Welcome to our auction! Many of you know us as longtime collectors and sellers of antique and vintage Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter holiday memorabilia, paper ephemera, antique dolls and toys and fine jewelry.

Over the next couple of months, I will be listing more incredible pieces of Hallowe'en history from some of our hobby’s most well-respected and knowledgeable collectors. I am celebrating more than 25 years of finding new homes for such wonderful treasures on eBay!

US Metal Toy Manufacturing Co. made so many wonderful, lithographed tin noisemakers for Hallowe'en, including these three outstanding examples.

They hail from the 1950s, and they all feature awesome and desirable designs.

First is a ratchet that features a witch with her broom and her always faithful black cat companion. A crescent moon with a waving owl and stars completes the scene. It is obviously midnight on All Hallows Eve. This ratchet has a wooden handle, and it works well. I found a couple of tiny dents and a small amount of paint loss. It has colors that are bright and eye catching. It measures 5 ¼” long and has the round US Metal Toy logo on the front.

Next is a clanger featuring the face of a snarling black cat. This one measures 8” long, and it too has the US Metal mark. It also works well and retains both of its tin clappers. There is some slight paint wear. Please see photos.

The third is my absolute favorite midcentury tin litho noisemaker. If you collect for design elements, this one is for you, because it simply has it all! Also made by US Metal Toy, only part of the logo can be seen. The illustrations are to DIE for, and include a witch tending her fiery cauldron, a skeleton, who is observing her work, and even a flying ghost who has come to see the action. Around the main scene is a haunted house, Jack o' Lanterns, owls, bats, cats, and even a full moon. This noisemaker is in outstanding condition, and it does have both of its tin clappers. Very little movement is needed for this piece to make a loud racket. It measures 8” long. Interestingly, and surprisingly, ghosts and skeletons are some of the hardest images find on noisemakers.

Festive gatherings on All Hallows Eve during the midcentury years often included noisemakers just like these as game prizes, party favors, and decorations for the table. They could then be carried out into the dark Hallowe'en night making lots of noise that helped keep the spooks away.

The awesome 1950s illustrations, bright colors, and wonderful condition of this trio would make them a real standout in your display. They would be an ideal addition to any collection of authentic vintage and antique Halloween memorabilia, US Metal noisemakers and other litho tin toys, and desirable holiday party items from the midcentury era.

Enjoy!

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No BONES about it; we have gone to BAT for you and SCARED up a great deal for true Halloween DIE-hards! There is no reserve on this GOREgeous and BOOtiful item, and a DEVILishly low starting bid WITCH helps give everyone a GHOST of a chance.

WE LOVE OUR BIDDERS! We are thankful for you every day. Please check out our other auctions, including 6 UNused Vintage Halloween Paper Costume Masks Old Diecut Litho Japan 1930s-40s, MINT RARE Vintage Halloween Devil Pottery Salt Pepper Shakers Hells Half Acre WY, NMINT SCARCE UNused Vintage Halloween Invitation with Envelope, Whitney? 20s-30s, 2 Antique Vintage Halloween Crepe Paper Party Hat Costumes Cat Pom Poms, Brownie, NMINT Antique Vintage Halloween Paper & Cardboard Horn Bugle Toy 30s-50s WORKS, MINT RARE Antique Halloween Giggle Ghost Child Life Magazine Cutout Character 28, RARE UNused Antique Halloween Tablecloth & Napkins in Package Beach & Arthur 30s, 2 RARE Antique Halloween Crepe Paper Costume Hats Incl. Top Hat, Germany 1920s, RARE NEAR MINT Antique Halloween Napoleon Costume Hat Beistle 1936, 1 Year Only!, UNused Vintage Halloween Table Cover in Package Party Decoration C.A. Reed 1950s, 4 Antique Vintage Halloween Tin Litho Noisemakers, Kirchhoff, T Cohn, 1920s-50s, 3 Vintage Halloween Tin Litho Noisemakers, 1 Spinner, 2 Clangers, Kirchhoff, 50s, 7 Vintage Halloween Paper Doily Party Table Decorations, 1 Crepe, ca. 1930s-50s, RARE Antique Halloween Cardboard Tissue Diecut Hanging Shade Beistle Released 39, EXCEEDINGLY RARE EARLY Antique Halloween Googly Eyed Owl Old JOL Germany ca 1910, RARE Antique Halloween Pipsqueak Noisemaker Toy Diecut Devil & Skull, ca. 1920s, 27 Vintage Halloween Crepe Paper Napkin Table Decorations, 9 Designs, 1940s-50s, MINT RARE Antique Vintage Halloween Cat w/ Cymbals Diecut Decoration Germany 20s, 2 RARE Vintage Halloween Beach & Arthur Plates with Owl & 4 RARE Paper Napkins, Vintage Halloween Hall-O-Ette with JOL Scarecrow Diecut Decoration, Beistle 1957, RARE Vintage Halloween Large Jack o Lantern with Transparency Décor Beistle? 40s.

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Oh, there’ll be spooky doings
When cometh Hallowe’en,
With black cats loudly meowing,
And witches to be seen;
For ‘tis the night when bats careen,
And hoots the hooting owl,
While in the heavy shadows
The gray ghost slyly prowl.

Happy Hallowe’en 2026!

TH