Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 04:00PM EDT
Lot 45
HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Glass Photo Negative of Houdini in Ankle Stocks.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for
$900
Sold Price includes BP
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Glass Photo Negative of Houdini in Ankle Stocks. [Ashton Under Lyne, ca. April 1909]. Large-format original glass negative, being an amusing photograph of Houdini, seated behind the stocks in Stamford Park, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, with his feet restrained, grinning and reading a copy of Variety. 5 x 7”. Includes original envelope with penciled notations IN HOUDINI'S HAND on the exterior reading, "Houdini in the old stocks in Public Park Ashton under Lyne England."
See Doug Henning's Houdini: His Legend and his Magic (1977), at page 111.
Condition
Envelope chipped, slide near fine.
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Obtained from the Houdini home by Joseph Dunninger and purchased from Dunninger’s widow by the consignor. Kevin Connolly collection.
