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Whether the story is specifically true is up to debate, but the regularity with which stuff was dumped into the ocean way back when was a fact of life. I recently saw a prohibition era newsreel where they were dumping seemingly thousands upon thousands of weapons seized from organized crime right into the Atlantic Ocean. My mouth was agape, but it was SOP back then. And I don't know the actual specifics of the 'legend,' but if Topps jettisoned their surplus into the drink, it doesn't mean they ran their own barge out there. I'm sure they could've brought their junk to some sort of collection point where companies from all over brought their rubbish to be disposed of. Who knows.
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SY Berger
Sy Berger in an SCD interview stated that the print run was wildly popular with vendors because of the success of earlier series. They were released too late. They did not sell and vendors returned them to Topps.
Berger subsequently tried to sell the cards by unconventional means like giving them away at carnivals etc. Tremendous backlog at their warehouse. There was no demand for the cards. They were loaded on a barge and dumped in the ocean. This occurred in 1959 Topps didn't keep inventory of unopened product. No reason for him to make up a story for this. I believe what he says. https://www.sportscollectorsdigest.c...of_the_modern/
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I don't know much about the unopened pack market, but is there some premium placed on these because they were from that specific find and wrapped together in a "brick"?
If they're really in NM condition I would have thought they'd bring more graded and sold individually.
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