tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4294464591195666075..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: SyFy brings The Dark Side to the U.S.John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89660135201231605422012-04-23T13:10:26.097-07:002012-04-23T13:10:26.097-07:00Thanks Steve. I've done a fresh post about the...Thanks Steve. I've done a fresh post about the auction. Good luck!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-70821081919234419682012-04-22T08:35:54.476-07:002012-04-22T08:35:54.476-07:00In case any Houdini collectors out there may be in...In case any Houdini collectors out there may be interested, I have posted these cuffs for sale on ebay. I collect far too many other things and have decided to make them available to other interested collectors. Here is the link<br />http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290701611589Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-11869503888508510322012-04-08T20:16:58.672-07:002012-04-08T20:16:58.672-07:00There will always be naysayers for any historical ...There will always be naysayers for any historical object, real or not. Perhaps the strongest evidence that these darbys were made for Houdini does not lie only in the fact they came from the Dunninger collection but rather in who made them, stamped his name in them, and that they show no signs of post manufacture tampering in the area of the end caps which seal in the locking bolt and spring. We Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-69226510960090336442012-04-08T16:46:33.984-07:002012-04-08T16:46:33.984-07:00Unless it's the original Mirror cuff or it'...Unless it's the original Mirror cuff or it's silver twin there is no way to link any handcuff 100 percent directly to Houdini.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-14062282915159451132012-04-08T14:20:19.149-07:002012-04-08T14:20:19.149-07:00I don't understand on how the best provenance ...I don't understand on how the best provenance in the world prove any handcuffs are the ones listed in any documents. No serial numbers, no markings that distinguish one set of cuffs from another. I don't get it.<br /><br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-85852562191353530752012-04-08T09:51:12.510-07:002012-04-08T09:51:12.510-07:00Good discussion about this at Handcuffs.org. That&...Good discussion about this at Handcuffs.org. That's where the experts lurk, and the consensus is that, yes, these are Houdini cuffs with excellent provenance.<br /><br />http://www.network54.com/Forum/261154/thread/1333815140/last-1333890763/Houdini+handcuffs+on+%27Deals+From+The+Dark+Side%27John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-77188976829349920902012-04-08T08:18:22.208-07:002012-04-08T08:18:22.208-07:00I actually trust cuffs from the Dunniger collectio...I actually trust cuffs from the Dunniger collection a little more than I do cuffs from the Radner-Hardeen hord. And the fact that the cuffs are gaffed is a very good sign. But I'm not an expert on cuffs and collections.<br /><br />I'd blame the editor for the "Water Torture Cell" comment over the footage of the Milk Can. The audio was probably from Dorothy showing a photo of theJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59919804456829248172012-04-08T08:08:20.809-07:002012-04-08T08:08:20.809-07:00Thanks for the comment, Steve. Great to see you he...Thanks for the comment, Steve. Great to see you here. I was curios about the provenance. Dunninger collection. That's excellent. Too bad you weren't able to do the interview with Maxine.<br /><br />Great show, btw. I really enjoyed the Titanic deck chair episode as well. Going to set the DVR to record them all on Syfy. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-22719874536014786182012-04-08T07:04:55.993-07:002012-04-08T07:04:55.993-07:00I've heard that cuffs from Dunninger may or ma...I've heard that cuffs from Dunninger may or may not be from Houdini. Why do they say..."is<br /> that the water torture cell" while the camera is showing an obviously fake Houdini milk can? Lots of hokum going on at the Scranton Houdini museum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-72808041355262799422012-04-07T18:42:40.807-07:002012-04-07T18:42:40.807-07:00The cuffs...
Came from the late Joseph Dunninger...The cuffs... <br /><br />Came from the late Joseph Dunninger's collection and were owned by Houdini and then Bess and on to Dunninger after Harry died. <br /><br />They then went from the hands of Dunninger's widow to a now deceased escapist/mentalist/collector who at one time had a massive lot of stuff from Dunninger's widow. <br /><br />From his hands they passed to another Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com