This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2022
CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). SHOOTING THROUGH A WOMAN GIMMICK. Circa 1910. Being a leather and brass device meant to be concealed on the body of the magician’s assistant and aid in the apparently shooting of an arrow through the woman’s body. With a paper label affixed to the device bearing text that states it was made by Soo’s mechanic, and possibly used by Jean Hugard. Housed in a gilt wooden shadowbox (18 x 13”), and presented together with a vintage portrait postcard of Soo at its center, his name written below the likeness, the two objects resting above an engraved plaque explaining the history of the object.