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WHEATLEY, Al (1901 – 64). Hand-Sculpted Bust, Photograph, and Rising Cards. Including a plaster bust of Wheatley, who performed as “Chop Chop," executed and hand-painted by the magician himself; an 8 x 10" portrait photograph of Wheatley as Chop Chop with his wife and performing partner Charlene, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED to Norm Nielsen (inscription quite faded); and Wheatley's Exacto Rising Cards, in the original red box, as issued. Wheatley was a noted nightclub and stage performer hailing from Australia. He invented the Chop Cup – now a standard magic prop – in the 1950s.