Bertoia Auctions conducted their Fall Sale in mid-November. They had a very nice selection of vintage Halloween items, at least four of which sold through Morphy Auctions in September 2010. From the results, one could safely conclude the market has considerably strengthened over these eleven years.
Bertoia lots 1151, 1152, 1193 and 1194 sold in 2010 through Morphy for respectively $3,163; $1,610; $4,312 and $3,738. Here are the 2021 results without the 20% buyer’s premium realized for these lots in the same order: $10,000, $1,500, $15,000 and $11,000!
Another lot, 1148, was placed on the cover and realized an astounding $21,000 without the buyer’s premium.
Another lot, 1181, was a winking JOL candy container. It is only the second I’ve ever seen aside from the one in the collection. Even though it appears as if the nose of this lot may have been replaced, it still fetched $5,500 without buyer’s premium. When examining the photos there seems to be a color mismatch at the base of the nose and where the nose attaches to the face.
Morphy has an auction with a nice selection of vintage Halloween that will go under the hammer on December 2nd. Two of the items come from my collection and are designated as such.