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This diecut was produced by Beistle during the late 1950s. There were three designs comprising the full set. (Please refer to page 159.) All have become quite desirable. This example was in relatively poor collecting condition yet two determined collectors bid it up to an ending price well beyond the baseline established by the bulk of bidders of ~$200.

If you look on page 46 you can see the three designs that comprise the full set of shades to which this owl design belongs. Beside the owl shade, JOL and black cat face shades round out the set. All of these have become much harder to find over these last few years. I sell things periodically from the collection as my interest waxes and wanes. Most of the time I never look ba...

An item of this rarity, especially complete, surfaces so infrequently that a great number of collectors and potential bidders had added it to watchlists. I’ve only seen the slip of paper with the listing of contents one other time - in the set shown on page 127. I hoped the set would go for big bucks but was concerned with the opening bid level being too high. My experience i...

What a beautiful item! Prior to this listing, I hadn’t seen this box before. Everything about it is stunning. I feel the buyer made a wise purchase. The candy box market segment has been very strong for about 3 years. Even the commonly seen Milky Way and Butterfinger boxes bring multiples of what they did 3+ years ago. I think I understand why - the boxes make excellent displ...

These domestically produced small diameter pan clangers, whether they were produced by Chein or Kirchhof, are difficult to find. I’m not surprised at the reported ending price. Ones produced in either Japan or Germany typically bring even more dollars as they were produced in far fewer numbers.