Houdini, Harry. Sailors Challenge Houdini. Manchester, 1910. Half-sheet letterpress broadside (19 x 30”) describing a challenge to Houdini from sailors who will bind him to an eight-foot plank of wood from which he will then escape. Expert restoration at central fold and borders. Linen backed. B+.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
Houdini, Harry. Sailors Challenge Houdini. Liverpool: Will Jones, 1909. Letterpress poster describes the challenge escape Houdini has accepted from a group of sailors, who will Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Houdini Challenge at B.F. Keith’s. Will He Meet Defeat? Cincinnati: Union Label, ca. 1915. Letterpress challenge handbill (4 x 9”) by the “expert Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Sea-Bag Escape Challenge. Hull, 1913. Seamen challenge Houdini to escape from a bag used to restrain “mad-with-grog sailors or mutineers on the high Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
Houdini, Harry. Houdini Sea-Bag Escape Challenge. Hull, 1913. Seamen challenge Houdini to escape from a bag used to restrain “mad-with-grog sailors or mutineers on the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
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. Typed Letter “Challenge” to Harry Houdini from Wm. Filene’s Sons. Boston, Sept. 9, 1924. On one 4to page of Wm. Filene’s Sons Company, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Schlitz Brewery Challenge to Houdini. Dated March 4th, 1912 and typed on Schlitz letterhead from Norfolk Virginia. The message states, “We challenge you Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
Houdini, Harry. Miniature Houdini escape challenge. American, ca. 1910. Challenge in the form of an oversize ticket advertising the “$1000 Challenge” for Houdini’s release from Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Houdini, Harry. T Wharf Fishermen Challenge Houdini. Boston, 1911. Antique handbill challenge made by a group of Bostons sea captains and fishermen for Houdini to Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Houdini, Harry. Challenge! Houdini Accepts. New Orelans, 1907. Challenge issued to Houdini for his escape from a "large leather finding bag made of sole leather…constructed Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-01-28
