Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I
Sat, Oct 30, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 286
LeRoy, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy). LeRoy TLS Regard...
Estimate: $400 - $800
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LeRoy, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy). LeRoy TLS Regarding the Camel Cigarette Controversy. Dated April 18, 1933, LeRoy writes to Mr. A. B. Silverman regarding the expos?s of illusions by R.J. Reynolds in a campaign called ?It?s Fun to be Fooled,? referencing the Sawing a Woman in Half illusion, and stating that the exposure of its method has ?practically killed all earning power of this illusion, not only to the personal selling value of Mr. H. [Goldin] own entertainments?.? One 4to sheet of LeRoy?s letterhead, signed in ink, with LeRoy?s notation on the verso.
