A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
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A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

HARRY HOUDINI, 1913

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A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
HARRY HOUDINI, 1913
HOUDINI, Harry (born Erik WEISZ, 1874-1926). Photograph signed ("Harry Houdini"), [Nottingham?] 13 May 1913.
Silver gelatin print, 91 x 75mm, inscribed in pencil adding "best wishes" and the date, mounted to a sheet formerly part of an autograph album (a few small abrasions). The verso bearing an inscription by Cecil LYLE (1889-1955): ("Best wishes the Great Lyle Cavalcade of Mystery") n.p., n.d.
Provenance
Max Rambod Rare Books, 30 June 2004, lot 479

Présenté par

Peter Klarnet
Peter Klarnet Senior Specialist, Americana

Descriptif du lot

A bust portrait of Houdini signed during one of his many tours of the United Kingdom.

Houdini had recently appeared in Nottingham at the Empire theatre on the week of 5 May billed as "THE WORLD-FAMOUS SELF LIBERATOR." (Evening Post, Nottingham, 10 May 1913, p.4).

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