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Exhibit Baseball Hall of Fame Trading Cards [154620]

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Sports - Baseball Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Exhibit Baseball Hall of Fame Trading Cards [154620]
SOLD
225.00USD+ (56.25) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 25 @ 12:10UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 20 black and white cards (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) featuring the early greats of baseball. Marked "An Exhibit Card," each has career statistics of each player. Cy Young; Hughie Jennings; Connie Mack; Mickey Cochrane; Christy Matthewson; Rube Waddell; John J. McGraw; Jack Chesbro; Fred Clarke; George Sisler; Frankie Frisch; Ed Walsh; Clark Griffith; Joe Tinker; Roger Bresnahan; Grover Cleveland Alexander; Eddie Collins; Robert "Lefty" Grove; Johnny Evers; Frank Chance. The Exhibit Supply Company (also known as ESCO) was the first company to sell cards that actually weren't meant as a premium to a product (such as tobacco, caramel or gum). Starting in 1921, ESCO placed vending machines in penny arcades filled with the stars of the day; this not only included baseball players, but movie stars, boxers and even pinup girls. The early cards could be purchased for a penny (years later they cost a little bit more) and were postcard size, measuring 3-3/8 inches x 5-3/8 inches. In 1948, ESCO produced a special HOF set featuring 33 Hall of Famers. The set leverages many of the past images from previous years and the cards are fairly common. A bidder sent us a question on this lot. Are they original or reprints. A quick perusal from a couple of us is that they are reprints. Older cards in such good condition would seem to demand a much higher dollar amount. STILL there is definitely value in a collection like this of older players!


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