Signed T201 Leifield from the Burdick Collection

[Exhibitman]

I was the one who spotted the ornate B at the Met. It was in one of the books of cards itself stamped all over the pages, not on the backs of the cards [they are glued down and you can't see the backs except for one exemplar per issue]. As I recall. the B was stamped multiple times all over the album and was interesting enough that I sketched it on the notes I was making. When I saw the stamped card years later I remembered the B from the Met.

There is a good thread on this issue on the nonsport board:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/52660...dick+overprint

[mrvster]

holy crap paul!!

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by mrvster

holy crap paul!!

My sentiment exactly!!

[caramelcard]

Sorry to bump a few month old thread, but I missed this one. I have a few burdick stamped cards. The ornate "B" stamp actually looks like a "JB." Anyone have a baseball card with this particular stamp on it?

With the met museum stamp, there are actually a lot of them in non sports collections. Some of which are scratched out, and some that appear to be initialed out. Not sure if some were duplicates that were sold, given away, or if they never made it to the glue down phase? I guess it's possible that some were stolen, but there are a few different issues out there with the stamp and it seems unlikely that many would've been stolen. I hope not.

Let me know if anyone has this particular stamp on a baseball card. Thanks much.

Rob

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[rp12367]

Great write up, enjoyed reading it... Just saw it was from a month or two ago, missed it first time around somehow, either way still great.