1952 Christmas Rack Pack with Mantle

[CW]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I have to confess that if I saw them at goodwill for a few bucks I'd buy everyone they had. Maybe a losing lottery ticket but who knows.

Other than second and third and fourth hand knowledge, has anyone every bought one and taken it apart? After 500 posts on the subject over the years I still don't know if anyone knows

a. are they all 100% counterfeit cards

b. are they just repacked real cards and essentially fake retro items but in crappy shape

c. or some mixture of fakes (rarer) and real (cheapos)

Maybe I've missed it but I still have never seen that simple question definitively answered.

You'll find a few videos on Youtube where collectors open some of these up.

Here's a 1958 rack pack being opened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NpONNnjR8

1967 pack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yfrK0x1tq0

This guy doesn't open any, but claims to have about 100 1952 pack and about 1,000 Christmas rack packs in all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3m0P4TbN8

[ALR-bishop]

CW-- no red dots on the 67 Mantle.

We needed a sample of the staples to carbon date it

Ben --- pretty sure the Puhl is there, better open it

He should not have made so many cuts, makes it harder to reseal