1926 Exhibits Ruth Question

[glchen]

Today, I was looking at my 1925 Exhibits Ruth, and suddenly realized that it seemed to be too "blue" to be a 25 Exhibits. I then compared it to other 25 Exhibits online, and after reviewing, it didn't seem to be correct. Here is a link to a 1925 Exhibits Ruth that sold in a Huggins and Scott auction: Link

However, my 1928 Exhibits Ruth seemed a "brighter" blue, so I thought I might possibly have a 1926 Exhibits Ruth. The only picture of a claimed to be 26 Exhibits that I found was from an old Lipset auction here: Link In that picture, that Ruth is also sorta blue.

I purchased my Exhibits Ruth from a Mile High auction here: Link. In that auction, the Ruth is paired with a 26 Exhibits Lazzeri, where the cert # is only 2 increments from the Ruth, so I'm assuming both cards were submitted at the same time and came from the same owner. (Unfortunately, I've since sold the Lazzeri before I realized how rare 26 Exhibits were and that this was one of this "rookie" cards.).

I've attached scans of the Ruth/Lazzeri from Mile High, the 28 Exhibits that I own, and a scan of the 26 Exhibits Ruth from the Lipset auction. The question I have is whether my 25 Exhibits Ruth is really a 1926 Exhibits Ruth, or is it possibly just a 28 Exhibits Ruth that is just a slightly different shade? Or did PSA get the flip correct, and is it indeed a 25 Exhibits Ruth? Thanks!

[glchen]

Actually, just realized that the name captions between my card and the 28 Exhibits are different, so it can't be a 28 Exhibits. Therefore, I guess it's either a 25 Exhibits or 26 Exhibits? I've attached the scan of the 25 Exhibits from Huggins and Scott.

[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!