So I found some serious curiosity scratching last midnight when Dean said that Sureman found a jackpot in his case instead of a tascarella. I had been wondering about how the misplacing went down / was discovered.
At least that thread offered something of value to the pool world at large. Maybe my comment here will do the same for those who left the other thread early and missed out on this revelation. This additional fact in the saga of the cue sale.