Then - amazingly - he meets his idol and begs Houdini to explain himself. Victor is forever trying to escape from locked trunks, to walk through walls, and to perform any number of Houdini's astonishing magic tricks.without success. This beautiful cabinet is a big 9.5 inches tall, and 4.75 inches wide on each side.Open this book and come face-to-face with the greatest magician of all time: Harry Houdini!

Made of solid wood and featuring an interesting design, this is a prop that will give you years of trouble free enjoyment- and will also look great displayed in your magic library. You can now take the glass out of the cabinet and make a toast to Houdini!Īnd this is an absolutely gorgeous piece of magical apparatus! You open the cabinet, and there is the goblet, still in one piece, completely unharmed and still filled with liquid. There is no way to pull the chain out of the cabinet- it is looped around the glass inside.Īfter telling the tale of Houdini's talent for escaping any chains, you suddenly pull the ends of the chain- and the chain passes right through the stem of the glass and comes free! The goblet is secured inside the case and the door is secured, with the ends of the chain sticking out through a small hole in the cabinet door and padlocked together.

Wrap the chain around the stem of the cut-glass goblet and place the shackled goblet into the solid wood cabinet.

This is the fascinating 'Chinese Goblet' illusion with a Houdini theme! The cabinet is now made of pine, and looks like the on in the PRODUCT PHOTO, not like the one in the demo, but it works exactly the same as you see in the demo.Įveryone loves hearing stories about Houdini!

Houdini box trick