Rust Craft produced some of the more innovative small paper designs. I’ve become an avid collector of their Halloween output. This tally is not often found in collectible condition. Can you guess why? If you said its slightly larger-than-average size and its very irregular borders - go to the head of the class!
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Vintage Halloween 1920s Beistle Mechanical Jointed Bat
This is an astonishing result. This mechanical bat was produced by Beistle. It was sold in an envelope with a mechanical owl during the 1920s. (Beistle used at least two different colored envelopes. Some envelopes were tissue thin while others were of a medium-gauge card stock.) These bats typically bring about half of what this brought. I attribute it to the confluence of these factors: condition, the great photos, the clear description and the paucity of quality items on eBay right now.
VINTAGE **LITTLE DEVIL HALLOWEEN** NOISE MAKER SQUEAKER PP-8. *SEE VIDEO*
This squeaker noisemaker is part of a set of at least four made by Blumchens around 1995. It has no vintage value.
Very Rare Antique Vintage Halloween 1930s Beistle Honeycomb Witch and Moon Hat
This exceedingly rare hat was produced by Beistle from 1933-1937. It is one of the four designs that comprise the full set of what Beistle called New Moon Hats. After all my years of collecting, I have found only three of the four. The one that’s missing is this very design, but the condition was too compromised for me to even consider acquiring it. Even with its condition and the time of the year, it did fetch an astounding $212.51.
Antique Vintage Halloween Plastic Cake Cupcake Decorations In Original Package
I found this listing interesting in that this packaged assortment of hard plastic toppers was offered by the Lone Toy Tree Company of Carmel, California. The firm wasn’t even incorporated until June of 1967, so they must have been simply a wholesale repackager of goods. These toppers were initially offered in the 1950s, long before the Lone Toy Tree Company was even in a glint in the milkman’s eye, to borrow a favorite phrase from Black Adder. The upshot is to be cautious with attributing products with a specific firm based on packaging alone.
Vintage Halloween Mechanical Postcards Lot (3) Ellen Clapsaddle Masks - As-Is
Pickings at this time of the year are particularly fallow. (Is that how it should be?) This trio of compromised mechanical Clapsaddle post cards caught my eye as they brought far more money than I would have guessed.
