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THBHOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Love Story Typed ...
Lot 54
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Apr 8, 2023
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From remarkable unpublished personal documents and props from his storied career, to personal relics from Houdini's home in Harlem, our April sale of Houdiniana was an offering of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. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
From remarkable unpublished personal documents and props from his storied career, to personal relics from Houdini's home in Harlem, our April sale of Houdiniana was an offering of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. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 ? 1926). Love Story Typed by Houdini, accompanied by Four Vintage Photographs. [1915]. Five trimmed fragments of pink writing paper bearing a typed ?short story? by Houdini, identified as such on the first piece in ink, most likely in Beatrice Houdini?s hand (?Written by Houdini / 1915?) below a penciled notation, ?By ? Father Time,? which may be in Houdini?s hand. The story, in form much more a poem than prose, reads, in full: ?Short story / that lasts / a blissful / long time, / But -- / This too will pass away. And what is this girl / looking at? / Gaze below gentle / reader and behold / her prince Charming. / And what happened? / turn softly the pages / fear of frightening ?em. / What arethese [sic] two girls / looking at? / This is ?What those two girls are / looking at?.? The typed text is accompanied by four vintage candid photographs, the first picturing Bess and Harry Houdini on the shores of a beach, both in bathing costumes, with Bess on Houdini?s back; the second image is a small printed bust portrait of Houdini; the third pictures two other female beachgoers; and the final image is a full-length portrait of Beatrice Houdini in her bathing suit on the same beach. Images 2 ? x 1 7/8?, typed fragments approximately 4 x 4? and smaller. A remarkable and deeply personal memento of the Houdinis and their loving, long-lasting relationship. Houdini frequently wrote love notes and poems to his wife Beatrice, and these fragments are likely from a small notebook or scrapbook he or she kept. The intimate nature of not only the writing, but the images, shows a playful, deeply personal side of the famous magician and his wife when Houdini was at the apex of his fame.
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