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Sat, Apr 9, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Apr 10, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 132

Houdini, Harry. Hippodrome Theatre of Varieties/ Solid Silver Manacle Release. Brighton: W.E. Nash,

Estimate: $600 - $800

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Houdini, Harry. Hippodrome Theatre of Varieties/ Solid Silver Manacle Release. Brighton: W.E. Nash, ca. 1904. Letterpress challenge handbill (5 1/8 x 8о) heralding сthe famous handcuff kingо сdirect from a Record Success at the London Hippodromeо who сwill be presentedѓ by the пDaily MirrorН with a Solid Silver Manacle.о Otherwise known as the сMirror Cuffsо that in Life of a Versatile Artist were asserted to have taken five years to manufacture by a Birmingham blacksmith so that сno mortal man could pickо it. Laid down on linen. With minor browning, tiny marginal loss at upper right.

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