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Roy, Marvyn (Marvin Levy). Marvyn Roy’s Thimble Act. Circa 1965. Complete set of props for one of the specialty acts developed by “Mr. Electric” as an alternative his famous Lightbulb Act. Includes a large quantity of custom-made rhinestone-studded thimbles, as well as giant thimbles covered in brilliants, custom-made silk top hat with various secret internal and external devices for loading, stealing, and vanishing thimbles, as well as an assortment of thimble holders crafted from metal, accompanied by a large hand-painted silk banner bearing a crown design, most likely used as a backdrop or table cover. Many rhinestones loose, but condition generally good. Accompanied by a large cream Liberace silk, with the performer’s name in cursive script above the outline of a black piano. Roy toured extensively with Liberace in the 1960s. The thimble set and accompanying Liberace silk were almost certainly used and displayed in Mr. Electric’s opening act for the famous pianist.