T206 'FS' Back Stamp

[bjcunningham]

Recently bought a T206 back-unseen that had a 'FS' back stamp. Looks like Times New Roman font, so maybe from a typewriter or something. I'm just curious if anyone has sourced particular stamps to original owners, or maybe even regionally where they may have come from.. I realize some are maybe easier than others, like the 'Richard Montague' stamp (which I assume was once the collection of a Richard Montague), or if there is a comprehensive listing of what stamps appear to be early marked collections.

[Tyler]

http://www.freewebs.com/thegreatt206...ct/gallery.htm

[ScottFandango]

cool

F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp!

that is a cool providence...anyone have one of those?

[atx840]

Posted on here a while ago.

"Here is the story as it was told to me many years ago. In 1941, the daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald sold all of his personal belongings at auction in Baltimore. Included in the sale was his boyhood baseball card collection consisting of over a thousand cards. The baseball cards were sold as one lot and the winning bidder was Harold Shigley.

Not only did he win the cards, he was also high bidder on his jewelry, typewriters, some of his furniture and many other items. As a child, Fitzgerald had stamped every card on the back with that black "F".

In the 1960s, Shigley traded away the Fitzgerald cards due to their mostly poor condition. I contacted his grandson a while back and he said the only one he kept was a T206 Jack Knight. Obviously, they have made their way into many different collections since then."

Not my cards.

[ScottFandango]

thanks for posting that!

ill be on the look out for sure now

[t206hound]

Here's a scan of an "FS" stamped card that I sold several years ago:


I also sold one of the F. Scott Fitzgeralds about a year ago on the BST.

[Tsaiko]

Originally Posted by Tyler

http://www.freewebs.com/thegreatt206...ct/gallery.htm

I have sent an email to the one listed on that site, but did not get an answer.

I'd like to take a closer look at one of those cards and possibly compare notes.

Is there another way to contact who ever maintains that site?

Thanks,

[atx840]

Andy is a board member on here (CobbSpikedMe)

Here is another F

[brianp-beme]

Back in the day this was considered less desirable because of the stamp... which is the only reason I ended up with it.

I guess there was EPDG smoker in the family...where was Mr. F. raised?

Brian

[Tsaiko]

Originally Posted by atx840

Andy is a board member on here (CobbSpikedMe)

Well, for whatever reason he hasn't returned my email and I haven't seen any recent posts, so maybe he's on vacation.

It's not clear, from his site, whether he has the cards pictured in his gallery or if they were just submitted by other collectors, so let me ask the board this. Does anybody own the "Backwards D" card shown on his site? I'm fairly certain that was stamped by my grandmother and I would like to own it.

It's only because it's well known that I am looking for FD stamped backs that I'm hesitant to post a scan, since I'm afraid it might be possible for someone to recreate them and try to sell them to me. I trust the members of this board, but who knows who is lurking, so I'll take a chance and ask what you guys think. A couple of my grandma's cards only had a D, like below. Does this look like the same stamp?? I've magnified the card from the site as much as possible and given the possible scan variations, I think it's the same. Opinions? If you own this card, do you know where it came from - region of the country, etc, and would you be willing to part with it?
If nothing else, at least a mystery is possibly solved.
Thanks.

[powderfinger]

Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, but his father's work took him to Buffalo, NY for the first 10 years of his life. When his father lost his job in Buffalo, the family moved back to Minnesota. Scott stayed there until he left for college. Since he was born in 1896, his T206s were collected and stamped when he was a teenager in St. Paul.