Lot # 974: 1953 Canadian Exhibits #26 Bob Elliott (Red Tint) - SGC EX/NM 6

Category: 1949-Present

Starting Bid: $25.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2022 Premier Auction",
which ran from 8/2/2022 12:00 AM to
8/20/2022 9:00 PM



Many collectors are familiar, of course, with the thousands of arcade cards produced by Chicago's Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) from the early Twenties through the mid Sixties but their Canadian issues are a surprise to many.  A really nice surprise as it turns out.  In 1953 ESCO came out with a two 32 card series that featured a mix of Major League players in one, followed by a hybrid that that primarily showcased players from the Brooklyn Dodgers top farm team, the Montreal Royals, with a few MLB'ers tacked on at the end. Each of the Canadian versions of the 32 first series cards can be found with two different colored tints (green or reddish-purple), with the card number displayed in a small diamond near the lower right corner, above a Made in U.S.A. manufacturing notation; some also state "An Exhibit Card".  These cards are slightly smaller than the ESCO US issues, blank backed with a rougher cardboard than is seen in the states and are definitely an order of magnitude tougher.

Bob Elliott, the 1947 American League MVP, was at the tail end of a fairly strong fifteen years in the bigs when he was captured on this purple (red) tint 1953 Canadian Exhibit. Graded SGC 6, this is fine example of the speedy outfielder in cardboard form. While suffering from a slight top-to-bottom miscut, three sharp corners and a nice surface on the obverse make the grade, along with a nice reverse.

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