1939-46 Exhibits Salutation cards.

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I have been obsessed with getting a Dimaggio and ended up learning of his Exhibit Salutation and buying one from a good forum member and it has turned my attention to the Exhibit cards themselves. Let me see if I have this straight.

Exhibit began making cards prior to the Depression and came out with their "Salutation" cards in 1939 and continued to offer the very same pose of each player every single year until the player retired? That is strange but also means there are far MORE of these cards out there and more affordable than a set like Play Ball or 48 Leaf etc. which is a GOOD thing for collectors on a budget. I have also discovered the Exhibit Hall Of Fame cards and I am trying to collect the ones of players who were still active or at least alive in 1948 when they were printed so I picked up a Wagner a Duffy and a Tinker from that set. Wanted a Ruth but noticed they are really high dollar for what the set it. The fact that the HOF cards were reprinted in 1974 seems to be the main thing to look out for when buying these as I assume the 74 cards have much much less value.
Anyway this is all a distraction from my T206 collecting and I am sure I told you people a bunch of stuff you already knew and may have gotten some of it wrong but that's where my mind and my OCD is today Thanks for entertaining my thoughts.