Added 3 new pieces to the 'Articles' section & updated some pictures

Big thanks to Kyle P. in Washington state.  He sent a few newspaper clippings that I have now added to the 'Articles' section.  1989 AP#2, 1989 SCD #2 and one from a 1989 Oregonian newspaper.

Also updated some 'Versions' pictures.  Saw-Cut pictures.

April Fools?

Ben N. made a nice pickup post online today. 
"Bought this bat collection off Craigslist. Seller told me he got them at an estate sale in Baltimore."
LOL - well done!

Link added from 'Hidden City Philadelphia' about the Fleer Company

LINK to article

Nice piece written about the history of the Fleer company.

Learning Animated GIF files

Played around with some online animated .GIF file creator sites.  I made some neat combination/overlay images of different FF versions.  Here is one of my favorites.  Black Scribble (basic 3 card versions).  Files tend to be somewhat large, however.  3-6 MB.  Let it completely load and watch the transformation from 'Scribble w/ F' to the 'Loop' version to the 'No F'.

Random FF thoughts?

I had to share this.  I was in a hotel this week and had one of my random FF sightings.  Of course, whenever I see the F word, I think of this card.  Other examples are seeing 6:16 on the alarm clock.  This one doesn't happen too often but when I see FACE in all caps - it happens.  :)

1989 FF 'Proof' pops up on eBay

People have been asking so I thought I'd post this.
Always excited to see something so rare and FF related become available.  EBay has one of the FF Proofs listed.  Item 381493091121
While the seller lists it as '1/1' etc, it isn't but rare nonetheless.  What is it?  It is a third of a 'missing color' or 'progressive proof' set.   To date, I've seen maybe 3 of these exact FF proofs.  3 full FF proof sets actually.  Not 1/1, but very rare.
Where did it come from?  Probably either smuggled out of the factory by an employee or found in a nearby dumpster - discarded trash.  Probably cut from a full sheet.
I believe it sold for around $300.

Cheap Scribble Pickup

Edit from April 2025:  After comparing scans from this card in 2015 to 2025 - I'm now convinced that this 'fuzzy or blurry' No F scribble isn't a oddity after all.  I think it was simply a dirty scanner bed.  I didn't wipe the glass clean very often.  I'm assuming it's smudge that is obscuring the image.  Put a lot of work into analyzing this $1.50 card!

Also - after further review - I never noticed that it appears that every No F scribble card shares the same yellow ink offsets.  Never noticed....

 

Picked this up for $1.50.  'No F' Scribble, but the airbrushed F is fuzzy or blurry.  Worth $1.50 to check it out.  Pictures show the card and a comparison with a 'normal' 'No F' card.  The card also has a decent yellow color shift on it throughout.