1949 Exhibit Cards

[whiteymet]

Gentlemen:

I believe the confusion on the number in the set comes from Franks's initial checklist which he has since updated. The 35 number is as someone else stated "foreign" to Exhibit Cards. I have all of Elwood Scharf's checklists from back in the day. As mentioned in the SCD article he is the GODFATHER of Exhibits. I knew him well and he was a great guy!!

I do not believe there is a Waitkus MARKED "An Exhibit Card". It is NOT on any of Scharf's lists. Can anyone verify the existance of this card??? If not, and you drop this card from the checklist you have 32 cards issued in the 1949 and again in 1950 with only the team cards changing. Thus 32 cards plus two different team cards for a total of 34.

Someone else also mentioned that they all come in sepia and B&W. I am attempting to complete the set both ways. Please check out my wants below and PLEASE LMK if you can help. I am also looking for 1955 Exhibits with the Post Card backs. My wantlist is below as well. I have extras to trade in this set including the MANTLE with the postcard back or will buy. Hope some of you out there can help and we can get a deal going.
Regards, Fred

1949 "AN EXHIBIT CARD" LL CORNER CARD IN BLACK AND WHITE NOT SEPIA:

APPLING, ASHBURN, DARK,DILLINGER, FOWLER, GUSTINE, KELLER, KELTNER, LEMON, MARION, MARSHAL, PAIGE, STANKY, STIRNWEISS, TEBBETS, THOMSON, VERNON, WALTERS, '48 BRAVES, '48 INDIANS, MAYBE '49 YANKS, '49 DODGERS


EXHIBIT POSTCARD BACK WANTLIST:

Ashburn, Baker, Baumholtz, Bilko, Campanella, Doby, Hodgers, Kaline, Kluzewski, Mathews, Mele, Musial, Reese, Robinson, Sauer, Snider, Woodling, Giants team

[skooter]

Thanks to everyone who has responded to my post about 1949 Exhibits. They've all been so helpful. Now I know who to look for! Special thanks to Mark, who took the time to document his Exhibit collection, and provided me his checklist. Most refreshing throughout this forum-----people willing to share info------no one mentioned "graded", or $$$$$.

[fkw]

On the Waitkus card, I never owned it, it was one of the cards I saw on eBay about 4-5 months ago being sold by a single dealer that had almost the whole run of these auctioned 1 at a time. At least 80% of my checklist was from that one week and one dealer. I do remember some of the cards were tough to make out the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" because of the contrast and a light background, but Im usually good about not guessing and usually make sure Im seeing what Im thinking. I just looked at the Waitkus cards and dont believe there would be an issue with the background color on it.
With that said, I have made errors before my checklist was just color coded checkmarks next to the corresponding listing in the SCD Catalog, I made sure to check the right pose variation, on the Waikus card it was the throwing w/plain uniform.

[fkw]

This may be the problem....
(from article above)
"In 1949, 32 of the cards were given a new distinctive “AN EXHIBIT CARD” mark, and team cards were added for the first time. Eddie Waitkus was reissued with the “C” for Cubs airbrushed off his cap, so actually 33 cards were identifiable as being issued in 1949. The team cards first appear in this year."


I may have added it to the checklist because of this note..... I will remove it until I actually see another. thanks for pointing this out, I am far from an expert in Exhibits

PS. the uniform was airbrushed, not the hat, .......so thats another error in the article.

[whiteymet]

Hi Frank:

Yep, I read that too, and it does not say Waitkus was issued with AN EXHIBIT CARD notation. Who was the ebay seller? We may be able to go back looking at his feedback to see who won the Waitkus and try to ask the buyer.

However, since Waitkus was not on any old checklists, and until someone can provide a scan of one you did the right thing by taking it off the checklist.

All the ones currently on ebay do not show the example we are talking about, and I am 99.9% sure the card does not exist. I have never seen it in my over 50 years of Exhibit collecting including a visit to the Exhibit plant in Chicago in 1966 when I got all the uncut sheets, I posted here in another forum.

Fred

[Exhibitman]

Knock out Frank's Waitkus and add my three and we have 30 cards plus four team cards. Most likely explanation is 32 printed in 49 and 50 with the team cards swapped. Until we find some more.

[fkw]

I like the theory of these being issued over 2 years.... with the team cards being swapped out

Maybe 1 year in Sepia and 1 year in B&W ??

If so what came first???
My only clue would be that the 1948 Indians Team card I showed earlier is Sepia in color... so Sepia = 1948??

has anyone seen the same team card in both Sepia and B&W

also from the looks of Fred's wantlist, I think there may be one..... is there a B&W Satchel Paige card?