Sold for:
$4,000
$4,000
Houdini, Harry. At Hackney. A Man Locked Into A Dairyman’s Milk Can. Hackney [?], Haycock-Cadle Co., ca. 1911. Half-sheet (19 7/8 x 29 7/8”) letterpress broadside/challenge issued to Houdini by Messrs. Waters Brothers for him to escape from an “Airtight Galvanised Can into which he will be locket…after they have filled the can to overflowing with milk.” Restoration evident, linen backed; B. Both this challenge and the broadside offered in the following lot were among personal papers kept by Houdini, and after his passing, by his wife, Beatrice. A letter of provenance accompanies the challenge.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
