Band-Ache Brand / Strips off Skin / Jerkson & Jerkson
Spoof of Johnson & Johnson's "Band-Aid Strips" and slogan "Keeps Skin Fresh"
Rescued from the depths of a warehouse on Topps property, a historic piece of art from the 1960s is available this week on eBay for a buy now/best offer price of $1 million. It’s expected to be one of the highest selling pop culture items in recent history.
Originally created in 1967 by legendary Topps artist Norm Saunders, this Wacky Packages design titled “Band-Ache,” standing 5” x 7” inches in size, was a coming of age piece that aided in the anti-establishment front that was so prevalent during that time period. This is a spoof of Johnson & Johnson's "Band-Aid Strips" and their slogan "Keeps Skin Fresh".
It will be available for a BUY IT NOW or BEST OFFER deal on eBay starting Thursday, November 13 at 11:00 a.m. EST. Visit the Topps Vault eBay store, or simply click here:
http://bit.ly/171ZjKR Wacky Packages are a series of trading card stickers featuring parodies of North American consumer products allowing children to revolt against the establishment. The cards were produced by The Topps Company beginning in 1967, usually in sticker format. The original series sold for two years, and the concept proved popular enough that it has been revived every few years since.
Band-Ache was common in Topps’ 1967 die-cut set and uncommon in the 1973 original series set and rumored to have been removed from production in 1973 making it the hardest to find. The 1967 die-cut series of 44 stickers was the ORIGINAL Topps Wacky Packages series, predating the more widespread and well-known 1973-76 Wacky Packages series.
Mike Jaspersen, Industry Specialist, The Topps Co.: “Wacky Packages defined an entire generation; the Wacky brand slogan was “Stick Em’ Anyplace! And kids sure did! Norm Saunders’ alluring style is on par with any pop culture artist we will ever see. His portfolio of work is stunning!”
Neil Camera, Artist/Collector: "As a kid growing up in 1973, I wasn't very lucky, at least when it came to Wacky Packages. Nope, after countless packs, I never did find a Bandaches (hence our nickname, "the grail"). But that wasn't going to stop me. I soon discovered the playground trade circuit and learned what Bandaches would cost me: 2 Mutts, a Lavirus, a Paul Maul and about a dozen commons...plus a good scolding from my mom for sweetening the deal with my lunch money that week. But that's one trade I've never regretted!"
Camera on Norm Saunders. "Anyone who grew up in the '60s or 70's grew up with Norm Saunders. They just don't know it. Why he isn't a household name is one of the great unsolved mysteries of our day."
Simeon Lipman, Pop Culture Specialist & Appraiser: "Wacky Packages emerged from the Sixties a tangible counter-culture artifact for the children of a turbulent time. It was cool to collect Wacky's, they were funny, they were a little dangerous and they certainly not your parents' collectibles. The artwork, so brilliantly executed by THE master trading card artist Norm Saunders, wrought a full range of emotions, equally titillating and disgusting, satirical and yet brutally honest. Wacky's became an icon of a generation, and one of the touchstones of an artistic and creative movement. Band Ache is perhaps the most iconic of all Wacky Packages, representing all that make Wacky's great. It's a Saunders masterpiece."
