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rch129 New user FL 51 Posts |
I was looking through one of the Houdini books and again noticed that there have been many items that were up for sale at one time, what ever happened to all these items for the old times about escapes. I have found the escape act by Hull but that's about it. Is someone keeping them in a closet somewhere, someone must have purchased some of these items...
Roy
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts |
What for Sale Items are you referring to and where are they located. Don,
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rch129 New user FL 51 Posts |
The items shown in the Houdin books that show catalogs of escape items for sale - such as the mike can, rope escapes... take a look in the Houdini scrap book
Roy
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts |
Where is this Houdini Scrapbook. is it a Book or is it a On Line Store. Don,
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Ian McColl Inner circle 1493 Posts |
Hi Roy, There was an escape ( I will check on the name of it) which consisted of a circular board with staples (loops) fitted around its edges and T piece fitted in the centre. The performer would crouch on top and be roped or chained down and their wrists fastend to the T piece. This was offered for sale back in the 1920's but none were ever sold. The original piece of which a drawing was done for the advertisement still exists but there are no others. Maybe the same happened to many other items offered year ago.
Ian Hi Roy The Escape is called the Cleavador Escape built at Owen's Magic Ian
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts |
Try this link for Owen's Magic. I did not see it on their site so you might want to e-mail or call them Don, P.S. http://www.owenmagic.com
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Ian McColl Inner circle 1493 Posts |
Hi Don, as I said in my post, the escape was sold in the 1920's, it isn't for sale or currently in their catalogue.
Ian
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts |
Iam I only posted the site to Help him out with contacting Owens Magic. I'm sure if he wants it Bad Enough that Owens might Custom Build it for Him. as most of their hardware is Custom Made. also has anyone Contacted Owens to See if they will build it if Asked to and Paid what they want for it. I'm only Trying to Help Here. Don,
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KingStardog Inner circle 2134 Posts |
Rch129,
The items you refer to were never produced in very large quantities when they were activly being manufactured. Its very much the same for modern items that are sold today. If you estimate 10-50 active artists during that time and, just a guess, say 200 more that were part timing, or infrequent. Well that quantity of items would never stretch across the collections of thousands of active collectors. You might see some things come up on ebay every once in a while but don't count on it. Your best luck would be magic estate sales if you hear about them early.
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rch129 New user FL 51 Posts |
Thanks for the information - as I was looking at the Original Houdini Scrapbook the 1910 Mysto Magic catalog on page 133 caught my eye and I thought maybe some of these items were still around, like $35 milk can or the $16.50 strait jacket or the new restrait box at $65 (wow), I wonder what the cost in 2004 dollars would be, couldn't find anything that would convert from 1910 dollars to 2004 dollars?
Roy
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Ian McColl Inner circle 1493 Posts |
Hi Roy, I also like the cheaper prices then.
I found this at: http://www.aaca.org/history/cars_20.htm The introduction of the moving assembly line at Ford allowed the company to push production past 500,000 units, while dropping the price of a Model T to $440, and raising workers wages to $5 per day--twice the standard industrial wage in America. In terms of purchasing power, the Ford $5 day gave workers a daily wage that was equivalent to the weekly earnings for an industrial worker in Britain.......... It might give you an idea as to the wages of the time 1910. Ian
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I am still working for $5 a day and my car is proberly off the first production line (According to the number of times it cranks out)Consider the cost of living compared to wages then as to the cost of living compared to wages now and I think that then was a better time to live !!
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