Sold for:
$900
$900
Houdini/Houdini Movie/Joseph Dunninger Mailbag prop. American, ca. 1950 [?]. Canvas mailbag with metal grommets owned by mentalist and mindreader Joseph Dunninger and loaned Paramount Pictures for the filming of the 1952 Houdini biopic starring Tony Curtis. Several small holes, wear and discoloration to bag. Dunninger stated that this mailbag was among the property he purchased/inherited from Houdini's estate. A letter attesting to the props's history, written by Dunninger's daughter, accompanies the bag.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-01-28