Comprehensive Exhibit Supply Co (ESCO) Information

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Ok here is my start on this, hopefully Adam, Matt, Jimmy and some of the other exhibit collectors can add to it.

Ranking exhibit card scarcity-

Ranked from a type card collectors view of only needing one card from each (based on finding one on an ebay 7 day auction)-

Very Scarce
1933
1926-29 Baseball/Boxers 4 on 1

Scarce
1922 Eastern Exhibit
1923-24
1926
1926-29 Baseball 4 on 1
1928 PCL
1929 Star Picture Stamp Ruth-Dempsey
1931-32
1938

Uncommon
1925
1926-29 PC
1927
1928
1929-30
1934
1935
1936
1937
1962 Stat Back- Red Ink

Common
1921 ($20-40)
1922 ($20-40)
1939-46 Salutation ($2-5)
1947-66 ($1-3)
1962 Stat Back- Black Ink ($2-5)
1963 Stat Back ($2-5)


OK looking at it from a player collector view of needing one certain card-

Very Scarce (up to 10+ years to get)
1928 PCL
1933
1926
1938
1931-32

Scarce (up to 5 years to find)
1923-24
1922 Eastern Exhibit
1925
1926-29 PC
1926-29 Baseball 4 on 1
1929-30
1929 Star Picture Stamp Ruth-Dempsey
1939-46 Salutation SP's

Uncommon (1-3 Years to get)
1927
1928
1934
1935
1936
1937
1947-66 SP's
1962 Stat Back- Red Ink

Common (within 2 years)
1921
1922
1939-46 Salutation Commons
1947-66 Commons
1962 Stat Back- Black Ink
1963 Stat Back


And finally from a set collectors view on needing every card-

Nearly Impossible (20+ years to lifetime to complete)
1926
1926-29 Baseball/Boxers 4 on 1
1928 PCL

Very Hard (10+ years to complete)
1923-24
1925
1926-29 PC
1931-32
1933
1939-46 Salutation

Scarce (5-10 years to complete)
1922 Eastern Exhibit
1926-29 Baseball 4 on 1
1929-30
1938

Tough (3-5 years to complete)
1927
1928
1934
1935
1936
1937
1962 Stat Back- Red Ink

Common (1-3 years to complete)
1921
1922
1947-66
1962 Stat Back- Black Ink
1963 Stat Back