This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2022
[SPIRITUALISM] PRUDEN, LAURA. INDEPENDENT SLATE WRITING SAMPLE. Circa 1920. Wooden-framed slate filled with an apparent spirit communication channeled by Laura Pruden and directed to the sitter. Signed “Bro Paul.” Framed under glass with a typed note signed by the sitter, Katy Hoon, stating, “Independent slate writing received under strictly test conditions through the mediumship of Mrs. Laura Pruden.” Edges of frame sealed with paper tape. 15 ¼ x 10 ½”. Laura Pruden of Cincinnati was considered “one of the greatest mediums of the world” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.