Jack Quinn Exhibit Question

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Posted By: Jim F

I recently picked up a white border Jack Quinn, Boston AL. exhibit card. My question is, I can only find these white bordered exhibits listed as 1921, but if I am correct, Quinn joined Boston in 1922. Are there white bordered exhibits for 1922 also? I can scan the card if it helps. Thanks, Jim.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

The Exhibits produced between 1921-1924 all had pretty much the same format. Many players could be found with a border while other players were produced borderless. These cards are generally broken down into 3 different "sets"...1921, 1922, and 1923-24. With scarcity pretty much in that order as well (with 1921's being the most common by quite a bit).

There are cards in all 3 sets that were produced borderless, while other players have the white borders. Your Quinn is from the 1922 set and is always found with the white border. The majority of the players in the sets were borderless (full bleed) shots, but those that have borders are not any "tougher" to find. It is interesting to note that some players were produced one year without a border, but later produced with one in a later set (or vice versa). Thus is the case with Babe Ruth... his 1921 is borderless, while his 1923/24 is with the white border (and is also perhaps the toughest Exhibit card in existence.)

Example of some players with white borders...
1921- Alexander, Owen Bush, Cobb, Gowdy, Hornsby, etc.
1922- Quinn, Hildebrand (Ump), Rigler (Ump), etc.
1923/24- Pipp, Ruth, etc.

Just a few ramblings about the set,
-Rhett

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Posted By: warshawlaw

It is a 1923-24.

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Posted By: Jim F

Thanks Rhett!!

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Adam, the 1922's also only say "A.L." (only the 1921's have the designation as "Am. L.")
-Rhett

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Posted By: warshawlaw

the 1922s don't repeat the 1921 images and they have a different style of writing of the player's name (fine line versus a more ornate line). If the card is of a player with a 1921 card and also a 1923/4 card using the same image, the league thing is a surefire way to differentiate them.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Very true Adam.
-Rhett

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Posted By: warshawlaw

or is it two examples: Robert Veach, 1921 (Am.L.) and 1923-24 (A.L.). Note also how they cropped the image and removed background details, which was not always the case with the reused images.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Look at the writing; big difference from the 1921s: