Sold2017Houdini Trunk Escape Challenge Handbill.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Trunk Escape Challenge Handbill. Lowell, Mass., (1906). Letterpress challenge made by the foreman and box maker of Otis Allen & Son for Houdini to escape from aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Nurses Escape Challenge.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Nurses Escape Challenge. Kansas City, Mo., 1923. Letterpress handbill for the performance at the Orpheum Theater, in which a group of nurses challenge Houdini to escapeSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry. New Orleans Item Challenges Houdini/Houdini, Harry. New Orleans Item Challenges Houdini/ Manacled Dive Into The Mississippi River. Circa 1907. Pictorial letterpress challenge handbill on newsprint, daring Houdini to escape from manaclesSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry. T Wharf Fishermen Challenge Houdini.Houdini, Harry. T Wharf Fishermen Challenge Houdini. Boston, 1911. Antique handbill challenge made by a group of Bostons sea captains and fishermen for Houdini to escape from a wooden plank to which hSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry. Houdini U.S. Navy Plank EscapeHoudini, Harry. Houdini U.S. Navy Plank Escape Challenge. New York: Pusey Press, 1915. Letterpress challenge handbill (7 x 9 3/8”) by members of the U.S. Navy for Houdini “to escape from an eightSee Sold Price
Sold2023HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Kesner Packers Wi...HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Kesner Packers Will Attempt to Expose Houdini. Challenge. New York, 1912. Letterpress printed handbill in red ink on cream-colored stock, being a challeSee Sold Price
Sold2020Murray (Murray Walters). Murray the Escape ArtistMurray (Murray Walters). Murray the Escape Artist Scrapbook/Route Book. Including challenges, handbills, and a handwritten route of Murray’s performances in the far East throughout the mid 1920sSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry. Hippodrome Theatre of Varieties/ SolidHoudini, Harry. Hippodrome Theatre of Varieties/ Solid Silver Manacle Release. Brighton: W.E. Nash, ca. 1904. Letterpress challenge handbill (5 1/8 x 8”) heralding “the famous handcuff king” “See Sold Price
Sold2016Blackstone, Harry. Emerson Show Boat Escape Handbill.Blackstone, Harry. Emerson Show Boat Escape Handbill. Cincinnati: Union Label, ca. 1920. Early letterpress handbill advertising an escape act of Blackstone’s performed aboard a riverboat that traverSee Sold Price
Sold2022Houdini Escapes the Jail Cell PhotographLarge B & W photograph of Houdini - Houdini Escapes the jail cell measures approximately 17" x 22" in the frame Photo has a tear on the bottom right corner and some damage is noted at the top of the pSee Sold Price
Sold2023Walter B. Gibson "Houdini's Escapes and Magic" 1930Walter B. Gibson "Houdini's Escapes and Magic" 1930: Published by Blue Ribbon Books. Binding is taped with green cloth covered boards. Light toning.See Sold Price
Sold20226 miniature models of magic stage illusionsMiniature wooden models of trunk of all nations, spirit stocks, Houdini escape trunk, lions bride, Morrit cage, and Leroy cabinet. Some have labels reading Saram Ellison. Tallest of the group measuresSee Sold Price
Sold2022Extra Large Houdini Banner BackdropHuge advertising banner used as backdrop in magic shows by Abb Dickson. The banner depicts Houdini Escape from Iron Can Filled with Water. Some fading is apparent on banner although colors are still vSee Sold Price
Sold2018Dunninger Escape Wizard Handbill. Moleston Carnival.Dunninger, Joseph. Dunninger Escape Wizard Handbill. Moleston Carnival. Spring Valley, N.Y.: Leader Print, ca. 1920s. Letterpress handbill (9 x 6”) on thin pale pink stock advertising Dunninger’sSee Sold Price
Sold2016HOUDINI'S FAMOUS ESCAPE ACT MEMORABILIA ROPEThis section of rope was used by Harry Houdini in one of his most famous escape acts of the 1910s and 1920s, the first occasion of which took place in 1912 in the East River in New York City. HoudiniSee Sold Price
Sold2017Houdini Brewery Challenge Letter.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini Brewery Challenge Letter. Dated December 26, 1911. A TLS on Indianapolis Brewing Co. letterhead challenging Houdini to be locked within a tank filled with "LiebeSee Sold Price
Sold2022HOUDINI WATER TORTURE ESCAPE - DOUG HENNINGONE SHEET, SEYMOUR CHWAST ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SENSATIONAL HOUDINI WATER TORTURE ESCAPE, 1974. CREATED FOR THE LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST. UNMOUNTED, EXCELLENT, 30"X46"See Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry. Typed Letter “Challenge” to HarryHoudini, Harry. Typed Letter “Challenge” to Harry Houdini from Wm. Filene’s Sons. Boston, Sept. 9, 1924. On one 4to page of Wm. Filene’s Sons Company, of Boston, the carpenters and packers ofSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdini, Harry. “Terror Island” Theater Handbill.Houdini, Harry. “Terror Island” Theater Handbill. Chicago: Taylor Co., 1920. Folding pictorial Bertha Theatre handbill featuring Houdini on the cover to advertise a showing of “Terror Island.”See Sold Price
Sold2017Chestnut St. Opera House Handbill.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Chestnut St. Opera House Handbill. Feb. 8, 1926. Program handbill from Houdini’s final tour, printed on both sides of a single folded sheet. 9 x 6". Folds.See Sold Price
Sold2020RARE DOUG HENNING HOUDINI MAGICIAN SHOW POSTERRare Vintage 1974 The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Escape Color Lithography Advertising Poster. Created by Seymour Chwast to Promote A Live NBC Television Magic Show Sponsered By Mobil Oil, FeatuSee Sold Price
Sold2016Harry Houdini Castle Lock Display Board. Being aHarry Houdini Castle Lock Display Board. Being a collection of twenty-six twelfth century European castle locks, two large keys, and a pair of cuffs that Houdini used in his escape acts, presented inSee Sold Price
Sold2020Pair of leg irons and three locks in velvet lined case.Pair of leg irons and three locks in velvet lined case. Card inside of case reads: Houdini's Leg Irons These leg irons were owned and used by the world's greatest escape artist - Harry Houdini. SmallSee Sold Price
Sold20221923 Sgd. Harry Houdini BaseballOfficial Spalding National League Baseball Signed in ink by the famous Escape Artist, Harry HoudiniSee Sold Price
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