F. Scott Fitzgerald stamped T206

[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?

[Joshchisox08]

Lol thanks Pete.

[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.

[tuckr1]

Thanks for the info Mrvster, pretty cool, any one ever contacted the F. Scott Fitz museum about these cards??

[CardTarget]

I actually sent them an email this morning. Will post if anything of interest develops from them.

[ullmandds]

i'm a little surprised noone has contacted them in the past to try to prove/disprove this theory?

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

These cards could have been stamped by

F. Ellis Burkett

You never know.

Or maybe "F"rank Burke ???????

[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.

[brianp-beme]

I was the fellow that threw the monkey wrench into the works when I posted my 'F' stamp Obak here (see the link provided by Max earlier in the thread). Before then I had never read anywhere that anyone had doubts about the F. Scott Fitzgerald origin of these cards...it was an accepted storyline that had bounced along in the hobby for a long time. If I were one of those collectors just interested in the financial aspect of the hobby, I would have kept that Obak in the dark, as I do have a 'F' stamped T206.

But it is difficult to ignore what my Obak possibly indicates. I would love to find out early mentions of the 'F' stamp in hobby publications, but as yet have not heard any specific references to them. Somebody with a scad of time on their hands and available reference material...get to it!

Brian

[Paul S]

Here's what I was able to come up with:

1) F. Murray Abraham (F. M. F. Museum)

2) F. Scott's Brother, Farfel (The Biography Channel)

3) Frieda Cohen (Bronx, NY) (Her Nephew, Saul)

4) Fido (American Kennel Club)

5) frankbmd (Protected Source)


Hope this helps.

[brianp-beme]

Paul...it definitely helped me laugh.

Brian