Are these t206 cards real?

[IronHorse2130]

A friend just shared this story with me...

http://triblive.com/lifestyles/morelifestyles/5824883-74/cards-baseball-history#axzz2y7Yq1QZR

Hard to tell from the photos but are these cards real? The wear and aging to the cards looks artificial to me.

[4815162342]

Yes they are real, but most likely not very valuable due to condition. There's already a thread about this "find": http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=186088