Buck Barker writing on card backs

[barrysloate]

Mark- it's seems interesting that although a pioneer collector like Buck Barker probably never looked at baseball cards for their value, he would write on the backs of the cards. It would seem sacrosanct to do such a thing. But I guess he saw it differently.

[Steve D]

I no longer own the card, as I sold it in 1991 , but I had an N28 Mike Kelly with Buck Barker's address stamp (the same red one that Leon posted) on the back. I bought it from Lew Lipset back in the early 1980's.


Steve

[tbob]

I used to have many 1911 Obaks (red backs) with Barker's scribbling on the back about teams and positions but in trying to get a higher grade set, sold most of them, keeping only a couple for nostalgia sake. I also have several 1911 and 1912 Zeenuts with Barker's hand-scratchings on the back, showing he had a complex system of keeping track of the cards by numbers.

[bcornell]

[tlwise12]

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but who is buck barker??? And do you guys think this card would qualify???

Thanks
Travis

[barrysloate]

Buck Barker was a legendary old time collector, and is considered a founding father of the hobby. And yes, the card you scanned once belonged to him.

[cfc1909]

that e107 is great

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