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Posted By: Paul

It's hit and miss as to whether lawyers keep old stuff. Most firms today have internal policies requiring them to return papers to their client or destroy the papers after a certain number of years (often 5 or 10). It's just a matter of having enough space to store all that stuff. On the other hand, I know that the law firm which represented Lucille Ball at the time of the I Love Lucy series has a nice collection of papers signed by her.

Another place to look would be in the courts. Examples of exclusive contracts must have been filed with the court that handled the Topps v. Bowman disputes. But some of that stuff may have been tossed too.