The Pugliese Pop Culture Collection 2008-03-16 Auction - 216 Price Results - Guernsey's in NY - Page 6
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The Pugliese Pop Culture Collection

The Pugliese Pop Culture Collection may well be the finest collection focusing on 20th Century pop culture ever privately assembled. Approximately eight hundred and fifty of the most extraordinary objects imaginable from the worlds of motion pictures, popular music, magic, television and politics were gathered over several decades by Anthony Pugliese, a man who might well be described as a true visionary. A small sampling of the Collection's treasures include Houdini's straightjacket, the Maltese Falcon statuette, Christopher Reeves' Superman suit, John Lennon's Abbey Road suit, Elvis Presley's personal rifle collection and the gun that Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald. Indeed, Mr. Pugliese is sharing his wonderful Collection with the rest of the world as he shifts his interests towards the creation of Destiny, the nation's largest eco-sustainable community currently being sensitively created in central Florida. A portion of the proceeds from this remarkable event are earmarked for the Audubon Society, long known for its important environmental work. If you have any questions about this one-of-a-kind Collection or the auction itself, please contact Guernsey's.

About Guernsey's: For three decades Guernsey's has built a reputation as an auction house known for the presentation of extraordinary properties. From the largest auction in history (the contents of the ocean liner S.S. United States) to vintage racing cars on to pre-Castro Cuban cigars and the $3 million McGwire baseball, the firm has few rivals when it comes to the presentation of wildly diverse art and artifacts.
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Houdini Travelling Show Trunk: Traveling trunk used by Harry Houdini for storing props and other performance necessities. The steel-reinforced hinged trunk is secured with three heavy metal latches, one of which is locking (key
0604: Houdini Travelling Show TrunkEst. $30,000-$40,000See Sold Price
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Houdini ALS Signed Letter: One page of lined paper, no date. In full: "Anytime you 'desire' my 'locale' ring me at #5609 and my private Secty will give you address. HH. Hope all is well. Houdini." He adds "4:30 P.M." and
0605: Houdini ALS Signed LetterEst. $2,500-$3,500See Sold Price
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Houdini Prison Cell Lock: Prison cell lock used by Harry Houdini. Metal lock with four holes for mounting on prison bars, keyhole, and solid rectangular shaped lock protruding from left side. Also included is a large
0606: Houdini Prison Cell LockEst. $18,000-$25,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Chinese Garotte: Chinese garotte used by Harry Houdini. The Chinese garotte or choker consists of a large metal contraption--part corkscrew, part medical clamp.The garotte was used by the Chinese at the turn of the
0607: Houdini Chinese GarotteEst. $7,000-$10,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Double Lock Bar Cuff: Double-lock cuff on bar used by Harry Houdini.Thin metal cuffs with deep carved rivets in the latch attached to base. The cuffs are joined by a bar to restrain movement. The bar cuff was manufactured
0608: Houdini Double Lock Bar CuffEst. $4,000-$6,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Slave Neck Band: Slave neck band used by Harry Houdini. Handmade clamp made of pounded metal with large eyelets on each end. From Houdini's private collection. Bands like this were placed around slave's necks and
0609: Houdini Slave Neck BandEst. $3,000-$5,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Keymaking Die: Keymaking die used by Harry Houdini. Solid square metal block with a key-shaped mold in center and a rectangular piece of flat metal protruding off the right side. The special die was used by
0610: Houdini Keymaking DieEst. $6,000-$9,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Judd Leg Iron: Judd leg iron used by Harry Houdini. Formerly in the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame and the Houdini-Hardeen Collection. Silver-colored metal leg iron comprising a pair of cuffs with deep rivets carved
0611: Houdini Judd Leg IronEst. $4,000-$6,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Double Lock Leg Iron: Double-lock leg iron used by Harry Houdini. Has deep carved rivets where the cuff interlocks for secure fastening. There are keyholes on both locks, one with small key inserted. Cuffs are held
0612: Houdini Double Lock Leg IronEst. $5,000-$7,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Copper Flower Pot: Born Eric Weisz in 1874, Harry Houdini became a professional magician in 1893. He took the name "Houdini" having been heavily influenced by French magician Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin. Later in life,
0613: Houdini Copper Flower PotEst. $1,500-$2,000
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Houdini Escape Act Milk Can: Milk can used in one of Harry Houdini's escape acts. He had himself locked in the water-filled can, wearing shackles, and escaped within minutes. Made of a light-weight silver-colored pot metal,
0614: Houdini Escape Act Milk CanEst. $25,000-$35,000See Sold Price
Shackled Houdini Mannequin: Life size static plaster mannequin of Harry Houdini with shackled hands, feet and neck. The mannequin is posed to suggest that Houdini is about to break loose of the shackles binding his arms. The
0615: Shackled Houdini MannequinEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed
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Houdini Burlap Straight Jacket: Floor length burlap straight jacket used by Harry Houdini in his historic straight jacket escape act. The jacket has long sleeves, brown leather collar and cuffs, black leather front and three buckle
0616: Houdini Burlap Straight JacketEst. $25,000-$35,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Billboard: Billboard that promoted Harry Houdini when he traveled around the world during the 1910s and 1920s. Made of two pieces mounted on 2 wooden boards, the billboard shows an upside-down Houdini confined
0617: Houdini BillboardEst. $25,000-$30,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Mail Bag From Escape Trick: U.S. Government issued black and white striped canvas mail bag used by Harry Houdini in one of his escape acts. With leather band along the top and brass loops for cinching. Heavy soiling, holes and
0618: Houdini Mail Bag From Escape TrickEst. $15,000-$20,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Portrait: Portrait of Harry Houdini. Depicts a grinning Houdini in dark red jacket, white collared shirt and black necktie on black background. Oil on canvas board; signed lower right: De Lutis; framed and
0619: Houdini PortraitEst. $2,500-$3,500See Sold Price
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Houdini Key: Key from the private collection of Houdini. Double matted in gilt wood molding, with plaque and photo of Houdini. Includes a leaflet explaining history of the key. Formerly in the collection of Paul
0620: Houdini KeyEst. $1,500-$2,000
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Houdini Key: Key from the private collection of Houdini. Formerly in the collection of Paul Harter, a lock and key connoisseur who purchased the item from Houdini's brother Hardeen.With photo of Houdini and
0621: Houdini KeyEst. $1,500-$2,000See Sold Price
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Houdini Thumb Cuffs: Small pair of metal thumb cuffs used by Harry Houdini. With a sliding lock mechanism to hold the prisoner's thumbs together. 3" Sale History: Butterfield & Butterfield, November 1999
0622: Houdini Thumb CuffsEst. $2,000-$2,500
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Collection Of Houdini Keys: Four keys from Harry Houdini's private collection. Two have two teeth and two have a single tooth. Each with a looped handle. Formerly in the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame and the Houdini-Hardeen
0623: Collection Of Houdini KeysEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed
"Houdini" Movie Poster: Poster for "Houdini" (Paramount, 1953). Framed, showing the movie's stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. 25 x 39" Sale History: Profiles In History, December 2000
0624: "Houdini" Movie PosterEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed
"Houdini" Movie Poster: 24-Sheet Movie Poster from "Houdini" (Paramount, 1953), starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. It shows the two stars in the center with smaller scenes around the border. Printed in twelve sections.
0625: "Houdini" Movie PosterEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed
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Rare Houdini Pamphlet Signed By Wife: Pamphlet, 40 p. Harry Houdini exposes tricks used by the Boston Medium 'Margery' to win the $2500 prize offered by Scientific American; also a complete exposure of Argamasilla, the famous Spaniard
0626: Rare Houdini Pamphlet Signed By WifeEst. $800-$1,200See Sold Price
Houdini Trick Canister: Trick canister used by Harry Houdini. Nickel plated, with false interior to create the illusion that Houdini was producing objects from an empty container. From Houdini's Display of Small Magic. 9
0627: Houdini Trick CanisterEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed
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