This is a great lot of two German composition candy containers. As this seller rightly points out, the small boy container is rare enough that I've never seen him before. However, don't overlook the larger container. Although the form of this container is very, very common - the size of this one isn't. Typically, they are much smaller - around 2.75" high. Additionally, I want you to know that I wholly endorse this seller. I am proud to say he is a friend of mine. I have just now added him to my list of sellers with whom I enjoy doing business.
Update on 02/03: I am very glad to see this lot brought a strong result of $473.89. Both containers are desirable and were offered by a reputable seller.
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Halloween Beistle Hitchy Witchy Game Model Cardboard Witch
As the seller supposes, this is, indeed, a reproduction. As such, it has very modest value, certainly nothing approaching what this seller has as a Buy-It-Now price.
VINTAGE HALLOWEEN CANDY CONTAINER WITCH DRIVING A SHOE G.M. CO RARE
Seeing this reminds me to pass along a warning on a reproduction from this set. As you know, there are six different slot and tab containers from this set made by the General Merchandise Company. (All six are shown on pages 57 and 58.) The container showing a skeleton pulling a wagon has been reproduced. The interior of the reproduction container is black rather than the yellow or gray of authentic containers. So, if it is black, send it back!
Antique German Oval Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Candy Box! Superb!
I love the pieces to this set, a seemingly ever-expanding one, in that I have never seen this particular container before. Although in super condition, compared to the others made with this same imagery this is rather a Plain Jane container. Given the current price this has been bid up to with over two days yet to go, I would have expected something far more intricate and spectacular.
Rare Antique 1910 Spear's Halloween Ring Toss Game IOB J.W. Spears & Sons
This seller has sold Halloween items that I feel are reproductions, and sometimes these reproductions are crudely done indeed. He has been trying to unload this game for perhaps two years, and I see that he has finally snagged a buyer for it for $700. Although it is difficult to deduce from photos alone, I feel that the pipe and rings are not original and have been crudely fabricated. Although the JOL face appears to be authentic, I have questions about the box. All in all, whomever the buyer is has taken risks in acquiring this game.
ORIG Dennison Bogie Book - Halloween Decorations - Hard Cover, 11th Edition
The buyer of this book got an exceptional deal. Hardcover Bogie Books, especially those never having gone through a public library system, are quite scarce. Bravo!
OLD VINTAGE CAST IRON GHOST COSTUME GIRL HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN COIN BANK PUMPKIN
It is so sad to see people wasting their money on items like this. This is a fantasy piece, meaning there is no vintage counterpart. These were made within the last few years and have deceived scores of collectors. Don't be the next fool!
VINTAGE HALLOWEEN CANDY CONTAINER JOL PUMPKIN MAN VEGGIE FACE GERMAN?
I don't see what this item has to do with Halloween, do you?
RARE 1930s VINTAGE HALLOWEEN TIN NOISEMAKER CLICKER PUMPKIN JOL WORKS GREAT !!
Although the condition on this isn't mint, it is one of the more elusive of the clickers made in the 1930s in Japan. Although much of the Japanese output from this time is derivative of better US and German designs, this particular item doesn't have a counterpart from those countries that has the zest and ability to bring a smile to one's face as this item certainly does. The bidding is already at ~$25.50 with more than 7 days to go. I wonder if it will break through my guesstimate of $45 given its condition once the auction is over?
UPDATED 01/18: It sure did - breaking through all the way to a very respectable $67!
A Vintage Halloween Minute with MBL - 12 1904 Dollhouse Haven
This is the twelfth of a planned release of one dozen short videos. I hope to produce more of these during 2013. Enjoy!
A Vintage Halloween Minute with MBL - 11 Gibson Dancing Cat Lantern
This is the eleventh of a planned release of one dozen short videos. I hope to produce more of these during 2013. Enjoy!
RARE Early Original Antique Halloween Tin Parade Lantern Pumpkin JOL Nice Paint!
I disagree with the seller's claim that this tin parade lantern has great paint. It is mottled and burnt. Given this, I am surprised at how much this fetched. I would have estimated that this would have brought no more than $800.
Antique jointed pumpkin head vegetable man early Halloween Very Rare
This genre of Halloween memorabilia has never captured my interest. It strikes me that the ending price was much too high for something so lacking in detailing and vitality.
Vintage Halloween Decoration - Witch Stirring Cauldron with Fold Outs
This iconic Beistle creation is in pretty decent shape. As with virtually every one of these I have seen, there is a repair made to the bridge. As I point out on page 110, these cauldrons were only manufactured between 1928 and 1932.
vintage Halloween LIGHT STRIPE jack o lantern 1940's German jol pumpkin
This seller has long been a thorn in my side for flogging a line of JOLs, including this one, that he claims were made in the 30s/40s and I maintain were made perhaps as recently as yesterday, In my opinion, these have decorative value only and do not belong in any vintage collection. These first began appearing at the Atlantic City antiques show in the mid-1990s. The typical story heard about these soul-less items when a seller is pressed is that a cache of these were found in an abandoned warehouse in what was East Germany. Please... Everything the Germans actually made prior and immediately after WWII was meant for export. The Germans needed the capital and had no use for these kinds of decorations as they didn't celebrate Halloween. (Know your history...) I have heard the tale of these "warehouse finds" so often and for so long that, if true, the warehouse has to be bigger than the one seen at the very end of the first Indiana Jones film. Don't be fooled. If you wish to add to your vintage Halloween collection, buy vintage items.
