The David Baldwin Magic Collection II
Fri, May 18, 2018 03:00AM EDT
Lot 322A
Letter from W.S. Davis to Houdini, Suggesting a New Act.
Estimate: $200 - $400
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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Letter from W.S. David to Houdini, Suggesting a New Act. New York: June 10, 1926. Handwritten in pencil on both sides of a sheet of Davis? letterhead, suggesting that Houdini present an ?old time levitation act? which Davis offers to supply preliminary sketches for use onstage, in such a way to show off Houdini?s acting (?It will give you an unusual chance to show off your ability as an actor ? You have your nose so close to magic that you evidently do not fully realize that you are also an actor.?). A second idea, that Houdini present a ten-minute ?drama out of the Minnie Williams expose,? concludes the letter, signed ?W.S. Davis.? With the original mailing envelope.
