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I received an unusual envelope in the mail with a shadow image of Houdini in the corner. I opened it and inside a very cool looking image of Houdini from what was clearly an old marketing piece once used by the master mystifier. See below...
And once I turned it over, it reveals an ad for John Cox's upcoming book, The Ultimate Houdini Chronology Volume 1, HANDCUFF KING The Consequences of Harry Houdini 1900-1909. With the words COMING IN 2026!!!
WONDERFUL GIFT!!!! VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!!
ALERT: New Houdini Book, That You Don't Want To Miss! This might be my favorite kind of new Houdini book. It's called Exposing Houdini by Charles Greene. The book contains images that perhaps no one has seen since the days of Houdini. These were found in an abandoned safety deposit box, glass plates with images of a younger Harry, from the period of 1903-1911. Judging by the cover, he is in 'fighting shape' in these images!
Every time new pictures of Houdini turn up, it's exciting. And they turn up all the time! Well, not all the time, but every couple years they seem to turn up. And now to have so many of them show up at once, is huge!
Charles Greene, is a friend and fellow magic historian. He's also an excellent magician in his own right. But he has a passion for magic history that I admire. He has been trying to track down the origin of these glass plates for some time. He thinks they might have come from the Dunninger Collection, meaning from Dunninger's House in NJ. How they ended up in a safety deposit box in the middle of the country is a big mystery.
But the good news is, they have been found and are now being shared in the new book, Exposing Houdini by Charles Greene. This is a limited edition run. So you'll want to order it while you can. The book is a 10x10 coffee table book printed on the highest quality paper, 164 pages. It's going to be insanely cool!!!
To order: exposingHoudini.com
This notice above just showed up on David Copperfield's social media pages. In eight weeks, the end of April, David Copperfield will finish his run at MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS. He says he will be announcing what's next following that run. Frankly, I cant even imagine. Well, sure I can imagine, maybe he's doing the Moon Vanish, but that cant be all. Perhaps moving to a new casino. Maybe opening his museum to the public. Im just guessing.
Im a full time performer. I make my living doing this stuff. But I will be the first to say, I would love to see David Copperfield do anything huge! TV, NETFLIX, touring. Whatever! Bring DC to a brand new generation, THEY, and WE, need you!!!!
