Set Reminder2021-12-11 12:00:002021-12-11 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Winter Magic Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/winter-magic-auction-21958 Our December sale features the collection of Bob Rossi. While Mr. Rossi was an ardent collector of books and manuscripts, his main focus was memorabilia from the career of Joseph Dunninger, the "master mind of modern mystery."
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HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Notes Regarding Henry Slade in Houdini?s Own Hand. 1920s [?]. Written in ink and pencil on one sheet of stiff card (possibly from a file folder from Houdini?s collection), the escape artist writes about Slade, and in reference to him alludes to other well-known magicians, among them [Samri] Baldwin, [Frederick Eugene] Powell (?use Powells letter?), and [John Nevil] MaskelyneHoudini states, in part, ?Re his segment [?] antics - & Baldwin know[s] S was a Hermaphrodite.? And, ?Get all papers together pics & others Maskelyne told me etc.? Possibly used as preparatory notes for his 1922 book A Magician Among the Spirits. Recto only, with chipping, folds, and wear extremities.