Miniature Standees Seeking new discoveries and/or ways of looking at old data are standard methodologies here at the Halloween Retrospect archive which began studies (for THR, V1 released July 2023) with no more than 480 primary source catalogs which have since increased (as of June 2025) to about 635 . So, as one might imagine, […]
Category: Volume 2
Collectibles Search Tools
Above image is a repeat of this blog entry’s banner with Halloween collectibles research tools used by THR, V4 including: copyright, patent, & archive library materials. A World of Halloween Sources One reason THR guides published here since 2023 as The Halloween Retrospect differ, than many past guidebooks on the subject of vintage Halloween collectibles, […]
References for Collectors
Reference Book Guides for Vintage Halloween collectors Updated December 2, 2025 Welcome to THR’s quick review of its new best-selling book series published about vintage Halloween collectibles! As of this update, the research archive now offers a six-book library which includes two art-book style surveys (Halloween Artifacts, V!: Lighting) and (Halloween Artifacts, V2 Festoons)and four […]
Digest V2 THR (Dec 2023)
Volume 2 Vintage collectibles Guide Guidebook announcement here for The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 2 – the continuation of a new series of reference booklets about vintage Halloween collectibles. This newest edition is set to arrive mid to late December 2023, to offer more unearthed treasures found while the archivist librarian digs through period catalogs: about […]