Thanks Adam, I read online that the measurements for the MADE IN USA is 5/8s then is was from 48. Is this bad information? And I think it had to be all caps in the spelling? Here is a pic of mine which does measure 5/8 .

Short answer: I don't know. Long answer: there are deviations from the standard with ESCO products. They just weren't that careful. Also the difference between 5/8 and 7/16 (1950) is really small. Absent an uncut sheet or a checklist from a sample I am not a fan of making absolute pronouncements that might dramatically boost the value of a card. it seems weird that they would issue a 48 but no 49.

Looking to add a couple Jackie items to the collection. This is my 1`st ticket ever, thought it was cool piece especially coming from his opening home stand in "47" (4/27/47). Still on the lookout for an Old Gold or 50`s postcard, always liked that shot of him. Also, thanks Shoeless for making this available Sir.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d00b2c1a_c.jpgMy 1`st Ticket, J Robinson`s 1`st homestand. 4/27/47 ...... by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

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Hey , I believe you I got the info from this site http://keymancollectibles.com/baseba...eballcards.htm . If you look at 1948 it’s say MADE IN USA 5/8. Is any of this info correct ?

Dustin welcome to the world of Exhibits!! As Adam knows it is basically impossible to accurately date most Exhibit cards. Even with checklist cards.

For example the 1951 Checklist card shown above with the 1950 Phillies on it which should date it to 1951 has Jackie Robinson on it which we know only comes in the MADE IN U.S.A. ( all CAPS) 5/8", However on the same checklist is for example Jim Konstanty who only has one Exhibit card and his has Made in U.S.A. ( Not all CAPS). There are other different examples as well.

The 1955 Postcard back set has all kinds of different sizes and wording of the Made, Printed etc. notations on cards in the set

To complicate matters a lot of the cards, Jackie Robinson included come in a sepia tint and a B&W tint. See below. So it is possible the sepia is from 1948 and the B&W is from 1951. But I can not verify ALL the guys listed on the 51 checklist exist in B&W.

Then it seems possible there were different printings with the team cards being changed late in the year after the World Series and again repeated later the following year with different player cards after some were dropped and others added.



Crystal clear right??

Found a nice 55T today. Looking to add a 52 and 53 Topps eventually. Would also like to find a single signature Jackie baseball.

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lol thanks for the information and help. I pick up my Robinson for 15 dollars. So I guess what ever year it’s from it’s a great buy.

That’s nice! Great pickup.


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Here are my Jackie’s...


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1948 Sport Thrills
 

Here's my lone Jackie example. (Size difference in scans due to them being taken at different times).

My holy trinity.

-Jason

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The Father, the Son and the Holy Crap Is That Expensive!

Outstanding!


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The lack of a 1951 Jackie is so odd-did the Batter Up game he endorsed have him on an exclusive deal that year?

He is on the 1951 Topps Teams cards, so he sort of has a 1951 card.

https://i.psacard.com/cardfacts/1951...108.jpg?h=1000

An old book I’ve had for a while on display

Thanks for reminding me of the team cards I have with JR; Exhibits, naturally. Here's one:

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Here's a whale of a trivia question (something I learned for the first time today)...

Who was the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers on the first day of the 1947 season, the day the color barrier was forever broken?

(Perhaps this is an already well-known factoid?? The obvious guess is wrong. No cheating!!)

Clyde Sukeforth?

So you want Team photos?
 

Here are three different years of the little known Dodger team photos from the 12" x 12" KERNEL - FRESH NUTS set. Sorry about the flash in the photo!!

Love these team cards.

Here's a wirephoto of Sukeforth on that monumental day.

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Great spread. I really like those three cards displayed together. The colors really pop. I have mine stored like this.

Unfortunately, mine are now in a safe. Too valuable to have displayed in my display cases.

Great cards!

Wow, Matthew - you should be really proud of those Jackie’s - such a fantastic group of cards. Thank you for sharing them with us!

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I got to have lunch with Don Newcombe once and had him sign several of his Exhibit cards including this one.

Thanks, I really appreciate the compliment and I’m happy to share what I have.


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Happy Jackie Robinson Day!

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Here's a couple of things I have.

Happy Jackie Day! Some memorabilia decorating my office

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[L-R] card/coin handed out at a Dodgers game; sculpture of JR handed out at a Dodgers game (about the nicest such piece I've ever seen at a game); studio promo baseball and hat from the movie 42.

Happy Jackie Robinson day everyone! :)

Signed gum card

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I just won what looks identical to these 2 post cards, or maybe just Adam's as the one I won is also blank.

I was hesitant to purchase it based on the white back thinking it was maybe fake or a reprint but decided to go ahead just in case it was legit.
Crease free according to the ad, but it does have some corner bumps. I paid $225 U.S. but have no idea if that is high or not?
Thoughts? :confused:

Can't say, Dale. They have been really hard to find so there are no good price points. I would think that $225 for a JR of the era is a good deal.

Thanks, Adam. I was kind of thinking the same.

I'm glad, although it was after the fact, that I seen yours and Deans to confirm it was more than likely a legit copy.
That white back, after seeing/reading most exhibits, etc, were cream colored concerned me.

Here is a pic of the back of mine. And the front is glossy. Cool card Dale.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=29182

Although I can't currently see your pic even though I see your link when I quote you (site issues again?) I appreciate your feedback, Dean.

Thank you! :)

Forgot to add this one, which, of course, is another incredible Graig Kreindler painting.

I haven't been around much lately, but I stumbled across this tonight and this was just too good to let go.




Lo and behold, the 1st (and hopefully LAST) JACKIE ROBINSON "one of one" rookie patch card.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/28426740352...ggQtr&LH_BIN=1



I don't quite know which market this guy is trying to appeal to.....?
A quick glance at the seller's "other items", and I saw about 15-20 of these hand drawn cards. A majority of them are of current/semi-current pro basketball players.


One thing is for sure, if you get THIS Jackie Robinson, it is for sure a 1/1.

:D

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His 'other items' list is oddly entertaining. Besides his 'one of ones' he has a trump chia pet, a five pack of hot sauce and whatever the heck this is. :D


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I didn't mean to derail the Jr thread. Here's something modern but still attractive. From Graig Kreindler's Negro League Centennial Set.
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And the only slabbed Jackie Robinson I own.

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D305
 

I don't have many Jackie's but here is one I picked up recently.

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Some solid PSA 2s imo

This one should be labeled awaiting pitch .... even lower pop, which is nice

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One of my favorite cards of Jackie

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Fun little display from my office of '42' and stadiana:

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55 Variant, truncated logo

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Some unknow Jackie stuff
 

Anybody ever seen this card. One card with each of the images on one side of the same card.

A little late to the thread, but here are some low-grade Jackie Robinson cards

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Always looking for 1956 salesman samples, miscuts, sheet cuts, printer's defects, panels, overprints and other errors.

That's a home-made card made from bios in a magazine.

Here is mine. I got this from The Baseball Card Society in 1990 while I was in Thule Greenland, tracking satellites.

This card, along with the rest, are from the Feldstein find whenever that was. (I have all the BBCS docs and the receipt too from when I bought them.).
Not much in the grand scheme of things, but it is cool and it is mine.

Cheers,

This Day in Jackie History -- January 7, 1957. Jackie signs on as V.P. of Chock Full O' Nuts. Another first.

Jackie in his own words about joining Chock Full O' Nuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFzEo_wMOAc

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Dewey, Many thanks for sharing your wonderful Jackie Robinson collection. I loved looking at all your marvelous photos. -- Brian Powell

Thank you kindly, Brian. I know this thread is on the card side of the board, but I can't resist. So many great pieces of history shared by all on this thread.

Cool Jackie HR photo

Right after "The Shot"
 

Win some; lose some. Jackie, Hodges, and Branca trudge off the field with Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" still ringing in their ears.

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Partial logo variation:

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I collect integration-related items, so Jackie Robinson is obviously the player who is front and center. Always looking for more relevant items.

Here are a few items from the collection:

• 1935 Muir High School signed yearbook (sig on the left side of the top image)
• 1937 Pasadena Junior College signed yearbook
• 1946 Montreal Royals team signed baseball (Jackie's only season in the Minors)
• 1947 Dodgers team signed baseball (rookie season)
• 1949 Jackie Robinson All-Stars Program (standard program for the series)
• 1949 Jackie Robinson All-Stars vs Creoles' All-Stars (program for particular game)
• Negro League signed baseball with Jackie and others (likely from 1953 JR All-Stars Barnstorming Tour)
• 1950 Jackie Robinson All-Stars Broadside

My favorite Jackie in my collection. I love the eye appeal.

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Neat stuff, ya'll.

This day in Jackie history -- January 20, 1958.

Jackie serves as guest referee for a charity basketball game at the Harlem YMCA featuring current and former baseball players. Pictured are Jackie Robinson and fellow pioneers, Larry Doby and Elston Howard (ground). In the white shirt is a man named Buggy Bell. No idea who he is.

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A beauty, Rob.

This week in Jackie Robinson history -- Feb. 4, 1952. Jackie signed on as a television executive of a major network (NBC). Yet another first.

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As reported on the back of the '54 Topps.
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Its great looking at all of this Jackie stuff! Only thing I own, I purchased raw, and sent it to SGChttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ce4e89e4c3.jpg

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Not sure why my scan has the lines on the card, theyre not really there. The scan is the SGC scan

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I want this exhibit. I hardly ever see it for sale. Kicking myself I didn't buy it about 4 years ago when I had the chance. Congrats.

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Obscure card?
 

Saw Cavs guard Darius Garland wearing this on the bench during a game the other day. Couldn't figure out what the "10cents" refers to. Was the image lifted from an obscure card maybe?

Postage stamp.

I recently purchased a postcard of Minnie Minoso that I thought, once received, would also have the lines like yours. I was thinking, as I don't know much about exhibits or postcards, it was just some sort of variation or something.

It still pains me to know there was a member here sometime ago who had one for sale for $30 dollars.
I drug my heels and it was gone about a week or so later. :(

A couple ended on GM cards within the last month and, IIRC, they went for around $400 and $600.

The one I saw at auction was in a lot of exhibits. I had the money, but was I bidding on another item and I wasn't sure what the the final price would be. The auction was set up to where 50 or so lots all closed at the same time. My desired lot closed for a very reasonable price, but then I had no time to bid on the Jackie. So I missed out.

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Thanks...
 

Must have been an old stamp...a dime won't buy much postage these days.:rolleyes:

We've reached the point now where ten cents can't even buy a ten cent stamp anymore.
Whoa! I think I just blew my own mind.

No Mo...
 

Hard to wrap my head around the fact that kids once pulled brand new '52 Topps high numbers out of wax packs for a nickel late in the summer of the year I first collected cards.:eek:

I forgot I even had this card, and always thought it was an odd one. It seems to depict the cartoonified Robinson making a throw from second base in 1947, when we know he only played first base his rookie year.

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In January of 1958, Jackie joined the board of directors of the NAACP. Shortly after, Medgar Evers invited Jackie to Jackson, Mississippi for what the NAACP called "Jackie Robinson Day."

This day in Jackie Robinson history -- February 16, 1958, in a Jackson masonic temple, he delivered a speech "Patience, Pride, and Progress." For more, see the link below.

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he was out!

:D

It's one of those calls that will never be put to rest.
Yogi, until the day he passed, was adamant he was out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU

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Cool piece, Joe.

This week in Jackie Robinson history, in early 1950, filming for _The Jackie Robinson Story_ was underway. Most of the baseball scenes were filmed at Gilmore Stadium, home of the PCL's Hollywood Stars.

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