Set Reminder2023-04-08 12:00:002023-04-08 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Houdiniana https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/houdiniana-21931 From remarkable unpublished personal documents and props from his storied career, to personal relics from Houdini's home in Harlem, our April sale of Houdiniana was an offering of historical significance.
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 ? 1926). Houdini New Empire Challenge. South Shields: R. Simpson & Sons, 1904. Letterpress handbill reproducing a letter from C.A.W. Smith challenging Houdini to escape from a packing case that has been nailed shut. Text reads, in part, ?Having read of your escape out of our South Shields Police Cells, I would like to challenge you?and am prepared to wager you ?10 that you cannot escape?.? 9 5/8 x 4 7/8?. Brittle paper, splitting at old central fold, lower left chipped. This is the first Houdini challenge we have encountered to include a monetary wager.