I stumbled across a unique blister that I recently added to my collection and was curious to see whether anyone had any more information on this type of item.
A 2-pack blister with (at least one) black triangle pack(s). From what I can tell the second booster is black triangle as well, but clearly a bit more difficult to verify.
Excell Marketing, the packaging company, is legit and mostly started to gain prevalence around Base Set 2. My assumption is that they purchased a booster box with black triangles and then re-packed, but I rarely see this type of blister (can’t say ever, personally) in the market and certainly NEVER with black triangle packs.
I wanted to share for those interested in this type of item as well as to see if others had any input.
Did you get this off eBay a couple weeks ago? I saw one on there recently. Blister packaging like this is collectible to some, but more niche than just sealed. I prefer the more pristine raw packs. Blisters wreck the packs, I had to rip a few for some rare foreign language packs.
the aftermarket packaging is cool, but doesn’t add much more value over the premiums already attributed to the product due to the addition of the black triangles. IMO
I tried looking but wasn’t able to find it anymore. It was exactly the same from what I recall. Black triangle packs are definitely a cool item to own.
As others have highlighted, the black triangle pack is going to bring in majority of the value. While I personally am nostalgic for stuff like this, I wouldn’t pay a significant premium. Still a cool item either way!
Honestly, I’d consider opening it to see if the other pack is black triangle. 2 black triangle is probably worth more than a third party repackage. Certainly to me it is.
i saw them sell for $2,000 on ebay after many hours of research i came across a charizard pack art one and had to figure out the value. Finding these is very hard to do and even though its aftermarket packaging it ups the value that much i guess. combined with the fact its could be some of the only triangle errors in a blister.
The packs go for $400-500 on their own. ~$800 premium. It’s notable, but n=1
Other factors to keep in mind is that these packs are way less likely to be tampered with/weighed so it’s probably a better choice over loose packs. Still, I would personally prefer 4 loose packs over these two sealed
