Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 04:00PM EDT
Lot 18
HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). First Time Here ... HOUDINI.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for
$26,400
Sold Price includes BP
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). First Time Here ... HOUDINI. Circa 1915. Three-color panel-size broadside advertising Houdini's appearance at the Orpheum Theater on Fort Street in Winnipeg, Canada. The text advertises him as "The Elusive American" and bills his Water Torture Cell and East Indian Needle trick near the bottom of the poster. Also announced is his $1,000 challenge, "...to anyone proving that it is possible to obtain air in the up-side-down position in which he releases himself from this WATER FILLED TORTURE CELL." Matted and framed, 45 1/2 x 20".
Condition
Linen backed, with old folds expertly restored. Bright and attractive.
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