This is a remnant of a desirable Beistle diecut. If you want to see a complete example and others from the trio, please refer to page 159.
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1920s Vintage Halloween jack-o’-lantern Pumpkin Die Cut Ephemera NOT POSTCARD
These two items with fortunes on the verso are remnants from the Beistle fortune game shown on page 125.
11/23 Update: This lot sold for $38, quite a lot for remnants.
RARE Antique Vintage Halloween BEISTLE Die Cut Pumpkin Blossom Man 1920s
Yikes! Where’s the rest of me? I feel like Madame Leota in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion!
10/26 Update: This remnant sold for $16.27.
HALLOWEEN DIE CUT PUMPKIN GAME
These are remnants from the Pick-A-Pumpkin game that was printed in both Germany and the USA around 1920. You can see the complete game on page 125. As remnants, these would have decorative value only.
03/26 Update: These remnants sold for $52.49.
Vintage Older Halloween Scarey Black Cat Die Cit Cardboard
This is merely a remnant of what should be a 3-D table decoration. Keep that in mind if you are inclined to bid on it. It was produced by Beistle during the late 1930s and into the early 1940s. You can see an intact example on page 230.
Vintage Halloween Beistle Sitting Black Cat 9 x 4.5 (5242)
This is merely a remnant of the Beistle centerpiece discussed directly below. It should have no real collectible value. If you look closely, you can see where someone with scissors cut along the bottom and both haunches. Unless you don't mind having a remnant, I wouldn't be a bidder.
07/31 Update: I was sad to see someone waste $86.75 on this remnant.
Vintage HALLOWEEN Jack O'Lantern Decoration - 'Push the Cat, Make the Eyes Roll'
This is actually a remnant from one of the exceedingly rare mechanical Rosen "Pops" boxes they produced as retail counter top displays. At one time this was the top for the Rosen "Pumpkin Pops" box made in the mid-1930s. Please turn to pages 116-118 to view others in this almost impossible to find family of boxes.
vintage old Halloween SKULL die cut cardboard decoration. 5" tall
This is merely a remnant from a German skeleton diecut and as such, doesn't justify the price paid.
1928 Vintage Halloween Spookville Table Decoration
This result makes little sense to me. What you have is merely a remnant from one of Whitman's rather pedestrian Halloween pamphlets consisting of pages of cut-outs. The graphics are not that compelling, the paper stock is thin and one cannot escape the fact that it is merely a remnant. Now, granted, eBay has really offered little to get excited about overall for years, but surely there are better ways to spend $339.
Antique Halloween Embossed Diecut Pumpkin Jack-o-lantern Pressboard Germany
Unfortunately, this is merely a carefully trimmed middle from a somewhat common diecut set. Six comprise the set, all encircled with a decorative, starred border with a crescent moon on one side. The entire set can be seen on page 184. As a remnant, the value is maybe 10% of what this buyer paid.
VINTAGE "BLACK CAT CARDBOARD DECORATION/CARD!!" HALLOWEEN GREETING CARD
This is actually a remnant of a candy box made by Candy Crafters, Inc. of Lansdowne, PA during the 1950s. Complete examples will have a small box for candy attached to the back. As such, this has no collectible value, versus complete examples that typically trade for $45. A companion box can be seen on page 56.
Old Embossed Skull Halloween Decoration
Some poor soul wasted money on this remnant from a German complete skeleton diecut. The head has been cleanly excised from the larger diecut. As a remnant, it has zero collectible value.
"VINTAGE HALLOWEEN DIE CUT~WONDERFUL DIE CUT/TOY~PUSH CAT AND EYES, TONGUE ROLL"
This is actually a remnant from one of the exceedingly rare mechanical Rosen "Pops" boxes they produced as retail counter top displays. At one time this was the top for the Rosen "Pumpkin Pops" box made in the mid-1930s. Please turn to pages 116-117 to view others in this almost impossible to find family of boxes.
Vintage HALLOWEEN Sucker Holder E. Rosen Black Cat on Fence
I am surprised to see this seller offering this remnant without making clear in his listing that this is merely the upper half of a Rosen Trix or Treats sucker holder card. Describing it as unused with light wear doesn't make sense. Look at the photo of an entire card on page 90. You can see where some person clipped along the rise of the Trix or Treats boxed logo.
This is merely a remnant and therefore has zero collectible value. I am hoping ddavidd will cancel the bids on this and his similarly damaged cards and pull the auctions. (Shaking my head...)
VINTAGE HALLOWEEN CARDBOARD MECHANICAL OWL DIECUT
Although this could absolutely be displayed like a diecut, it isn't actually a diecut. This is a remnant cut away from one of the exceedingly rare mechanical Rosen counter-top display sucker boxes. This was once part of a Rosen Owl Pops box. A complete example can be seen on page 116 of my newly published third edition.
