Lot 28 Description:
Portrait Postcard of Lila Lee, Inscribed by
Houdini. Circa 1919. Delicately tinted oval portrait printed
postcard of the movie star with her name printed below the
likeness. Divided back, postally unused. Near fine. INSCRIBED
and INITIALED by Houdini ink on the recto: “Lila Lee / ‘Beverly
West’ / Terror Island / HH.”
I love the above postcard of Lila Lee (who played Beverly West in Terror Island) that sold for $1600 last week at a Potter and Potter Houdini auction. While I didn’t win the postcard ascibed by Houdini, I am fortunate to have a similar postcard in my collection, just not annotated by HH:
A nice postcard, but I’m wary of anything supposedly signed by Houdini. His popularity has encouraged the forgers to come out of the woodwork and copy his handwriting. A fellow on Facebook recently sold his original 1921 copy of Magical Rope Ties and was surprised to see it back on an auction site with two forged Houdini signatures on it.
Potter & Potter can be trusted.
Totally agree!