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by Bill Palmer
July 13th, 2008, 8:23 pm
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: "Rare" books!
Replies: 7
Views: 4018

Re: "Rare" books!

Wow! I'd better insure my library for a million bucks!
by Bill Palmer
July 13th, 2008, 8:21 pm
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: Another Murphy thing
Replies: 21
Views: 7716

Re: Another Murphy thing

Or with any routine.
by Bill Palmer
July 13th, 2008, 1:00 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Alan Wakeling's Liquid Sands
Replies: 19
Views: 6584

Re: Alan Wakeling's Liquid Sands

Ted Lesley had permission to make and market these. He made up about a dozen sets, using lucite tubing, etc. These always worked well in rehearsal. They always failed in performance.
by Bill Palmer
July 13th, 2008, 12:59 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Cheap Seats for Criss Angel's "Believe"
Replies: 8
Views: 3247

Re: Cheap Seats for Criss Angel's "Believe"

I thought he went to Bling R Us.
by Bill Palmer
July 13th, 2008, 12:58 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Why You Should Subscribe to Genii if You Want Us To Stay in Business
Replies: 70
Views: 14291

Re: Why You Should Subscribe to Genii if You Want Us To Stay in Business

I doubt that the Linking Ring, MUM or The Magic Circular will go entirely web based, since a large portion of their dues is to publish the magazines. There is still a significant portion of the membership of the clubs that are not computer users. Many local groups, rings, assembliese, etc., have gon...
by Bill Palmer
July 12th, 2008, 8:02 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Paul Harris books for sale.
Replies: 0
Views: 342

Paul Harris books for sale.

I have a brand new set of The Art of Astonishment, all three volumes -- $100 including shipping via media mail in the continental US.

No orders outside the continental US, please. PayPal only.

Bill Palmer
7902 Roos Road
Houston TX 77036

713-981-1115

curator (at) cupsandballsmuseum.com
by Bill Palmer
July 10th, 2008, 11:49 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Impact on magic during the Renaisssance period
Replies: 22
Views: 6514

Re: Impact on magic during the Renaisssance period

Actually, the Renaissance spans a much larger time period than that. Most historians give it a span of late 14th century (in Italy) through the 16th century and into the 17th century (in England). In Engand, the 14th century would generally be considered late Medieval and part of the 15th would be c...
by Bill Palmer
July 8th, 2008, 6:23 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

Not to confuse Mr. Riser with facts; however, "The Swatter" is not a self-conferred title. I was first called "The Swatter" by Josh the Superfluous on the Magic Cafe, in a post on March 1, 2006 in which he stated "I wasn't worried. I know you can take it as well as you dish ...
by Bill Palmer
July 8th, 2008, 3:10 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Bill Tadlock has died
Replies: 9
Views: 4173

Re: Bill Tadlock has died

Bill Tadlock was a very nice man. I met him at several conventions. He had a very open personality and a disarming way of greeting people. He made you feel right at home.
by Bill Palmer
July 8th, 2008, 2:14 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

Oh no. Since Jim has made himself a de facto moderator of this forum, and since Jim has decided what the "rules" are for posting on this subject, I'll let him go right ahead. He's doing just fine. ;)
by Bill Palmer
July 6th, 2008, 4:09 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

"butt out" ... hmmmm sounds like another example of attempted intimidation and cyber bullying. I'll "butt out" when I am ready or RK asks. I do not jump at suggestions from net nannies. I consider such suggestions to be sorry attempts at power games. Some of us have laughed off ...
by Bill Palmer
July 5th, 2008, 7:23 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

Jim: The depth of your knowledge never ceases to amaze me. I will not communicate with you further on this forum. If you have anything to say to me, you know my e-mail address. If you wish to see the e-mails I have been sent by Frank's representative, I will be happy to send them to you, but right n...
by Bill Palmer
July 5th, 2008, 5:03 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Magic Takers
Replies: 50
Views: 13936

Re: Magic Takers

Can Bob Farmer please tell us if Steve was aware of this situation or not? Im harping on about The Cafe, because a 'taker' needs a forum ( excuse the pun)to advertize his wares. Take that away, blacklist the blighter on E Bay and youve come a long way. As for Zombie, patented 1940, now surely in th...
by Bill Palmer
July 5th, 2008, 4:49 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: looking for trick inventors
Replies: 16
Views: 6115

Re: looking for trick inventors

That's a bad excuse Chastain. When Steve unveiled that trick at the IBM convention in Little Rock, it was an instant sellout. People bought it because they didn't know how to find the IT that was used to make it. Most magicians at the time did not receive Ken Brooke's lists, and they were really tak...
by Bill Palmer
July 5th, 2008, 3:23 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

Jim: I am not a self-appointed guardian of the estate. I was asked specifically by Tommy's brother, through Dick Koornwinder to help them oversee what was going on. If you have further comments, please e-mail me directly. There are things you are assuming about this that are completely wrong. Bill
by Bill Palmer
July 5th, 2008, 3:28 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

Actually, that's not the case. I don't know how many books you have written or published, but I would estimate that out of the two books by Borodin that I have translated and published in English and the three books by Punx that I have translated, fewer than 1% of the readers have actually construct...
by Bill Palmer
July 4th, 2008, 2:38 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

I got a PM from brownbeauty, explaining that he felt that the item was authorized, because he had purchased the book, which authorized him to make one of these items. Here's the way this works. If a book or a magazine article gives you permission to make an item for your own use, while retaining man...
by Bill Palmer
July 3rd, 2008, 5:01 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

I received an e-mail from brownbeauty explaining the situation. He cancelled the auction after Frank Bemelman got in touch with him.
by Bill Palmer
July 3rd, 2008, 5:00 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Unauthorized Tommy Wonder products on eBay
Replies: 1
Views: 411

Re: Unauthorized Tommy Wonder products on eBay

The item has been removed and the auction cancelled. The fellow in question had a reasonable explanation for the situation.
by Bill Palmer
July 3rd, 2008, 12:53 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay
Replies: 37
Views: 9835

Re: Tommy Wonders- Ring, Watch and Wallet-Mint, New in box F/S on eBay

I just got an e-mail from Dick Koornwinder stating that the family of Tommy Wonder is very angry about this. It is not an authorized product. There was a big stink about this in the green room about a year ago when Ken Winters was evidently "confused" about an e-mail he had from Tommy auth...
by Bill Palmer
July 3rd, 2008, 12:49 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Unauthorized Tommy Wonder products on eBay
Replies: 1
Views: 411

Unauthorized Tommy Wonder products on eBay

Recently, two unauthorized copies of the Tommy Wonder Ring Watch and Wallet have been sold on eBay. Dick Koornwinder sent me an e-mail expressing his and the family's dismay at this. We thought we had this under control. NO American-made copies of any of Tommy's effects have been authorized. The use...
by Bill Palmer
June 30th, 2008, 5:54 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Jay Marshall Auction Part II - Preview Now Online
Replies: 12
Views: 4785

Re: Jay Marshall Auction Part II - Preview Now Online

Or use phone bidding. It moves at the same speed as live bidding. I'm assuming that by an absentee bid, you do not mean telephone bidding. The eBay bidders last time really slowed the pace of the auction. Sometimes the eBay bid increments were not the same as the real live auction increments, which ...
by Bill Palmer
June 27th, 2008, 7:41 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Republic of San Marino Casting
Replies: 1
Views: 1760

Re: Republic of San Marino Casting

I thought they were going to do a movie! RATS! I wanted to play Mount Titano!
by Bill Palmer
June 27th, 2008, 7:40 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: looking for trick inventors
Replies: 16
Views: 6115

Re: looking for trick inventors

Well, I'm certainly impressed with the openness and integrity of this company. Check this out from their abra4magic.com web site <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.abra4magic.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=A252">http://www.abra4magic.com/Merchant2/mer ... _Co...
by Bill Palmer
June 27th, 2008, 7:35 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Copyright
Replies: 32
Views: 8596

Re: Copyright

A lot of these questions are answered on the USPTO web site. <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://WWW.USPTO.GOV">WWW.USPTO.GOV</a><!-- w --> . Am I the only one here who thinks that asking a roomful of magicians to discuss IP law is about as sensible as asking a roomful of magicians to discuss...
by Bill Palmer
June 27th, 2008, 7:31 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Ethical considerations - Should I cite references/originators in my book?-
Replies: 17
Views: 5903

Re: Ethical considerations - Should I cite references/originators in my book?-

When you write a trick up in a book or you teach it in a video, you should credit the people who originated it, to the best of your ability. When you perform a trick, it really isn't necessary to introduce it by crediting the inventor, because the crediting is not part of the performance. It would g...
by Bill Palmer
June 21st, 2008, 11:52 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Jay Marshall Auction Part II - Preview Now Online
Replies: 12
Views: 4785

Re: Jay Marshall Auction Part II - Preview Now Online

Do we need to register on-line if we are planning to be at the auction?
by Bill Palmer
June 15th, 2008, 10:42 pm
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: help with practice techniques
Replies: 3
Views: 1995

Re: help with practice techniques

Take a trick you already do that has a sleight in it that you want to improve. Now do the following. Perform the trick in front of a mirror or a camcorder. If the sleight or any other part of the trick "looks funny," then work on it until it doesn't look funny any more. Here's a hint. Let'...
by Bill Palmer
June 15th, 2008, 10:34 pm
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Interesting info on magic words
Replies: 7
Views: 3183

Re: Interesting info on magic words

Well, that shoots my theory about it referring to a piece of lingerie worn by a corpse all to hell, doesn't it? ;)
by Bill Palmer
June 15th, 2008, 10:27 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Questions about Bosco
Replies: 35
Views: 7621

Re: Questions about Bosco

Hello Oleg:

Actually, the name is Christian Stelzel.
by Bill Palmer
June 15th, 2008, 10:19 pm
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: NEW: Stick a Pip (peel and stick)
Replies: 7
Views: 4174

Re: NEW: Stick a Pip (peel and stick)

WOW!!

I wonder if I could get an SBA loan so I could afford a complete set of them. They really don't answer enough questions on their web site, though.
by Bill Palmer
June 6th, 2008, 6:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How Many Magicians?
Replies: 38
Views: 6850

Re: How Many Magicians?

There are 99 magicians.

I won't tell you which ones they are.

You must figure that out for yourself.
by Bill Palmer
June 6th, 2008, 1:30 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Questions about Bosco
Replies: 35
Views: 7621

Re: Questions about Bosco

Where did "Carlo Bosco" perform in Russia in 1839? I do not know. I take information from Russian books. Vadimov, "From magicians of ancient time to illusionists of our days", 1966: "German Illusionist, who adopted famous name Bosco, was in Russia one year before the real B...
by Bill Palmer
May 31st, 2008, 10:44 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Copyright
Replies: 32
Views: 8596

Re: Copyright

If anyone ever comes across a compiled list let us know. Its interesting stuff...I read Joe Karson patented the Zombie in 1940....did that prevent the vultures from ripping him of? The "vulture" that ripped Joe Karson off more than anyone was Joe Karson, himself. He had a habit of "l...
by Bill Palmer
May 26th, 2008, 3:03 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Questions about Bosco
Replies: 35
Views: 7621

Re: Questions about Bosco

3. How close pronounce of Carlo Bosco and Carlo Broschi? May be Bartolomeo Bosco use "Carlo Bosco" (on 1839 he was under this name in Russia) because famous Farinelli? I did not find any connections between names Bartolomeo and Carlo. Bosco and Broschi are not prononounced similarly enoug...
by Bill Palmer
May 25th, 2008, 10:21 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Questions about Bosco
Replies: 35
Views: 7621

Re: Questions about Bosco

Hello Oleg: Bartholomew is definitely an Anglicization of Bartolomeo. It is actually incorrect to call him Giovanni Bartholomew Bosco. It would be more consitent to call him John Bartholomew Bosco, because Giovanni translates into John in English. I'm not certain that Carl Willmann's article in Die ...
by Bill Palmer
April 28th, 2008, 12:38 pm
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: coin pail
Replies: 20
Views: 10874

Re: coin pail

Go to a restaurant supply house and take a half dollar with you. Look at "steam table inserts" and champagne buckets. Drop your half dollar into each one of them until you find one with a good ring to it or the clerk runs you off. If you are looking for a bucket with built in droppers, get...
by Bill Palmer
April 9th, 2008, 4:08 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: The late John Pomory called fabricator and liar.
Replies: 10
Views: 4815

Re: The late John Pomory called fabricator and lia

Please show me the link to John Pomoroy.

Also, anywhere that Jeff Smith actually uses the word "fabreicator."

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