Calling all 1947-66 Exhibits experts
frankhardy
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I have the SCD Standard for 2007, so I have a complete set checklist. What I am in need of is a Cardinals checklist from that set. Since this set ranges from 1947-66, it might be difficult to know which team a certain player played for. So far, I have 8 of these that are Cardinals - Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Murray Dickson, Whitey Kurowski, Harry Walker, Don Blasingame, Johnny Hopp, and Steve Bilko. On some of the more obscure ones, the difficulty lies in identifying the uniform. For example, the Johnny Hopp can only be told by the outlined belt loops on his pants and his socks.
A complete team set checklist would be very helpful. I tried www.teamsets4u.com, but they did not have this particular team set listed.
A complete team set checklist would be very helpful. I tried www.teamsets4u.com, but they did not have this particular team set listed.
Shane
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I know of a couple of experts--one being Don Spence as he has been buying alot of those lately... But there are many unknown variations and poses... It may never be a complete set.
Shane
thought you wanted all us exhibitionists....
Anybody else have any suggestions?
Shane
<< <i>Who is Don Spence and how do I get in touch with him?
Anybody else have any suggestions? >>
That'll be a toughie. I never hear of him interacting with anyone from this community. I'm sure Joe Orlando has his contact info. Don has one of the handful of best card collections period. Peek around the registry at the most important sets of all time (T206, 33 Goudey, 52 Topps etc.) and he's always right near if not on top. He has an amazing PSA registry and is getting into more recent cards every time I check. He outbid me on eBay last week for a 1987 Topps Mike Greenwell. I was stunned. There may be a board member that can get you in contact with him. Possibly Jim Davalilo? Just a thought. Good luck.
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Your best bet is to identify the year the card was made since many of the photos are very old and would show the player in an older uniform.
Breakdown of how to date the So called "1947-66 EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY" cards....
1947 "MADE IN USA" of 1/2 inch - Exhibit returned to the production of a 64-card set. Dickey, McQuinn and Ott were dropped with 28 of the others continuing on. There were 35 new cards with the "Salutations" dropped. The 1947 set was really half salutations and half new style.
1948 "MADE IN USA" of 5/8 inch - 39 cards can be identified as from this year. A rarity was created as Barney McCosky was issued in error as Barney McCaskey.
1949 "AN EXHIBIT CARD" - 32 of the cards were given this new distinctive mark, and team cards were added for the first time. Eddie Waitkus was reissued with the "C" for Cubs airbrushed off his cap, so actually 33 cards were identifiable as being issued in 1949.
1950 "MADE IN USA" of 7/16 inch - 25 new cards were issued.
"Made in USA" (upper and lower case) from 1951 through 1953
1951 "Made In USA" - Exhibits abandoned the custom of changing the size of the mark each year and merely changed the mark to upper and lower case. There were 33 cards issued with this mark in the years 1951 and 1953.
1952 - B&W makes them easy to identify.
1953 - (same as 1951 above).
"PRINTED IN USA" (all caps) from 1954-1956
1954-56 "PRINTED IN USA" (upper case) - Thirty cards were issued in this way. All except one, the Pee Wee Reese, had the player's name set in a distinctive typescript. In 1955, an anomaly occurs where the Rizzuto and Doby that first appeared in 1949 appears with the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" scratched off.
"Printed in USA" (upper and lower case) 1957-61
1957-61 "Printed in USA" - The first two years, 1957-58, brought 35 cards marked in this way of which 28 were completely new to Exhibit. A total of 47 changed cards were introduced in 1959, giving the first year when all 64 cards had the same mark "Printed in USA." Even the "Salutation" Williams was updated this way. Up to now all cards were still somewhat reddish brown. (1960 B&W) And then in 1961 all cards were a deep brown. It is thus possible to do some dating by color in this issue.
1960 - B&W makes them easy to identify.
1961 - Players or new poses who appeared in 1960-61 but not continued thereafter include: Richie Ashburn as a Cub, the real Frank Thomas (C on cap), Bud Daley, Jackie Brandt, Hank Bauer (plain cap) Don Blasingame (plain cap), Rocky Colavito (portrait to chest), Joe Cuningham (batting), Ted Kluszewski (plain cap), Harvey Kuenn (plain cap portrait), Carl Sawatski (plain cap), Herb Score (plain cap) and Roy Sievers (plain cap).
1962 and 1963 - Stats on the back
1963 "Printed in USA" on the back - The set was expanded to 64 cards and the additional 32 new cards had the instead of the front.
1964 - The company just reissued the (64) 1963 cards with blank backs. It is hard to tell some of the older poses from previous cards; Spahn for example, still having his one and only pose.
The only problem I have is that I don't have a complete set to be able to look through and do the research. I only have those 8 and several that I have listed on Ebay (which I think are free of Cardinals). Is there a place where I could look at pictures of a complete set? That way I could do the research and then choose which one to buy.
Shane