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- May 31st, 2023, 1:10 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Illusions of the Year
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2533
- May 30th, 2023, 10:34 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Tyrone Power?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16551
Re: Tyrone Power?
Gene Sheldon, who played Guy Williams' sidekick "Bernardo" in the Zorro TV show, was a performing magician from the 1930s and 1940s.
- May 30th, 2023, 10:26 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Milt Larsen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1152
- May 21st, 2023, 1:46 pm
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Line O' Type
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3606
Re: Line O' Type
See "Mental Marvels" by Albert Cohn in Hugard's Magic Monthly , Dec 1945, p. 171. I'm sorry, Cohn's trick is a predecessor to "I've Got Your Number" on p. 227 (the trick where you force 37 by "any number from 1-50, both digits different, both digits odd"). I don't have...
- May 21st, 2023, 1:51 am
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Line O' Type
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3606
Re: Line O' Type
See "Mental Marvels" by Albert Cohn in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Dec 1945, p. 171.
Re: ERDNASE
Joe Lyons wrote:A first edition of The Expert just went for $5040 with buyer's premium.
I believe that's the lowest it's been for a while.
Recent sales (from Liveauctioneers):
5/2023 $5250
12/2022 8750
3/2022 10,625
1/2021 11,875
3/2020 10,625
- May 19th, 2023, 4:45 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: István Orosz
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2518
- May 15th, 2023, 9:17 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic Reference in NYT Article
- Replies: 1
- Views: 504
Re: Magic Reference in NYT Article
- May 15th, 2023, 1:48 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wink Magic by Jerry Andrus
- Replies: 4
- Views: 915
Re: Wink Magic by Jerry Andrus
Please leave the ad up. I've gone through the Forum archives many times looking for book values and this is valuable information.
- May 8th, 2023, 5:36 pm
- Forum: Columns
- Topic: Giobbi's Essay on the Daley Notebooks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 45249
Re: Giobbi's Essay on the Daley Notebooks
There doesn't seem to be any reference to the release of the notebooks in Genii, Linking Ring, or MUM when they came out. Surprising.
- May 3rd, 2023, 5:35 pm
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Prop Storage Suggestions?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3538
Re: Prop Storage Suggestions?
Speaking of other prop storage issues: Camera lens cases are a nice solution to storing cups and balls sets (I first read that in one of the late Pete Biro's columns, I think). However, I have not yet found a sturdy, affordable case to safely transport a single champagne glass (coupe). Most of the ...
Al Jaffee
Mad Magazine artist (since 1955!) Al Jaffee died yesterday, age 102. https://static.secure.website/wscfus/5177501/uploads/THE_MAD_BOOK_OF_MAGIC_AND_OTHER_DIRTY_TRICKS_197011.jpg (I always hoped Todd Lassen would get some nitroglycerin and make the coins that would stick to your arm . . .)
- April 7th, 2023, 11:29 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Harry Lorayne
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5567
Harry Lorayne
Meir Yedid posted on Facebook a little while ago that Harry Lorayne passed away this morning. One of a kind . . . . RIP
- March 25th, 2023, 12:40 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Volume 9, Nick Trost Subtle Card Creations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2556
- January 29th, 2023, 10:37 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Old Media: The Flim Flam Man.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3422
Re: Old Media: The Flim Flam Man.
TerryTerrell wrote: I would share a jpg, but everything is in climate control storage at the moment.
I keep my jpg's in climate controlled storage, too.
Re: ERDNASE
Query to the Openai Chatbot: Who was Erdnase? Answer: Erdnase is a pseudonym used by the author of the book "Expert at the Card Table," which was first published in 1902. The true identity of the author is still unknown and the subject of much speculation. The book is widely considered to ...
- January 10th, 2023, 8:39 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ricky Jay Auction ...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3550
Re: Ricky Jay Auction ...
Note that the "monstrous Vermont hog" in lot #350 has only three legs. Why, you ask? "A pig like that, you don't eat it all at once."
- December 25th, 2022, 1:38 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Knives Out
- Replies: 30
- Views: 21252
Re: Knives Out
Richard -- It was the first one we watched tonight. Haven't seen the sequel, "Glass Onion", yet. Living in Alabama, I have trouble with affected Southern accents, and Daniel Craig's is pretty broad. But otherwise, I liked "Knives Out" okay.
- December 24th, 2022, 10:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Knives Out
- Replies: 30
- Views: 21252
Knives Out
Watched "Knives Out" with the family this evening. When it came out, I saw it mentioned that there were magic posters in the backgrounds of some scenes, so I knew to watch for those. What I didn't know until I read the IMDB trivia about it was that Ricky Jay was to have been in it (in the ...
- December 22nd, 2022, 2:38 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Max Maven
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11238
Re: RIP Max Maven
I've seen clips of "Thinking in Person" online. Was the whole show ever recorded?
Re: ERDNASE
Dustin Stinett wrote:Unless you are thinking of trying to monetize your work
I've been Erdnasing for decades now. Not rich yet, but soon . . . .
- December 9th, 2022, 4:44 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: What are these cards for?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1401
Re: What are these cards for?
Bob Farmer wrote:Once again, the two guys on here that can find anything are Philippe and Bill Mullins. Since they are never seen together, they may be the same guy.
I never find anything myself. I just email Philippe, he tells me, and I reveal it and take credit.
- December 6th, 2022, 6:04 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magician charged with murder!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1730
- November 22nd, 2022, 4:29 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Paddle magic this way comes
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11553
Re: Paddle magic this way comes
PressureFan wrote: Carrot Top was in the front row and Lance did The Web on him. Carrot Top freaked and kind of froze in fear. It wasn’t pretty.
There's never been a situation where Carrot Top and "pretty" go together.
- November 21st, 2022, 1:04 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Glimpsing A Card The Spectator Hands You
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2984
Re: Glimpsing A Card The Spectator Hands You
Philippe Billot wrote:I must admit that the idea is not mine. I was inspired by "Mission: Impossible"
I think this was part of Bill Woodfield's Castle Act, which is why it made it into Mission Impossible.
- November 21st, 2022, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Looking for Copperfield book
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1980
Re: Looking for Copperfield book
It looks like Bob Dylan has done the same "hand-signed" autopen trick that Copperfield did.
- November 20th, 2022, 6:23 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Max Maven
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11238
Re: RIP Max Maven
Max was a fan of professional wrestling. I grew up in Nashville in the 1970s, and saw Jackie Fargo wrestle on local TV many times. Max and I talked about and corresponded about wrestling, including Fargo, several times. All that being the case, I wish Max was still around so I could send him this li...
Re: ERDNASE
A reader has always had the option of taking Chris Wasshuber's ebook and sending it to a print shop for a bound copy. Recently Chris himself has made available a HB version from his store, making it an "official" printed version -- something of interest to book collectors with an specialty...
Re: ERDNASE
I just noted that this thread now consists of 200 pages. That particular number may be an artefact of the browser I use, how it loads onto my machine, and my settings, but it may be universal to all readers. Regardless, it amazes me that after 20 years people still have something interesting (occasi...
Re: ERDNASE
Maigret wrote:The first edition of The Expert is for sale.
Estimated price is between 7000 and 10000 dollars.
(without auction costs )
Are you talking about the copy in the current Potter & Potter auction?
- November 14th, 2022, 12:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Dani DaOrtiz
- Replies: 132
- Views: 82771
Re: Dani DaOrtiz
I, too, have been put into a haze by Dani. But in this case, the effects are pretty clear: The effects in this one are pretty clear: 2:02 stack of 10 cards yields 4 10's 2:34 stack of 7 cards yields 4 7's/transformation of 10's to 7's 3:21 named 3 of hearts appears on card box 3:34 named 2 of clubs ...
- November 12th, 2022, 10:00 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1069
Re: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher
From Rolling Stone : "[Gallagher] started to garner national attention after being booked on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , though that wasn’t an easy gig for him to grab. Gallagher told [podcaster Marc] Maron it took so long for him to get booked because Carson “didn’t like prop com...
- November 12th, 2022, 7:45 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Max Maven
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11238
- November 12th, 2022, 3:47 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1069
- November 12th, 2022, 3:02 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1069
Re: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher
I was on a plane once with Gallagher. Or his brother, who looked like him and did his act for a while. I'll never know for sure.
- November 6th, 2022, 12:29 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Taschen (non-magic) books
- Replies: 3
- Views: 770
Taschen (non-magic) books
Taschen has several recent release and upcoming books that my be of interest to some here.
Winsor McCay The Complete Little Nemo
Frank Frazetta
Fantastic Four 1961-1963
Fantastic Four 1961-1963 Special Edition
Spiderman 1962-1964
The Avengers 1963-1965
History of EC Comics
Winsor McCay The Complete Little Nemo
Frank Frazetta
Fantastic Four 1961-1963
Fantastic Four 1961-1963 Special Edition
Spiderman 1962-1964
The Avengers 1963-1965
History of EC Comics
- November 3rd, 2022, 4:58 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Max Maven
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11238
Re: RIP Max Maven
When I first joined Twitter, Max's was one of the first accounts I followed, and I was flattered that he saw fit to follow me. That he has tweeted so seldom since he announced his cancer was always a concern - was he feeling poorly, was he too tired, was the effort to post too much, or (worst of all...