I've seen these nicely designed license plate attachments only a handful of times over the years. I like the two-toned paint and the yellow eyes on this particular item.
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Germany Halloween Tea Set JOL Pumpkin Teapot Cups Saucers Cream Sugar
These are all great items (especially the small cups and saucers) and appropriately marked, but the opening price is already a fully valued number. I think the seller is making an error starting so high as that price will engender few bids. Why not start the lot at $500 and let the vagaries of the auction setting determine the price?
5 Paper Mache Pulp Pumpkin Jack O Lantern Nut Cups with Liners
Again, great items but the starting price is much too high.
Early GERMANY? vintage 1920s MECHANICAL die-cut HALLOWEEN clown
The four pieces to this set were all sold together. I have several wholesaler catalogs that show the set, which were made in the USA sometime well before 1920. The others in this set: a witch, a black cat and a girl running clutching a JOL all have a mechanical feature. This vampire clown, though, is an outlier relative to its design. Whereas the others are fairly tame designs, this one is wacky, odd and definitely a product of a fevered imagination. (It is almost as if the designer took something to prompt such an "out there" product.)
1940-50 HALLOWEEN BIG 18" BLACK CAT & MOON BEISTLE DECORATION
I have never seen this large and imposing diecut in perfect condition. The ends of the "fence" are always either bent or missing. Given that fact, this example is perhaps the best I have ever seen of this super Beistle product made from 1949-1953.
VINTAGE BEISTLE HALLOWEEN PARTY TABLE DECORATIONS
This early set, originally issued in 1918, is almost never seen in its enveloped iteration. Although incomplete as to its pieces, the envelope is the real treasure here.
CRESCENT MOON & CAT HALLOWEEN DIE CUT HEAVILY EMBOSSED DECORATION ~ 1930s GERMAN
The color on this hard-to-find diecut is amazing.
Authentic German Vintage Halloween 3 Panel Screen
I wonder why this fantastic, vintage fireplace screen didn't bring more money?
VINTAGE DENNISON/BEISTLE HALLOWEEN BLACK DANCING CAT TABLE CENTER PIECE
This table centerpiece was actually made by Gibson in the 1920s.
Vintage Beistle Fortune Wheel For Halloween Parties game/decoration, 1926
I love seeing these iconic Beistle treasures bring such strong results! Although these surface regularly, condition is typically an issue since the design was prone to immediate wear and tear. Having one available for auction in this "very fine" condition certainly was the primary driver for this result.
Vintage 1920's Dennison Halloween Diecut Hissing Snarling Cat Face
As pointed out on page 120, Dennison made this snarling black cat face in three sizes. This one is the smallest one. The 2 others measured 11" H x 10" W & 17" H x 15.25" W.
Vintage Halloween Old Large Black Cat Stand-up Diecut, Germany, 1920s-30s
This is probably the closest-to-perfect such diecut I have seen in many years. The superb seller is right, of course: the larger the diecut the harder it is to find them in such condition. The fillip I would add is that those diecuts with irregular borders are harder to find in such nice condition. This example is both large and irregular, so snap it up if you don't own it already or if you need an upgrade.
PAPER MACHE DEVIL HEAD CANDY CONTAINER
The buyer got the bargain of the year obtaining this vintage and near-mint candy container for a pittance.
Halloween Noisemaker
Each time I have ever seen this particular noisemaker offered for sale the handle is loose, so I suspect that the manufacturer made them all that way.
Halloween Paper Decoration
This is the top part to a very rare Rosen mechanical "Witch Pops" box. I have seven of these Rosen boxes in my personal collection now. You can see several of them on page 104.