Lot # 1028: 1947-1966 Exhibits Collection (137) Including 92 Signed Cards

Presented is a collection of 136 1947-1966 Exhibits cards, highlighted by an impressive 91 different signed examples. The signatures are scripted in a variety of inks. Exhibit cards were traditionally sold for one penny each, from vending machines placed at arcades and amusement parks for more than four decades (from 1921 to the 1960s). Condition: 90% range from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd), with 10% Ex or slightly better. Signed Keys (21 cards): Appling/with "An Exhibit Card" (pencil on reverse, otherwise Gd), Ashburn/first name incorrect (Vg+), Banks/bat on shoulder, white signature (Vg-Ex+), Berra/made in USA lower right (Vg+), Brandt (Gd), Chandler (Gd), Cunningham/batting (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg+), Doby/bat well off right border (Vg-Ex), Doerr/an exhibit card (Pr due to back damage), Drysdale/portrait (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg), Ed "Whitey" Ford (Vg), Ford/pitching (Vg-Ex), Ford/portrait (Vg-Ex), Fox (Vg+), Hutchinson (Vg+), Irvin (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), three Kell (one signed on front and back, personalized on back), Killebrew/throwing (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), and B. Robinson (pencil on reverse, otherwise Gd). Unsigned Keys (28 cards): Appling/with "An Exhibit Card," Ashburn/first name correct, Banks/bat on shoulder, black signature (Vg-Ex), Berra/"Printed in U.S.A." lower right (Vg+), Casey (Pr), Cepeda/batting, Cepeda/portrait, Drysdale/glove at waist (trimmed top edge, otherwise Vg-Ex), Ed "Whitey" Ford (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), three Hodges/B on cap, Irvin, Kell, two Minoso/Sox on cap, Musial/kneeling "Made in U.S.A." (Pr), Newhouser (Pr), two Slaughter, three Spahn/B on cap, Indians 1948 (Vg), Dodgers 1949 (Vg), Yankees 1949 (Gd+), Dodgers 1952 (Vg-Ex+), and Yankees 1952 (Ex). Additional Signed Cards (70 cards): Adcock/black signature, Adcock/white signature, Alvis, Antonelli/Braves, Antonelli/Giants, Bailey/no cap, Bailey/with cap, Baker, Barber, Batts, Bauer/NY cap, Bauer/plain cap, Baumholtz, Beggs, Blackwell/pitching, Blackwell/portrait, Blasingame/St. Louis cap, Branca, Brecheen, Brissie (personalized), Burdette/pitching, front view, Burdette/pitching, side view, Burton (personalized), Callison, Case, Cerv/plain cap, Chance, Church, Coleman, Coleman, W. Cooper, Craig, Crandall, Curtwright, Dark/Cubs, Dark/Giants, Dickson, Dillinger, D. DiMaggio (personalized), Donovan/plain cap, Dropo, Easter, Edwards (cut signature glued to bottom of card), Ennis, Evers, Fain/fielding, Fain/portrait, Fowler, Francona, Friend, Furillo, Galan, Goodman/batting, Goodman/leaping, Greengrass, Gromek (personalized), Groth, O. Grove, Gustine/Pirates uniform (personalized), Gustine/plain uniform (personalized), Hatton, Hegan, Henrich, Hermanski (personalized), Herzog, Higbe, Hoak, Hopp (1941 "Cards"), Howard, and Hughson. Additional Unsigned Cards (17 cards): Atwell, Bearden, Bilko, Brewer, Carrasquel/leaping, Cheney, Colavito/batting, M. Cooper, Daley, Donovan/sox cap, Evans, Farrell, Haas, Hinton, F. Howard, Hubbs, and Jethroe. Total: 136 cards (91 signed). Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.