A couple of quick pieces of info to add to the conversation. Back in the 80s I met and old, old man who told me about how the boys would hang around the duckpin bowling alleys and often the men would throw their packs in the gutters and they would scramble for them. He had a nice little collection, though I have no idea what ever became of it...probably 500 cards, a couple of Cobbs but nothing really high grade or scarce that I recall.
Also a few year back a turn-of-the-century house in Lynchburg was being remodeled. They found a few dozen high grade cards where the empty packs with cards still inside had been sealed in a closed off area.
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