– The 600-piece candy container collection of the late Francis Maule of Oxford, Penn., offered at Julia’s on June 27-28, attracted massive interest from collectors from across the United States with at least one record price having been established.

The legendary Kaleidoscope candy container, which sold for mere pennies in the 1920s and 1930s, is considered one of the rarest and certainly most sought-after of all candy containers. The unassuming Kaleidoscope dazzled the audience when it sold for $22,425, far surpassing its $3/5,000 presale estimate, and establishing a world record for the most expensive candy container ever sold at auction.

A complete review of the Julia auction will appear in a future issue.