![]() I will not sell it, but I'll give it to you if you want it! Let me know. I'm sure you do too, but this, in collector's language, is an "Association Item," I believe. It's still useful as a thesaurus, and I have one. Houdini had given it to his good friend Bill Hilliar and autographed it in leadpencil Dec. ![]() Years ago, before THE BILLBOARD moved from their old office to Opera Place in Cincinnati, I stopped in to say hello to Bill Sachs, and saw a well-used looking thesaurus gathering dust on the window sill. In 1973, Braun sent a letter to his friend Robert Lund, founder of the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan. After Hilliar's death in 1936 it remained at The Billboard offices in New York where it was used as, yes, a thesaurus! That's when collector John Braun visited the office. Turns out Hilliar did not keep the book under lock and key as he claimed. ![]() Hilliar showed the message to no one, and after his death, the book with the message was lost.until now. Houdini wrote the code in a Thesaurus that he gave Hilliar in 1917. ![]() Over the weekend I shared the story of the secret message code arranged between Houdini and his good friend magician William Hilliar. ![]()
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