Piedmont Factory 42 Conspiracy... T205 vs T206

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Posted By: Russ Bright

PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON THIS SUBJECT, POST, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH KNOWN

So... doing research this past couple weeks. We all do research. Josh Levine has Been studying T205 Back scarcity for years. I searched and while there have been a few threads in the past couple YEARS, there is very little info on T205 and this back.

I have spoken with a few of the experts on the board here about the back scarcity. and the general consensus is that is is rarer than Cycle, but not as rare as Broadleaf... worth more? Matter of opinion. I myself own over 200 T205's and didn't own one. I hadn't even SEEN one until 2 weeks ago on Ebay when they started cropping up everywhere.

There have been over 10 T205's with the Piedmont Factory 42 back listed in the past 2 weeks...
and the strange thing is, I'm noticing a pattern... Some of the SP's seem to ONLY come with Piedmont 42 backs

Jeff Sweeney - I have seen 5 in the past week with the Piedmont 42 back -if you have anything different, PLEASE scan and post, I don't think they had any Fact 25's
here's e-bay proof (lol, that's always believable)

http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-T205-Gold-Border-Sweeney-Yankees-GOOD_W0QQitemZ290091963237QQcategoryZ86841QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item29009196323 7
http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-T205-Ed-Sweeney-Piedmont-Yankees-Low-Pop-VG_W0QQitemZ160090763301QQcategoryZ86841QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160090763301
http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-T205-SP-Jeff-Sweeney-PSA-5-6760_W0QQitemZ190092756482QQcategoryZ31718QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item19009275648 2

Kirby White - haven't seen any Fact 25's either (Please prove me wrong with a scan)

http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-T205-GOLD-BORDER-KIRB-WHITE-FACTORY-42-PSA-4-VG-EX_W0QQitemZ230100899685QQcategoryZ31718QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230100899685
http://cgi.ebay.com/Three-T205s-Snodgrass-Street-White-Piedmont-No-RES_W0QQitemZ180095053998QQcategoryZ86841QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180095053998
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140084623170




OK, my question is... In T206 these cards command a premium of 6 times because of back scarcity.

Do T205's even demand a premium? If most of the cards seen with Factory 42 backs are SP anyways, is the premium added in? Opinions? Should I keep buying them for when people decide that there IS a premium?

any help is greatly appreciated!

thanks!
Russ