$850
Goldin, Horace. Horace Goldin Sawing a Woman in Half souvenir. American, ca. 1922. Miniature gold plated replica of a cross-cut saw, possibly meant to be incorporated into a charm bracelet. The verso bears the text, “Horace Goldin/Sawing A Woman in Half,” the recto, “With A Genuine/Disston/Saw.” 1 ¾”. Fine. Goldin devised dozens of schemes and advertising novelties to publicize his famous sawing illusion. One stunt involved stationing an ambulance in front of the theaters at which he played, “in case the saw slips.” P.T. Selbit, the magician to whom the invention of the effect is credited (and who played in competition with Goldin when the trick grew enormously popular in the early 1920s), also distributed miniature souvenir saws to promote his performances of the trick.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
