HARBIN, Robert (Ned Williams, 1908 – 78). Production Pipe and Handkerchief from Harbin’s Cigarette Routine. A wooden corncob-type pipe with small brass loop at the end of the stem, used as the climax to Robert Harbin’s cigarette manipulation routine, as described on page 13 – 16 of The Magic of Robert Harbin (1970). Sold together with a white embroidered men’s pocket handkerchief also owned by Harbin. Length of pipe approximately 6 ¼”. Accompanied by a typed letter of provenance signed by Bayard Grimshaw, who aided in the sorting and sale of Harbin’s possessions after Harbin’s death, and a small souvenir portrait photograph of Harbin, circa 1940, with photographer’s stamp to verso.