Halloween Down Under

Cool Vintage Finds attracts shoppers from all over the world. We love hearing from people who are thrilled with their purchases and eager to tell us why. It’s especially fun to get the backstory—why something caught their eye, how they plan to use it or why an item is particularly meaningful. A recent transaction with an Australian eBayer (I’ll call him Mr. Halloween) was so special and inspiring, it deserved its own blog post.

It started with a Gemmy animated bookshelf ...

Next to Christmas, Halloween is the most popular holiday with our customers. We snatch up Halloween collectibles whenever we can. So when we saw an animated bookshelf by Gemmy at a local sale, we knew it would be perfect for our store.

Here’s the item Mr. Halloween purchased for his fabulous Halloween house.

Sure enough, Mr. Halloween came across our bookshelf and got in touch. He sent an email to be sure the item would work for his purposes before buying. When I assured him the books were motion-activated (creepily moving in and out as an eerie soundtrack plays), he knew it was something he and his daughter would love to add to their (not so little) Halloween display … down under. Yes, that’s right. Mr. Halloween hails from a small town in New South Wales, a state on the East coast of Australia.

Every Halloween, in a small town in New South Wales, Australia, you can find an IMMENSE AND FRIGHTENING home-assembled Halloween display enjoyed by friends and neighbors far and wide.

Mr. Halloween was pleased and let us know it!

We received a nice message from the ultimate champ of Halloween haunting after his bookshelf arrived safely.
 
“Dear hockandsocdad,

Thanking you so very much for getting the Haunted Books here to us in Australia … on our door step nice and safe.

I have given you a very good feedback and also all 5-stars rating.

The books are going to look good with some other Animated books on Halloween night in our Front Foyer [Car port] as it is fun and noisy and slightly scary for anyone and everyone will think that everything should be put into a museum.”

When I say this guy goes all out for Halloween, I mean ALL OUT!

Mr. Halloween was kind enough to share photos of his elaborate ensemble, which takes up much of their house, carport and yard! I thanked him for his business and the great photos and asked if I could share them in our blog. He was happy to oblige.

The creepy fun starts with a ghastly graveyard ...

... and a marketplace of monstrosities.

Needless to say, the displays are totally bewitching.

"Bloody good job, bloke!"  -- Said some Englishman somewhere.

Make no bones about it, this smorgasbord of specimens is out of this world!

But wait, there's more inside!

Right this way, past the gallery of ghouls ...

... super creepy Dracula finds these ladies dead gorgeous.

Watch out for the wicked wall of weaponry and the possessed bear rug.

Looks like someone's lost their head over Halloween!

Even the dungeon ... I mean basement ... is chock full of horrors!

The mummies are amazeballs, just like in Tales from the Crypt ...

Hats off to the creators of this massively spooky spectacle!

Many thanks to our Australian friends who work so hard to put together this entertaining Halloween Hall-of-Fame-worthy haunted house. We're proud to know that Cool Vintage Finds played a small role in making this October 31 even more spectacular.

Inspired?

Surely it's taken years for Mr. Halloween and his daughter to amass their amazing collection of Halloween props. So better get started, you've got some catching up to do! If you’re in the market for Halloween collectibles, see what we have in store in the Halloween Scene corner of our store.
 

Shop for random and fun Halloween collectibles in the Halloween Scene category of our Cool Vintage Finds eBay store.

Whatever you do, be sure to have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN this October 31!