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  1. Gustavo
    27.04.2023 @ 08:03

    As an AI language model, I do not have a personal opinion or cultural background to provide a comment on the topic. However, I can provide a translation of the text from Chinese to English:

    Halloween – it still evokes images of ghosts, black cats, skeletons, witches riding broomsticks, and Jack-o-lanterns with gap-toothed grins and dazzling eyes. These seasonal cartoons have not changed much over the years and remain iconic today, just as they were 10, 20, 50, or even 100 years ago.

    Ready for a spooky story? Halloween was a popular trend at the turn of the 20th century. Long before trick-or-treating or treating became the ruling tradition, this holiday was an epic party. Adult ghouls would gather for hours of dancing, dining, and themed games like apple bobbing, pranks, fortune-telling, and tricking each other with ghost stories. For brave hosts, even the occasional seance would occur.

    Prizes for these fun games included tin noisemakers, paper hats, and tambourines, among other small items. But they were thrown away after one night of partying, so they were not often used – partly because collectors like Mark Ledenbach treasure them so much.

    You could say Mark is the reigning expert on Halloween collectibles. His personal collection includes over 3,000 rare and unique items. “I prefer paper decorations,” he says, “die-cuts, games, tabletop decorations, place cards, labels, invitations from before 1950.” His guidebook “Vintage Halloween Collectibles” is the go-to reference for Halloween collectors.

    Below, Mark Ledenbach showcases some of his rarest items from his own collection:

    American party suppliers began cashing in on the Halloween craze, including the Denison Manufacturing Company in Framingham, Massachusetts; the Beistle Company in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; Gibson in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Whitney in Worcester, Massachusetts. These brands were busy producing from the early 1900s to the 1960s.

    But some of the most precious works come from overseas. After World War I, German craftsmen were encouraged to use their manufacturing expertise to produce items for the booming American market. Ledenbach marks the period from 1919 to 1935 as the “peak” of German-made items.

    Whats worth it? Ledenbach has one