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I also like the Exhibit's and would like to throw my 2 cents in. Growing up as a kid in northern Wisconsin in the 50's and never getting to any beach or big city, I never heard of Exhibit cards. We went fishing to resorts but there were never any machines to get Exhibits from. Thus, it wasn't until I settled down in the 70's and got into collecting that I found out about them. So while I had cards for the 50's I didn't have any Exhibits. I now have quite a few and my experience has been they are hard to trade for all the reasons stated here. I did manage to pick up this machine a while back. I can't get it to work right but I enjoyed getting it to add to my collection of baseball "stuff".

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 2511029)

The two-slot counter-top model. This:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...e%20Before.jpg

I restored to this:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...e/P1010050.JPG

How did you restore and then paint it? did you sand first? What kind of paint did you use? Did you bake on the finish?

:confused:

They remind me of postcards, not baseball cards. They've never interested me much at all.

The Exhibits remind me of this scene from "It's a Wonderful Life"...

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My friends and I only saw the vending machines at events like the Fireman's Fair, and in a world of colorful Topps cards, those large, B/W things just seemed so ancient to us.
(I also remember a poster you could win at the toss-a-ring booth was Dean Martin and the Gold Diggers. Who the heck are they and what kid wants that old thing???).

Even if they were just created recently, the Exhibits were too old for us. We wanted new cards of our favorite players and team (Mets!!!!).

Love them, especially important to collecting 1920's guys like Ruth, Gehrig etc, when not many sets were issued. Some of my faves:

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Originally Posted by dbussell12 (Post 2510181)

really curious to hear your guys' thoughts on this. i just never understood it myself. they seem to me to be so fundamental as a consistent and essential undercurrent to the history of baseball cards themselves. and yet they are valued as less than! pic is a dimaggio from my collection. i personally think its his best most iconic card. i also feel similarly with the nyg mays, and perhaps even the ted williams salutations.

these cards are just so fundamental to me. they're deeply powerful in how they were distributed and accessed/accessible. and perhaps that contributes to their perceived market valuation now.

would love to hear your thoughts.

I literally just bought this DiMaggio raw for $36 along with an Eddie Matthews. I'll send it off at the end of the month to SGC. I know it wont grade better than Authentic but I want it slabbed and preserved. I will try and sell the Matthews as I am not a Braves fan.
https://sterlingsportsauctions.com/I...0831a_med.jpeg