Sunday, February 13, 2022

Revisit the 1998 Houdini Historical Center gift shop

Over the past few weeks our friend Joe Notaro at Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence has been paging through his 1998 Houdini Historical Center Museum Shop Catalog. The assortment of poster reproductions, videos, and special merchandise was really impressive. Like Joe, I would frequently fax a full order form to Appleton. Wish I still could!

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4 comments:

  1. Leo HeviaFebruary 13, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    I jumped in too late. A few years after 1998 I tried to place an order at the museum for a few HH items. All they had left were HH mugs and t-shirts. Wonderful.

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  2. John CoxFebruary 13, 2022 at 10:45 AM

    I just had a look at the 1994 catalog. There's some real nice stuff in that one as well.

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  3. Joe M. NotaroFebruary 13, 2022 at 1:10 PM

    They definitely had some nice items in their catalogs put out in the 90's. I have catalogs going back to 1993.

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  4. Tom and JohanFebruary 22, 2022 at 5:00 PM

    Thanks, Joe and John, for sharing these - great to see them again! I lived for these catalogs! Still have many of these items from HHC - almost all the posters, postcards, the bust, and even the Houdini mug where the bonds disappear when you fill it with hot liquid! But what I wanted most -- the famous Houdini portrait poster ("Houdini for President") in the original size or close to it -- wasn't available, so I'd have to wait more than a decade to get it. The things we do...!

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