Sunday, October 02, 2005
Boo!
A must-visit site for Halloween collectors, old and new, Halloween Collector has a lot of great advice and interesting history from Mark Ledenbach, author of Vintage Halloween Collectibles.
Like him, I started collecting vintage Halloween in the 80s, when I was going to the Tulsa Flea Market every few weekends, and you could still pick up Halloween stuff cheap (as long as it wasn't too Deco-looking; Art Deco was big in Tulsa in the 80s, and anything with an Art Deco look went high at the flea market). I also saw the sharp increase in prices almost as soon as eBay came along--I remember buying a great die-cut at an antique shop for $6 and going home to find the same thing going for twice that on eBay in about 1996 or '97. Of course, my collection was never that expansive, and I've more or less quit collecting Halloweeniana (or whatever you want to call it) since the prices and demand have gotten so high.
But back to Halloween Collector, be sure to check out the great photo gallery and the excellent FAQ, which should help new collectors avoid some of the pitfalls of, well, being a new collector.
Like him, I started collecting vintage Halloween in the 80s, when I was going to the Tulsa Flea Market every few weekends, and you could still pick up Halloween stuff cheap (as long as it wasn't too Deco-looking; Art Deco was big in Tulsa in the 80s, and anything with an Art Deco look went high at the flea market). I also saw the sharp increase in prices almost as soon as eBay came along--I remember buying a great die-cut at an antique shop for $6 and going home to find the same thing going for twice that on eBay in about 1996 or '97. Of course, my collection was never that expansive, and I've more or less quit collecting Halloweeniana (or whatever you want to call it) since the prices and demand have gotten so high.
But back to Halloween Collector, be sure to check out the great photo gallery and the excellent FAQ, which should help new collectors avoid some of the pitfalls of, well, being a new collector.
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