HOUDINI HARRY; editor Red Magic

Sale 1949 - Lot 180

Price Realized: $ 5,290

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

HOUDINI, HARRY; editor. Red Magic. Complete run of issues from Volume 1, Number 1 (16 November 1924) through the issue for 29 December 1929. Together, 268 issues bound together in 5 volumes. Folio, 1/2 cloth; condition excellent, a few scattered short tears at fore-edges on a few leaves. New York, 1924-29

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An incredibly long run of this ephemeral newspaper insert which came with the New York World. The issues here are in very fine shape since they appear to have been bound around the time of their issue. The five volumes here may well have been file copies for the newspaper office. Red Magic had its defenders and detractors. The magazine exposed the mechanics of many well-known and popular tricks. Houdini was widely criticized for publicly revealing the "art" of magic.<