Library of vintage resources used as research for a new guidebook on collectibles - The Halloween Retrospect

Publications
The HALLOWEEN RETROSPECT
ARCHIVE LIBRARY

The Halloween Retrospect library is happy to offer the following publications as guidebooks on the subject of vintage Halloween collectibles. These publications range from the new softcover books series The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 1 and The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 2 which accompany and support the on-site archive collection of vintage objects. As well, you may wish to visit to an earlier generation of content (previously published online as The Sane Halloween Observer) which initiated some of the discoveries that first countered modern viewpoints . All THR publications differ from the current era’s selection of secondary sources (or survey books) to instead offer some of the first skeptical views about the modern-traditional narratives surrounding the vintage Halloween market that became today’s selection of vintage Halloween collectibles.

Books & Blogs

Below are some of this author’s research on vintage Halloween collectibles that have appeared in various formats since 2014.

Official volumes of The Halloween Retrospect are sold via THR’s Bookstore on Etsy (see links below to currently available digests). The Etsy store is the simplest solution to manage applicable regional taxes and shipping options. By this manner, THR also inspects the quality of each book and include inserts – such as 11×17 fold-out posters or various cards – all shipped in a sturdy box.

Another guidebook from The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 2 is a 2023 publication of cited research articles into the vintage Halloween of the early 20th century and mid-century market of modern collectibles. This title features Dennison's, Shackman, Rosen, and the German import skittle decor pieces seen on the cover.

Volume 2: The Halloween Retrospect
(Release date December 30th 2023)

Click here for more on this publication’s table of contents, poster, cards, etc:

The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 1 is a 2023 book publication offer cited research articles into the vintage Halloween of the early 20th century and mid-century market, acting as a guidebook via articles about those products now seen as collectibles.

Volume. 1: The Halloween Retrospect
(Release date July 26th 2023)

Click here for more on this publication’s table of contents, poster, tally cards, etc:

Detail of Dennison Bogie Books and other Halloween Party bools for the THR blog that offers market data on rare antique and vintage Halloween collectibles.

The Halloween Retrospect’s Blog:
(Research blog began in 2023…)

Visit THR’s site blog for more tidbits and out-takes that didn’t make it to print.

The Sane Halloween Observer, 2014-2023, a blog format publication of research articles, some cited, that pre-date The Halloween Retrospect, may be the first to offer a skeptical look at the holiday narrative surrounding vintage Halloween collectibles.

The Sane Halloween Observer:
(Research blog 2014-2023 )

Visit one of the first skeptical looks at modern narratives of vintage Halloween.

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