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RARE 30's Original Beistle Vintage Halloween Lightning Wumpus Electricity Dragon

This devil Lightning Wumpus seems to be in very nice condition, indeed. Typically, these are pretty well thrashed given their size, fragility and many pointed edges. I haven’t seen one in this stellar condition in some time. The partially extant glassine envelope (The seller incorrectly describes it as plastic.) is seldom seen and should act as a minor accelerant to the ending price. Beistle produced this design, as well as three others, during the interval of 1929-1931. (You can see the others on page 146.)

04/12/Update: This sold for a strong $1,009.