The Ricky Jay Collection
The Ricky Jay Collection
Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson) | The Marvelous "Chinese" Conjuror
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson)
Chung Ling Soo. Ashton-under-Lyne: Horrocks & Co, The Printers, ca. 1910
Color lithograph poster (28 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; 723 x 475 mm). Diagonal crease in upper left quadrant. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas.
An uncommon poster, with the magician's stage name rendered, unsubtly, in "bamboo" lettering.
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