T206's only? Please help me understand this 'F. Scott Fitzgerald' Obak

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Patrick for posting. It is the first time that I have heard a little more concrete info pertaining to these stamped cards. The fact that he used this stamp on childhood books and envelopes certainly makes it much more plausible that the stamps seen on cards are indeed legit.

Do you remember where you heard or read about the Fitzgerald and his T206 collection, and his later collecting?

Brian

[MULLINS5]

I first heard it from Matthew Bruccoli my freshman year of college in 2006. I am going to reach out to some of my sources at the F. Scott and Zelda Museum, as well as Sam and Eleanor Lanahan (F. Scott's grandchildren) to see if I can get some more information to share. Some of my college professors likely will be able to provide more info, too, perhaps some pictures of the stamp in his childhood books.

[MULLINS5]

While we're talking Fitzgerald, here's an album he bought for his daughter Scottie while in Paris. I sold this to the F. Scott and Zelda Museum a few years ago. A book that I still have (and I'll get pictures of it soon) is a copy of Crime and Punishment that Fitzgerald gave to Scottie while she was in college. At one time she wanted to be a writer, so her father wrote on the title page a page number to a passage on writing.

[MULLINS5]

...and a custom card I had made with Warner Baxter's auto. He is the first actor to play Jay Gatsby (1926 silent film).

[brianp-beme]

I looked up the Matthew Bruccoli that Patrick mentioned, and evidently he was the preeminent F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar, as well as having published and edited posthumous FSF writings. Even better, he was a noted Fitzgerald memorabilia collector who eventually bequeathed a collection worth 2 million of FSF material.

Great info, and thanks Patrick for really upping the volume in this conversation.

Brian

[MULLINS5]

Happy to help Brian, this is actually pretty exciting. Really looking forward to adding to the conversation.

[mrvster]

Thank God you ' re here!

we have been trying to get a definitive correlation for some time now.....I have been holding onto my ewing for years hoping for the truth