The Collection of Jim Rawlins Part II
Sat, May 25, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 397
Houdini Picture Corporation Certificate, Signed.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Picture Corporation Certificate, Signed. January 11, 1922. Engraved stock certificate for fifteen shares to W.E. Jefferson. Share number 1562. Signed ?Harry Houdini? as company president, and countersigned by Harry H. Poppe as assistant treasurer. 8 ? x 11 ??. Folds, a few closed nicks and tears at edges. Houdini starred in five silent films between 1918 and 1923. After appearing in the first three, the magician founded his own motion picture company, and went on to produce and star in The Man from Beyond (1922) and Haldane of the Secret Service (1923).
