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Lot 184

[HOUDINI] Three Houdini Newspaper Features. Including full ...

Estimate: $100 - $200

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[HOUDINI] Three Houdini Newspaper Features. Including full broadsheets from the New York Times, Middletown News Signal, and Muskogee Democrat, each featuring illustrated stories regarding Houdini and his crusades against fraudulent spirit mediums, including his association with Arthur Conan Doyle. The first sheet linen-backed. All three dating to the 1920s. Sold together with a printed sheet of illustrations picturing Houdini in various poses, first published in Goldston?s Magician?s Monthly in 1913.