Ok some of this info might deserve to be on the front page as it affect a few Exhibit sets, I won a lot, that had a few paper items from a person who was a customer of the Exhibit Supply Company, the lot had three main items- 1948 letter to clarify an order that was placed, 1949 Exhibit Price List(4 pages) and 1950 Exhibit Order Form.
1- 1948 letter to clarify an order that was placed- the letter is dated June 24, 1948, the letter does not really contain any info but does establish that the person did order from them
2- 1949 Exhibit Price List- This has great info and full of pictures, its 4 pages front and back with pictures of all the series you could order that year. The envelope this was mailed in was dated May 5th 1949
3- 1950 Exhibit Order Form- Another great item that list everything you could order and prices for all. It also marks sets as new with an black dot and those updated for 1950 with an "X".
A few things I noticed from looking these over was-
1- On the Baseball Stars Page 3- It clearly list 64 cards (So I would think they had 32 that did not change from 1948 as well as the 32 with the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" listed to make 64) and the card shown is a salutation (which to me adds credence that these cards should really be considered to have been one set running 1939-66). Also on the enlargement of the standup machine 3 of the 8 cards shown are salutations and a number of them are from 1948 issues.
2- Football stars- not listed in the 1949 price list but they do appear on the 1950 order form. Confirms they were not issued that year.
3- Hall of Fame- This set is usually given a date of 1948 but the price guild list it as a new set for 1949 and an unchanged set in 1950, I am guessing that in 1948 they had these four sets (Football, Baseball, Boxing and World Champs) in 1949 Football was dropped and Hall of Fame was added. In 1950 the four were (Hall of Fame, Football, Baseball, Boxing) and World Champs was dropped which is how its always been listed as a 1948-49 set. Now the question is when did they stop the Hall of Fame cards, 1951 or when?
4- 1950 Order Form- list the Football set as a new set and that Baseball and Boxing were updated and Hall of Fame stayed the same. This just confirms the process of updating the baseball set each year along with a number of other sets like- Prizefighters, Buckaroos and autograph Film and TV stars.
Thats all I have though of so far but let me know what you think. Its some cool items and nice to get a look at how these were ordered and sold back then.
Here are the pics-
1948 letter
1949 Exhibit Price List
1950 Exhibit Order Form
