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a paper lantern from Germany hanging out with a couple of Kit Cat clocks. His ears came off over the years, they are inside for safekeeping, his colour is still good, I keep him out of the sunlight.

 

some of my die-cuts. Last time I counted there were 100+, lots of doubles and a few triples.
The easel back ones are large, the devil is almost 20"H, the cats and witch are 15"H

 

thanks pearls, I love Halloween

 

OMG, I love those, CX. The diecuts are ...to die for!

The paper lantern...that kind of thing is so rare because I think they tore, people discarded them, etc. Really beautiful.

LOVE vintage tin Halloween, the noisemakers, etc. Quite the collection. Thanks for posting.

Can't come close, but will post a few. Braved the snow to take this last night at 10:30pm... My loan vintage pumpkin. First with flash:


More what it actually looks like:



Completely forgot I picked this up at the thrift about 6 weeks ago. It is just a 2017 Target item if you can believe it. Plays two songs and the fingers move. It became part of my Halloween outfit last Saturday.


And was going through some photos this am and happened upon my blow-mold witch, sold a few years back:



In the same file of photos here is another one, since sold.

Oops!

 

Very nice Lucille. Snow??? Oy vey.
Now we have the answer. Frankenstein wears boxers. LOL

 

Some of the stuff here is pretty cool:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...you-were-born/ss-BBOd8hi?li=BBnb7Kz#image=108

 

Really love these, they have style! Are they rare? I know nothing about Royal Daulton.

 

Fantastic! How are these made? Were they produced by a particular manufacturer?

 

Going to add this here since the guilloché on this compact is spiderwebs:

 

I love the pumpkin in the window, he is lighting the way Blow molds are some of favourite pieces, they are so much fun all lit up. That hand playing the piano is very cool so what was your costume?

actually many of them didn't survive because they were made to have candles inside, so, as would be expected they would catch fire here is a double sided cardboard lantern from the 1940s, he didn't have paper inserts when sold.

 

they are pressed cardboard, most of the ones I have are from Germany, circa 1920s. You have to be careful of reproductions - the ones from Germany will always have Germany stamped into it somewhere, here are a couple of examples, one also has an ink Germany stamp.
Books are handy to have, lots of information in them so if you see them cheap grab them.
Warning - Halloween is additive, it starts with just one postcard and then before you know you are hooked

 

yes, it certainly has the Halloween appeal, I love it

 

Thanks for sharing that info cxgirl. We had some in the 1960's, but they were from the 1960's or thereabouts. Yours are boo-tiful.

 

No question, there is some real art in the older Halloween decor from the first half of the 20th century. Amazing, really. Thanks for the extra info CX. Good to remember that there is new stuff out there copying the older. Look for the GERMANY stamp. Great advice.

Vintage stuff from the 50s/60s is also collected. Frankenstein in the boxers, for example.

Just remembered I retained photos from this absolute score I found 2 years ago, just before Halloween at the thrift for $3.99. Almost dropped dead when I saw it. Did some research as to prices, and put it up as a BIN. Sold it in 15 minutes on Ebay for $475.

Tin, Louis Marx, 1960's plus or minus. If memory serves, there were a few things that didn't work, but pretty cool, right? Made a few noises, too. The buyer was so happy with it. I guess he collects old tin Halloween like this, was happy to try to get the thing working 100%, and always wanted this version.

 

yup, it isn't just old stuff that is collectible, some great pieces from the 1950s, 60s and 70s that are very desirable Even some of the modern pieces have a following and will command a good dollar

Wowser, that is a beauty Lucille, the holy grail Halloween Marx piece that many collectors would love to own
A couple of weeks ago a fellow in a Halloween group I belong to was showing the one he owns, he bought it on Ebay, maybe the one you sold? Such a cool piece, I'm always hoping I'll come across one thanks for posting the photos!

 

Indeed it did. You know me too well!

I never erased the pictures, lol. Forgot this one picture:


When the door opened, this vampire guy came out, lol!

The toy took D batteries.

Amazing I sold it, usually when I get something super cool like this I have to keep it for a while... just to admire it, get tired of it, but Halloween was just 10 days away and figured strike while the iron was hot.

Just checked on Ebay, they are selling for even more than 2 years ago. One in perfect working order went for $800.

The one I had did not go to Canada, so must have been a different sale.

 

Here it is on Youtube! (At least half of these features didn't work on mine, hopefully the buyer was able to fix as cosmetic exterior condition was excellent.)

 

Just a few years ago , when OBL was more relevant, put a table cloth on my head.
not very vintage, but skeered the neighbors

 

Sidebar.....
the phrase 'Trick or Treat' was 1st used in print in 1927 in Alberta, Canada.