I love "Marked" vintage cards

[RCMcKenzie]

Nice card, Tom. I'm thinking the dealer wanted $20, probably like in 1996.

[brianp-beme]

More bang for the Buck...marked Zeenut Buck Barker backs, and marked D310 Pacific Coast Biscuit with Buck Weaver on front.

Sometimes to me a vintage card seems naked without a pen/pencil mark from its previous owner. Being a lower condition/budget collector, it certainly can be a welcoming sight for financial reasons as well.

Brian

[mrreality68]

I guess it is a matter or both personal preference. I do not mind cards being marked but it depends on how it was marked and if it takes away from the eye appeal of the card.

[mrreality68]

sorry I forgot to attach this as an example where it does not take away from the card to me

[nineunder71]

I find that I like the back stamps more and more as time goes on.

[Yoda]

I hold an unmounted T3 Pinkerton SGC graded Cobb fielding with a Buck Barker back stamp and address; it is one of my most precious Cobbs.
Try to put a scan up this week.
Strangely enough, it is the 2nd time I have owned it.

[Howe’s Hunter]

My original goal as to get as many T206s as I could. Then I tried to break it up by getting one of each back. So I bought an affordable Hindu backed card sight unseen and when it arrived, it had a stamp on the back. Wasn’t happy about the fact the stamp wasn’t mention but it was affordable.

Move ahead almost 15 years, and while looking on eBay for any card I could afford, there was a Piedmont with the same stamp. Thought it might be kind of cool to have two cards with the same mark, bid on and won it. Came on Net54, posted pictures of the two and heard from several members saying they had one also. Within six months, I had six. A year later, I sold all my other cards and decided to collect nothing but cards with Howe McCormick’s stamp on the back.

That was in 2007, and since then, the collection has grown to 392. The latest two arrived just yesterday, I’ve not had a chance to post them in the puck-up thread yet.

But what started as a way of picking up some cheap cards (they were marked, after all) seems to have become a collecting niche for others.

No idea how many of Howe’s cards are still out there, but when I can, I’ll continue to pick them up. And the collection wouldn’t be where it is without the help of so many here on Net54. Thanks to you all.

[Casey2296]

I love a good back-stamp.
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[G1911]

Originally Posted by nineunder71

I find that I like the back stamps more and more as time goes on.

I own a couple of T218 pugilists with the same back stamp as your White.