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HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini East Indian Needle Trick Packet. Being an unused packet of two-dozen T. Hessin & Co. Darner’s nickel plated needles, one of the brands used by Houdini for his famed and often-performed feat of swallowing the needles and a length of thread, and then regurgitating both – with the needles strung neatly on the cord. Obtained by the consignor from Larry Weeks, who procured the needles from the Houdini family. With a LOA tracing the ownership of the needles. An identical packet of needles is held by Houdini’s descendants, with a supporting ANS confirming their provenance written by Houdini’s niece, Ruth Kavanaugh.