T206 tannehill with f stamped on back

brianp-beme · #1 08-20-2013, 03:11 PM

RC brings up some valid points and is in my opinion justified in throwing doubt into the provenance of these cards. It would be very informative to trace back the origins of the F. Scott Fitzgerald connection to these cards. Someone with access to old hobby publications, get to it!

I am the fellow that has the Obak with the 'F' stamp, and the one that originally posted the somewhat troubling issues that it raises. If indeed these cards were FSF's, then to me the excecutor of his estate stamping the cards makes the most sense, with the Obak being a card he picked up later in life (I imagine Obaks were floating around the West Coast like cheap tabasco sauce in the late 30's and early 40's, and he snagged it because it reminded him of his childhood collecting).

Of course if I were a little more devious, I could have held back knowledge of this mystery FSF card because of the other, more traditional, T206 that I own with this stamp. Foolish mortal.

Brian

tuckr1 · #2 08-21-2013, 08:48 AM

So whats the scoop on the Obak "F" stamp?? were Obak backs only regional, and therefore F. Scott couldn;t obtain one until older, so the theory is when F. Scott passed someone from his estate marked the back of his card collection with the F?? Are there anyother cards other then the T206 with the F stamp??

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme

RC brings up some valid points and is in my opinion justified in throwing doubt into the provenance of these cards. It would be very informative to trace back the origins of the F. Scott Fitzgerald connection to these cards. Someone with access to old hobby publications, get to it!

I am the fellow that has the Obak with the 'F' stamp, and the one that originally posted the somewhat troubling issues that it raises. If indeed these cards were FSF's, then to me the excecutor of his estate stamping the cards makes the most sense, with the Obak being a card he picked up later in life (I imagine Obaks were floating around the West Coast like cheap tabasco sauce in the late 30's and early 40's, and he snagged it because it reminded him of his childhood collecting).

Of course if I were a little more devious, I could have held back knowledge of this mystery FSF card because of the other, more traditional, T206 that I own with this stamp. Foolish mortal.

Brian

packs · #3 08-21-2013, 09:06 AM

I wouldn't think it would be impossible for him to acquire one. If he collected as a kid, he could have returned and picked one up somewhere and marked it for his collection. Not too sure about distribution though. I suppose it could be possible that Obaks were sold on the East Coast as a company would want to spread itself over a wide market. But things were more regional then.

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