Does PSA grade Exhibits or Bond Breads?

cubfan89

I tried researching it and found nothing.

fkw

I dont believe PSA graded any of the Bond Bread issues (yet) except the Jackie Robinson set (D302)

Dont know if you are referring to the Bond Bread Exhibit size cards, or just plain Exhibits made by the Exhibit Supply Co.??

PSA is slowwwwww on changing (updating their knowledge of issues)... IMO they were scared away because they have trouble telling a fake reprint from the vintage issues???? .....maybe they will reply

SGC grades 3 of them........... the D305, and both the perforated and exhibit size (all 3 pictured below).


info
1947 D305 are 2.25" X 3.5" with factory diecut corners, issued in packages of Bond Bread in 1947
1950's W571-1 are basically the same cards as D305 but corners are sharp, and they were issued in a box set in early 1950s. Same quality stock and images as D305.
1970's reprints have sharp corners and are often high grade and seen in slabs graded by those off brand TPG, almost worthless IMO, the stock and images in lower quality.

ca.1947 W571-2 dual sided perforated cards are known and are rare, Ones Ive seen have images of cowboys on one side with baseball on other. Unknown distribution.

ca.1947 W571-3 Exhibit size cards are also fairly scarce, are 3" X 4.75" slightly smaller than an exhibit. Unknown how they were distributed, there is at least one player found (Walker Cooper) that is not in the D305 set.

There is also a vintage larger premium that uses the same images as these issues, but is most likely unrelated to them.


1947 D305



ca1947 dual sided perforated (rare)



ca1947 W571-3 Exhibit size (very scarce)

cubfan89

Thanks I was wondering also about the football exhibits 1948-1955 era.
You would think that would be a part of PSAs job to be able
To spot fakes. That's why I don't understand why they don't grade Star basketball cards.

fkw

I heard they dont grade the football ones, but I dont know why.... they have the same characteristics as the baseball ones.

One day a grading company will come along and be able to ID the exact year all the 1939-1966 Baseball Exhibits are from. If I can do it, they can too.

Same with the price guides that for many years now, still group 12+ sets into 2 sets (1939-46 and 1947-66), they are not 2 sets and a few players with "salutations" were issued well into the 1950s
ie Ted Williams no#9 was REALLY issued skipped years from 1946-1960,...... yet guides and grading companies list it as 1939-46

cubfan89

I see. So you believe the one with Williams swinging did not start being issued in 1939? And the one where he is just in his stance was?

fkw

On the Ted Williams no#9 (swinging) it first shows up in 1946 and will say "MADE IN U.S.A." on bottom, but most of the Williams no#9 are from the late 1950s and will say "Printed in U.S.A"
(info in link below)

Here is a bad pic taken from an old SCD yearsd ago of a 1959 sheet and you will see that Williams no#9 is on top



Here is a page I made to help dat the Exhibits close the the exact year of issue.

Most of the info is based on an article in SCD from the early 1990s.

Dating Info for 1939-1966 Exhibit Supply Co. Baseball


examples of cards that can be dated to a single year

1948 ("MADE IN U.S.A." of 5/8" wide)


1949 ("AN EXHIBIT CARD")



1952 (B&W)