Cello Pack Fake?

[JustinD]

Thanks Ben!

That makes sense with all the stuff going on during the ultra junk wax period. I stopped collecting while in college which would line right up with that period and picked back up a few years later with my first “real job” ,lol.

Do you remember how they were packed? Was it a stocking or like the bubbles on cardboard like Donruss was using?

[JustinD]

Found this from that time which is UPC coded and looks like an overstock dump. Was it like this?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Thanks Ben!

That makes sense with all the stuff going on during the ultra junk wax period. I stopped collecting while in college which would line right up with that period and picked back up a few years later with my first “real job” ,lol.

Do you remember how they were packed? Was it a stocking or like the bubbles on cardboard like Donruss was using?

It looked like the Christmas rack packs sold on eBay without the little handle thing some of them have. Not sure exactly how similar because I found it looked at it and was like WTF did he keep this for and threw it away.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by bnorth

It looked like the Christmas rack packs sold on eBay without the little handle thing some of them have. Not sure exactly how similar because I found it looked at it and was like WTF did he keep this for and threw it away.

This is a really interesting piece of information to have had the same packaging for these well into the late eighties. As I oh so vaguely remember and would never have the confidence to testify to, lol. The table at those mall shows had nothing older than 79' in those packs.

This makes me think the timing on these might (going on a hunch here, no crucifixion's please from the peanut gallery) be a mid-late 80's repacker. If someone untoward saw the simplicity and vintage styling of the packing and decided to forge vintage products...it might be a starting point.

Any of us in the game during the 80's and 90's know well that the halo's put on some of those dealers have certainly lost their tarnish over the years as we age. Mark Murphy had more than a couple stains on his shirt as I remember from accounts.