 Doerr B/W and Sepia. Not sure if this help you, but it at least confirms the existence of both...........

[whiteymet]

Hey Tim:

Thanks for posting your Doerr cards. Yep, he is one I have checklisted in both B&W and Sepia. What I am really looking for are any that I listed that anyone would have in B&W. These are the ones I am thinking were NOT issued in B&W only sepia.

Fred

[smtjoy]

Hi Fred,

I just checked thru my 500 of so and I dont have any you are missing with B & W, I did have the Tommy Holmes in both colors.

On a list for 1955, I'm pretty sure you can use the list for the post card back ones as these were only issued in 1955 and as far as I know it was a total of 64 cards. Sorry cant find a list of them, Ill look I probably have it somewhere. (Hey Fred, do you still have an extra Mantle with PC back?)

[CharleyBrown]

Has anyone seen the B&W Jackie Robinson?

Also - I'm looking to buy a 1955 Post Card Backs Exhibit Jackie Robinson if anyone has one available!

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by CharleyBrown

Has anyone seen the B&W Jackie Robinson?

Also - I'm looking to buy a 1955 Post Card Backs Exhibit Jackie Robinson if anyone has one available!

Hi Charley:

FYI Jackie Robinson is NOT in the AN EXHIBIT CARD set that I originally referenced. He is however in the set MADE IN U.S.A in both B&W and Sepia. It is sometime hard to tell looking at the scans on ebay, but this one LOOKS like it could be the B&W version you are looking for ebay item #160843322423

As for the Robinson Postcard back Exhibit I am looking for that myself. Actually two, one in each back, with and without the MUTOSCOPE line.

[smtjoy]

Ok some of this info might deserve to be on the front page as it affect a few Exhibit sets, I won a lot, that had a few paper items from a person who was a customer of the Exhibit Supply Company, the lot had three main items- 1948 letter to clarify an order that was placed, 1949 Exhibit Price List(4 pages) and 1950 Exhibit Order Form.

1- 1948 letter to clarify an order that was placed- the letter is dated June 24, 1948, the letter does not really contain any info but does establish that the person did order from them

2- 1949 Exhibit Price List- This has great info and full of pictures, its 4 pages front and back with pictures of all the series you could order that year. The envelope this was mailed in was dated May 5th 1949

3- 1950 Exhibit Order Form- Another great item that list everything you could order and prices for all. It also marks sets as new with an black dot and those updated for 1950 with an "X".

A few things I noticed from looking these over was-

1- On the Baseball Stars Page 3- It clearly list 64 cards (So I would think they had 32 that did not change from 1948 as well as the 32 with the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" listed to make 64) and the card shown is a salutation (which to me adds credence that these cards should really be considered to have been one set running 1939-66). Also on the enlargement of the standup machine 3 of the 8 cards shown are salutations and a number of them are from 1948 issues.

2- Football stars- not listed in the 1949 price list but they do appear on the 1950 order form. Confirms they were not issued that year.

3- Hall of Fame- This set is usually given a date of 1948 but the price guild list it as a new set for 1949 and an unchanged set in 1950, I am guessing that in 1948 they had these four sets (Football, Baseball, Boxing and World Champs) in 1949 Football was dropped and Hall of Fame was added. In 1950 the four were (Hall of Fame, Football, Baseball, Boxing) and World Champs was dropped which is how its always been listed as a 1948-49 set. Now the question is when did they stop the Hall of Fame cards, 1951 or when?

4- 1950 Order Form- list the Football set as a new set and that Baseball and Boxing were updated and Hall of Fame stayed the same. This just confirms the process of updating the baseball set each year along with a number of other sets like- Prizefighters, Buckaroos and autograph Film and TV stars.

Thats all I have though of so far but let me know what you think. Its some cool items and nice to get a look at how these were ordered and sold back then.

Here are the pics-
1948 letter

1949 Exhibit Price List






1950 Exhibit Order Form

[whiteymet]

Hey Scott:

Neat stuff!! I have a similar catalog from 1961. I think my scans are too big to upload here. I'll send you the scans via email.

Fred