Throwing away gems.

I was a parts manager for about a year in a very old & established Dodge dealer.
They never sent anything back to Chrysler and had a massive obsolescence problem.
New owners bought it and I was brought in. I was told by the new owners to toss all of the obsolescence. I had to document each P/N, it's last value and then pitch it. I wasn't allowed to sell any of or donate it. It had to go to the trash.
There was a ton of stuff going back to the 60's. Made me sick that I couldn't save a lot of that stuff.
It wasn't mine, so not a lot I could about it.