1926 Exhibits Ruth Question

[glchen]

Actually, now I'm confused because these two Exhibits are labeled as 1925 Exhibit Ruths and they look just like mine. Maybe the H&S Ruth is the 26 Exhibit? If someone has a scan of a confirmed 26 Exhibit Ruth, that'd be great.

[Exhibitman]

There are no 1926 Ruths shown above. The ones with the name in the box are 1925s; the other is a 1928. Minute color and tone variations are not uncommon in the 1920s Exhibit issues. This is what a 1926 Ehibit looks like. No box around the identifying info. Also, the typeface on the 1925s is sans serif while the typeface on the 1926 has serifs. PSA regularly and routinely screws up its Exhibit identities, as do some auctioneers. The recent Clean Sweep auction had a lot of PC backs where PSA had misidentified the Hartnett as a plain background and I've seen others misidentified as well.

[fkw]

The card in question is a 1925.


The 1925 cards have that small box (ie the Gehrig rookie in the same set)

[smtjoy]

Here is an example of a 1925 and a 1926 so you can see the difference-

[glchen]

Thanks for the responses. Now, I'll know to look for a the box/no box. If anyone does have a scan of a 26 Exhibits Ruth (or Gehrig), I'd love to see it. Thanks again!

[glchen]

This card is in the forthcoming H&S auction. I assume this is another mislabled 28 Exhibits that SGC screwed up on?

[smtjoy]

Yes Gary, thats a 1928. On the 1926 I have also been looking for a long time 7+ years for a Ruth and Gehrig too and have not even seen a photo either.

[glchen]

If no Exhibit experts have seen a 26 Ruth (or Gehrig) with no box, are we sure that these even exist? I don't know if anyone's ever tried to complete a 26 Exhibits set, and how close they came and whether all of the cards were no box. I guess I'm wondering if this can't be like the 21 Exhibits vs the 23-24 Exhibits where some cards in each set had borders while others had no borders.

On a side question, Scott, I noticed in some of your ebay auctions, some of your 21 Exhibits (and 23-24 Exhibits) are greenish tone. Is this a variation? I thought 21 Exhibits were all grayish.