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Exhibits
25 Lots
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Also see 2, 9, 331, 361, 369, 386
 Lot 161. Exhibit Supply Co. 1921 set of 64. The Exhibit Supply Co.'s first baseball set. The start of a 46 year run. The set consists of 64 cards, 4 for each of the 16 major league teams. The set appears to be ex+-mt set on the fronts, however some of the cards have a "price" neatly written in light pencil in a corner on the rear. These are noted with an "*" after the grade. The pencil marks erase very cleanly. Highlights: Ruth (ex+), Cobb (ex+ front, *), Johnson (ex-mt), Alexander (ex), Hornsby (ex+ front, "John" written in pen on rear), Speaker (ex-mt), Sisler (ex+-mt, *), Wheat (ex-mt), Grimes (ex-mt), Bancroft (ex-mt), Frisch (ex+-mt front,*), Kelly (ex+-mt), Carey (ex), Faber (ex+-mt), Collins (nr mt front, *), Schalk (ex-mt front, *), Coveleskie (ex+-mt), Harris (ex-mt), Maranville (ex-mt front, couple of marks on back), Neale (ex+-mt front, *) and Haines (ex-mt). Balance: Almost all are ex-mt, As noted above, a few will have a small pencil mark or other mark on the back. An extremely nice set.
Winning Bid $8,433.
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 Lot 162. Exhibit Supply Co. 1922 set of 72. Beautiful second year Exhibit Company set is noted for the expanded size, the lack of major names and the inclusion of umpires. The set is uniformly ex-mt or better on front however some of the cards have a "price" neatly written in pencil in a corner on the rear. These are noted with an "*" after the grade. The pencil marks erase very cleanly. Highlights: Rixey (ex-mt, *), Ross Youngs (ex-mt), Klem (vg-ex, *), Evans (ex-mt front, *), Heilman (ex-mt front, *), and Baker (ex-mt). Also in the set are Joe Wood (nr mt, *), Walter Mails (ex-mt, *) and Moses Yellowhorse (nr mt). Balance: Almost all the cards appear ex-mt or better, however most have a small pencil mark or other mark. The pencil marks erase very cleanly. The Earl Smith card is fair and the Ray Grimes is good. Two cards of mis-identified players have had the correct names written in. (See Lot 2 for 1923 Exhibit set, click here for Lot 2.)
Winning Bid $5,759.
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 Lot 163. Exhibit Supply Co. 1925 set of 128. A spectacular offering! 1925 and 1926 Exhibit complete sets are rarely offered. The 1925 (and 1926) sets are known for their difficulty compounded by their enormous size which doubled Exhibit's next largest offering in their 46 year history. The set contains the true rookie card of Lou Gehrig in high grade condition. The Gehrig card has gone recently this summer for over $25,000 in SGC EX-MT 6. The one in this offered set is not far behind. Highlights: Alexander (vg-ex front, pencil writing on back), Bancroft (ex), Bottomley (gd), Carey (ex), Cobb (ex front but "Philadelphia" written below name, back has much biographical writing), E. Collins (ex), Coveleskie (vg), Cuyler (ex), Frisch (vg-ex), Gehrig (ex+), Goslin (vg-ex), Grimes (vg-ex), Harris (ex), Hartnett (ex), Heilmann (vg), Hooper (ex), Hornsby (vg), Johnson (vg), Maranville (vg-ex), Rixey (ex), Rousch (vg-ex), Ruffing (vg-ex), Ruth (vg), Schalk (vg), Sewell (vg-ex), Sisler (ex), Speaker (ex), Terry (vg-ex), Traynor (vg), Vance (vg) and Wheat (vg). Balance of set: 49 excellent including 3 autographed (Deberry, Sheely, Woodall), 24 vg-ex, 21 very good, 3 good.
Winning Bid $28,536.
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 Lot 164. Exhibit Supply Co. 1926 near set of 127 missing Urban Shocker. Just as tough, if not tougher than the preceding year. This is a beautiful set with a great majority appearing excellent and better on the front. Many have been downgraded because of writing on the back, which ranges from a small, erasable pencil mark to more significant ink writing. Highlights: Bancroft (vg), Bottomley (vg), Carey (vg), Cobb (ex+, cpl light pencil marks on rear), Collins (vg-ex), Combs (vg), Coveleskie (ex+), Cuyler (gd-vg), Frisch (vg-ex), Gehringer (ex+, light pencil mark on rear), Gehrig (ex+, light pencil mark on rear), Goslin (vg-ex), Grimes (vg), Harris (vg), Hartnett (ex), Heilmann (vg-ex), Hornsby (vg-ex), Johnson (ex+, light pencil mark on rear), Lazzeri (vg), Lindstrom (vg-ex), Maranville (vg), Rixey (vg), Rousch (vg), Ruffing (vg), Ruth (ex+, cpl light pencil marks on rear), Sewell (vg), Shalk (ex), Sisler (vg), Speaker (vg-ex), Terry (ex), Traynor (vg) and Wheat (gd). Balance of cards: 42 excellent or better, 4 vg-ex, 47 very good, 2 gd-vg.
Winning Bid $24,477.
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 Lot 165. Exhibit Supply Co. 1927 green tinted set of 64. Magnificent set with virtually every card excellent or better. Highlights: Gehrig (ex-mt), Ruth (ex, light pencil mark on rear), Cobb (ex+, light pencil mark on rear), Johnson (ex+), Goslin (ex), Speaker (ex), Collins (ex, light pencil mark on rear), Bancroft (ex), Gehringer (ex), Grimes (ex), Hartnett (ex), Heilman (ex), Lazzeri (ex), Rixey (ex), Hornsby (ex), Lindstrom (ex), Cuyler (ex), Traynor (ex), Alexander (ex+), Bottomley (ex), Schalk (ex), Sisler (ex, fascinating complete ghost image on rear of card) and Wheat (ex). Balance of set: 40 cards ex or better, 1 fair (Grimm).
Winning Bid $16,306.
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 Lot 166. Exhibit Supply Co. 1928 blue tinted set of 64. Extremely nice set with many cards ex-mt and some with writing on the back. Highlights: Carey (ex), Hornsby (vg-ex, writing on back), Bancroft (ex, postcard back), Vance (vg), Hartnett (gd-vg), Wilson (gd-vg), Lindstrom (fair), Rousch (vg), Alexander (ex), P. Waner (ex), Frisch (gd-vg), Lyons (ex), Sewell (ex), Simmons (ex with postcard back), Ruth (ex+ front, postcard back with minor soiling), Gehrig (excellent front, biographical info neatly printed on rear), Cochrane (ex, writing on back), Harris (ex), Luque (ex) and Goslin (vg). Balance of set: 39 cards ex or better, 4 very good, 1 gd-vg. (See Lot 9 for 1928 PCL Exhibit set, click here for Lot 9.)
Winning Bid $3,894.
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 Lot 167. Exhibit Supply Co. 1929-30 Four-in-1 set of 32 (Set 8). The first of the four-in-one sets and the easiest with 2 cards issued for each of the 16 major league teams. All issued with coupons on post card back. Highlights: Koenig-Ruth-Durocher-Gehrig (good), Foxx-Cochrane-Grove-Haas (vg-ex), Hoyt-Lazzeri-Bengough-Combs (ex), Alexander-Wilson-Frisch-Bottomley (ex-mt), L. Waner-Hargreaves-Kremer-P.Waner (ex-mt), Benton-Ott-Terry-Reese (ex-mt), Hartnett-Beck-Wilson-Hornsby (ex-mt). Balance: 12 cards ex-mt, 10 cards very good, 3 cards poor-good. Beautiful set.
Winning Bid $2,016.
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 Lot 168. Exhibit Supply Co. 1931-2 30 Four-in-1 set of 32 (Set 9). Unquestionably the most difficult of the four-in-one exhibit sets. The fact that it contains 32 cards only doubles the difficulty. Don McPherson, a lifelong collector of exhibits, started collecting from the Arcade machines in 1930's and it took him over 65 years to finish this set. Easily recognizable as the only baseball Exhibit set with the Coupon prizes back (though occasionally cards can be found blank backed). The set contains a card of a highly sought Jewish player, J. Goldman of Cleveland, and is the second most valuable card in the set. 16 of the cards have the name "Richard Krotz" written in ink at the top of the rear of the card. These are marked by an "*". Highlights: Lary-Ruth-Reese-Gehrig (ex*), Foxx-Cocrane-Grove-Haas (ex+), Dickey-Lazzeri-Pennock-Coombs (ex+*), Hunnefield-Goldman-Morgan-W.Ferrell (vg), O'Farrell-Ott-Terry-Fitzsimmons (ex+*), Hartnett-Stevenson-Wilson-Hornsby (ex front but album remains and paste stains on rear). Balance: 24 cards excellent (13*), 2 cards very good.
Winning Bid $3,545.
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 Lot 169. Exhibit Supply Co. 1933 Four-in-1 set of 16. In 1933 Exhibit Supply reduced the size of the sets to 16, one for each major league team. The second most difficult of the four-in-one sets. Highlights: The Ruth, Pennock, Lazzeri and Dickey (ex+) and Cochrane-Foxx-Simmons-Grove (vg-ex). Balance: 10 excellent, 4 cards very good. All cards except the Ruth have an easily erasable pencil number on the rear.
Winning Bid $2,953.
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 Lot 170. Exhibit Supply Co. 1934 30 Four-in-1 set of 16 (Set 11). Extremely nice set with almost every card excellent or better. Highlights: Ruth-Gehrig-Gomez-Dickey (ex), Cochrane-Goslin-Marberry-Gehringer (ex, tiny pencil mark), Thevenow-P. Waner-Traynor-L.Waner (ex, tiny pencil mark), Ryan-Terry-Hubbell-Ott (ex+-mt), Lombardi-Piet-Bottomley-Hafey (ex+). Balance: 3 cards ex-mt, 7 cards excellent with a tiny erasable pencil notation, 1 card very good.
Winning Bid $1,465.
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 Lot 171. Exhibit Supply Co. 1935 Four-in-1 set of 16 (Set 12). A popular set because Babe Ruth is shown as a member of the Boston Braves, his last year in the major leagues. Beautiful high condition set with many Hall of Famers. Highlights: Ruth-Hogan-Berger-Brandt (ex), Lazzeri-Gomez-Gehrig-Dickey (ex+-mt front, slight stain on back with tiny spot of paper loss), Lombardi-Derringer-Bottomley-Hafey (ex-mt), Critz-Terry-Hubbell-Ott (vg-ex), P.Waner-Traynor-Bush-Vaughn (ex-mt), Martin-Frisch-P.Dean, D. Dean (ex+), Grove-Werber-Cronin-R. Ferrell (good), Cochrane-Goslin-Rowe-Gehringer (ex). Balance: 2 cards ex-mt, 5 cards excellent, 1 cards good.
Winning Bid $1,612.
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 Lot 172. Exhibit Supply Co. 1936 30 Four-in-1 set of 16 (Set 13). The first four-in-one set without Ruth. Spectacular set with 14 of the 16 cards ex-mt or better. Highlights: Mancuso-Terry-Hubbell-Ott (ex-mt), P.Waner-Traynor-Bush-Vaughn (ex-mt), Medwick-Frisch-P.Dean, D. Dean (ex-mt), Grove-Foxx-Cronin-R. Ferrell (ex-mt), Cochrane-Goslin-Rowe-Gehringer (ex-mt), Lazzeri-Gomez-Gehrig-Ruffing (ex+) .Balance:11 cards ex-mt or better, 1 cards very good.
Winning Bid $1,665.
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 Lot 173. Exhibit Supply Co. 1937 30 Four-in-1 set of 16 (Set 14). The 1937 version of four-in-ones marks the first appearance of Joe DiMaggio and Bob Feller. Extremely high condition set. Highlights: Lazzeri-Gomez-Gehrig-DiMaggio (ex-mt, with Buck Barker's familiar rubber stamp on the rear), Feller-Trosky-Pytlak-Averill (ex), Mancuso-Leslie-Hubbell-Ott (ex+), Medwick-Warneke-D. Dean-Martin (ex-mt), Grove-Foxx-Cronin-R. Ferrell (ex+-mt), Cochrane-Goslin-Rowe-Gehringer (ex+-mt), Balance: 7 cards ex-mt, 2 cards excellent, 1 cards very good.
Winning Bid $2,148.
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 Lot 174. Exhibit Supply Co. 1938 30 Four-in-1 set of 16. The final four-in-one as the Exhibit Supply Co would turn to the Salutation style of card. The 1938 set ranks as the third most difficult four-in-one set behind the 1931-2 and 1933. Highlights: Dickey-Gomez-Gehrig-DiMaggio (vg, lower left corner crease), Feller-Trosky-Pytlak-Averill (ex-mt), Greenberg-York-Bridges-Gehringer (ex-mt with small pencil notation on rear), Grove-Foxx-Cronin-Vosmik (ex+-mt), Herman-Galan-D. Dean-Hartnett (ex+-mt), Balance: 2 cards ex-mt, 7 cards excellent, 1 card good (Ch AL).
Winning Bid $3,808.
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 Lot 175. Group of 5 1925 Champions Exhibits including an SGC graded Babe Ruth. Among the rarest of the Exhibit sports sets. The group includes Babe Ruth (SGC 40 VG 3), Jack Dempsey (ex, but light stain in upper left), Johnny Weismuller (gd-vg), Willie Spender (fair) and Charley Paddock (fair-good). The Ruth is a beautiful card with slight wear at two corners.
Winning Bid $2,148.
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