Winter Magic Auction
Sat, Dec 11, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 309
HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Notes Regarding Henry Slade ...
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,400
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
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HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Notes Regarding Henry Slade in Houdini?s Own Hand. 1920s [?]. Written in ink and pencil on one sheet of stiff card (possibly from a file folder from Houdini?s collection), the escape artist writes about Slade, and in reference to him alludes to other well-known magicians, among them [Samri] Baldwin, [Frederick Eugene] Powell (?use Powells letter?), and [John Nevil] MaskelyneHoudini states, in part, ?Re his segment [?] antics - & Baldwin know[s] S was a Hermaphrodite.? And, ?Get all papers together pics & others Maskelyne told me etc.? Possibly used as preparatory notes for his 1922 book A Magician Among the Spirits. Recto only, with chipping, folds, and wear extremities.
