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A Shelf Full of Vintage Halloween Collectibles

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THR's Archive Collection Rarely seen content by Beistle The Halloween Retrospect librarian doesn't have a great deal of time for photo-hyping the THR collection online - preferring instead to keep most items safely in storage until time to examine for deeper research and/or photographing for inclusion in reference guides such as recent art-book surveys So, the newest shelf display (above) full of vintage Beistle Halloween collectible envelopes is a bit of a rarity... dreamed up on a lark... as both a means to consider possible subject matter for future publications while simultaneously celebrating the existing six THR books for sale on Etsy . See the Instagram post (below from @halloweenretrrospecs ) for additional detail views of these vintage Halloween collectibles by Beistle . There are nearly 50 original envelopes (most with original content) of various products ranging from complete party outfits to individual envelopes for select items such as invitations, etc. (Note tha...
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Vintage Christmas Collectibles Sources

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Christmas Sample & More from THR Novelty Catalogs! To backtrack just a bit... in the early spring months of 2025 a seasonally anachronous book arrived for sale at The Halloween Respect bookstore (digest THR, Volume 4 ) featuring quite a bit of Christmas imagery. Why? Because during chilly winter months of 2024 (see THR blog " To: Halloween, From: Xmas " ) new research at THR discovers holiday ads (both Christmas and Easter) for faux stained- glass windows like the Halloween-themed versions appearing in Halloween Artifacts, Volume 1: Lighting . In fact, THR develops a rather large collection of primary sources in the form of newspaper ads from across the decade of the 1940's (example below) with one ad from Wisconsin proudly providing their vendor's name: Milton Bradley! (This is new information at a time when most guides are still recording these as circa 1920's maybe by Dennison or Gibson) Easter Cathedral Windows by Milton Bradley  as seen in  1947 advertis...
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Thank you for supporting Halloween research!

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Thank you for supporting THR's research series on Etsy Well, here we are (not too far way from a 2nd Anniversary review of stock in August  and a new tissue-paper honeycomb art book in October ) to find ourselves at the beginnings of winter holiday season 2025. And, given the theme of the most recent holiday, it would seem a great time to express THR's gratitude for keeping operations running, most notably the  Etsy bookstore . Thank you to the archives and libraries assisting in early stages of research. Thank you to the various businesses that help produce these publications. And, of course, thank you the readers for purchasing one (or more) of THR’s vintage Halloween collectibles guidebooks which currently number six publications... shown below.   Six new best-selling guidebooks getting five-star reviews  from  vintage Halloween collector seeking  market research. The last two-plus years of publishing have been great fun, yet it obviously takes time...
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New Guide for Vintage Halloween Tissue Paper

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 New Guidebook for Vintage Halloween Paper! This little punny conversation between a witch and an owl is here to announce a new THR reference  Halloween Artifacts, Volume 2: Festoons which is the sixth publication in a two-year+ adventure of research published by the archive library of The Halloween Retrospect ! This reference book continues the Halloween Artifacts series which is known for large-scale full-color photographs spanning 114 pages. This bigger 8-1/2 x 11 format offers multiple views of familiar and unfamiliar antique and vintage collectibles, together with data from past makers, vendors, and advertisers (aka 630+ primary sources) accompanying content as illustrative samples and THR’s thorough timelines. See sample previews below: New 2025 - Guidebook Halloween Artifacts  V2 - Festoons New - Sampler Halloween Artifacts  V2 - Festoons New - Sample page Halloween Artifacts  V2 - Festoons Speaking of tissue-paper, and in particular honeycomb - THR on IG...
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THR's 2nd Anniversary Review (July 2025)

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THR Halloween Collector Guides 2nd Anniversary Review As of July 2025 (two years since THR's first book release) there are now five  guidebooks available on the subject of vintage Halloween collectibles! There are  four volumes of The Halloween Retrospect digests as well as one art survey Halloween Artifacts  and there is more material under development for the near future! Regardless of whether it is a digest or survey, all are created for Halloween collector's book shelves to offer different types of references material on the vintage Halloween market via primary sources (mainly on-hand ~635 catalogs as well as material from archives and libraries across the United States), Guidebooks for the vintage Halloween collector with a focus on vintage research through vintage sources. If catching up to The Halloween Retrospect archive library as an independent publisher, see the  Home page  (of the THR website) for an intro including two years worth o...
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