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Pennsylvania TedPaul brings up an interesting point. When I was in HS Print shop back in the mid-1950's,
our teacher took us for a tour to a local printing plant. They had 40-year old printing plates
there. These plates were from the same era that the T206 printing occured. Printing plates
just don't get trashed....they are kept for many years.
In 1985, I was fortunate enough, thru an old Bowman employee, to have seen the actual 30
year old, 32-image printing plates (seven of them) that comprised a complete 1954 Bowman
set. And yes, the famous Ted Williams #66 image was on the 3rd 32-image printing plate.
Sooner or later printing plates of all kinds will surface.
So, Scott......show us these mysterious Wagner/Piedmont printing plates ?
Perhaps, we will also find the Sweet Caporal 350 (Fac #30) plates of the Eddie Plank card.
As this 2nd Series card of Plank has always mystified T206 collectors. Maybe it, too, was
actually printed in the 1950's ? ?
I'm not trying to be being a "wise-ass" here, but my experience tells me that printing plates
have a long shelf life.