Blackstone Magic Auction
Sat, Oct 28, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Oct 29, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 51
Two Letters from Maurice Chavin Raymond to Harry Blackstone Pertaining to a Dispute with Houdini.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Two Letters from Maurice Chavin Raymond to Harry Blackstone Pertaining to a Dispute with Houdini. New York, Oct. 29 and Nov. 16, 1922. Two letters on National Vaudeville Artists notepaper, seven pages total, both accompanied by the original mailing envelopes, from Chavin to Blackstone, regarding several matters of dispute and gossip relevant to Blackstone, including Houdini’s complaint of Blackstone’s performance of a box escape trick, the origination of the Dancing Handkerchief act, and other gossip relating to Servais LeRoy, Goldin, Thurston, and the S.A.M.
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