tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8279386238859540040..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Early handwritten Houdini letter sells at auctionJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-47024042361804777202023-02-01T20:35:11.061-08:002023-02-01T20:35:11.061-08:00Sorry, I think I confused you. Beck sent cuffs on ...Sorry, I think I confused you. Beck sent cuffs on stage because HH was doing the challenge handcuff act. Accepting cuffs from the audience. That was his act. So Beck sent his own cuffs on stage to test him. Or so the story goes.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9155702983016462002023-02-01T15:15:54.580-08:002023-02-01T15:15:54.580-08:00Yeah why would Beck ask him to escape from his cuf...Yeah why would Beck ask him to escape from his cuffs? He must have seen HH escape from the Beans in his collection and wondered if HH could do it for real from outside cuffs.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-86050987309258539502023-01-29T18:41:38.037-08:002023-01-29T18:41:38.037-08:00Remember Beck (reportedly) sent a pair of handcuff...Remember Beck (reportedly) sent a pair of handcuffs on stage to challenge him. HH was doing it all when Beck came across him. That was the problem. Beck (again, reportedly) asked him to pair it back to his two strengths -- handcuffs and Metamorphosis.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78612298956660294742023-01-29T15:51:57.226-08:002023-01-29T15:51:57.226-08:00I thought the police and public challenges came af...I thought the police and public challenges came after Beck.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-74646893264317822902023-01-27T13:05:44.249-08:002023-01-27T13:05:44.249-08:00He was escaping from the Bean Giants, yeah. He als...He was escaping from the Bean Giants, yeah. He also did police station challenges and at the end the year accepted public challenges. All 1895.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71820469514447833092023-01-27T09:43:23.539-08:002023-01-27T09:43:23.539-08:00HH was escaping from his Bean Giants? The Challeng...HH was escaping from his Bean Giants? The Challenge Handcuff Act was still down the road.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-47591752994826880792023-01-26T15:00:06.475-08:002023-01-26T15:00:06.475-08:00The handcuffs were actually around as early as 189...The handcuffs were actually around as early as 1895!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40862721636708685562023-01-26T14:48:40.450-08:002023-01-26T14:48:40.450-08:00Thank you for deciphering the text Marco!!! I also...Thank you for deciphering the text Marco!!! I also had trouble trying to read these letters. Handcuffs in 1897? This is incredible!Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-25037085299576714762023-01-26T12:14:36.508-08:002023-01-26T12:14:36.508-08:00I have written up the contents of the letter for t...I have written up the contents of the letter for the Auction Action column in the next issue of Ye Olde Magic Mag, out at the end of February. I agree with John's opinion that the lots are part of the same letter. In addition to the usual pleasanteries, this is the main text:<br />We were with Rogers Orpheum Stars on percentage & after working 7 weeks received only our board, laundry &Marco Pusterlahttps://yeoldemagicmag.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64687657279466512072023-01-26T11:07:16.890-08:002023-01-26T11:07:16.890-08:00Any chance someone could write out the content of ...Any chance someone could write out the content of both? Far to blurry to make anything out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-49752490642901066652023-01-25T16:53:22.003-08:002023-01-25T16:53:22.003-08:00Oh boy, precious few. Off the top of my head I can...Oh boy, precious few. Off the top of my head I can only think of one other, and it's nowhere near as good as this.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-14523221110049000662023-01-25T14:50:45.224-08:002023-01-25T14:50:45.224-08:00How many more early HH letters on custom stationer...How many more early HH letters on custom stationery like this one are still floating out there?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com