Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 04:00PM EDT
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Lot 65
[HOUDINI] Photograph of Houdini's Assistants.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for
$5,520
Sold Price includes BP
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[HOUDINI] Photograph of Houdini's Assistants. Circa 1925. Black-and-white image shows five women dressed in elaborate wardrobe for Houdini's 1925/26 American tour. With inked caption in the lower margin, likely IN BEATRICE HOUDINI'S HAND, reading, "Houdinis [sic] Road Show." Each subject has also been identified in the same hand, from left to right: Dorothy Young, Tessie Vittorelli, Julia Sawyer, Jewel Karcher, and Beatrice Houdini." 8 x 10". A RARE image of the female cast members on Houdini's final tour.
Note: this images first published in Kenneth Silverman's biography, Houdini!!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss (1996). Several variants of this work are available in our "Encore" Houdini auction on the day following this sale.
Condition
Old creases, scrapbook remnants to verso.
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