BBCE 1952 Topps Wax Pack "Brick"

[ALR-bishop]

Steve— you should write to James Cameron about taking this on as a follow up to The Titanic ... The Barge

[frankbmd]

You would think that one waterlogged Mantle would have made it to the Jersey shore or Long Island to verify the barge dump. He was young and likely an above average swimmer.

[steve B]

The problem of course is that even if true, and even if the packaging protected the cards a bit, the barge company probably made it a habit of offloading in roughly the same area, and probably did so into the 60's if not later.

So the cards will be under at least a decades worth of other "stuff"

[Volod]

Originally Posted by steve B

The problem of course is that even if true, and even if the packaging protected the cards a bit, the barge company probably made it a habit of offloading in roughly the same area, and probably did so into the 60's if not later.

So the cards will be under at least a decades worth of other "stuff"

I wonder how many species of marine worms and other bottom feeders would see waxpaper and pasteboard as a veritable feast from above?