F. Scott Fitzgerald stamped T206

[tuckr1]

Does anyone know if any of the F. Scott T206 cards have ever been sold at auction??

If so what do these cards typically bring??

Thanks Tucker

[Cardboard Junkie]

Seen em listed on ebay from time to time. I think I remember someone disproving they were Fitzgeralds as some cards showed up that had the same stamp on the back but the cards were issued after his death. I could be misremembering. Also somewhere someone pointed out that he would have used FSFL as his name I think was Francis Scott Fitzgerald Lanihan or something like that. In other words I don't know.

[Cardboard Junkie]

....and to add "The great t206 backstamp project website might shed some light.

[CardTarget]

I bought a low grade on recently on eBay for like $35. It wasn't crazy. It's a good rumor but I personally don't buy it.

[CardTarget]

That said, it's still a cool stamp and the original stamper was a prolific collector.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by CardTarget

I bought a low grade on recently on eBay for like $35. It wasn't crazy. It's a good rumor but I personally don't buy it.

Are there any other ones out there for $35 ???

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Are there any other ones out there for $35 ???

id be happy to stamp the back of a beater t206 with a fancy looking f and sell it to you for $35.

paypal ok?

[z28jd]

Has anyone ever thought of putting CNR back stamps on 1987 Topps cards so future generations can wonder if Charles Nelson Reilly collected and stamped his cards, or is back stamping just a pre-war fad?

From what I've heard around the campfire, those F stamps could be anyone, but it is highly unlikely that anyone is F Scott Fitzgerald.

[mrvster]

I will look for a scan of mine.....the notion that the stamps where on another later issue was confusing, because the other ones I have seen are on OBAKS, and someone thought Obaks where issued much later, but the F stamps coincide on Obaks with the time frame Mr. Fitzie was collecting as a teen....FScott grew up in the Minn area.... as a 15 year old boy, he collected baseball cards(around 1909)........There are a lot of the "F" stamps on the EPDG backs(one of which I own).....I have noticed the examples that I have seen to be very clean cards, and many are EPDG T206 .....EPDG were supposedly distributed in that region.....

Fitzie stamped most of his cards with the Italic F ....... his cards were later auctioned off after his demise by his daughter as far as I can remember.....It was rumored he had a few 1000 cards.....


I had mine SGC slabbed a few years ago.....(SGC will not note on the flip as far as I know, but maybe that will change in the future if more info comes to light)....I just wanted mine slabbed to note the year.....I believe if the it is iron clad proven, some A hole will pick up a stamp and try to make there own Fitzie

value is in the eye of the beholder, but i'm sure if it can be proven, they will be big cards, in the mean time $200-$300 cards for now......i'm just excited to have one.....to imagine the history behind them.....



anyway, to sum it up, not proven but all signs point to yes

totally probable and plausable

[frankbmd]

These cards could have been stamped by

F. Ellis Burkett

You never know.

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by mrvster

EPDG were supposedly distributed in that region.....

Do you actually have any information on this? I am from St. Paul and have never heard this before. It would be interesting to hear details. Thanks.

[baseballart]

Tucker

I don't know about prices, but here's an earlier thread (among a couple of others at least) on net 54 http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?p=1141153 .

I suspect the prices will however be somewhat less than a jacketed first printing of The Great Gatsby