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Exibit collectors-is this card legit?
Posted By: Bruce Babcock
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Posted By: Anthony N.
Bruce- what color is the back? There is an ebay seller a couple of counties south of us that has sold some bogus ones recently, and they certainly were reprinted. |
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Posted By: Paul S
...not sure if it will help much. The one of the left is a '63 statback. The other is a blank back. Notice the mispelling on that one (right) -- obviously a factory font sig. There's a correct sig card too, valued more, like yours. Both of mine are sepia tone. |
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Posted By: fkw
There is a way to date almost all 1939-66 cards. |
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Posted By: boxingcardman
I bought a set for a fwew bucks to use as autograph items. Depending on the player you may have to look for as many as three different reprints types: white backed high quality stock, gray backed high quality stock, and gray back really crappy quality stock (it is rough and the fronts are badly printed; I was burned on a Mays once). |
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Posted By: Paul S
The other one is from 1963 (you said it had 63 stats on back). |
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Posted By: Scott Mt. Joy
The color of the paper on the back is the key to judge exhibits as reprints. They will be Dark Gray and you can also find White versions. The White reprints have the same players as the dark gray but also include the 56 Yankees and 56 Dodgers. I have copies of most and if I can find them I will post some pics. |
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Posted By: Bruce Babcock
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Posted By: Paul S
Bruce, looks good to me. IMO, it has that rubbed-up-against-another-card-in-a-stack that happens over time, as some of my cards also exhibit. |
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Posted By: Scott Mt. Joy
Yours is real |
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Posted By: Scott Mt Joy
Here are 2 examples of fake exhibits, one the dark gray version the other the white version. The white back were done with a lot more detail than the dark gray and can be hard to tell without seeing the back. The middle card is a real one but trimmed. I buy a lot of exhibits and the best question to ask anyone selling them is "What color are the backs? White or Cream/Tan or Dark Gray?" This works well because most people have no idea what the back color should be. |
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Posted By: Bruce Babcock
Thanks, everyone. It's great to have the clarification. I'm not an Exibit collector but I am a Mathews collector. I've started a Mathews page here: |
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Posted By: Leslie Westbrook
I just noticed this thread literally minutes after winning three ebay auctions for 3 different exibit cards. These being the first 3 exibits I've ever purchased, I know very little about exibits in general. All the talk about the reprints and different backs has got me paranoid, to say the least. Can anyone tell from these pics whether or not these are reprints? Thanks. The seller didn't post scans of the backs. |
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Posted By: Paul S
Leslie, the fronts look fine to me. As I don't have to tell you, who's gonna mess with the fronts like that if it's a scam? I like the Reese even with the dogers (sic). I think the aged tape stain on the Mays would be hard to fake. LOL. Neat cards tho, really! I have quite a few of the Salutations (like your Pafko) with round corners and writing on the back. |
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Posted By: Leslie Westbrook
After a little thought, I also decided the cards were probably genuine. I agree that it's unlikely that anyone would mark up fake cards like that. I have a pet interest in collecting "era-marked" cards. I think it adds a tremendous amount of character to an otherwise run-of-the-mill card when a kid obviously took notes on the player--on the card. I've got a '62 Topps Roger Maris that's completely marked up--the team name scratched out, and now says "the cards" in bold blue kid-handwritten ink. That's my current favorite, but this Willie Mays is quite an amusing one as well. |
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Posted By: Scott Mt. Joy
Bottom two are real, the only one that might not be real is the Reese, looks like it might be a white back. The reprints are limited to only about 15 cards or so. I'll look for a list unless someone else has one handly. |
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Posted By: Paul S
By the way, what are some of the methods any of you use to store/protect raw Exhibits? I get a little too afraid of corner problems to keep them in plastic pages. Or is that fine? |
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Posted By: boxingcardman
Then into a two-pocket sheet (you have to trim the tab down) then into a clamshell binder made by Unikeep. If you are really worried about high grade, though, slab them with SGC. They look spectacular. |
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Posted By: Scott Mt Joy
I store my raw exhibits in Card Saver 4's, they fit great in them. |
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Posted By: Paul S
Thanks guys -- I'll check them out. |
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Exibit collectors-is this card legit?
Posted By: Chuck Wilson
I recently bought a collection of cards that included many pre-WWII cards. I am out of my element when it comes to this time period and when I listed some of the cards on ebay, I was quickly told that the cards might be re-prints. I have included this card for discussion as to whether it is legitimate or fake. Whatever help that I can get would be appreciated |
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Posted By: Scott Mt. Joy
Hi Chuck, |
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Exibit collectors-is this card legit?
Posted By: TONY Galovich
Speaking of reprint cards, on Ebay right now is a 1953 Canadian Exhibit set Series 2 |
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Posted By: fkw
I picked up a group of very sharp Canadian Exhibits that looked untouched. I think there was a large find of them. |
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