Sold for:
$550

Houdini, Harry. Grand Charity Matinee. Houdini. Sheffield England, Wilkinson & Son, 1904. Oversized one-color playbill (12 x 19 ½”) advertising this variety show, which Houdini headlined as “world renowned handcuff king and jail breaker.” Chipped, torn and laminated to board; sold as-is.


Potter & Potter

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-02-02

Archived auctions similar to 269: Houdini, Harry. Grand Charity Matinee broadside. Down arrow


Sold for:
$250

Houdini, Harry. Typed Letter to Superintendent of Police, Pittsburg, Regarding Harry Houdini. Pittsburgh, September 24, 1906. On one 4to page of Harry Davis’ Enterprises letterhead, Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-04-09


Sold for:
$325

Houdini, Harry. Russian periodical picturing Houdini performing at the Yar. Russia, 1903. Color lithographed image of Houdini fills the top half of the rear cover Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2014-08-23


Sold for:
$6,500

Houdini, Harry. Six Page Manuscript Letter Signed, “Houdini,” to His Brother Hardeen. Sydney, Australia, Apr. 3, 1910. Written shortly after being the first man to Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-04-09


Sold for:
$3,000

Most likely written en route to California via train on November 15, 1917. On two sheets of “Twentieth Century Limited” stationery, Kellar writes in great Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2017-02-04


Sold for:
$325

Goldston, Will (Wolf Goldstein). Challenge. Carl Devo. Blackpool: Railway Guide Office, 1903. Letterpress broadside advertising a £100 challenge to Carl Devo (Goldston’s stage name). The Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-06-25