![HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weiss), (1874-1926). Engraved document signed ("Harry Houdini") as President of the Houdini Picture Corporation, also signed by Harry H. Popp, Assistant Treasurer, n.p. [New York?], 4 January 1922. 1 page, an oblong, 210 x 295 mm. An elaborately engraved certificate printed in black and brown, with wide decorative borders, medallion with American eagle and "E pluribus unum" motto, embossed corporate seal at lower left, name of shareholder and number of shares typewritten.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/NYR/1999_NYR_09262_0070_000(122637).jpg?w=1)
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HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weiss), (1874-1926). Engraved document signed ("Harry Houdini") as President of the Houdini Picture Corporation, also signed by Harry H. Popp, Assistant Treasurer, n.p. [New York?], 4 January 1922. 1 page, an oblong, 210 x 295 mm. An elaborately engraved certificate printed in black and brown, with wide decorative borders, medallion with American eagle and "E pluribus unum" motto, embossed corporate seal at lower left, name of shareholder and number of shares typewritten.
SHARES IN THE HOUDINI PICTURE CORPORATION
A certificate (no.1524) for 10 shares of capital stock in the Houdini Picture Corporation, issued to one Abe Sherman. Houdini, son of a Hungarian rabbi who had emigrated to Wisconsin, had an early affinity for conjuring and took the stage name Houdini, but his great success came from public performances in England and the Continent from 1895. It was as an escape artist--with a decided talent for using the media--that Houdini became celebrated; he appeared in several movies after World War I and eventually launched his own motion picture production company. While the company issued some $500,000 in capital stock, few original stock certificates are extant today.
SHARES IN THE HOUDINI PICTURE CORPORATION
A certificate (no.1524) for 10 shares of capital stock in the Houdini Picture Corporation, issued to one Abe Sherman. Houdini, son of a Hungarian rabbi who had emigrated to Wisconsin, had an early affinity for conjuring and took the stage name Houdini, but his great success came from public performances in England and the Continent from 1895. It was as an escape artist--with a decided talent for using the media--that Houdini became celebrated; he appeared in several movies after World War I and eventually launched his own motion picture production company. While the company issued some $500,000 in capital stock, few original stock certificates are extant today.