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Sat, Dec 16, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 17, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 430

Houdini Trunk Escape Challenge Handbill.

Estimate: $500 - $700

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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Trunk Escape Challenge Handbill. Lowell, Mass., (1906). Letterpress challenge made by the foreman and box maker of Otis Allen & Son for Houdini to escape from a trunk inside of which he is nailed and roped. 9 x 6”. Tear to upper left corner, loss to “C” in first line of text, soiling lower left corner. Edward Saint Collection ink stamp to verso.

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