Lot # 2506: 1948-1952 W468 Football Exhibits Complete Set (59)

Offered is a complete 59-card set of 1948-1952 W468 Exhibits football cards, one of the most substantial, yet perhaps most overlooked, vintage football sets from the postwar era. Includes key card Herman Wedemeyer and numerous Hall of Famers and short prints that make this set so difficult to complete. The classic Bowman sets from the era naturally have always been on football-card collectors' radars, especially since there are few other major football sets from these key years (1948-1952). The Exhibit card series is a rare exception. Issued over four years (1948-1951) by the Exhibit Supply Co. of Chicago, this black-and-white football-card set features many of the greatest legends of the day. The cards, produced in 1951, were also issued in sepia-tone in 1952. Condition is 16% Ex or slightly higher, 42% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 42% lesser. Keys: Baugh (Ex), Bednarik SP (Vg), Cifers SP (Vg), Comp SP (Pr), Coulter SP (Vg-Ex+), Davis SP (Pr), Dudley (Pr), Graham (Ex), Hoerner SP (Vg), Horvath SP (Pr), Jacobs SP (Gd), Johnson SP (Pr-Fr), Justice SP (Vg-Ex+), Layne (Gd), Leforce SP (Pr), Luckman (Vg), Lujack (Gd+), Mastrangelo SP (Pr-Fr due to paper loss on reverse), Perry SP (Vg), Pihos (Vg-Ex), Pritko SP (Pr), Ruby SP (Pr-Fr due to partially erased pencil on reverse), Schlinkman SP (Pr), Tittle (Vg-Ex), Van Buren (Vg+), and Wedemeyer SP (Vg). Included are five variations (Conerly/stray line, Sitko/sepia, Morrison/sepia, Hoernschemeyer/sepia, and Dottley/sepia) and one duplicate (Geri). This is an attractive mixed-grade complete set of one of the most overlooked of all football issues. Total: 65 cards (set of 59 plus five variations and one duplicate).