COLLEGEVILLE HALLOWEEN COSTUME CATALOG ORIGINAL PRODUCTION ART LOT.
Item Description
Lot consists of two 20x24" artboards w/original acetate sheets and label paste-overs applied, showing designs for total of four Collegeville catalog pages (two pages per artboard). ©1964. First two-page spread features a total of 19 different Collegeville Halloween costumes including Popeye, Casper, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Porky Pig, Flipper, Barbie's little sister Skipper, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Flash Gordon, Rat Fink, The Phantom and Nightmare the Galloping Ghost as well as more obscure characters like Milton the Monster, Fearless Fly, Spook-A-Nanny, Surfink and Gone Gonk. Porky Pig, Flipper, Wendy, Phantom and Nightmare are missing name paste-over labels. These spots show some glue staining. Aged tape strip at top. Second two-page spread features total of 10 costumes, including Rat Fink and nine other generic Halloween costumes like Devil, Pirate, Skeleton, Witch, etc. Second page is missing images for Cowboy and Cowgirl and features paste-over labels for Trick Or Treat Bag and TV screen noting that "Color TV Stars" will be appearing all season long on TV, effectively advertising these costumes. Aged tape strip at bottom of first sheet. Artboards are lightly aged and show scattered handling wear. Fine/VF overall w/VF/Exc. art. Comes w/onionskin paper overlays w/some production notations. These show wear and just comes along. From the Collegeville Archives.