Vintage HALLOWEEN Eureka Bat Ghost Cat Cardboard Die Cut USA Jack O Lantern 16"

I’ve been tracking selling prices for the variety of diecuts produced in the later 1950s and into the early 1960s by Eureka for about two years now. I feel it is an emerging market segment unto itself. There was a time not long ago when you could hardly give them away. Several years ago I offered ~8 Eureka designs in one of my annual auctions. Each brought a then-record price. I feel there is great likelihood of continued increasing valuations associated with this market segment, so if you like Eureka’s gentle and sentimental take on Halloween, begin buying these diecuts right now.

VINTAGE 1960's HALLOWEEN Flying WITCH, Surprised MOON Die-Cut Party Decoration

Eureka produced a small number of Halloween diecuts in the early 1960s. They were produced on thin paper stock, so most are in poor condition when found. I’ve noticed that prices for Eureka diecuts have increased sharply over the last five years. This is a diecut of a broomed witch racing against a large moon with a surprised look on its face. The trees at the bottom are a bit spookier than one finds in the typical Eureka diecut. I sold a duplicate of this diecut in my recent vintage Halloween auction extravaganza. Unlike this one, it didn't have a specific date printed on the front, so Eureka definitely made at least two iterations of this diecut. (I feel this is the most interesting of their Halloween diecuts.) 

06/24 Update: This seems to be the most coveted Eureka diecut design. It brought a strong $152.50. 

VINTAGE 1960's HALLOWEEN Diecut Decoration Witch flying past Man-In-The-Moon

I am surprised by this result. The diecut is small, not compelling and manufactured by a decidedly third-tier paper products firm, Eureka. ​That said, I do know there are motivated collectors of everything Eureka, so perhaps this result is a harbinger of a new collecting sub-genre, vintage Halloween Eureka diecuts from the 1960s. (I am the first to admit that I don't always sufficiently appreciate Halloween items produced after ~1960.)