Houdini Leg Irons. Heavy cast iron fetters used to secure a prisoner’s feet, with key. From the Houdini/Hardeen collection of Sidney Radner. Handsomely framed in a large shadowbox with a reproduction broadside to an overall size of 16 x 41 ¼”. Sales History: CRG Auctions, Great Houdini Auction, October 30, 2004, lot 84.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
[Houdini – Banner] The Great Houdini Handcuffs & Leg Irons cloth banner. Maroon fabric with white block capital lettering, used in displays of Houdini-owned handcuffs Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
[Escapes and Houdini] Group of eleven publications about escape tricks and Houdini. Including Learn How be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man (1940s; two editions); Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. Harry Houdini jail cell escape photo. Los Angeles, 1918. Used to publicize Houdini’s serial movie The Master Mystery, he sits in a prison Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
[Houdini Imitator] Real photo postcard of a “handcuff king.” American, ca. 1907. The man stands in a Houdini-esque pose, wrists covered in handcuffs, which are Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Hardeen. Important archive of 64 letters from Theo Hardeen to Sidney Radner. Spanning 1936 – 1945, and covering a wide range of topics, most importantly Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Hardeen (Theodore Weiss). Full-length portrait Hardeen, shackled and cuffed. New York, Apeda, ca. 1918. Handsome sepia-toned photograph of Houdini's brother posed in handcuffs and leg Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
the first depicted with one leg raised atop an embroidered ball, the second atop a lion pup, both with heavy bloom throughout. Height 11 inches. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-06-07
the first depicted with one leg raised atop an embroidered ball, the second atop a lion pup, both with heavy bloom throughout. Height 11 inches. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-01-18
