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Exhibit Cards
14 Lots
also see lots 163-7, 381, 492-3
 Lot 248. W461 Exhibit Supply Co. 1921 near set of 61 missing 3. The Exhibit Supply Co.’s first baseball set which began a 46 year run. They issued 64 cards, 4 each for the 16 major league teams. The offered near set averages good-very good. The missing cards are George Burns, Williams, and Wingo. Highlights: Ruth (good), Cobb (gd-vg), Johnson (vg), Alexander (vg), Hornsby (good), Speaker (fr-gd), Sisler (fr-gd), Wheat (good), Grimes (gd-vg), Bancroft (good), Frisch (good), Kelly (good), Carey (gd-vg), Faber (vg), Collins (vg), Schalk (vg), Coveleskie (vg), Harris (gd-vg), Maranville (gd-vg), Neale (vg) and Haines (good). Balance: cards average good.
Winning Bid $1,463.
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 Lot 249. 88 1921-1922, 1927 and 1929 Exhibit cards. 40 1921 Exhibits including one duplicate of Speaker. Highlights: Bancroft (vg-ex), Carey (ex+-mt), Collins (ex), Faber (ex-mt), Frisch (ex-mt), Harris (ex), Kelly (ex-mt), Maranville (ex), Greasy Neale - NFL HOF (ex+-mt), Rice (good), Sisler (vg), Speaker (ex and vg), 1921 Balance: 10 cards ex-mt or better, 9 cards excellent, 8 cards very good; 37 1922 Exhibits. Highlights: Baker (gd-vd), Heilman (vg), Umpire Rigler (vg), Young (ex+-mt); 1922 Balance: 11 cards ex-mt or better, 7 cards excellent, 13 cards very good, 2 cards good; 9 1927 Exhibits. Highlights: Rixey (ex+), Traynor (ex front, pencil on rear); 1927 Balance: 6 very good-excellent, 1 poor; 2 1929-30 Four-in-One Exhibits. New York - Hoyt, Lazzeri, etc. (ex-mt) and Washington - Goslin, Bluege, etc (ex-mt);
Winning Bid $3,456.
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 Lot 250. W461 Exhibit Supply Co. 1922 near set of 68 (of 74) with Moses Yellowhorse. Second year Exhibit Company set is noted for the expanded size, the lack of major names and the inclusion of umpires. The 6 missing cards are George Burns (Boston), Heilman, Sheely, Jack Smith, Tierney and Youngs. Highlights: Rixey (vg), Klem (good), Evans (vg) and Baker (fr-gd). Also in the set are Joe Wood (vg), Walter Mails (gd-vg) and Moses Yellowhorse (gd-vg). Balance: 14 cards very good, 40 cards good, 7 cards fair;
Winning Bid $999.
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 Lot 252. 20 1925 Exhibits including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The group includes Bassler (good), Eddie Collins (gd-vg), Dykes (good), Flagstead (good), Gehrig (fair-good, some paper loss on rear from being in an album), Gerber (ex), Goslin (vg-ex), Harris (fair), Heilman (ex), Jacobson (vg), Kamm (gd-vg), Myatt (gd-vg), Ruth (good), Shocker (gd-vg), Speaker (good), Todt (gd-vg), Tobin (good), Veach (vg-ex), Welch (good) and K. Williams (ex).
Winning Bid $2,148.
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 Lot 253. 51 1925 Exhibits including Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Nice partial set with cards averaging excellent. Highlights: Ruth (fair to good with several wrinkles), Cobb (good-very good with two light wrinkles and a clean back), Carey (ex), Frisch (ex+), Grimes (ex+), Harris (ex), Hooper (good), Rixey (ex), Ruffing (vg-ex), Schalk (vg), Sisler (ex); Balance: 3 cards ex-mt, 19 cards excellent, 17 cards very good, 2 cards good;
Winning Bid $3,574.
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 Lot 254. 1927 green Exhibits partial set of 35 (of 64) including Gehrig, Cobb and Johnson. Highlights: Gehrig (vg), Cobb (gd-vg), Johnson (vg), Alexander (good), Bottomly (vg), Collins (vg), Gehringer (vg), Goslin (vg), Grimes (vg), Lazzeri (poor), Lindstrom (gd-vg), Sisler (vg), Schalk (fair), Wheat (vg); Balance: 17 cards very good, 3 cards good, 1 card poor;
Winning Bid $1,577.
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 Lot 255. 1928 Exhibits partial set of 33 (of 64) including a poor Gehrig. Nice group in average condition. There is a Luque card, which is good, but has 5 authentic autographs on the back (Jack Salveson, Glenn Spencer, Ralph Bagle, Alfred Smith and Blondy Ryan). Highlights: Hornsby (good), Hartnett (gd-vg), Vance (good), P. Waner (vg), Wilson (good), Simmons (gd-vg), Rousch (gd-vg), Frisch (vg), Bancroft (fair); Balance: 10 cards very good, 8 cards good, 5 cards poor-fair;
Winning Bid $400.
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 Lot 256. Set 81 Exhibits near set of 29 with an extra Hornsby. The 3 missing are Frisch, McQuillan and Ring. Nice set with 60% very good. Highlights: Bottomley (vg-ex), Cobb (vg-ex front, 2 spots of paper loss on rear), Heilman (vg), Hornsby (vg), Johnson (vg-ex), Ruth (fair-good, upper left corner paper loss on rear), Simmons (vg), Wheat (vg). Balance: 13 cards vg-ex, 9 cards good.
Winning Bid $999.
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 Lot 257. Set 82 group of 15 Exhibits from the set of 28 in amazing condition. Incredible condition group - all near mint and better. The players are as follows: Faber, Groh, Harris, Hartnett, Hornsby, Judge, Meusel, Ring, Rixey, Sisler, Speaker, Todt, P. Waner, Cy Williams, J. Wilson. All cards are pink except Groh, which is sepia.
Winning Bid $3,808.
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 Lot 258. Set 83 Anonymous Company near set of 13, missing Gehrig, O’Doul and Vance. A very popular set filled with All-Stars. All with postcard backs and the "Not to be Used in Exhibit Machines" statement. Highlights: Ruth (ex), Cochrane (ex front, spot of paper loss on rear), Foxx (vg), Grove (ex), Hornsby (ex-mt), Klein (ex-mt), Simmons (ex-mt), Traynor (ex front, some paper loss on rear), P. Waner (ex-mt) and Wilson (ex ). Balance: ex-mt or better.
Winning Bid $2,148.
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 Lot 261. Remainder group of 21 Exhibit Cards with 2 Ruths. Group includes 9 Set 81 including Ruth (poor), Sand, Bottomley, Bohne and Barnes (vg), W. Johnson (gd-vg), Griffith (gd), Scott (fair) & Smith (poor); a Set 82 Cobb (poor, corner clipped), 10 Set 83 including Ruth & Simmons (tape on front, fair), Hornsby, Klein, Grove, Cochrane (vg-ex), 2 Bing Miller, Walberg (vg-ex) and Foxx (Poor, corner clipped); Set 61 Speaker (fair);
Winning Bid $605.
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