RARE Vintage Halloween Beistle Horrible Witch Articulated Bat Winged Witch

I feel there are at least two problems with this example of Beistle’s Horrible Witch, which were produced in some abundance during the 1920s. The seller, a long-time collector, should know that the toning on the skirt is not original to the piece but an imperfection, probably due to poor storage. Also, the one arm segment seems oddly pale compared to the others. I suspect this segment is not original to the item. Since eBay allows at least 12 photos per listing, I don’t understand why the seller includes only 4 photos.

BEISTLE HALLOWEEN 1920'S MECHANICAL HORRIBLE WITCH DIE CUT~BAT WINGS~SCOWLING

I enjoy seeing these wonderful vintage Beistle items on Ebay. When Beistle manufactured and assembled these early mechanical items, they primarily used these primitive pot metal fasteners seen here. By 1929 they had moved to predominantly using grommets. There are exceptions to these general guidelines as manufacturing was much more free-form back then than it is today. This Horrible Witch mechanical diecut was made during the mid-1920s. 
Look at the Beistle JOL garland at the bottom of page 145. Another reference dates this as being manufactured several decades later, but the use of the early fasteners mitigates against that assertion.  

1920's Jointed "The Horrible Witch" Halloween Decoration

Here is yet another unsustainable result. This "Horrible Witch" diecut made by Beistle surfaces relatively often and typically fetches ~$275. Once again, when you delete the prevailing bidder the price falls to a much more understandable $251.60. That prevailing bidder must have deep pockets and zero patience.