Luminous Fortunes
Sane Halloween Observer Fortunes by the Luminous Spirit or How to Stretch Your Ectoplasm and get Cooler Spooks! Following the spooklight glow of the previous entry Luminous Halloween , an interesting opportunity for a bit of compare-and-contrast occurred recently with two vintage Halloween games (one by the very same American Novelty Corporation of Omaha, 1943-1950). Although the condition of said game was not optimal, the outsider-art smorgasbord of this game ( another example shown below ) offers a ton of lo-fi messy fun - crazy fonts (some with random shadowing), odd charms, symbols, and creatures, all surrounding a witch acting as the game's spinner. Best of all, we've got that fun glow-in-the-dark ink overlay (shown below). The game sold for around $50. Overlay of previous image with a shot in total darkness (see first image). Another vintage Halloween game, of similar ilk, went for about 6x that amount! Arguably, this latter...