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Information Wanted: Wooden "Coke on Stock" box

Contriva
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#1 · Posted: 13 Sep 2014 19:25
I bought, from a flea-market in Hamburg, a very nice wooden box showing the cover of "Coke en Stock" (The Red Sea Sharks).
The seller could not tell me anything about the box (age, purpose etc). Does anybody know here anything about it?

Thank you for your help!

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Moderator Note: Hello, and welcome to our forums! Sadly the one thing we can say for certain is that the box is a fan-made or bootleg item - it certainly isn't an authorized item, as there are just too many errors in the quality of reproduction for it to be anything else. Therefore, as per our forum rules, we have had to remove your link.
Many counterfeit and unauthorized items are produced around the world, but our experience seems to show that there is a steady stream of wooden merchandize like this coming from Africa, especially from the Congo (where of course one of the Tintin books is set). It is entirely possible that this is the source of your box, and that it will have been meant as a souvenir or trinket, without a specific purpose beyond that.

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Contriva
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#2 · Posted: 13 Sep 2014 22:20
Thanks for your answer. Even if it's an unauthorized item I still love it as it's very charming (at least for me :-)).

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