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 If you want it, get it while its still available! We’ve been writing these annual synopses on Halloween collecting for several years now.  Granted that we are discussing current decade items, and not true vintage collectibles, but this annual discussion is more of a projection of what we think might be the valued treasures of…

 A Very Scary Time in our Economy! Wow!  2009!  What a conundrum!  The year started with some of the worst financial news.  Bad for the collecting industry.  Following a distressing national trend, nearly every collectible store in the Portland, Oregon metro area have closed.  We are overjoyed and relieved that our focus is Halloween.  We…

Halloween collecting has changed dramatically since we wrote our first Halloween Collecting article about nine years ago.  While much of what we wrote about collecting what you like has not changed, the kinds of items that are becoming more collectable has changed. But Halloween is about to take another turn.  Department 56 announced in November…

It’s taken a lifetime of collecting for me personally to arrive at the concept of what I’ve been told over all these years – collect only what you like!  When collecting Halloween there is so much truth to that. Halloween has been a favorite of mine since I was a small kid in the 50’s.  I…