![]() ![]() Several outlets wondered if we’d set a new world record. "Chatter on social media included considerable speculation about just how high the price would go. "Advance buzz for the auction was high, and especially for the Houdini posters," said Gabe Fajuri, President of Potter & Potter. Sold across two auctions at Potter & Potter, the entire collection achieved a total of $1.4 million. Advertising him as the "King of Cards", years before he became an international star, the poster also set a new record by selling for $24,000.īoth posters originated from the collection of professional magician Norm Nielsen, who had spent 25 years assembling more than 1000 vintage lithographs from the Golden Era of magic posters. The sale also featured another rare Houdini poster, printed in 1898 during the early years of his career. The previous record price for one of the posters had been set back in 2000, when a copy sold at Christie’s in New York for $51,959. His brother Theodore Hardeen later sold the original cabinet, against Houdini’s dying wishes, and it ended up as a fish tank at the Houdini Museum in Niagara Falls.Īfter partially surviving a fire at the museum in 1995, the cabinet was restored by illusion builder John Gaughan, and is now part of magician David Copperfield’s private magic museum in Las Vegas.Īs one of just three examples known to exist, the rare poster soared past its estimate of $50,000 – $60,000 to sell for $116,850, making it the most valuable magic poster ever sold. ![]() It became his most famous escape act, and he performed it around the world up until his death in 1926. At the turn of the 20th century, magician Harry Kellar commissioned a poster to advertise one of his most famous tricks, The Levitation of Princess Karnac, in which he appeared to make a. ![]() This enabled him to copyright the idea, prevent other magicians from performing a similar escape, and he referred to the illusion as "the upside down" for the rest of his career. Having invented the illusion in 1911, Houdini first performed the escape to a single audience member in a one-act play entitled ‘Houdini Upside Down!’ The poster, printed in England in 1912, featured Houdini performing his most famous escape act: the Chinese Water Torture Cell. Check out, for more information.A rare vintage poster featuring illusionist Harry Houdini has sold for a world record price in Chicago. When not working on his writing and art in New York City he spends his time not working on his writing and art in New York City. Tony’s designs, comics and words can also be found on greeting cards and other product lines such as calendars, posters, and apparel sold in stores and catalogs worldwide. “Daddy’s Home” is a fresh and funny look at the contemporary trials and tribulations of a growing segment of the modern family dynamic - the stay at home dad. Poster for Houdinis Harry and Bess Houdini in. Tony is the creator of the Internationally Syndicated Comic Strip, “Daddy's Home” which appears in more than 250 newspapers and websites and is seen by 26 million people every day. Not satisfied with that low level of fame, however, Houdini decided to gamble by taking his act to Europe. Never a big stickler for math, Tony wrote, “Life Lessons from Your Dog” as the fifth installment of his Life-Lessons book trilogy, which includes “Life Lessons from Your Cat,” “Life Lessons from Elvis (the English version was translated and released in Fin- land as well),” “Life Lessons from the Bradys,” and “Life Lessons from Melrose Place.” Before that he displayed his steely work ethic by penning, “1001 Reasons to Procrasti- nate.” His fear of being inconvenienced by eternal damnation is reflected in his recent tome, “Get Into Heaven: Or Your Money Back.” Along the way Tony has contributed his articles and cartoons to publications such as: Will Ferrell’s “Funny Or Die,” website, MAD Magazine, Cracked, National Lampoon, and the Chicago Tribune. A third version has been translated into Italian and released last summer. It’s also in it’s third printing having been re- leased under another title in The UK, Sweeden, Australia and The Netherlands. His latest book, “You Can’t Scare Him He’s A Parent” is a collection of his interna- tionally syndicated comic strip “Daddy’s Home.” His book “Why Didn’t I Think Of That? 101 Inventions That Changed The World By Hardly Trying,” was released is now an internationally syndicated, weekly column in the UK and other English-speaking countries. Combining his strengths humor, art and comics, he found his calling in the study of drivel. Anthony Rubino, Jr., was born in New Jersey to a first-generation, Italian-American, Roman Catholic family. Tony’s paintings and prints have been featured in galleries in New York, Chicago, Washington and LA - and can be found in museums in Greece, Italy and The USA. Houdini Do Spirit Return vintage illusionist magic show Poster.
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