Some savvy buyer got a bargain scooping up this lot for a veritable song. (I wish I had seen this lot while it was still active.) The stars of the lot are the Beistle candy tray envelope, the one Beistle candy tray, the cauldron and flames card, the Dennison “Night Scene” place card and the Hallmark place card with a blue-hatted witch. I feel just the envelope alone justifies the price of the entire lot. Congrats to the prevailing bidder!
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vintage halloween placecards, invitations, tallies
The buyer got a true bargain snapping up this lot for $300.
Halloween RUST CO. Tally, Witch and Pumpkin Girl Dance Before Gilt Moon
Here’s another result I’m having trouble understanding. Small paper has been red-hot, but it cannot be sustainable. Prices have gotten pretty far ahead of scarcity.
Old Halloween Name Cards in Original Box Witches Pumpkins Children
All of these small paper items were produced by Hallmark, except possibly one. Which is the odd duck?
04/02 Update: Thanks to all those who replied! The standing girl at the lower left is almost certainly not something produced by Hallmark.
THREE UNUSED VINTAGE HALLOWEEN EPHEMERA-PLACECARD-TALLY-PICK
This listing contained an item produced by a firm I’d never heard of before. One of the many joys of collecting vintage Halloween is that so much remains unrevealed. A plethora of small local and regional firms produced loads of small paper items for various holidays. Most of these aren’t marked, causing those of us who care about such things consternation when trying to attribute an item to a particular manufacturer. I saw this listing’s photos and realized I had never seen the rightmost item. Surprisingly, it is marked, but the company’s name wasn’t familiar to me. Now I have another design point of reference when evaluating small paper items. (By the way, the buyer received a rare bargain in acquiring this lot for $40.)
Halloween Dennison Tally Smiling Spade Face Atop JOL
This is one of the exceedingly rare Dennison small paper items produced in the golden window of 1928-1932. The other thematically similar item in the collection first appeared in Dennison's 1930 Price List pamphlet, so I suspect this is from the same year. (You can see it on page 260.) This has that kooky design aesthetic so coveted by Dennison collectors. I had to pay a princely sum to acquire this, but I have no regrets.
Six Different Fabulous 1930/40s Vintage Halloween Place Cards USA
The star of the lot was the one at the middle right. These intricate cards are hard to locate in any condition. I gave given them an attribution of "probably Whitney" in the 3rd edition. (Two are shown on page 277.) No data has surfaced that prompts a change to that attribution, but I am remain optimistic that some marked box will surface one day.
