My Favorite Holiday - Halloweeeeeeen!
Halloween is only a week after my birthday and less than one week before my sister's, so when we were growing up my mother would frequently throw us a combined Halloween/Birthday party instead of doing two separate birthday parties. I think this is how my birthday has become completely entwined with the holiday and to be honest, now that I'm in my 40s, I'd much rather celebrate Halloween than my birthday :)
I love pretty much everything vintage and retro, especially holiday stuff, but I particularly adore Vintage Halloween items. My favorites are the Halloween postcards. There is just something so darling about them.
Vintage Halloween Collectibles
The book by Mark Ledenbach
Vintage Halloween Collectibles: Identification & Price Guide
1st Edition. If you're a serious collector it is useful to have both editions. While there is some duplication between the two books, there's enough unique material in each to make them both worthwhile
Amazon Price: (as of 11/16/2009) 
List Price: $24.99
Vintage Halloween Collectibles: An Identification & Price Guide (Vintage Halloween Collectibles: Identification & Price Guide)
2nd Edition. Mark's completely updated edition for 2007.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/16/2009)
List Price: $27.99
Vintage Halloween Resource Guide
- Mark Ledenbach's HalloweenCollector.com
- The site for the serious collector of vintage Halloween memorabilia collectibles. The Mark B. Ledenbach Halloween Collection.
- The Tricks and Treats of Collecting Vintage Halloween
- An Ebay Guide to Vintage Halloween Collectibles
- Vintage Halloween Decorations
- You can read a bit more about Vintage Halloween decorations at my hub.
- Vintage Halloween Decoration Collectibles
- For the most unique Halloween decor for your house, nothing beats vintage Halloween decorations and you can collect all types at RetroHoliday.com. Everything from Beistle paper goods to vintage German handmade decorations.
Halloween Items from Mark B. Ledenbach
Mark Ledenbach is a noted vintage Halloween collector and author of Vintage Halloween Collectibles: An Identification and Price Guide. He frequently sells Halloween collectibles on Ebay. If there's nothing in this module, he doesn't have any auctions listed.
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Other Books for Researching Halloween Collectibles
Halloween in America: A Collector's Guide With Prices (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
This wonderful book has been credited with inspiring the Halloween collecting craze, giving its devotees a chance to celebrate the holiday all year round! In addition to color photography and a brand new price guide, there is also a lot of fascinating insight into Halloween.
Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 11/16/2009)
Halloween Merrymaking: An Illustrated Celebration Of Fun, Food, And Frolics From Halloweens Past
this book concentrates on what Arkins calls Halloween's golden age from the 1870's to the 1930's. The book is filled with hundreds of vintage photographs, illustrations, and magazine reprints from the period
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 11/16/2009)
Timeless Halloween Collectibles, 1920 To 1949: A Halloween Reference Book From The Beistle Company Archive With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Amazon Price: $25.60 (as of 11/16/2009)
Beistle Halloween Collectibles
The Beistle Company party goods
The Beistle Company has been making party supplies since the early 1900s and their vintage Halloween paper goods are highly desirable among collectors. Take a look at some samples of Beistle's die-cuts and other Halloween items below. You can find many more at Beistle Halloween decorations
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Between the two World Wars many of the Halloween decorations purchased in the US were manufactured in Germany strictly for export. You'll also find that a lot of the items are handmade and they look quite a bit different than the mass manufactured decorations made today.
Popular German Halloween decorations include die-cuts, Halloween vegetable people, lanterns and candy dishes.
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Postcards and other ephemera are popular with many different types of collectors. You'll find that some collect certain artists such as Ellen Clapsaddle, and others collect by theme. Whether you collect Halloween items in general and are looking to expand your collection, or you strictly collect postcards and love holiday themed cards, you can find some really sweet vintage Halloween postcards below.
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Here's a terric set of images from the Vintage Halloween Collector on Flickr. Be sure to click through and browse all his awesome collections.
Vintage Halloween Hard Plastic on Ebay
Hard plastic toys and novelties depicting Halloween related images such as Jack O'Lanterns, black cats and witches on broomsticks are extremely popular with collectors everywhere. And it is easy to see why. Take a look at some of these really cute Halloween hard plastic toys!
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One popular type of hard plastic is the various blow mold items made. The blow mold process was used to create hollowed out decorations that can stand on their own (often with lighting inside), but it was also used to create the trick or treat pails that we used to carry as kids -- the big grinning Jack O'Lantern.
Empire Plastics is one company that is well known for their blow mold holiday items and so a lot of their vintage Halloween blow molds have become quite collectible.
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What's your favorite holiday and what's your favorite Vintage collectible? Step up and let me know!
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Jul 4, 2008 @ 10:54 am
- A nice collection of collectibles! A lensroll to my Halloween Treat Bag lens.
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Jul 4, 2008 @ 10:54 am
- A nice collection of collectibles! A lensroll to my Halloween Treat Bag lens.
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Oct 24, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
- I like the postcards too. Halloween is sure a lot of fun at Squidoo. I've lensrolled this to my Elvira SquidBoo lens.
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- wowreviews wowreviews Oct 5, 2007 @ 10:16 pm
- Hey RMS, I appreciate the lensrolling. You rock!
Also, thanks for your comment, Barkely. I love the postcards too. They are actually my favorite.
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