1926-29 Exhibit Jimmy Wilson, Silhouette Background Variation, SGC 10 *PC Back*

Phialdelphia Phillies Jimmy Wilson SGC 10.

The PC Back Exhibit set is a challenging one for collectors.  It has print runs ranging from a 1925 first printing to the last of these cards in 1931, with numerous alterations of the print run in mid-stream.  Consequently, the postcard-backed set is filled with short prints of varying degrees of rarity as players apparently were dropped and added into the print run.  In addition to player additions and deletions, there were variations made to existing cards.  Several of the cards in the set exist with images that either have or do not have backgrounds.  In practical terms it appears that ESCO made cards with backgrounds intact (i.e., full photographs were used to create the plates), then cut out silhouettes of the players and the legends from the original hand-inked photos and created new printing plates for the silhouette cards that have only a solid color in the background.  These “silhouette” cards are extremely difficult to find; they are usually the last cards on collector want lists.  Offered here is a “silhouette” version of Jimmy Wilson.  Although lower grade due to an unfortunate tack hole, it is one of the most difficult cards to find in any condition. 

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