Vintage Halloween Collectibles Research (1900-1979)

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...

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...