Set Reminder2025-04-26 12:00:002025-04-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/houdiniana-magic-memorabilia-21884 Relics from the shows and life of the world's most famous magician - Harry Houdini - are set to cross the block this April. Vintage stone lithographs, "challenges" made to Houdini, autographs, and a remarkable link between Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle will be highlights of the sale.
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 ? 1926). Gimbel Brothers Packing Case Challenge. [New York]: Derby Press, 1925. Letterpress challenge issued by six members of the Gimbel Brothers firm stating that they will make a packing case ?of heavy timber, and we believe that we can so nail and rope you in this box that you will be unable to escape therefrom" at the Hippodrome on January 20, 1925. Red ink on white stock, handsomely matted and framed to 17 x 12 ?" (sight 11 x 6 7/8"). A handsome and large Houdini challenge issued for an appearance at the famous Manhattan venue where he presented his Vanishing Elephant illusion years before. Kevin Connolly Collection.