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An Ap-peeling Find
Seventeen years ago, I planted an apple tree next to my house with dreams of someday picking apples from my porch.Over the years, the apples have suffered in a variety in ways all resulting in the...
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Halloween 2020 -- It's My Bag, Baby, and Nothing's Gonna Stop Me!
That's right, it's that time of year again. And despite what 2020 has thrown at us, Halloween WILL go on.And that means that the Countdown to Halloween will happen once more.For the sixth year in a...
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Miss Match -- A Horror Story
Today's Garage Sale Find may be on the extreme periphery of Halloween, but all dolls are haunted, right?This 1970's "Miss Match" comes from the fine folks at Uneeda. She's soft, cuddly and floppy....
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Spook House -- Digging through a Load of Sheet...Music
Sheet music is something I sometimes find myself thumbing through at estate sales. If there's a piano or organ in the home, you can guarantee there's a huge stack of sheet music gathering dust (or...
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Two Heads are Better than...Five?
This purple two-headed dragon from Imperial toys reminded of Tiamat from Dungeons & Dragons, minus a few heads, maybe. Yes, I'm a nerd.It was produced in 1983 and made in Hong Kong, maker of fine...
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Uncanny Finds - Hall-Owl-een Edition
As I mentioned in a previous post, it's been a lean year for sales, so I have to stretch the definition of "Halloween" a little. But I've always associated owls with Halloween, so hopefully I'm not...
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Bendy Witch Brawl
Not long after I wrote about this bendy witch, I found this one. I've dubbed her "Hagatha".Unlike my previous witch bendy, "Hilda", this witch bendy didn't go out on a bender and lose her broom.This...
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Halloween Seals
No, not this one.These:These Eureka Halloween seals from 1961 feature artwork that is superior to other Eureka offerings I've seen on their various die cuts. This book of seals was originally priced...
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Invaders from Mars! or at least my Neighbor's House...
I'm afraid I'll need to stretch my inclusion of not-necessarily-Halloween-related items again today. But hey, aliens are scary, right? And these are supposed to be aliens, I think...or maybe they're...
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Doorways to Public Domain Horror
I picked up this "Doorways to Horror" game way back in the 90's. I've been doing this garage saling thing for a long time. I remember seeing the commercial for it in the 80's and really wanting it,...
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Halloween Slicks -- Witches Edition
I'll be honest, the subject of today's post hasn't seemed to be as big of a hit on the blog as I thought they would be. I think they're pretty neat, but I'm a sucker for vintage advertising. I've...
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Halloween Slicks -- Banners
Continuing from yesterday's theme, today I bring you more vintage advertising slicks. These templates allowed customers to choose a themed layout for their store's advertising.Today we look at banners....
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The Monsters Go Disco
I often lament to my kids as we stroll down the cereal aisle how the magic of cereal is gone. Time was every box in the aisle touted prizes and mail-in orders. They were full of sugar and hope and we...
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Blinky Skull
This Blinky Glow Lite blow mold skull was a find from last year. Apparently, I never got around to posting it, so good news, now I can. Made by Blinky Products in the early '90's, this is a little out...
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Uncanny Finds -- Red Devil Lighter Fluid
I came across this little can of Red Devil lighter fluid in the garage of a recent sale. Looks like old Scratch is a bit of a fire bug. He also has a feather in his...cap? I wonder what he did to...
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Jack and Jill October 1961
I'm going to take it easy today and just post this October 1961 issue of Jack and Jill with little commentary. I hope you don't mind. I'm posting mainly the Halloween related pages of the magazine,...
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Witch Jack O' Lantern Blow Mold
A couple weekends ago I headed out garage saling by myself for the first time in a long time. Normally, my wife and any number of my kids will go along, but they were all busy that particular morning....
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Halloween Ads - Vignettes
You didn't think I was out of ads, did you? Today we look at some of the standalone Halloween vignettes you could add to your ad.Not really Halloween-related, but kids playing with matches is scary,...
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And They Used Bon Ami
I'll admit this is another post with a tenuous connection to Halloween, but ask yourself this: How much are you paying for this?"The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", Don Knotts' first movie foray post "The Andy...
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Palace of Poison
In 1947, a local St. Louis, Missouri entrepreneur named Al Wild opened a hamburger stand with a twist in Lemay, a community in south St. Louis County. With a passion for the weird and unusual, he...
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