Vintage Halloween Collectibles Research (1900-1979)

A World of Online Halloween Resources The Halloween Retrospect (and Bindlegrim ) are very appreciative of Etsy bookstore customers who were kind enough to take the time and leave their latest book reviews of new digest The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 . Thank you one and all - and see below at the close of this blog entry for a handful of those review. I appreciate that so many people are enjoying these at printed primary sources given their content of visual data in tables and charts, identification posters, numerous examples, and even more entertaining pieces like the new Bindlegrim homage meant to provide tangible examples of vintage working processes.  In the meantime, this blog entry echoes some of the content recently discussed not only in THR, V4 print publication ( and a total of 5 books for sale as of this date ), but THR's recent blog entry Collectibles Research Tools that considers many of the online sources many forget... likely because those sources aren't s...

NEW! Vintage Halloween Collectibles Guide: The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 Returning now this March 2025 with a new book for sale ---  The Halloween Retrospect  ( see THR's bookstore on etsy ) announces the latest edition released in a series of vintage Halloween collectibles guidebooks now with  The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 . THR's archive librarian picking  up the digest series once again with a new book that not only continues solving old market mysteries (via 625+ catalogs 1900-01979) but has the honor of including a one-of-a-kind nowhere-else-available freebie vintage-style paper decoration by Bindlegrim  with an homage piece to faux stained glass educational items from the 1940’s. Also, as good measure for its puzzling audience, THR has created another new Halloween-themed crossword with its Frolic Flier series. Set of items with THR,V4 features book, puzzle, & decor.   The   Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4   (2025) $25.00 + tax...