I've always liked this understated tin container. As you know, these are generally beaten to hell and back, but this one looks to be in very collectible condition, no doubt the reason it garnered so many dollars. It is a very soothing scene. Some collectors feel this is from the early 1950s, but I feel it is from the 1930s.
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OLD Halloween die cut perched owl against the moon Hallmark
This smallish perched owl diecut was made by Hallmark in the later 1940s. It was sold as one diecut of a boxed set of diecuts. (Hallmark didn't seem to have a standardized set of diecuts sold in their larger box, but seemed to have a varying assortment they sold over a handful of Halloween seasons.) You can see what the box looks like if you turn to page 164 of my new third edition. (Hallmark sold place cards in a smaller, otherwise identical box.)
