Mystery postcard - Eastern Exhibit variation?

[Exhibitman]

No. The IFS logo is also on the Easterns:



The PCs are too thin to vend properly from an ESCO machine, hence I don't think they were an arcade machine product.

Please post some pics of the B & W Eastern.

[glchen]

Here's a link to a scan of another b/w Eastern Exhibits Ruth that does not have the legend on back: Link

[frankh8147]

Originally Posted by glchen

Here's a link to a scan of another b/w Eastern Exhibits Ruth that does not have the legend on back: Link

I was going to post that thread but you beat me to it! One of my favorite cards!

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

No. The IFS logo is also on the Easterns:



The PCs are too thin to vend properly from an ESCO machine, hence I don't think they were an arcade machine product.

Please post some pics of the B & W Eastern.

Adam, You're right about the copyright-- I probably should have checked my own cards before posting It sucks getting old.

Anyway, maybe this was one produced by industrious yet tortious Mr. Hurwitz.

[Exhibitman]

Gary, looks to me like BVG blew the ID on that card [would need to handle it raw to be sure]. The peeling damage of the card looks spot on for the damage on my Heilmann, and it is on a thin PC stock.

From my research in Exhibit machinery, the cards have to be a certain thickness to vend properly through the mechanism. The BW PCs w/o the Eastern tag line are too thin to vend.

I am not sure, frankly, whether there are BW 1922 Easterns or whether the postcards were misidentified as Easterns when the first catalogs were done. I know I haven't personally handled an Eastern with a BW front Eastern tag line on back, nor have I seen one w/either an Eastern or ESCO back that wasn't the proper card stock to vend. Er, let me rephrase: I think what has been reported as black and white Eastern Exhibits are actually a separate postcard issue. It does appear that the same original artwork was used to make both sets [the exhibit issue isn't a second generation pirated reshoot of the PCs but was made from the same original artwork].

[pencil1974]

I have one that is black and white and does have the Eastern Exhibit info on the back. But like you said it was the same thickness as the other regular Sepia versions. They are at SGC right now getting graded but if any one is interested I can see if I photos or post one when I get them back.

[Exhibitman]

That would go a long way towards resolving this, Brad.

[nolemmings]

Adam, there also were a couple of graded B&W Eastern Exhibits that didn't sell on ebay the last few days, which show the Eastern Exh. Co. cancellation on the back.

[smtjoy]

Brad please post photos of the BW with exhibit back as I have also never seen one. Here are some examples -



The three possible backs-