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). Houdini Brothers and Family Photograph. Circa 1915. Candid photograph of the Houdini family posed outdoors on a sidewalk, with a large wagon in the foreground and most subjects posed behind it. Included in the portrait are all five Weiss brothers: Nat, Leo, Bill, Harry, and Theo, along with Beatrice (Houdini's wife), two children, and five other women, including Houdini's mother, Cecelia Steiner Weiss. Scalloped edges. 4 x 4 7/8". Stamped Houdini / Harry Houdini Collection / Original" on verso, with inked notation above stating, ?Weiss Family." Scrapbook remnants to verso, one corner clipped. Old ink notations (likely from Houdini family members) identifying three of the individuals: Bess, ?Doc" (Leopold Weiss), and Dash (Theo Hardeen). A personal, charming, and likely unpublished image of the Houdini brothers and family. Images depicting Houdini and his mother together are rare. Kevin Connolly Collection.