BBCE 1952 Topps Wax Pack "Brick"

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

Let's get rid of the and pretend this is an actual genuine real fact. If there really were cellophaned packs of cards that have been sitting underwater for almost 60 years, would they be salvageable?

Not in salt water, they would be gone pretty quickly.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Not in salt water, they would be gone pretty quickly.

Maybe? The wax paper would probably seal it, and if I remember it right cellophane could last a long time, even in seawater.

Assuming it's true, which is debateable, I think it would be worth having a look.

[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?