tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post911390480048582171..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Harry Ransom Center reopens Houdini and magic collectionsJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-87395819128489114932022-05-01T15:33:09.063-07:002022-05-01T15:33:09.063-07:00I think we are safe in assuming it is the original...I think we are safe in assuming it is the original. All the material in the HRC came from Houdini's own collection and papers. This was the plaque Houdini owned and displayed.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-15719140937928078802022-05-01T13:34:10.410-07:002022-05-01T13:34:10.410-07:00Is that plaque an original from 1910 or just a rep...Is that plaque an original from 1910 or just a replica very interested in that item. Hope you can prove it's an original let me know. M SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16165997600565512892018-08-08T10:52:13.090-07:002018-08-08T10:52:13.090-07:00Guess it doesn't hurt to make sure, especially...Guess it doesn't hurt to make sure, especially when you're talking about something with such value. Here's exactly what the Will reads:<br /><br />THIRD: I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, WILHELMINA RAHNER HOUDINI, absolutely and forever, my entire dramatic library, my household effects, furniture, trophies, silverware, ornaments, jewelry, diamonds and personal effects, John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-69816947296111409802018-08-08T10:00:50.985-07:002018-08-08T10:00:50.985-07:00I never saw the point of willing assets to your sp...I never saw the point of willing assets to your spouse. I thought by law the surviving spouse takes custody of the items after the death of the partner.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16579533625066245842018-08-07T07:52:53.214-07:002018-08-07T07:52:53.214-07:00Yes, it's nice they provide the story of how t...Yes, it's nice they provide the story of how the collection came to the center. The story as I understand it is Kendall purchased the dramatic collection, and when he came to pick it up at 278, he saw all of Houdini's private papers, etc., and asked if he could buy those as well. So he walked away with what must have been the first great private collection of Houdiniana.<br /><br />And I John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-75388580706694810442018-08-07T07:42:12.834-07:002018-08-07T07:42:12.834-07:00Just clicking onto the opening pages of those Harr...Just clicking onto the opening pages of those Harry Ransom links gives you information. Apparently HH left no will for his drama collection so Kendall purchased the drama library from Bess. The Library of Congress got the magic, spiritualism, and occult books. Books and papers left 278 after HH's death in an orderly fashion.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com