Now that they are over- (14) 1925 Exhibit card photos

[fkw]

if you didnt get any you still have a chance..... there are more than 14 of these out there

The only thing I can add is the 1931 W517 set uses many of the same images as the "1925-31 PC Back Exhibits" (aka "Set 81", PC792-2), except they glued a number to the front (which then fell off on the 2 numberless variations PWaner, Vance)

here is a link to an auction for some of the W517 original art (very similar to the ones on eBay today)
http://www.lelands.com/Auction/Aucti...iginal-Art-(3)

Adam W probably knows, but I think W517s and the minis may have been made by the Exhibit Supply Co., (I think I read something about that)

Maybe all these "original arts" came from same find ??? I just did a quick search (Im at McD and got good internet speed for once ) and see on Adams Exhibit page he shows one of these Exhibit original arts... so he (and obviously "orioleal123") knew about these for a while

[drc]

Most to all of the Exhibit photos came from the owner/president of the Exhibit Supply Co. He consigned them in large lots in auctions, with the lots coming with a hand signed letter from him. I had the boxing and wrestling Exhibit photos, which included his letter and an Exhibit Supply Co. certificate authenticating the photos. His letter basically gave a history of the company and how he obtained it-- he was the second owner. The founder/original owner sold the company, with its archives, as he was ready to retire. The second owner had been the owner of several collectible stores in Saint Louis when he bought out Exhibit Supply.

[ethicsprof]

congrats!!!
great acquisitions for your collection!
i've been on a similar quest and have framed the vintage card with the original photo: my 3 favs are T206 tannehill with conlon photo; T3 Paskert with conlon photo; Medwick S&S game card with Burke photo---and I even jumped out of my parameters of 1900-39 and picked up a Brace photo and
a Galasso of Bobby Thomson(both items autographed---autographs are out of my 'parameters' as well.
You're right; it is great fun.
all the best and Merry Christmas ole friend,
barry

[Leon]

Originally Posted by fkw

if you didnt get any you still have a chance..... there are more than 14 of these out there

Actually I believe there are 2 more and I am sure spirited bidding will happen again. If there were 14 more I think there would still be spirited bidding.

[fkw]

Guess I just saw them both on your link then. I had a few sniped set today but got blown away... cant wait to see what these 2 go for now

I like this stuff too, but they are out of my league right now

[iggyman]

I went after them as well, but unfortunately I only brought along a West Side Story model pocket knife. Who knew you actually needed a double barrel bazooka with lazer sight?????????

Lovely Day...

[drc]

Here was one from the lot I bought some years back. The art for the 1930s Exhibit Bronco Nagurski wrestling card. One only known example of the final card is known.

[birdman42]

I traded e-mails with the seller. Here's what he had to say.

"Upon close examination, it looks like they are the original photos glued onto very heavy card stock.

The size is a bit confusing. Peckinpaugh, Sisler, Simmons, Waner, Speaker, Barnes, Todt and Wilson are much larger than exhibits. Even ignoring the border frame, those images are all at least 5 3/4 by 8 inches. The others, though, - Wheat, Frisch, Bassler, Harris, McQuillan, Heilman, Bottomley and Topocer - have image sizes the same as exhibits.

I bought them in a Lew Lipset auction about 30 years ago."

And yes, I showed up with my pocketknife too.

Bill

[steve B]

I saw them and wanted one, then totally forgot about them and missed the auctions.

I'm actiually glad they went for good prices well outside my budget. Now I don't have to be sad I forgot about them.

Steve B

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by birdman42

I traded e-mails with the seller. Here's what he had to say.

"Upon close examination, it looks like they are the original photos glued onto very heavy card stock.

The size is a bit confusing. Peckinpaugh, Sisler, Simmons, Waner, Speaker, Barnes, Todt and Wilson are much larger than exhibits. Even ignoring the border frame, those images are all at least 5 3/4 by 8 inches. The others, though, - Wheat, Frisch, Bassler, Harris, McQuillan, Heilman, Bottomley and Topocer - have image sizes the same as exhibits.

I bought them in a Lew Lipset auction about 30 years ago."

And yes, I showed up with my pocketknife too.

Bill

Now that is really interesting from an Exhibit historical perspective. The size differential may have something to do with when the specific cards were made. Waner was in the PCL in 1925 but starred at Pittsburgh in 1926, Speaker wasn't at Philly until February 1928, Peckinpaugh was traded to the WS in January 27 [and bizarrely had a corrected card with Cleveland--where he managed--issued in the set]. On the other side, Bassler's last full season was 1925; he was a scrub for two years then out of baseball. I've long theorized that there was not a discrete "set" issued but rather successive print runs of these cards with changes made on the fly to replace unpopular players or to add in newly emerging talent; perhaps the differently sized raw art is indicative of those changes?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by drc

Here was one from the lot I bought some years back. The art for the 1930s Exhibit Bronco Nagurski wrestling card. One only known example of the final card is known.