Oct 30, 2003 - Sale 1982

Sale 1982 - Lot 181

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
(HOUDINI, HARRY.) Houdini's Secret Code to guarantee the genuiness of his contact from "beyond." Manila type envelope said to contain a letter from Arthur Conan Doyle on which it is purported that Houdini and others circled and numbered ten words, those words to be used in any communication from Houdini after his death; the message sealed in the manila envelope, and with red seals and 3 Signatures of Joseph Dunninger used to insure the integrity of the envelope; envelope considerably worn. Formerly in the collection of the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame. Np, nd

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Copies of this code are said to have been given to Bess Houdini and Joseph Dunninger. If and when Houdini communicated after his death, the ten circled words would have to be used in the message.