This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/26/2025
Houdini's Water Torture Cell Scale Model. California: Dave Powell, 2024. A meticulously crafted one-sixth scale working model of Houdini's famous underwater escape, the Water Torture Cell, handmade from mahogany, brass, and nickel-plated elements and incorporating some 450 individual miniature screws, and a total of over 600 parts. When closed and locked, the escape mechanism is engaged and the prop functions just as Houdini's original, allowing secret access to the interior of the chamber. Number 3 of 25 models constructed, with signed COA and documentary photographs/instructions as issued by the craftsman. 4 5/8 x 4 ½ x 9 ¾". A remarkable and finely rendered working model of perhaps the most famous Houdini escape of all, built to exacting standards. Fine condition; as new.