E105 Mello Mints...Scarcity?

[Archive]

Posted By: scott brockelman

the ones issued in the package of gum(wrapper shown above) were folded to fit into it. The other unfolded ones which are predominately high grade and usually found in groups of players, were never issued, perhaps excess printed cards that someone from the printers saved. Also the high grade groups seem to all originate on the eastern seaboard.

Scott

[benge610]

Originally Posted by Archive

Posted By: scott brockelman

the ones issued in the package of gum(wrapper shown above) were folded to fit into it. The other unfolded ones which are predominately high grade and usually found in groups of players, were never issued, perhaps excess printed cards that someone from the printers saved. Also the high grade groups seem to all originate on the eastern seaboard.

Scott

I am trying to understand better; is it possible that some of the uncreased E105's were inserted into the other style packaging? I get that condition of many of these leads to "unpackaged" likelihood. Am trying to get in the heads of the original "Minters". At first, I just figured; that the narrow package meant - folding and inserting; after complaints, inserted them in the other wrapper. IDK, just theorizing; love doing it. Welcome other theories.

[RCMcKenzie]

Ah, memories, a flashback to a time when my posts were ignored..ha-ha.

I spent a lot of money and I spent a lot of time on this set. Most that I saw and have seen since are not creased. They are 'see one buy one rare'. Knight is the most common or close. Here's one with a horizontal crease instead of a vertical one...

[benge610]

Do you think that it was folded to fit in the other wrapper?
I have seen others with horizontal crease; geez; didn't somebody think that folding these things was a dumb idea?
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1Q...tFV9UWDBDF-h6W

[RCMcKenzie]

Ben, I always thought one person folded them and others did not, but I just thought that, I don't have any evidence. Here are 3 that I have currently. I think I traded the creased Bemis away.

[benge610]

? You mean, "the folder" was the receiver of the card? I may be reading you wrong; sorry if so. I figured that Mello Mint wanted to get in on the popularity of card-inserted-into-product, craze; weren't about to redesign their packaging; decided to fold them and insert.
I love this whole collecting era because of the lack of concrete evidence.

[benge610]

[benge610]

Sorry; guess I don't know how to share pics from my Google Photos. E105 Wagner batting; vert. crease.

[benge610]

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1Q...g25RGSsye0BDoL