The Genii Forum

Daniel Bain

Marco Pusterla wrote:it seems the books are already sold out? 15 minutes in?

Grrr. Had it on my calendar but missed the sale.

If anyone has one for sale or knows where I can buy a hardcover, please post info here or message me.

Thanks,
Daniel Bain

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Daniel Bain

I enjoyed the great book review by Francis Menotti of Peter Hajek’s wonderful book on puzzle boxes, “Enter If You Can,” in the August 2022 edition of Genii. It wasn’t mentioned in the review, but there is also a “locked edition” of the book that requires solving a puzzle lock to get in! (Puzzle lock...

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Just received Pieces of Strange yesterday. What an absolutely cool collection of stuff & accompanying books. I love things like this and look forward to slowly working my way through it all. Kudos to the team that put this together! Also received the latest issue of Gibecière yesterday. Great ar...

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I saw the show on opening night and, despite some opening night issues that I’m sure have been long sorted out, really enjoyed the venue and the performance. The venue was well set up and felt intimate; the “puzzle room” prior to the show was enjoyable and it was fun chatting with other audience mem...

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Thanks. Enjoyed both articles!

Daniel Bain

I have 4 tickets for Ricky Jay show this Thursday night (very good seats). At least two of my guests have a last minute conflict. Anyone interested in switching tickets who has 2-4 tickets for Tuesday or Wednesday night performance? (Otherwise, I may have a couple tickets available for sale for Thur...

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What does this mean? Kaufman, Richard & Greenberg, Alan - Greater Magic Expurgated Edition . One of 50 copies of the blank reprint of Hilliard's master work. Like Carl Waring Jones' original, this volume is blank except for the first 32 pages. A special limited edition of the original work was ...

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My office is in Times Square and I'd prefer Monte workers to the horrible costumed characters that are running around trying to get tips for taking photos with tourists.

Would be great if a decent magician or two would start busking in Times Square!!!

Daniel Bain

Mahdi, I for one appreciated your original post and ignored all the noise that came after. If you don't post here, would be great if you do let us know a good place to keep up on your efforts and stay informed (beyond subscribing to the Conjuring Arts mailing list). All the sniping here does not dim...

Daniel Bain

Just saw Helder's show tonight with my wife and her parents.

Helder did a really superb job! Really entertaining, great magic, and a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the performance on all levels.

Highly recommended!!! If in NYC, it's a must see show.

Daniel Bain

Find requested photo attached. From 1952 first edition of Moden Coin Magic.

https://www.theory11.com/forums/attachm ... jpeg.2973/

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I have a couple different books signed by Bobo in my collection--and the signatures look similar to what you provided.

So I'd guess it's probably authentic...

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I convert many of my DVD's to digital format and stream to my iPad or tv. I usually use handbrake (or similar program) on the Mac to rip the DVD's and often will also create a disk image of the entire DVD using Disk Utility on the Mac. I highly recommend using a Synology network drive to store manag...

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Received the "deluxe" edition Buchinger book in the mail today and spent the last few hours reading through most of it. I've managed to collect some Buchinger items myself and they are really remarkable and he was truly an amazing and inspiring person. Really a wonderfully written and beau...

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Performer- You are describing your process which totally jives with cold reading and, by the way, with artistic creation. So you may be more of an "artist" than you'd like to admit and from what you describe, despite not realizing, performing cold reading. Einstein once said: "The gre...

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I must say that I derived great amusement by your phrase "those in the know". That is because "those in the know" DON'T know! I have seen more tosh about the methods of psychics written for magicians by people who haven't the slightest idea what goes on. It really is the blind l...

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Performer: Wow--My brain is spinning from some of your arguments. I hope to address them respectfully: First, you argue that we are not doctors so neither of us can really determine what's legitimate and what's quackery. This presents quite a fallacy, given that there are also medical doctors that p...

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Incidentally, this reminds me that a lot of nonsense is spouted in books for magicians about so called "cold reading". Virtually all of them self righteously emphasise that a reader should always tell a client to see a doctor if they have medical issues. Performer- the problem is that whe...

Daniel Bain

Sorry I missed it. Looks like it was a very interesting talk.

Were actual books on display as well? Have seen some really cool old items referenced in the talk at the Conjuring Arts Research Center. Some of the old Italian conjuring and mentalism books are really brilliant...

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Wonderful article! Thanks.

Daniel Bain

You can set Mac laptop keyboard to allow for "right clicking" in the preferences menu. Then if you tap on bottom right of touch pad it will right click. You can also/alternatively hold the option or control key (can't remember which or perhaps it can be set for either) together with clicki...

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"Genii" was the answer to 17 across on today's New York Times crossword puzzle (Thursday, May 1, 2014). By the way, fun puzzle with an interesting twist. Sadly, the answer wasn't clued by referring to the famous magic magazine (isn't Genii Magazine known to everyone!?)--instead, the clue i...

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Reminds of an expression (in Russian) I learned when I studied/lived in Russia many years ago: "According to the autopsy, the cause of death was the autopsy." (Gotta love Russian dark humor! Another expression I liked was "The autopsy will show"--e.g., if someone asks for what yo...

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Great show! Lots of fun and entertaining.

Well written and thought through. Everything, even the classic stuff, felt fresh.

Even if you don't live in NYC, if you haven't seen this show then visit town and catch a performance!

Daniel Bain

In volume 2 of his books Mike discusses the illusions he re-enacted for the L.A. Conference on Magic History. To actually see this historical stuff--even re-enactments--on video would be great. (I've only gotten to see the last couple items described in the books live and would LOVE to see the rest....

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Mike, The new books are really great so far. (It will take a long time to read everything. I do agree that if there were a way to read the books on the iPad without risking piracy, would be really convenient.) For those of us who haven't seen you perform everything, would be fantastic to be able to ...

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Link to the segment from NBC's web site: http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/does-this-delight-betty-white/n43133/ Mike performs in the second half of the segment. Neat stuff. Mike, I think you should start a Kickstarter campaign to sell the custom hoops for mixing coffee and drinks! Every bar...

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The Saturday evening show was superb. Some of the original cast from the original Broadway Merlin show and others sat on chairs on stage and spoke and sang highlights from show. Was narrated by tv producer/writer Bill Link. Musician David Spear, who had worked with Merlin's composer Elmer Bernstein,...

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The Savoy was/is a high-end hotel in London. The only record I can find of Einstein being there was from an article in the Times of London from 1930 for a dinner in support of the Jews of Eastern Europe. Koran was only born in 1917, so I'd guess the meeting would have had to occur after WWII. A 9/1...

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Tried it a couple times & seems to work fine.

Daniel Bain

I noticed book is being sold now on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Mental-Myst ... SS:US:1123

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Very sad to hear. When I was an undergrad at UC Berkeley in the late 1980's, together with some friends I started a skeptics club at the university (the "Berkeley Skeptics"). We thought it would be fun to investigate paranormal activity on campus. Also, a couple of us were magicians and it...

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Hi All, Those are five really good "questions for S.W. Erdnase" that Bill Mullins stated, in my opinion. One that I might have might be similar to one of David Levy's questions that he would ask Hoyle. I would probably want to ask S.W. Erdnase something like this. I would count this as on...

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First edition Erdnase sold at yesterday's auction for $6,000 ($5,000 plus 20% buyer's premium). <a class="postlink" href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11705534_sw-erdnase-the-expert-at-the-card-table-1st-ed">http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/117 ... ble-1st-ed</a> 1905 s...

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No need to read between the lines. I've been reading the book since I bought a copy direct from Richard at the MCA Conference in Chicago last week and everything is clearly laid out and couldn't be more direct and straightforward. Like a lot of good material, it will take some time and careful pract...

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It was so cool getting to finally meet (or at least put a face to a name) all the celebrity magic collectors who came to the auction!

Daniel Bain

Try searching for "magicreations" in the app store...

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You may also want to consider joining the Magic Collector's Association- http://www.magicana.com/mca/

Daniel Bain

Just noticed that Christopher Collection auction items are now listed online at Live Auctioneers web site:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/24688

Daniel Bain

Just checked out the app and it's brilliant!
Well done. Thanks!

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