bit busy but couple quick thoughts
the flattened cartons appear to be 100% real without them in hand. They don't hold much value. There are some tangential BB related packs and such but far removed from those that actually could have held cards. The earliest packs he's shown aren't of much demand to most collectors.
As the OP has now come to realize - many of his 1930's - 1950's unopened material that he listed on the 'Bay has attracted solid attention. In fact - although I only collect pre-1920 stuff - I have a sideline of unopened major brand packs and tins collection 30's - 50's - but found quite a few packs he listed that tickled my graphic/subject genes and so I bid. Well I only ended up with 4 of the ones listed so far of the 20 or so I bid on - heavily outbid on Olympics, planes, trains, and automobiles :-). Happy to see a few more people taking interest in this form of ephemera. Competition is at times the seed of further discovery.
I did take notice of an early pack shown above that raised some questions - but I've learned to look and think again before broaching the subject publically.
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