This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/2/2020
Chung Ling Soo (William E. Robinson). Dunville’s Old Irish Whiskey Bank Note. Circa 1900s. Large engraved note on onionskin-like paper, from Chung Ling Soo’s illusion The Dream of Wealth, in which heated milk transformed into coins, then into bank notes. 5 ½ x 8 ¾”. Folds and creases. Accompanied by Billy McComb’s story in the Magigram relating how he obtained these notes from Dunville’s, and their use in Soo’s show.