Oct 30, 2001 - Sale 1911

Sale 1911 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 3,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(HOUDINI, HARRY.) Hand-tinted Glass Projection Slide, advertising Houdini's serial called The Master Mystery, about half of the slide given over to lettered advertising, the other half showing a robot with electric bolts emanating from his fingers while the characters of the movie quiver below, 3 1/4x4 inches.<\t>New York, circa 1918
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The Master Mystery is idolized by both Houdini fans and Sci Fi fans. The film not only starred Houdini, but it introduced for the first time an automaton or robot to celluloid.<