Frank Arellanes, Herbie Moran and Fred Mitchell were neighbors!
 

I am truly fascinated with T206 sheet layouts. I'll never know the exact composition of a sheet or even the number of cards, but there are absolutely hidden clues to the set out there. Little pieces... little pieces that when put together start to reveal something.

I recently picked up this Herbie Moran ghost (thanks Adam). Based on the scans, I was pretty sure I could make out Herbie's (left) neighbor. Once I had the card in hand, I was able to match it up with Fred Mitchell:

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images.../mitchell-fredhttp://www.collectorfocus.com/images...6/moran-herbie

I think that's really cool. But that's not it. This Herbie Moran is a Piedmont 350... there's another really interesting Herbie Moran Piedmont 350. A Moran two-namer with Frank Arellanes on top:

http://i.imgur.com/9mPGT.jpg

So, assuming that the sheet layouts for these guys didn't change during the Piedmont 350 run (which may be a leap), we now have three known neighbors:

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...7/moran-herbie

Very cool Erick, this is the stuff we need to track along with the back plate scratches and print groups.

Good research Erick!

I recently picked up a ghost myself and hopefully someday soon when I get some time will try to figure out who the neighbor is.

Huge thanks to Mike P. for putting the ghost in my PC!


Jantz

great work guys!
 

and I'm glad herbie went to a proper home:)

If you want to send me a scan, I'd be happy to try to figure it out...

That's pretty cool. I wonder what a whole sheet looked like yogether