Gehrig 1925 Exhibit

[botn]

There was just a great thread on what a "rookie card" is. This will never be agreed upon. However it is pretty clear the consensus of the hobby is that the 25 Exhibit is Gehrig's rookie.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by botn

There was just a great thread on what a "rookie card" is. This will never be agreed upon. However it is pretty clear the consensus of the hobby is that the 25 Exhibit is Gehrig's rookie.

I think that's right; 10 years ago it may have been less clear but Exhibits have become generally accepted by most hobbyists.

[RedsFan1941]

for what it's worth -- and apparently not much -- the whiteness of the exhibit Gehrig also struck me as odd when I saw it online in the auction

[BeanTown]

Make sure you know it's a 1925 Exhibit and not a 1926. Can't trust any holder from any TPG on the Gehrig rookie Exhibit. I hear PSA uses a consultant to help identify/figure out what the actual designation and year is on them now.

Orlando valid points and looking forward to Jays response. Would make for a great discussion to talk about 19th century cards and then compare to postcards and exhibits. Guess we can't use the SCD "Baseball Card" price guide as it prices out many 19th century items along with postcards as they felt everything belong in the baseball guide.

Interesting strategy someone is doing on the LOTG Gehrig as it went from 15k to over 40k with just 2 bids. Does that really stop people from bidding on it who really want to win it?

[WWG]

That big jump strategy in bidding was probably due to the card having a reserve and now that reserve has been met.

[oldjudge]

Personally, I think the best (albeit not perfect)definition of a baseball card is one that Rob Lifson came up with: a baseball card is an image of a ballplayer/ballplayers on a collectible card available to the general public, intended to advertise and promote the sale of a product other than itself. Of course there are other definitions, many less restrictive. However, I think Rob's was the traditional definition. Under this definition, postcards and exhibits are not baseball cards. That doesn't mean that they are not great collectibles, just not (to me) baseball cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Jay by that definition nothing after they stopped including gum in the packs is a baseball card?