GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmueller, 1878 ? 1959). Germain's Ring. Circa 1905. Heavy bone ring used for one of Germain's trademark feats titled, simply ?The Ring." In effect, the ring passed through the arm of an audience volunteer. (A duplicate ring was destroyed by accident in the 1950s). Diameter 4 ?". One short crack, else very good. Accompanied by a Germain Chautauqua/Lyceum brochure including a picture of him performing with the ring, and a letter of provenance from Germain's biographer, Stuart Cramer, stating, ?[Germain] gave the trick to me for Christmas in 1938. ? So here is the survivor, the original that Germain had turned in London in 1905."