65.00 USD
Vintage Halloween costume treasure trove includes a muslin gauze rabbit mask, linen children's costumes and a vintage Halloween masquerade costume box with classic Halloween graphics. These are very old costumes circa 1930s.
The fabulous rabbit mask was stored folded (see photograph 1), and has a center crease. It does not have a string or elastic to secure it in place. The hand-painted face is just amazing and the linen muslin gauze is in excellent condition.
The costumes have been heavily used. Some of them are ripped on the seams, as if they had been worn by children who had outgrown them, and some of them had been put away soiled. I have not attempted to clean or repair them. I will leave that up to the purchaser. I tried to give a sense of their condition in the photographs, but if you are serious about purchasing this lot, I'd be happy to send you additional photographs so you can get a better idea of the condition. The costumes are made out of high-quality light-weight fabric--I'm guessing it's linen, as it feels and looks like it. They really are just wonderful despite the poor condition some of them are in.
The vintage Halloween costume box is in good shape but does have a rip on one side of the lid and a split corner on the other side, as well as some soiling. The Halloween graphics are amazing--there is a black bat, a witch on a broomstick, the crescent moon with a man's features, stars, two children in clown costumes, a harvest scene--and this is all on the front of the box. The edge of the lid is decorated with a series of children in various costumes including a cowboy, drum majorette, Dutch boy, wooden soldier, maid, and a gypsy. The box is marked "American Toys" on the front and "No. 1800 Style Tramp Size Medium (38, 40) Masquerade Costume" on the one side of the lid.
Box measures 12 5/8" x 10 7/8" x 3 3/4"
1 Linen Gauze Rabbit Mask--In very good condition
2 Sashs--Gold and Rust which has A. Engel in pen along one edge
1 Toy Soldier Hat or Marching Band Hat with Black Cardboard Brim--Has black marks possibly from the black dye from the brim
1 Red Shirt with Blue Collar and Cap Sleeve--Matches Toy Solider/Marching Band Hat, Ties in Back, Marked Large, Stained
1 Red Vest with Embroidered Trim--No stains on this piece
1 Green Head Scarf with Red and Gold Fortune Teller Patch--Has some fading but no stains
1 Pair White Soldier's Pants with Red Piping--Heavily stained with rip along crotch seam
1 Gold Kerchief--Good Condition, No Stains
1 Red Vest with Gold Stitch Trim and 6 Stain Ribbon Hoops--Good Condition, One tiny mark on back, Marked Size 12
1 Blue Shirt with Gold Ribbon and Fabric Embellishments and Gold Anchor Buttons--Marked Size Large--In Good condition with some white marks, possibly paint? on sleeves
1 Green Vest with Green Rick Rac Trim--Good condition with some fading at fold lines
1 Pair Green Drawstring Pants--Stained, with rip along crotch seam
1 Black Painter's Smock with Colorful Paper Streamer Pin--Very good condition with minor white spotting--could be paint.
1 White, Blue, Rust (pinkish) Clown Suit with Gold Accents, Ripped along crotch seam and legs, soiled
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