Candy Cane “repacks”

[Pjere]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

These have been discussed many times and they are thought to be created much later after the year of the card's issue date. I would just advise not to pay more than the cards you can see and figure everything else is commons. If you want to open the pack anyway, then you'll get the fun of opening it and you might get a surprise (but I doubt it).

Ok. Any link to previous discussions on this topic would be appreciated? Thanks for responding.


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[JustinD]

Completely repacks from the late 70s at the earliest and yesterday at the latest (and most likely). These have been taking advantage of people for decades.

just looking at them you can tell that they are 3s and 4s at best, look at how fake the 52 pack is...the aging on the visible cards is not even close and they are as different as night and day. It's the collation exactly the same as pulling two rando cards from a dollar box and dropping them in.



Anyone telling you they know the "signs" that these are legit are selling you a flood damaged Ford Pinto...run for the hills.

[ALR-bishop]

Prior threads. Hope I do not get in trouble like in the last one

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...mas+rack+packs

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...mas+rack+packs

[Pjere]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Completely repacks from the late 70s at the earliest and yesterday at the latest (and most likely). These have been taking advantage of people for decades.

just looking at them you can tell that they are 3s and 4s at best, look at how fake the 52 pack is...the aging on the visible cards is not even close and they are as different as night and day. It's the collation exactly the same as pulling two rando cards from a dollar box and dropping them in.



Anyone telling you they know the "signs" that these are legit are selling you a flood damaged Ford Pinto...run for the hills.

So you are saying the cards are fakes themselves even or just that the repacks are garbage?


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[GasHouseGang]

I don't think anyone has suggested they aren't real Topps cards from the year issued. But if you buy a pack, just don't expect much more than you can see from the outside. All the other cards will be commons. You can look up pack breaks on YouTube of people that have taken a chance and purchased these Xmas packs.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Pjere

So you are saying the cards are fakes themselves even or just that the repacks are garbage?

Real cards, but couldn't be packaged originally. If you want to buy the Mays pack knowing that you're getting a real Mays, go ahead. Just don't think that Topps created that pack in 1952 or anytime, since they were done by someone liquidating cards in a basement.

[ALR-bishop]

These things are still being churned out today. But the mystery and interesting thing to me is where and when did they first originate and were they ever really sold at retail and if so when and where. Did some 3d party at some time get a consignment of returned or store room cards from Topps that they packed in Christmas stockings and sold at some retail store(s), and if so in what year(s) and what stores ?

The fact Murphy and Mathews who seemed to be the first to surface them could not or would not provide specific info about from whom and how they were obtained makes the whole retail story suspect. But there have been people in some threads over time who claim to remember buying them in some retail store many years ago. However nothing concrete has surfaced that I have seen

I especially like the online tutorials that offer advice on how to know if you have an "original" Christmas pack or a latter production piece by analyzing the staples and placement of the candy canes