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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.

6 VINTAGE 1920's-30's Dennison HALLOWEEN Party Cut-Out Decoration OWL on branch

This set of six Dennison owl cut-outs was sold in a glassine envelope for a single year, 1922. For that year, the stock number for the set was H-48. Beginning in 1923, the same cut-out in the same quantity was sold in a slide box with a different stock number, H-99. Subsequently, I’d say this glassine envelope form of packaging would be significantly harder to find than the slide box packaging. You can’t go wrong with the seller, one of the finest purveyors of vintage Halloween on eBay.

04/23 Update: This sold for a relative bargain: $128.50.