T205 Piedmont 42 - Update?

[Jobu]

I have one T206 Piedmont 42 (Ames) and know how tough they are. I was curious about Piedmont 42 in T205 and read a bunch of old threads that showed that people's idea of how tough this back is in T205 has been changing over the past few years.

Can anyone give me the current lay of the land on this? How tough is this back in T205 and does it bring any premium?

Thanks.

[bn2cardz]

If you mean for the specific player, Ames, it isn't a confirmed back.

The back in general is tougher but premiums come and go on tougher back t205. A lot of the time I have seen no premium given or very minimal at best.

Drum, Hindu, and Broadleaf seem to be the only backs to bring consistent high premiums.

[Jobu]

Thanks Andy. The Ames is a T206 and is confirmed for that set. My question was about Piedmont 42 in T205, a set that I really don't know much about.

Does anyone have a confirmed list for this back in T205?

The best info that I found is from a LOTG write up (part of which follows):

According to an extensive study conducted by T205 scholars Joshua Levine and Shawn Adkins and published in SGC Collector magazine, the Piedmont Factory 42 reverse is ranked #4 in overall scarcity, behind only the impossibly rare Drum, Hindu and Broadleaf back ads. The two conducted an exhaustive census of T205 cards and concluded that the Factory 42 reverse accounted for less than 1% of all T205 cards with more than 20,000 individual cards counted.

For collectors concerned with back variety, the Piedmont Factory 42 back is a true rarity, perhaps the equivalent of a Carolina Brights or Broadleaf 350 reverse within the T206 issue.

[Gradedcardman]

Check out T-205 Resource at t205resource.com

Good checklist although not totally updated but a very good starting point.

[Jobu]

Thanks Adam, the list there is nice and I didn't realize it existed.

So it more or less seems that Piedmont 42 T205s are really rare backs that usually don't bring much, if any, premium?

[AddieJoss]

IMO the Piedmont 42s are tougher to find but not very difficult. I think they are about as common as American beauty or Cycle.