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U.S. Metal Toy Mfg. Co. Tin Litho vintage Halloween noise maker

The prevailing bidder on this lot got a bargain, of which there seems to be plenty of these days. (My theory is that too many collectors have deprioritized eBay given how junky it has become. Why eBay doesn’t create more specific categories for holiday collectibles is beyond me.) Relative to this lot, the T. Cohn putty knife noisemaker on the left is worth the price of the entire lot by itself and then some. Cohn produced two putty knife designs that have been in-demand for years even whilst the non-tambourine tin litho market has been coolish.