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Houdini-owned packing box challenge, S. Wales 1911.

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Houdini-owned packing box challenge, S. Wales 1911.

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Houdini, Harry. Houdini-owned packing box challenge broadside. Swansea, South Wales Post Newspaper Co., 1911. Half-sheet poster (20 x 30”) describing the escape from a packing box Houdini would make on stage at the Swansea Empire on May 5th, 1911. Houdini has written the word “reward” in the lower third of the poster. Expertly restored; framed, and not examined out of frame.

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Houdini-owned packing box challenge, S. Wales 1911.

Name: Houdini-owned packing box challenge, S. Wales 1911.
SKU: 28862442
Price: 2400 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $4,000 - $5,000

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