I found a few cards in my basement.

[Leon]

I could be wrong but if you knew the story it is more believable. I think he is checking on them for a relative. That is really all I can say about it but if he wants to come back and explain more he can. I do think they are real and are close to him. It's not a random troll situation, I don't think. Like I say, I wish him the best. And btw, if he comes back I see no reason he can't only have his user id out here. He picked up the phone when I called .

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Something seems a little fishy to me as well. And lack of knowledge of the set in particular.

If one knows they're t206 how do they not know that they're worth a decent chunk of change?

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Leon

I could be wrong but if you knew the story it is more believable. I think he is checking on them for a relative. That is really all I can say about it but if he wants to come back and explain more he can. I do think they are real and are close to him. It's not a random troll situation, I don't think. Like I say, I wish him the best. And btw, if he comes back I see no reason he can't only have his user id out here. He picked up the phone when I called .

Judging from the scans I just saw, I agree the cards def look legit. Just the story is so surreal, almost eBay esc

[JohnP0621]

The cards look real to me but I did not see the Doyle NY Natl. I believe that was the card on the list that got everyone's attention.
Nice Find
Congrats
John P

[GasHouseGang]

Sean, I don't believe your list is the same as the "basement find". I sorted your list and then tried to post them side by side. This is much easier in Excel then on the board! I highlighted the cards that are different in the "basement find". I didn't go through the whole list and make the differences in bold, just the first 10, but you get the idea.

SEAN'S LIST/ Basement Find
ABBATICOHIO, PITTSBURG SWEET CAPORAL// Abbaticchio, Pittsburg
ABBOTT, TOLEDO SOVEREIGN// Abbott, Toledo X2
ALPERMAN, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Absetin, Pittsburg
AMES, N.Y. NAT'L PIEDMONT // Adkins, Baltimore
ANDERSON, PROVIDENCE SWEET CAPORAL// Alperman, Brooklyn
ATZ, CHICAGO AMER. SWEET CAPORAL// Anderson, Providence X2
BASTIAN, SAN ANTONIO PIEDMONT // Arellanes, Boston Amer X2
BECK, BOSTON NAT'L PIEDMONT// Arnot, Providence X2
BELL, BROOKLYN OLD MILL// Atz, Chicago Amer X2
BERGEN, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Barry, Phila Amer
BLISS, ST.LOUIS NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// Beck, Boston Natl
BOWERMAN, BOSTON NAT'L PIEDMONT// Beckley, Kansas City X2
BRASHEAR, KANSAS CITY PIEDMONT// Bender, Phila Amer
BURCH, BROOKLYN SWEET CAPORAL// Bergen, Brooklyn
BUSH, DETROIT PIEDMONT// Bescher, Cincinnati X2
CAMNITZ, PITTSBURG OLD MILL// Blackburne, Providence
CAMPBELL, CINCINNATI OLD MILL// Bliss, St. Louis Natl
CAREY, MEMPHIS PIEDMONT// Bowerman, Boston Natl
CASEY, MONTREAL SWEET CAPORAL// Brain, Buffalo
CHANCE, CHICAGO NAT'L OLD MILL// M. Brown, Chicago Natl
CHANCE, CHICAGO NAT'L PIEDMONT// Burchell, Buffalo
CHASE, N.Y. AMER. PIEDMONT// Burns, Chicago Amer
CLANCY, BUFFALO PIEDMONT// Butler, Rochester X2
CLARKE, F., PITTSBURG PIEDMONT// Camnitz, Pittsburgh
COLES, AUGUSTA PIEDMONT // Campbell, Cincinnati
CONROY, WASHINGTON SWEET CAPORAL// Carr, Indianapolis
CRANDALL, N.Y. NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// Carrigan, Boston Amer
CRAVATH, MINNEAPOLIS PIEDMONT// Casey, Montreal X2
DAVIS, H., PHILA. AMER. PIEDMONT// Cassidy, Baltimore
DINEEN, ST.LOUIS AMER. SWEET CAPORAL// Chappelle, Rochester
DONLIN, N.Y. NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// Chase, NY Amer X2
DOOLAN, PHILA. NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// Clark, Columbus
DOUGHERTY, CHICAGO AMER. OLD MILL// Clymer, Columbus
DOUGHERTY, CHICAGO AMER. OLD MILL// Collins, Phila Amer
DOWNEY, CINCINNATI PIEDMONT// Congalton, Columbus
DOYLE, N.Y. NAT'L PIEDMONT// Cravath, Minneapolis X2
DUBUC, CINCINNATI PIEDMONT// Cross, Indianapolis
DUNN, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// M. Davis, Phila Amer X2
DYGERT, PHILA. AMER. PIEDMONT// Delehanty, Louisville X2
EVANS, ST.LOUIS NAT'L PIEDMONT// Debbau, Baltimore
EVERS, CHICAGO NAT'L PIEDMONT// Donovan, Detroit
FROMME, CINCINNATI SWEET CAPORAL// Dougherty, Chicago Amer
G.DAVIS, CHICAGO AMER. PIEDMONT// Downey, Cincinnati
GANZEL, ROCHESTER PIEDMONT// Doyle, NY Natl
GILBERT, ST.LOUIS NAT'L PIEDMONT// Dubuc, Cincinnati
GRAY, WASHINGTON PIEDMONT// Cobb, Detroit
HART, LITTLE ROCK PIEDMONT// Dormer, Kansas City
HAYDEN, INDIANAPOLIS PIEDMONT// Easterly, Cleveland
HOBLITZELL, CINCINNATI PIEDMONT// Egan, Cincinnati
HOFFMAN, PROVIDENCE PIEDMONT// Elberfield, NY Amer
HOOKER, LYNCHBURG PIEDMONT// Ellam, Nashville
HOWARD, CHICAGO NAT'L PIEDMONT// Engle, NY Amer
HOWELL, ST.LOUIS AMER. SWEET CAPORAL// Fiene, Chicago Amer
HULSWITT, ST.LOUIS NAT'L PIEDMONT// Flannagan, Buffalo
HUMMEL, BROOKLYN SWEET CAPORAL// Fletcher, NY Natl
HUNTER, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Genzel, Rochester
JONES, ST.LOUIS AMER. PIEDMONT// Gasper, Cincinnati
KIERNAN, COLUMBIA PIEDMONT// Grimshaw, Toronto X2
KILLIAN, DETROIT SWEET CAPORAL// Groom, Washington
KISINGER, BUFFALO PIEDMONT// Guiheen, Portsmouth
KRUGER, COLUMBUS PIEDMONT// Hall, Baltimore
LAKE, ST.LOUIS AMER. OLD MILL// Hallman, Kansas City
LENNOX, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Hannifan, Jersey City
LINDMAN, BOSTON NAT'L PIEDMONT// Hayden, Indianapolis
LUNDGREN, KANSAS CITY SWEET CAPORAL// Hinchman, Toledo
MALONEY, ROCHESTER PIEDMONT// Hoblitzell, Cincinnati
MARSHALL, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Hoffman, Providence
MATHEWSON, N.Y. NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// Hoffman, St. Louis Amer
MCBRIDE, WASHINGTON PIEDMONT// Howard, Chicago Natl
MCCORMICK, N.Y. NAT'L PIEDMONT// Howell, St Louis Amer
MCELVEEN, BROOKLYN AMERICAN BEAUTY// Hulswitt, St Louis Natl
MCGINLEY, TORONTO PIEDMONT// Hunter, Brooklyn
MCGINNITY, NEWARK PIEDMONT// Kelley, Toronto
MCGRAW, N.Y. NAT'L SOVEREIGN// Knight, NY Amer X2
MCGRAW, NEW YORK NAT'L PIEDMONT// Krause, Phila Amer
MCINTYRE, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Kroh, Chicago Natl
MCQUILLAN, PHILA. NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// Kruger, Columbus
MERKLE, N.Y. NAT'L SWEET CAPORAL// LaFitte, Macon
MITCHELL, CINCINNATI SWEET CAPORAL// Lavender, Providence X2
MOLESWORTH, BIRMINGHAM OLD MILL// Leach, Pittsburg X2
MULLIN, DETROIT PIEDMONT// Livingstone, Phila Amer
MURPHY, PHILA. AMER. OLD MILL// McBride, Washington X2
NICHOLS, PHILA. AMER. PIEDMONT// McElveen, Brooklyn
NICHOLS, PHILA. AMER. PIEDMONT// McGlynn, Milwaukee
O'HARA, ST.LOUIS NAT'L PIEDMONT// Malarkey, Buffalo
OLDRING, PHILA. AMER. PIEDMONT// Maloney, Rochester
O'LEARY, DETROIT OLD MILL // Marshall, Brooklyn
O'NEIL, MINNEAPOLIS PIEDMONT// Mathewson, NY Natl X2
ORTH, LYNCHBURG PIEDMONT// Merritt, Jersey City
OVERALL, CHICAGO NAT'L PIEDMONT// Milan, Washington
OWEN, CHICAGO AMER. PIEDMONT// Miller, Pittsburg
PELTY, ST.LOUIS AMER. PIEDMONT// Mitchell, Cincinnati
PFEFFER, CHICAGO NAT'L PIEDMONT// Moeller, Jersey City X2
PFEISTER, CHICAGO NAT'L OLD MILL// Moran, Providence X2
PHELPS, ST. LOUIS NAT'L PIEDMONT// Moran, Chicago Natl
POLAND, BALTIMORE PIEDMONT// Murray, NY Natl
PUTTMAN, LOUISVILLE PIEDMONT// Myers, NY Natl
QUINN, N.Y. AMER. SWEET CAPORAL// O'Brien, St. Paul
RUCKER, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Oberlin, Minneapolis
RYAN, ROANOKE PIEDMONT/ / O'Neil, Minneapolis
SCHMIDT, DETROIT PIEDMONT// Otey, Norfolk
SCHMIDT, DETROIT PIEDMONT// Perring, Cleveland
SCHRECK, COLUMBUS PIEDMONT// Persons, Montgomery X2
SHARPE, NEWARK PIEDMONT// Phelan, Providence X2
SHAUGHNESSY, ROANOKE PIEDMONT// Phelps, St. Louis Natl
SLAGLE, BALTIMORE PIEDMONT// Pickering, Minneapolis
SMITH, SID, ATLANTA PIEDMONT// Poland, Baltimore
SPEAKER, BOSTON AMER. PIEDMONT// Powers, Phila Amer
STARK, SAN ANTONIO OLD MILL// Quillen, Minneapolis
STONE, ST.LOUIS AMER. PIEDMONT// Randall, Milwaukee
STOVALL, CLEVELAND PIEDMONT// Raymond, NY Natl
STREET, WASHINGTON PIEDMONT// Rhoades, Cleveland
SWEENEY, N.Y. AMER. OLD MILL// Rhodes, St Louis Natl
TAYLOR, BUFFALO PIEDMONT// Ritter, Kansas City
THEBO, WACO PIEDMONT// Rudolph, Toronto X2
THIELMAN, LOUISVILLE PIEDMONT// Schaefer, Washington
TINKER, CHICAGO NAT'L PIEDMONT// Shannon, Kansas City
WADDELL, ST.LOUIS AMER. PIEDMONT// Shaughnessy, Roanoke
WARHOP, N.Y. AMER. PIEDMONT// Shaw, Providence
WESTLAKE, DANVILLE PIEDMONT// Sheckard, Chicago Natl
WHITE, BUFFALO PIEDMONT // Shipke, Washington
WILHELM, BROOKLYN PIEDMONT// Speaker, Boston Amer
WILSON, PITTSBURG PIEDMONT// Smith, Shreveport
WILTBE, N.Y. NAT'L PIEDMONT// Spade, Cincinnati
WILTSE, N.Y. NAT'L OLD MILL// Stanage, Detroit X2
//Sweeney, Boston Natl
//Strang, Baltimore
//Tannehill, Washington
//Thielman, Louisville
//Thomas, Phila Amer
//Titus, Phila Natl
//Unglaus, Washington
/Warhop, NY Amer
//White, Buffalo
//Wilson, Pittsburg X2
//Young, Cleveland

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Leon

I could be wrong but if you knew the story it is more believable. I think he is checking on them for a relative. That is really all I can say about it but if he wants to come back and explain more he can. I do think they are real and are close to him. It's not a random troll situation, I don't think. Like I say, I wish him the best. And btw, if he comes back I see no reason he can't only have his user id out here. He picked up the phone when I called .

And I guessing that is a huge plus! Real phone number!! Im sure you get a lot of bogus ones Leon.

[Jeffrompa]

Some basements are better than others .

[emd023]

This is all I got for now...until I get home.

[icollectDCsports]

Very cool. You came to the right place to get some info and advice.

[bnorth]

First off I will say I know very little about T206 cards. Second I will say they all look fuzzy and out of focus like counterfeit cards. Never seen a real Piedmont back with stray printer dots like those appear to have.

[vintagesportscollector]

Cards look legit to me, very nice. I am just curious at this point to the story behind them. Who finds T206s in plastic sleeves in their own basement? Who's cards were they? Again, best of luck.

[T206Collector]

100% real - and awesome - great find!

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by bnorth

First off I will say I know very little about T206 cards. Second I will say they all look fuzzy and out of focus like counterfeit cards. Never seen a real Piedmont back with stray printer dots like those appear to have.

I'm guessing that's from the low image quality, plus the fact that (I'm guessing) you're looking at it on a relatively large screen. That image is only 574.19 kb, so it was probably taken with an older cell phone. When it's blown up on a computer screen, it's going to look fuzzy, especially in the parts where the camera wasn't focusing. I would want to see scans rather than a cell phone picture before coming to any conclusions.