Today I continue my series of posts, where I share different Master Mystery Exhibitors’ Ads from my personal collection:
- Houdini Talks About Himself and the Master Mystery
- Ruth Stonehouse Writes Plays When Only Six
- Houdini’s Tame Eagle in “The Master Mystery”
- The Triumph of Science. A Mechanical Man with a Superhuman Brain
- By Request of Hoover Houdini Chaffs Miss Marsh
- Kidnapped into Pictures
- Handcuffs I Have Met
- Houdini Breaks Own Record in “The Master Mystery”
- Why “The Master Mystery” is a Sure Record-Breaking Serial
- $25 for Houdini’s Secret
- Houdini Made the Kaiser Apologise. The Great Mystic a Victim of Hun Arrogance
- About Publicity
Only $25, but in 1918 it was worth quite a bit, and even more when Houdini offered his secret for that price in the late 1800s:
Adjusted for inflation, $25.00 in 1918 is equal to $559.76 in 2024.
Annual inflation over this period was 2.98%.
Excellent point; thank you!