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Auction History Result 2j0046 DAISY HILTON/VIOLET HILTON signed 2x6 paper on 8x11 display 1934 by the conjoined twins! Date Sold 7/5/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Paper (measures 2" x 6" [5 x 15 cm]; entire display measures 8" x 10 1/2") (Learn More) Daisy and Violet Hilton were English-born conjoined twins entertainers from the 1910s to the 1950s. They were exhibited in Europe as children, and toured the United States sideshow, vaudeville and American burlesque circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. They were best known for their film appearances in Freaks and the biographic Chained for Life. They were variously called or referred to as The Siamese Twins, The Hilton Sisters and The Brighton Twins or The Brighton Conjoined Twins, and in the United States as the San Antonio Twins. The Hiltons' last public appearance was at a drive-in in 1961 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their tour manager abandoned them there and, with no means of transportation or income, they were forced to take a job in a nearby grocery store, where they worked for the rest of their lives. On January 4th, 1969 the twins were found dead at the age of 60 in their home, victims of the Hong Kong flu. According to a forensic investigation, Daisy died first and Violet died between two and four days later. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by BOTH Daisy Hilton AND Violet Hilton (written next to their names is "Siamese Twins San Antonio Feb 1934", and they lived in San Antonio at this time)! The signed paper was glued to a larger sheet of paper, along with a newspaper clipping with an image of the twins (the clipping refers to their trying to marry a bandleader in New York, where they were refused, and they then tried in New Jersey and were refused again, and tried 18 more times and were refused in 18 more states!). It is ready to be framed and hung on the new owner's wall! Our consignor is a longtime collector who purchased this signed item from a reputable dealer. He does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signatures to likely be authentic. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a ""lifetime guarantee"" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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