Questions about 1952 Topps Advertising Panels

[Zach Wheat]

I have a #34 Valo single part of a cut panel

[Zach Wheat]

Reverse of 1952 Topps #34 Valo

[hharm3]

At least yours is very well cut.

[ALR-bishop]

If you are trying to be sure you have a matching cut panel uneven cuts are actually helpful

[GasHouseGang]

So were these salesman sample panels do you think? I can see Spahn on the upper panel on the left, and Slaughter and Snider on the panel on the right. The panel that's behind the boxes also has a Slaughter.

[toppcat]

They could be, or might be blank backs. If you take 3 card sections, you eventually have either 1 or 4 cards left over per row. Topps hated waste and those panels are all 4 across, which makes sense. Now they could have just cut up some production sheets but the math works if they were from a small run intended as samples. No way to prove it now of course but it seems like a possible method to me. 5x5 sample/proof/final quadrants also makes sense as those are seen as well in the hobby, as shown in one of the posts above.

[Griffins]

No, I would definitely not call them salesman samples. They are uncut panels, but not salesman.
Given how they were used, there is no point in having high number salesman samples. They were used in advance of that years series to promote sales of the new product. By the time high numbers came around most stores had moved on from baseball.
There are cases of people calling any 3 card panel a salesman sample ( '53 Bowman quite often) but without ad copy on the back they are not salesman samples, just uncut panels.
Here's mine:

[hharm3]

Originally Posted by Griffins

No, I would definitely not call them salesman samples. They are uncut panels, but not salesman.
Given how they were used, there is no point in having high number salesman samples. They were used in advance of that years series to promote sales of the new product. By the time high numbers came around most stores had moved on from baseball.
There are cases of people calling any 3 card panel a salesman sample ( '53 Bowman quite often) but without ad copy on the back they are not salesman samples, just uncut panels.
Here's mine:

Very nice. First time I have seen a duplicate to one of mine. I assume the only grade these are given is Authentic?