Copperfield shares Houdini and Kellar

David Copperfield has shared to his Instagram three treasures from his collection related to Houdini and Harry Kellar, starting off with this fantastic unpublished portrait shot.

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"Dean of American Magicians", Harry Kellar was the prominent, world traveling magician of the late 19th and early 20th century. At the time of Kellar’s retirement in 1908, Houdini was making a name for himself and looked up to Kellar for inspiration as the elder magician. The two became great friends, Houdini was even able to convince Kellar to come out of retirement for one final performance at the Hippodrome Theatre in New York. Kellar and Houdini would write to each other often. I was able to acquire quite a bit of their correspondence from over the course of nine years! #WednesdayWonders #DavidCopperfield #MODC #DCMuseum #DavidCopperfieldTheater #LiveTheImpossible #MGMGrand #Inspire #Magic #Houdini #Kellar #Hippodrome

A post shared by David Copperfield (@d_copperfield) on Nov 14, 2018 at 8:06pm PST

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit David Copperfield's museum in Las Vegas. You can read about that incredible adventure by clicking the top link below.

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