F. Scott Fitzgerald stamped T206

T206Collector · #1 09-17-2015, 10:11 AM

Putting aside the obvious concern that nothing officially ties F. Scott Fitzgerald to these T206 cards (it is more officially an urban legend), the following took me about five minutes to put together this morning.

Where to find the right image for the letter on Google Images:

https://www.google.com/search?q=old+...TXUu_ROYm5U%3D

Where to buy a good custom stamp:

http://www.rubberstampchamp.com/?gcl...FdeRHwodnKAKZA

This is hardly a bomb-maker sharing the secrets of an illicit trade. This is a very common Olde English "F" that can easily be put on a rubber stamp for a few bucks. In a hobby that invites thousands of Honus Wagners on ebay every day, what makes us look the other way on this issue? I don't get it.

Laxcat · #2 09-17-2015, 12:33 PM

I recently purchased one and it should be here today. I like the story behind it. If it turns out true, awesome. If not... I did buy a lot of Eric Lindros and Ben Grieve cards when I was a kid. So it wouldn't be the worst money spent.

As I was posting the mail arrived. It's a Lattimore SGC 10

packs · #3 09-17-2015, 12:51 PM

Quote from F. Scott:

"Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons."

Are we sure he would have even collected?

btcarfagno · #4 09-17-2015, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by packs

Quote from F. Scott:

"Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons."

Are we sure he would have even collected?

I think I read he was a fan as a kid but became disillusioned after the Black Sox scandal. Though that could be an urban legend as well.

Tom C

Jobu · #5 09-17-2015, 01:37 PM

I read that as well Tom. Plus, the name of the bad guy behind the scenes in The Great Gatsby, Meyer Wolfsheim, is accepted as an allusion to Arnold Rothstein, a name baseball fans know. From that bastian of accuracy, Wikipedia:

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Meyer Wolfsheim is a Jewish friend and mentor of Gatsby's, described as a gambler who fixed the World Series. Wolfsheim appears only twice in the novel, the second time refusing to attend Gatsby's funeral. He is a clear allusion to Arnold Rothstein.

Fitzgerald was also clearly a sports fanatic:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-foot...ald-1414166403

Quote:

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I think I read he was a fan as a kid but became disillusioned after the Black Sox scandal. Though that could be an urban legend as well.

Tom C

btcarfagno · #6 09-17-2015, 02:01 PM

From Gatsby:

“Meyer Wolfshiem? No, he’s a gambler.” Gatsby hesitated, then added coolly: “He’s the man who fixed the World’s Series back in 1919.”

“Fixed the World’s Series?” I repeated.

The idea staggered me. I remembered, of course, that the World’s Series had been fixed in 1919, but if I had thought of it at all I would have thought of it as a thing that merely HAPPENED, the end of some inevitable chain. It never occurred to me that one man could start to play with the faith of fifty million people—with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.

“How did he happen to do that?” I asked after a minute.

“He just saw the opportunity.”

“Why isn’t he in jail?”

“They can’t get him, old sport. He’s a smart man.”

Tom C

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