The Genii Forum

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An antique dealer friend of a friend saw the trunk, decided to buy it but he wasn't sure of it's value. Asked the people to hold it while he went to get the money but they sold it to someone else. Is there a story to your find in CA?

I think my question wasn't noticed a couple months ago when I asked if anyone heard about a trunk of Houdini letters, handcuffs, keys, etc being sold two years ago at the Columbus Flea Market in New Jersey for $1,000.00...Described to me as being filled with mostly houdini letters and in New Jersey ...

In 1982 I bought a collection of 200 old spook show posters from a magic shop in Parma, Ohio for $50.00. Today I see them on ebay for $200-$400 each. Back then they looked so cheap and tacky.

I saw some 11" X 14" 2 sided flyers in the early 1970's for a mentalist-esp show-medium....His name was Palmer Bradley....Is any one familiar with him??

Is there any word on what became of the coffin after it was used to ship Houdini home...Seems to me that historically it should be considered one of his most important props...By the way, in reference to an earlier mention of Houdini being embalmed, I saw one of Teller's Christmas cards on ebay a fe...

if you go to <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.magicvideolibrary.com">www.magicvideolibrary.com</a><!-- w --> you will see this dealer has several hundred dvd's for sale...i was under the impression they were from historical rare old films...turned out to be poor copies of modern dvd's....

I AM SEARCHING FOR A COPY OF HAVE SEANCE WILL TRAVEL BY BROTHER SHADOW...DO YOU KNOW OF ANY AVAILABLE

I'm sure there are still secrets in the house left by Houdini, just waiting for a group of magicians and psychics to discover them (now that's a reality show I would watch)...Do you think that any of Houdini's movies may have had scenes shot in the house? It was recently brought to my attention that...

Thank you...extremely interesting. Does any one know much about Houdini"s house in recent years. Is it the same as when he lived there or has it been remodeled? Are there films or photos of the inside? It was interesting to look at it on Google earth.

On the subject of Houdini's assistants, would anyone know when Vickery died and what he did later in life??