There were two Houdini items (Lot #260 and Lot#267) that I had my eye in in the July 12-13 Haversat & Ewing Howie Schwarzman Auction Part II.
Lot# 260 [Price Realized $1,925,00] :
Laurel Canyon, California. Bess Houdini writes in her hand: My home on Lookout Mountain, Laurel Canyon, Hollywood, Calif. Very rare! [Estimate $125-150]
Note: This is also the home that Houdini may have stayed in when he came to California in 1919 to film, The Grim Game.
Lot #267 [Price Realized $460.00]:
Small scrapbook with clipping mostly pertaining to Houdini. Other articles on Blackstone and Kellar. two dozen pages along with many additional blank pages.
[Estimate $80-100]
Note: The scrapbook contains an original 1925 Parson’s Theatre Program
I am not surprised that both items went for way more than their estimate.
Congratulations to winner(s).
Related:
John shared a postcard photo in his blog of what might be the same house:
https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/05/vintage-postcard-show-houdinis-real.html
That he did; if you clicked on the Related link, LINK:Inside the Houdini Estate, above, I have a post with the image and a link to John’s related posts.
That price stunned me. I put in a $400 bid thinking I was going over the top. Nope. Wonder who got it?
I knew it would go for fairly high, but not that high. It would have made a nice addition.