Vintage Acorn Halloween Jack O Lantern Candle German Pumpkin Candy Container — Halloween Collector.com

The moment I saw this listing I thought the seller is going to be shocked at the price it fetches. (Whether the seller was, in fact, shocked is something I don’t know for sure, but I suspect they were.) I have a fair number of lanterns in the collection but have never been all that partial to them as I am more of a paper guy – but I was transfixed by the sheer oddity of this masterpiece. It does take financial resources to be a collector of vintage Halloween items, a reality that I rail against, but unlike so many items I’ve seen change hands this year for prices I laughed at, this result is one I completely understand. Congrats to whomever acquired this singular object!