REA reveals a 24 year mystery....the PIEDMONT Plank

[tedzan]

When the famous "Gretzky" PSA8 T206 Wagner in its raw state was being shopped around at the Willow Grove
Philly Show, rumor had it that the Plank was on the same sheet as this Wagner. I well recall this rumor, since I
never bought into the old myth that the T206 Plank was short-printed because its "printing plates were broken".
My theory in the early '80s was that Plank & Wagner were printed on the same sheet and when American Litho.
had to discard the Wagner's....the Plank's were discarded along with the Wagner's. This seemed common sense
to me, since it was believed that the same number of T206 Plank's and Wagner's existed....approx. 50-75 cards
of each.

However, what puzzled many of us "dinosaurs" in the hobby was....where are the PIEDMONT Plank's ? If you re-
call, the PSA8 Wagner has a PIEDMONT 150 back. So, 24 years later, we now know that the old rumor was true.
Good old Charlie Conlon owned the PIEDMONT Plank that was believed to be on the same sheet as the Wagner.

And, what a beauty it is. I thought it would have sold for more than $95K. The fact that it is graded Authentic
is immaterial. This Plank card is absolutely the most unique T206 in the hobby, as there is NO other known full-
color Plank with a PIEDMONT back. All 50-100 Plank cards have the following three SWEET CAPORAL backs......


...........Factory 30............................Factory 25........................................Factory 30



Thank you Rob Lifson for a really great auction....if not one of the best.


Also....did one of our Net54 members win it ?



TED Z