The Bride of Frankenstein (10/29/08)
Universal Horror: The Bride of Frankenstein By Allan Maurer Beginning in the silent era with “Phantom of the Opera” and “Hunchback of Notre Dame” with Lon Chaney, Sr., Universal Pictures made a series of classic horror films starring the Frankenstein monster, Dracula, the Werewolf, the Mummy, and the Invisible Man that ran through the 1940s. More >>

Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters (10/28/08)
Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters By Allan Maurer There are those who felt the series of Abbott & Costello meet the monsters films that began with “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” in 1948 and continuing through “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy” in 1955 were an inglorious end to the Universal Studios monster series. More >>

Lewton’s B Horror Movies (10/27/08)
Curse of the B Horror Movie By Allan Maurer Back in the 1942, RKO studios gave producer Val Lewton a piddling $150,000 and a title, “The Cat People.” Lewton made up for the lack of a decent special effects budget by keeping all the suspense scenes wrapped in shadows. More >>

The Wolf Man (10/27/08)
Universal Horror: The Wolf Man By Allan Maurer More >>

Circus Route Books – A Record of the Past (10/27/08)
Circus Route Books — A Record of the Past By Larry Kellogg More >>

Monster Mash Discs: Graveyard Smash (10/20/08)
Elvis may have hated it, but to millions of people, “Monster Mash” is Halloween’s anthem, and the novelty song’s first … More >>

Early Car Makers Desired Hit Song to Boost Sales (10/13/08)
Early Car Makers Desired Hit Song to Boost Sales By Dave Bausch In the field of Automobilia, the one subject most collected is advertising. Advertising took many forms: posters, prints, toys, magazine ads, postcards just to name a few. But the one that most of the automobile makers yearned for was to have their specific model of car depicted on sheet music. More >>

Movie poster artists: Charles Addams (10/7/08)
A number of artists best known for their work in other fields also did at least some movie posters. Today, Charles Addams is best known for creating the “Addams Family,” as familiar to us now through the two movies and the television show as through the dark humor of his weird New Yorker cartoons. More >>

Circus Books: Building a Solid Foundation for Collecting (10/7/08)
Circus Books: Building a Solid Foundation for Collecting By Larry Kellogg More >>

DISNEY PLATES (10/6/08)
HELLO I HAVE SOME DISNEY PLATES THAT I AM SELLING FOR 5,500.00AND THERE ARE NICES PLATES I HAD THEM FOR ALONG TIME BUT I AM MOVE IN JUST WANT TO SELL THEM IF YOU WANT YOU CAN HAVE ALL 5 FOR 5,500.00 AND YOU CAN GET FREE SHIPPEN TO YOU HOUSE BUT I NEED THE FULL AMOUNT OK OF 5,500.00 OK THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY OK THANK YOU More >>