Houdiniana
Wed, Sep 19, 2018 09:12PM EDT
Lot 66
Magicians? Autograph Album Signed by Houdini, Malini, Chung Ling Soo, and Others.
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Magicians? Autograph Album Signed by Houdini, Malini, Chung Ling Soo, and Others. Principally Sydney, Australia, 1909?12. Small cloth album (2 3/8 x 4 ??), alternating pale pink, tan, green, and cream-colored leaves. Signed by 28 magicians, hypnotists, and ventriloquists, most notably Max Malini, Harry Houdini (signing ?Harry Handcuff Houdini/The Original Handcuff King,? dated in his hand), Chung Ling Soo (signing ?Sincerely Yours/Chung Ling Soo?, and adding Chinese characters), Dante (signing ?Jansen?), and others including Nicola, Nate Leipzig, Les Levante, George Stillwell, Charles Oswald Williams, Gustave Fasola, Allan Shaw, Arthur Valli (adding a drawing of a magician in ink and watercolor), Duveen, Mdlle. Margo, Herbert Brooks, Arthur Prince, John Booth, Ali Bongo, and several others. Scattered light foxing, tender binding, soiling to covers.
