(MUSIC) MILLIE CHRISTINE Millie Christine

Sale 2271 - Lot 461

Price Realized: $ 3,360

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

(MUSIC.) MILLIE CHRISTINE. Millie Christine Carte-de-visite in its original album mat; with copious remarks in ink on the latter, apparently written there by a physician or someone acquainted with the physiognomy of conjoined twins. signed in pencil by the twins on the reverse. * Offered with a damaged copy of "Millie Christine, the renowned Two-Headed Lady," chromolithographic card, the top unfortunately closely trimmed with the loss of the title at the top. Np, 1885

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The remarks on the reverse of the matte read: "Two headed Nightingale, sings duets exquisitely, one trunk, one vertebral column. A marvelous being, a female at 34 years of age [other not living?] living. Each have sensitive of lower parts, but only sensitive of each upper part. I conversed with this these persons and found her quick and pleasant of manner. Both at times have identical dreams. (HJP)??" Signed in initials and not really decipherable as such, but seemingly by someone conversant with anatomy and physiology. Millie and Christine McCoy (1851-1912) were American conjoined twins who went by the stage, names "The Two-Headed Nightingale" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World," or "The Carolina Twins. Their remarkable career spanned most of their lives, performing from their teens until quite late in life. The children of slaves, they were born on the plantation of Alexander McCoy in rural North Carolina, and were, according to Southern custom, given their master's surname.