An empty box of Dennison Illuminated Silhouettes bringing $224.72! WOW!
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Early 1900's DENNISON H489 HALLOWEEN DECORATION Illuminated Silhouettes Assorted
This Dennison assortment is rare and I feel the buyer got a fair deal. However, the “assorted” mentioned as part of the content’s description on the box refers to the JOLs being assorted, not that the box would contain a hodgepodge of unrelated illuminated silhouettes. The box originally would have contained 3-4 different JOL designs.
Vintage Dennison Halloween Witch Illuminated Silhouettes
This was one of Dennison's go-to designs, issued in a numbing number of iterations. In 1922, they issued a slide box of twelve of these broomed witch illuminated silhouettes using stock number H-641. In 1926 Dennison issued a closely related variant of gummed silhouettes in a slide box containing six. I suspect this listed set of six was made sometime during 1923 to 1925 based on the reduced number of units per package, the lack of a printed stock number and the monochromatic box. Even with the large form-factor, which typically commands a premium, this design typically doesn't fetch more than about $75.
04/02 Update: These sold for $76.26.
Antique 1920s Dennison's Broomed Witch Silhouettes / Seals (12) No. H-641 Rare
This boxed set of Dennison broomed witch illuminated silhouettes first appeared in their 1922 Bogie Book. Its RSIN is 4, so it isn't correct to refer to it as rare. I love collecting Dennison boxed goods, and would call the sub-genre one of my top 5 to collect. Dennison made some designs for many years and others for a single season. This is an example of the former. The sustainable guide value is $55, so the seller's opening bid of $154.99 will probably never be met.
