Last year I featured three original tinted Master Mystery lobby cards from the collection of our great patron, MSW. Click to retake The Master Mystery Tour.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Master Mystery lobby card nabs $815
An original lobby card from Houdini's 1919 serial The Master Mystery sold on eBay today for an impressive $815, even though the condition is quite poor. The card features a terrific shot of Houdini/Quentin Locke after escaping from an electric chair. It comes from Episode Seven: "Barbed Wire".
Last year I featured three original tinted Master Mystery lobby cards from the collection of our great patron, MSW. Click to retake The Master Mystery Tour.
Last year I featured three original tinted Master Mystery lobby cards from the collection of our great patron, MSW. Click to retake The Master Mystery Tour.
Restore it or not? What do you think?
ReplyDeleteThe card arrived yesterday. I have sent it off today to get restored. It will look good in a museum someday! I will send pics when it is restored.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting the card. Yes, I would love to see photos of it when it's restored. Thanks.
DeleteIt was so much better in person when I first saw it...pictures unfortunately can't do this lobby card justice! To see his eyes, they way he was in a daze at the time, you could almost feel the electric chair cooling down and the disoriented Houdini tried to regroup...the details are UNBELIEVEABLE! I was really taken back to 1919 when I saw it the first time. I am getting it restored, put in a nice matted frame that is acid free, UV protected, and non-glare. I hope to donate this to the Museum out in town some day (yes, I live in Appleton)!! Something this unique and beautiful belongs in a place where generations of people to come will get a chance to enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful. Congrats again on getting this. Nice to know it's come home to Appleton. :)
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