The photo is of such a high quality that even the smallest details of the jacket can be seen.
The photo of Houdini was taken by an unknown photographer in 1915, and is listed on Getty Images. It is in remarkable shape given that its 100 years old. The jacket was given to my grandfather by Hardeen Houdini shortly after Houdini’s death in the late 1920’s, and has been in our family ever since. One is in the Smithsonian museum, David Copperfield owns one, and a long version that was in the Sidney Ratner collection that sold a few years back. To my knowledge there are only three surviving Houdini Straight Jackets. This, in our opinion, is the crown jewel of Houdini Collectable Memorabilia, and the only surviving Houdini Straight Jacket with Houdini pictured wearing one. I own the Leather and Canvas Straight Jacket in the picture above taken in the year 1915 of Harry Houdini. It would seem to be much more valuable than that, by my estimation, and is currently listed for sale on eBay for $149,000.īelow are the two vintage photos that are believed to feature the very straight jacket that was brought into the shop on Pawn Stars:īelow are some of the images from the episode showcasing the piece and the process by which Murray analyzed and compared with the photos…īelow is a link to the current eBay auction for this jacket ( eBay – Harry Houdini Straight Jacket Circa 1900):
If correct, it marks the pieces as extraordinarily rare and historically important, yet the owner of the piece and Rick cannot come to terms, with the owner at $30,000 and Rick at $25,000.
In the episode, Rick calls in Murray SawChuck to help authenticate the piece, which he ultimately believes he does irrefutably via matching details (stitching, buttons, placement and style thereof) to a very high resolution vintage photo from January 1, 1915. Last week’s episode of Pawn Stars featured a gentleman who brought in a vintage straight jacket that he believed to have been owned by magician Harry Houdini.
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