Why didn't Topps stockpile NOS inventory of their vintage sets? As about a 10 year-old (circa 1987) when I first found out about "old" cards, I just naturally assumed they did this - so I wrote a letter to Topps saying please I just started collecting, could you send me examples of say...some 1953 cards? I was flabbergasted when they wrote me back and instead of sending cards they provided me with a list of dealers who could sell me the cards that I asked about.
Sounds like a dumb question today, but wasn't to me in 1987.
