Based on the Halloween items shown in this catalog, the catalog wasn’t issued prior to 1928. Now, notice the two Halloween baskets referenced at the right, lower middle of the page. The design with the 2 skeletons warming their bony hands over a JOL cauldron was almost certainly never actually produced as a basket. The text references only that there are four designs. The four designs actually produced can be seen on page 225. Go ahead and read the caption to that grouping to understand what I think Beistle switched up at the last moment. (The skeletons were used as cover art for a stunt game that Beistle produced from 1931-1932 in both enveloped and boxed versions. Beistle seldom wasted finished art.)
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