Posted By:
Paul SSteve,
Those cards are part of the first row of an original Exhibit vending display that I got about 1970 for $5 (yes, five!), from one of those kitschy(sp?) nostalgia stores where most of the items were from the 50's. It is 4 rows of four cards each row. There are about half a dozen HOFers on it. Unfortunately it's taken some abuse during the years. I should have listened to my father way back when, when he said, "Hey, that's really nice. You should get it framed." (Kicks self in butt.) Anyway, below is the top of the display. The bottom instructed to place 1 cent in the slot.
BTW - There's some authorized reprints post-1966, and they state as such on the card. If you start to collect them, beware of some 1990 unauthorized reprints of 1940-50's players. They have no collector value (p. 150 of thee 2007 SCD.)
Anyway, still waiting for Adam W. to chime in here.