Houdini, Harry. Houdini broadside fragment. British, ca. 1908. Advertising a challenge for Houdini’s appearance at the Hulme Hippodrome, where he would escape from a full length padded cells suit, similar to a straight jacket. Trimmed to an overall size of 10 x 20 ¾”. Borders chipped, one small loss in image. Linen backed. Sold as-is.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26
Houdini, Harry. Victory! Victory! Victory! Houdini Still King of Handcuffs!! London, David Allen & Sons, 1904. Half-sheet (20 ¼ x 30”) two-color broadside heralding Houdini’s Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
367. Houdini, Harry. CHALLENGE! To Harry Houdini. Birmingham England, Moody Brothers, December 1908. Letterpress broadside poster (20 x 30”) advertising Houdini’s acceptance of a challenge Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
Houdini, Harry. Challenge to Houdini from U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officers. New York, Carey Show Print, 1916. Oversized (14 x 22”) pictorial challenge which reproduces Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
Houdini, Harry. Houdini New York Hippodrome Program. New York, 1924. Houdini headlines, presenting a “challenge” act in which he will dematerialize from a box, and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Hippodrome Theatre of Varieties/ Solid Silver Manacle Release. Brighton: W.E. Nash, ca. 1904. Letterpress challenge handbill (5 1/8 x 8”) heralding “the famous Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Houdini Mersey Sensation newspaper broadside. Liverpool England, 1908. Screen-printed broadside on a single folio sheet of the Liverpool Echo, heralding Houdini’s “daring leap” Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. World Famous Houdini. Holborn Empire Escape Broadside. London: December 5, 1910. Letterpress theatrical broadside headlined by Houdini, whose “latest invention, that of escaping Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Water Torture Cell broadside. [Glasgow], 1913. Large letterpress broadside (11 ¼ x 35 ¼") in bright blue ink on cream-colored stock. Houdini tops Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
Houdini, Harry. Letterpress Broadside for Houdini in Germany. N.p. (Germany), ca. 1908. 8 x 14 ¾". Black ink on cream stock. Houdini tops a music Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2009-04-26
Houdini, Harry. Houdini Australian Opera House broadside. Melbourne, J.J. Miller Sons Printers, 1910. Handsome one-color panel-size broadside (15 ¼ x 39 ½”) on which Houdini Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
