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Tue, Jul 24, 2018 03:10AM EDT
Lot 212

Servais LeRoy ALS to Will Goldston.

Estimate: $600 - $800

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LeRoy, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy). Servais LeRoy ALS to Will Goldston. Dated March 11, 1917, from Kansas City. Topics include Dr. A.M. Wilson, LeRoy?s vaudeville act (and the shuttering of his full-evening show), Howard Thurston (?is still making money with a cheaply run show??), Arnold DeBierre, The Great Leon, and a man named Slocum [?] of Seattle who LeRoy states, ?is the man who?invented?the needle and thread trick??. He also mentions Chung Ling Soo (?Did Robinson go to Yorkshire??), and other magicians. Three 8vo pages, writing on four sides. Staple holes. Signed ?S. LeRoy."