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Are Pee-Chee folders still made?

Side-by-side of the original Pee-Chee and today's Mead folder: maker Western Tablet from 1943 against Mead; Francis Golden artwork from 1964 against assorted retro sports designs; peach-yellow against the original plus five Color Talk colours. — Mead still makes the Pee-Chee as of August 2026; the two-pocket construction and inside-flap reference printing carry over, with retro sports designs and five Color Talk colours added.Illustration: LinkToLooks

Yes. Mead still manufactures the Pee-Chee, and Mead-branded Pee-Chee two-pocket folders are sold by general US retailers and by university bookstores as of August 2026. It is not discontinued.

What has changed is where it lives. The Pee-Chee had fallen out of general school use by the 2000s, and current stock is mostly bought online or in multi-packs rather than picked off a supermarket back-to-school shelf. Mead also sells Color Talk Pee-Chee folders in five colours with an updated design alongside the original golden-tan sports artwork.

Where can you buy a Pee-Chee folder in 2026?

Mead sells the Pee-Chee two-pocket paper folder in assorted retro sports designs through general US retailers, including in cases of 50.
The five-colour Color Talk Pee-Chee is sold in five-packs under Mead product code 33022.
University bookstores, including the University of Oregon Duck Store, stock the Mead Pee-Chee folder as a single item.

Why can I not find it in the affiliate market?

What a US affiliate feed returns for "Pee-Chee"	Listings	Median ask
O-Pee-Chee trading cards — an unrelated card printer	948	$17.79
Clothing printed with the Pee-Chee cover artwork	14	$20
Actual Pee-Chee All Season Portfolios	2	$72.50

That table is the honest answer to a question people keep asking in the wrong place. Of 282 listings a US affiliate product feed returns for the word Pee-Chee, 269 are O-Pee-Chee hockey cards from a different company and 11 are t-shirts and hoodies. Exactly 2 are the folder, both second-hand. The Pee-Chee being hard to find in an affiliate feed is a fact about affiliate feeds, not about Mead's production line.

Is the folder sold today the same as the 1970s one?

Feature	The original	Current Mead stock
Manufacturer	Western Tablet and Stationery Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1943; later Mead	Mead
Cover artwork	Francis Golden line drawings of high-school athletes, from 1964	Retro sports designs, assorted
Colour	Peach-yellow, which gave the folder its name	The original plus five Color Talk colours
Pocket placement	On the sides, so contents do not fall out if stored upside down	Two-pocket
Inside flaps	Measurement conversions, multiplication tables and similar reference printing	Reference printing retained

What does a vintage Pee-Chee cost?

The two genuine All Season Portfolios in this pull ask $70 and $75, both on the same peer-to-peer marketplace. Two listings is not a market and we are not going to publish a median off it. For scale, current Mead Pee-Chee stock is sold in multi-packs and cases, so a new folder costs a small fraction of either figure.

With only 2 folder listings in the whole pull — the same two, at the same asks, as a week earlier — this page publishes no median, no average and no price trend for vintage Pee-Chees. The retail availability above is sourced from retailer listings, cited below, not from our feed.

Last verified 6 September 2026. Feed figures computed from 967 listings matching Pee-Chee from US advertisers in the CJ product feed; the two genuine All Season Portfolios still ask $70 and $75, unchanged from 31 August 2026. Retail availability was checked against live Mead retailer and university-bookstore listings on 31 August 2026, cited below, and was not re-checked in this pull. Peer-to-peer marketplace asks of $500 or more are excluded as seller placeholders, as are repdigit asks such as $999 and $9,999 wherever they appear; retailer prices are used as published.

Frequently asked

Are Pee-Chee folders discontinued?

No. Mead still manufactures the Pee-Chee and it is sold by general US retailers and university bookstores as of August 2026.

Where can I buy a Pee-Chee folder?

From general US retailers in assorted retro sports designs and in cases of 50, in five-packs of the five-colour Color Talk version, and singly from university bookstores such as the University of Oregon Duck Store.

Is the modern Pee-Chee the same as the old one?

The two-pocket construction and the reference printing on the inside flaps carry over. Current stock is sold in assorted retro sports designs and in five Color Talk colours, alongside the original golden-tan.

Why do searches for Pee-Chee return hockey cards?

Because O-Pee-Chee, an unrelated trading-card printer, dominates the name. It accounts for 269 of the 282 results a US affiliate product feed returns for Pee-Chee.

Sources

Wikipedia, Pee-Chee folder — first manufactured 1943 by the Western Tablet and Stationery Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan; the All Season Portfolio name; the peach-colour origin; Francis Golden's 1964 illustrations; the side pockets; the Color Talk five-colour range; the fall from general use by the 2000s; and continued availability from Mead
Walmart, Mead Pee-Chee 2-Pocket Paper Folder — current retail listing in assorted retro sports designs
Amazon, Mead Color Talk Peechee Folder 5-Pack — the five-colour Color Talk version, Mead code 33022
University of Oregon Duck Store, Mead Pee-Chee Folder — a university bookstore stocking it as a single item
CJ Affiliate product feeds, US advertisers, queried 6 September 2026 — every price statistic on this page is computed from that pull