Sold for:
$200
$200
Blackstone Sr. , Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone carpenters and shippers challenge. Toronto, W.S. Jonson & Co., 1925. Handbill challenging Blackstone to escape from a packing case built by the Adams Furniture Co. while Blackstone appeared at the Pantages theatre, Toronto. One tall 8vo sheet; very good. Blackstone was one of many magicians who “borrowed” Houdini’s idea of the escape challenge as a publicity-generator.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26
