Houdiniana
Wed, Sep 19, 2018 09:12PM EDT
Lot 83
Temple Theatre Signed Letter Certifying Record-Breaking Attendance at Houdini?s Engagement.
Estimate: $500 - $700
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| $500 | $50 |
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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Temple Theatre Signed Letter Certifying Record-Breaking Attendance at Houdini?s Engagement. Detroit: Dec. 2, 1906. On a sheet of Temple Theatre letterhead, a typed letter signed by the proprietor and manager certifying that Houdini?s recent performance broke the venue?s attendance record, the previous record having also been Houdini?s. Lastly, the manager contradicts a claim made by Col. Gaston Bordeverry as to holding the attendance record, declaring it ?without foundation.? Mounted to paper. Signed ?J.H. Moore.?
