I'm sorry to see some poor schmuck pissed away $125.99 on this fantasy item. This lidded black cat has decorative value only. It was made sometime post-2000 and has zero vintage value. Do your research, readers, before plunking your hard-earned cash on items that one day MAY have vintage value but as of this writing don't.
Fakes, etc.
I'll begin populating this page with photos of reproductions, fakes and fantasy items as I see them listed on eBay, Etsy and other such sites. Hopefully, collectors will refer to this page to minimize the occasions reproductions, fakes and fantasy items are unknowingly purchased. If you see something on this page that was sold to you purporting to be a vintage item, immediately send it back for a full refund.
Metal Halloween Devil Face License Fob
This is a reproduction with zero collectible value. The authentic items were made by the National Colortype Company of Bellevue, Kentucky and are so marked. Vintage ones have an open back and were made of steel not aluminum.
08/04 Update: This ended up selling for $21.05.
Antique PAPER MACHE HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN w/PAPER INSERT
Unfortunately, the buyer of this item flushed money down the drain in the belief that this was as described - antique - when it was made in the last 10-15 years. This is one of the styles issued by Jamieson Studios of Canton, Ohio. Their output was and is higher-end, but that can't overcome the fact that this is a decorative item with no vintage Halloween value. (By the way, why would anyone bid on this with such a astronomical shipping cost? I have hefted the one in my folk art collection and it is pretty light-weight!)
