Exhibits

[MacDice]

I have never purchasing any Exhibits but always liked the look of the cards but they seem like they could easily be reproduced. What are some of the things to look for when purchasing raw exhibits to determine if they are authentic or not.

[Chris Counts]

Here's the link to an old thread that was revived just a week ago. Also, here's the list of common reprints, courtesy of Scott Mt. Joy ...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=117276

Dark Grey

Aaron
Berra (Yogi version)
Campanella
Ford (pitching version)
Fox
Hodges (B on Cap)
Mantle (No White outline version)
Mays (Batting)
Musial (Kneeling)
Newcombe (Dodgers on Jacket)
Reese (ball visable version)
Snider (B on Cap)
Spahn (B on Cap)
Williams (#9 not showing)

White cardstock, all of the above plus

1956 Dodgers
1956 Yankees

[smtjoy]

Hi Mike,

Exhibits are great cards and for the most part very few were reprinted. You are pretty safe with the old exhibits from 1921-1938, a few were reprinted for shows in the 70'-80's but have advertising for shows on them so easy to tell. Jim Rowe did some 4 in 1 reprints in 1977 and they are easy to tell apart with a little studying. The main reprints are from the 1947-66 set and you can read more on them on the thread above, there are lots out there of these and pretty hard to tell them apart-

[bh3443]

Hi Mike,
Thought you'd like to see this pic of us at an early 80's Cooperstown HOF show. Look at the front, there's a binder full of exhibits and real photo postcards! Enjoy!

[Exhibitman]

Also be aware of the following:

1. The 1948 HOF set was reprinted by the company in the 1970s on thinner, whiter card stock. It is genuine but worth only a fraction of the original.

2. Some of the cards were printed in Canada in the 1950s with actual card numbers on their fronts on a much coarser gray stock.


3. A series of 4 on 1 cards was made by Jim Rowe in the 1970s and are basically a Broder set with very little value but are occasionally offered as the real deal from the 1920s and 1930s. Look at the Standard Catalog for a list of them.

4. Some of the 1950s cards were made into a border trim wallpaper.

5. Sometimes you will find the cards printed on shiny paper stock. Those are not fakes, they are advertising pieces designed to be pasted onto the placards that went into the machines.

6. In terms of fakes, I've noticed three different varieties: gray back, white back and a very coarse gray back stock. Any genuine card will have a smooth, creamy stock back, unless it is a Canadian print, and those will have card numbers on them.