Set Reminder2023-12-09 12:00:002023-12-09 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Select Secrets https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/select-secrets-21918 From J.N. Maskelyne's toolbox to rare Houdiniana (posters, handcuffs, autographs), David Devant's passport to a magic trick that helped predict the outbreak of WWII, Robert Harbin's sketch for the Zig-Zag Girl and Al Delage's Sub Trunk, our December sale of magicana was a closely-curated offering of real rarities.
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Harry Houdini. Seattle: LaPine, ca. 1916. Handsome matte-finish silver print half-length bust portrait of Houdini, taken in his prime, looking directly at the viewer with his arms folded across his chest. 9 ½ x 7 ½”. Scattered spotting, small chips, one small tear, else very good. BOLDLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED: “To my friend K.C. Beaton / of pleasant memories / of Frisco 1915 / Harry Houdini / July 22/16.”