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Houdini Straight Jacket Auction

Among the 850 pieces recently of the Pugliese pop culture collection recently auctioned by Guernsey’s of New York was this floor length canvas and leather straight jacket style bag originally brought to market by Butterfield & Butterfield in 1999. According to the article from ABC News, “This burlap, leather-front jacket was used by legendary magician Harry Houdini in his  [Read more]

The Man in the Iron Mask Escapes

Iron MaskMuch like the many challenges faced by Houdini during his career as an escapologist, British magician Danny Hunt was dared by a local fabricator to escape from a contraption or original design. In an article from the Scarborough Evening News, Chris Deighton, manager of Nor-Wal Fabrications said,  [Read more]