Houdini, Harry. Harry Houdini King of Cards. Chicago, National Printing and Engraving, ca. 1898. Half-sheet (19 ¾ x 27 ¾”) color lithographed poster used by Houdini in his early days as a circus and dime museum performer, with a bust portrait of the young magician at the center, and vignettes depicting his digital dexterity with a deck of cards above and below. Minor expert over-coloring in image; A-. Linen backed. This poster was purchased from Ohio-based magician Tommy Windsor. It was from this very poster that Windsor produced the first popular reproduction of the King of Cards image, marketed in the 1950s.