An interesting reason why practically every Venezuelan baseball item looks like it went through a couple of tsunamis before leaving its native land:
According to that recent interview with Pat Quinn, who was directly responsible for a lot of VZ material getting into your hands, Venezuelans didn't ascribe any monetary value to cards and collectibles, yet they thought enough of the material to hang on to it. A lot of people down there lived in houses with no basements and the first floors were raised off the ground. Consequently, people would store a lot of their old collectibles and other stuff with no perceived monetary value in these spaces, leaving them prone to critters and the elements.
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