Houdini, Harry. Two photographs of Houdini performing a straitjacket escape. New York, Brown Brothers, ca. 1920. In the first, Houdini is strapped in the jacket. In the second, he is hoisted in the air. Notes on the verso indicate the escape was performed for a Sheepshead Bay Police Benefit. 7 x 5”. One visibly worn and chipped, the other very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. Two Publicity Photos of Houdini Performing Strait Jacket Escape. Circa 1915. Sepia tone photographs show Houdini suspended from rope. In the first he Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Two photographs of Houdini and a “spirit medium.” Chicago, Butler Studio, ca. 1924. Houdini listens to ethereal voices projected through a spirit trumpet, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. Photograph of Houdini performing a straitjacket escape. New York, White Studio, ca. 1920. Houdini is shown at the conclusion of the escape, free Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. Two photographs of Houdini molding “spirit” hands. New York, ca. 1924. The famous magician demonstrates how to form apparently ghostly hands from wax. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
Two Photos of Amazon Indian Women, Colorado tribe, each signed "Andre Roosevelt" in pencil l.r. on the mounting paper. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-09-14
Houdini, Harry. Group of Photos and Other Ephemera. Various dates and publishers. Including a vintage portrait photograph (5 x 7”) verso stamped “Harry Houdini Collection/Original”; Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Houdini Performing Card Tricks Photograph. Circa 1924. Houdini holds cards in his hands while a crowd of onlookers surrounds him on three sides. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
Houdini Family Scrapbook. Assembled by Houdini’s niece, Marie Blood, and containing approximately 19 original contemporary photographs, the majority featuring Houdini and his wife Beatrice in Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. Full Length Photograph of Houdini and Ching Ling Foo. [Brighton Beach], 1913. Reportedly taken by Theo Bamberg (Okito) in Brighton Beach, in front Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Beatrice. Two Snapshots of Bess Houdini, and Pacific Coast Magic News V2 N5. 1930s. Vintage snapshots (2 x 1 7/8”) showing her with Dunninger, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
