Valuing Exhibits cards by date/taglines (MADE IN U.S.A.) etc.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

http://www.keymancollectibles.com/exhibitdatechart.htm

This chart is pretty good.

1947 'MADE IN USA' 1/2"
1948 'MADE IN USA' 5/8"
1949 'AN EXHIBIT CARD' on left 'MADE IN USA' ON RIGHT
1950 'MADE IN USA' 7/16"
1951-1953 'Made In U.S.A.' (upper and lower case)
1954-1956 'PRINTED IN U.S.A' Printed script name on left

We also had another thread on this.

I see that we both linked to the keymancollectibles resource.
Below is a picture of the different taglines and the years they correspond to.

I don't imagine you remember if the other thread on this subject came to any conclusions about whether earlier Exhibits will ever be more valuable than later exhibits in the 1947-66 range?
I'd like to see Third Party Graders call out the date the cards are printed, but maybe that is asking too much for an issue that is still not mainstream.

[GeoPoto]

Thank you for discussing the differences between exhibits and how they can be used to identify the year of the cards production. Now I am curious how the diamond with a 9 inside it that is on my card fits in?

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1658935078

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Thank you for discussing the differences between exhibits and how they can be used to identify the year of the cards production. Now I am curious how the diamond with a 9 inside it that is on my card fits in?

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1658935078

Interesting--looks like it is a 1953 Canadian Exhibit, and is actually #19 inside the diamond.

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...-exhibits/2012

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...umbnail-071515

[Exhibitman]

PSA FUBARed the identification. And just to be clear, they are not the only ones who can't find their d***s with both hands:

[GeoPoto]

I'll be darned. Good answer. I wonder if there was a time when PSA classified Canadian exhibits like they were no different than "American" ones or is it a mistake by PSA? Goes to your original point -- it gets complicated down in this rabbit hole! I do have Exhibitman's book, but it is at a different location.

It turns out I have three others, all with the diamond surrounding a card number. But a quick eBay search turns up 10 ungraded cards presented as 1953 Canadian Exhibits and all of them have card numbers, but without diamonds. No graded cards turn up.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1658947751
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1658948098
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1658948209

[nwobhm]

Does all this also apply to boxing and wrestling?

[Exhibitman]

Interesting question.

As to the pre-1930 cards, no. Those actually had backs with printing and copyrights, so there is no mistaking them. Postwar, the boxing basically mirrored the format changes of baseball, except when it doesn't. As best as I can figure it, ESCO switched in new fighters as they rose through the ranks and dropped older fighters as they fell out of favor, so there are all sorts of SPs and SSPs over the years.

In terms of Canadian cards, there were Canadian boxers. They are a quantum more difficult to find than the Canadian baseball cards. I've seen them in pink, green and blue. There is even a Canadian Joe Louis from the Champions series.

Here's a blue tinted Canadian Louis



The Canadian Champions Louis