Sold for:
$4,200
$4,200
[Houdini, Harry] Catalogue of Illusion Apparatus Property of the Late Chung Ling Soo [Houdini’s Copy]. Clapham: Baldwin, 1920. Printed wraps. 20 pages. Approximately 8vo (6 x 8”). Front wrap annotated in pencil by Houdini and initialed “HH”; two contemporary news clippings concerning the auction tipped-in; prices realized written in pencil by unknown hand. Auctioneer’s tipped-in notice annotated on the reverse by an employee or assistant of Houdini’s, reading, “My first day was to secure this catalogue for Harry Handcuff Houdini/[Illegible signature].” Minor smudging on front, old folds, nicks at corners.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
