1949 Exhibit Cards

[skooter]

Does anyone on this forum have, or know where I can get a list of the Exhibits produced in 1949? They all have "AN EXHIBIT CARD" printed on the lower left. I was told the series consisted of 32 cards. Any help would be appreciated.

[39special]

I have a price guide that has 1948 Baseball great hall of fame exhibits with 33 listed,and 1947-66 Exhibits with 336,don't see any 1949 by themselves

[fkw]

My own checklist from cards Ive seen on eBay and then marked a check next to the corresponding card in the 2 Exhibit checklists (2 cards are from the so called 1939-46 set, and 30 from the so called 1947-66 set)


edited to add 3 more to checklist.... Berra, Stirnweiss, Tebbetts (thanks Adam W.)
edited to remove the Waitkus card (thanks Fred)

1949 EXHIBIT SUPPLY CO. SET 34 diff. ?maybe more?
(1) Luke Appling
(2) Ritchie Ashburn (1st name incorrect)
(3) Gene Bearden
(4) Yogi Berra (portrait)
(5) Ralph Branca
(6) Harry Breachen
(7) Lou Brissie
(8) Alvin Dark (Braves)
(9) Bob Dillinger
(10) Larry Doby (bat off border)
(11) Bobby Doerr
(12) Dick Fowler
(13) Frank Gustine (plain)
(14) Tommy Holmes (salutations style, yours truly...)
(15) Charlie Keeler
(16) Ken Keltner
(17) Bob Lemon
(18) Martin Marion (salutations style)
(19) Willard Marshall
(20) Dale Mitchell
(21) Hal Newhouser
(22) Satchel Paige
(23) Phil Rizzuto
(24) John Sain
(25) Ed Stanky (plain)
(26) Snuffy Stirnweiss
(27) George "Birdie" Tebbetts
(28) Bobby Thompson
(29) Mickey Vernon (throw)
(30) Bucky Walters
(31) Braves team 1948
(32) Dodgers team 1949
(33) Indians team 1948
(34) Yankees team 1949

ie.

1939-46 Salutations style

[fkw]

PS since this set of 32 was printed on the same single sheets, I would think that every single card can be found in either a B&W tone, or a Sepia tone, but havent checklisted them to see yet.

ie.

[fkw]

PS I have never seen the Satchel Paige w/o the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" note, so I believe this is the only year he was issued. A cheaper "Rookie" card to say the least when compared to the Leaf and Bowman cards of the same year.

[39special]

Originally Posted by fkw

My own checklist from cards Ive seen on eBay and then marked a check next to the corresponding card in the 2 Exhibit checklists (2 cards are from the so called 1939-46 set, and 30 from the so called 1947-66 set)

1949 EXHIBIT SUPPLY CO. SET
(1) Luke Appling
(2) Ritchie Ashburn (1st name incorrect)
(3) Gene Bearden
(4) Ralph Branca
(5) Harry Breachen
(6) Lou Brissie
(7) Alvin Dark (Braves)
(8) Bob Dillinger
(9) Larry Doby (bat off border)
(10) Bobby Doerr
(11) Dick Fowler
(12) Frank Gustine (plain)
(13) Tommy Holmes (salutations style, yours truly...)
(14) Charlie Keeler
(15) Ken Keltner
(16) Bob Lemon
(17) Martin Marion (salutations style)
(18) Willard Marshall
(19) Dale Mitchell
(20) Hal Newhouser
(21) Satchel Paige
(22) Phil Rizzuto
(23) John Sain
(24) Ed Stanky (plain)
(25) Bobby Thompson
(26) Mickey Vernon (throw)
(27) Ediie Waitkus (throw, plain)
(28) Bucky Walters
(29) Braves team 1948
(30) Dodgers team 1949
(31) Indians team 1948
(32) Yankees team 1949

ie.

1939-46 Salutations style

I also a bunch of the Exhibits and wondered the years. Is there a checklist for each year?

[fkw]

Hi Steve, the 1949 set is easy because of the major design change (adding the "AN EXHIBIT CARD"), the other years would be far more difficult to break down and checklist because you will need to measure the width of the "MADE IN USA", or note the change when they changed it to "Made In USA" and "Printed in USA", or when the year had only B&W cards (ie 1952) etc., and even then some styles overlapped years.

some that could be done...

1939-41 set (16 cards) Averill, Gehrig, Gomez, Hartnett, Klein, Kreevich, Cordially Lombardi, Mulcahy, Very Best Wishes Newson (sic), Rizzo, Russell, and the "#9" Williams, plus 4 others Ive not looked for but will have the "MADE IN USA" of 3/4"

The 1954-56 set would be fairly easy too because All except one, the Pee Wee Reese, had the player's name set in a distinctive typescript at bottom of card (30), plus 2 cards (Rizzuto and Doby) with the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" note scratched off in bottom corner

ie.

1954-56 Exhibit Supply Co.

[fkw]

sets will range from 16 cards to 64 cards depending on the year.

[Exhibitman]

I don't recall if we covered this elsewhere but do we have a checklist down for the following:

1949 black and whites "An Exhibit Card"

1952 black and whites

[Volod]

Wow, fun stuff to look at. How likely is it that a letter addressed to you in just your town and state would be delivered today? A simpler time.

[smtjoy]

I do not have the 1949 list but here is the 1951 list (based on WS teams), just wish i would have won the card-

[whiteymet]

Adam, Scott et. al:

I THINK I may have the final list of the B&W 49 AN EXHIBIT CARD set. I have been looking for these for years and now have 16 different in B&W.

Since I have not seen ANY of the other cards in the set in B&W I am assuming the Exhibit Co. only issued 16 of them, which is a multiple of the normal 32 or 64 card sets they were issuing about that time.

The 16 I have in B&W are Appling, Ashburn, Bearden, Berra, Branca, Brecheen, Brissie, Dillinger, Doby, Doerr, Holmes, Mitchell, Newhouser, Rizzuto, Sain and Thomson.

If anyone can verify by posting scans of any of the following in B&W PLEASE DO. Otherwise I feel the above list may be it.

NOT seen in B&W only sepia:

Dark, Fowler, Gustine, Keller, Keltner, Lemon, Marion, Marshall, Paige, Stanky, Stirnweiss, Tebbetts, Vernon, Walters, Team Cards of 1948 Braves or 1948 Indians, 1949 Dodgers or Yankees.

[whiteymet]

Here is a scan of another Checklist. Don't know for what year specifically, possibly 1950. The two team cards, Yankees and Dodgers played in the World Series in 1949 and 1952. Appling retired after the 1950 season and Di Maggio after the 1951 season. Any input from other collectors is requested.

[juanman500]

I do not think anyone has ever tried to put a year by year checklist for the 47-66 exhibits cards together i am currently gathering info to try and put one together thanks