Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 04:00PM EDT
Lot 16
HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). Dispatch News Service. Harry Houdini Dies.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Sold for
$3,360
Sold Price includes BP
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). Dispatch News Service. Harry Houdini Dies. New York: Dispatch News Service, Nov. 5, 1926. Photographic broadside published five days after Houdini's untimely death, picturing the magician in five scenes from his life: in his library, escaping from chains, dressed for a spirit seance exposé, at the end of a straitjacket escape, and just before an underwater packing box escape. Printed captions below the images. Framed, 19 3/4 x 16 3/4".
A RARE poster announcing Houdini's fateful death on Halloween, 1926. Text below the photographs states, "Harry Houdini, world famous magician and handcuff king, died from complications after acute appendicitis attack at Detroit, Mich." The first example of this object we have encountered.
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