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Lot 40

HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926). Typed Note Signed by Houdini. B...

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926). Typed Note Signed by Houdini. Baltimore: Nov. 13, 1925. 1 4to page on plain white paper (mild toning, soiling, rubbing, one horizontal and two vertical creases). Addressed: ?Dear Lohrey:-? Written to Carl S. Lohrey, who built magical apparatus for Houdini and others: ?I think you have the wrong slant about those clocks. All you would have to do is to have a push catch and the clocks would fall back. Have forgotten the full idea but if you send it to me I think I can have it finished around the show or give it to Schlosser to make. Please give me the full effect as I told it to you.? Visible size: 10 x 8?. Matted, framed and glazed, with a Houdini memorial stamp from 1951 (frame size: 22 ? x 18 ??). Minor rubbing to frame. Near fine. Provenance: Ken Klosterman?s ?Salon de Magie.?