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This auction features relics, posters, books, and props from the shows, collections and workshops of modern magic masters. Included are items owned or used by The Amazing Johnathan, Johnny Thompson, and Tom Mullica. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 42

[TOMSONI] Two Anti-Tomsoni & Co. Review Letters.

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[TOMSONI] Two Anti-Tomsoni & Co. Review Letters. 1976 - 77. A pair of TLSs regarding the "ridiculous" and "derogatory and demeaning" act of The Great Tomsoni & Co. appearing at the Tropicana Hotel as part of the Folies Bergere show in Las Vegas. One missive, from a disgruntled woman in Forest Park, Illinois, states, "We Polish people are a proud people and I believe I speak for many when I say it is about time the entertainment industry stopped maligning us...."

The second TLS, from the President of the Polish National Alliance reads, in part, "There is nothing that I can do to stop you from perpetuating this terrible situation [your performance] but I do know that you are doing a great disservice to your ethnic background and creating greater divisiviness in America." With both original mailing covers and both letters signed by their authors. 

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Collection of Johnny Thompson.