Rob LaPlace

When my wife and I began collecting vintage Halloween collectibles over a decade ago our aim was to collect only the finest absolute rarest and elusive examples. Our collecting philosophy hasn’t wained over the years. Today our collection is a reflection of those high standards we stayed true to. Our guiding principles have helped us amass a laudable collection noteworthy for its superb condition, rarity, and one-of-a-kind never before seen examples representing quality, integrity, and authenticity™. The photos depicted on this site, including the scrolling parallax images, are authentic vintage Halloween collectibles exclusively from our collection either past or present unless otherwise noted.

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Candy Containers, Nodders and Figurals

Excerpts from our long-established personal vintage Halloween collection representing the high watermark of condition and rarity.

We periodically add photographs as we maintain our archive.

: Composition witch nodding figural, Germany, pre-1920s, 7′ h.

: JOL-faced purse candy container (opens at center), Germany, 1916-1921, 1.75” h x 1.5” w x 2.75” l. Made of lithoed paper over cardboard and green string handles.

: JOL-faced hat box candy container (top lid removes), Germany, 1916-1921, 1 7/8″ h x 1 3/4″ w. This is made from lithoed paper over cardboard, string, a strip of leather and one metal clasp. Two stickers are on the side: Express! and 36.

: Heavy composition arched-back black cat nodder with spring-action tail emerging from a pumpkin candy container (bottom plug), Germany, 1920s.

: Composition skull candy container (bottom plug), Germany, 1920s, 2.5″ h

: Composition ghost figural “dancer” with spring-based movement, Germany, pre-1920s, 4.75” h.

: Composition JOL-faced frightened girl nodder wearing black jumper, Germany, 1920s.

: Top right: Lightly embossed cardboard JOL-faced shopping bag candy container with green stem-like wire closure and two cotton string handles, Japan, 1930s.