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by Bill Mullins
May 31st, 2023, 1:10 pm
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: Illusions of the Year
Replies: 0
Views: 2533

Illusions of the Year

by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
May 30th, 2023, 10:26 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: RIP Milt Larsen
Replies: 6
Views: 1152

Re: RIP Milt Larsen

Variety's obit.
by Bill Mullins
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...
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
May 19th, 2023, 4:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

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
by Bill Mullins
May 19th, 2023, 4:45 pm
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: István Orosz
Replies: 0
Views: 2518

István Orosz

This artist is strongly influenced by Escher.

Illusions From a Visual Magician

Gallery
by Bill Mullins
May 15th, 2023, 9:17 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Reference in NYT Article
Replies: 1
Views: 504

Re: Magic Reference in NYT Article

Gopnik wrote this article about magic in the New Yorker, and is in this podcast. And his newest book is full of references to magic.
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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 ...
by Bill Mullins
April 15th, 2023, 5:17 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Al Jaffee
Replies: 13
Views: 1911

Re: Al Jaffee

Supposedly David Blaine is in issues #468 and #497
by Bill Mullins
April 11th, 2023, 10:43 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Al Jaffee
Replies: 13
Views: 1911

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 . . .)
by Bill Mullins
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
by Bill Mullins
March 25th, 2023, 12:40 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Volume 9, Nick Trost Subtle Card Creations
Replies: 9
Views: 2556

Re: Volume 9, Nick Trost Subtle Card Creations

Just ordered my copy!
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
January 15th, 2023, 8:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

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 ...
by Bill Mullins
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."
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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 ...
by Bill Mullins
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?
by Bill Mullins
December 16th, 2022, 12:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

Re: ERDNASE

Name reversals: actor Robert Trebor.
by Bill Mullins
December 15th, 2022, 11:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

Re: ERDNASE

Sort of. But mainly, I just wanted to say "Erdnasing".
by Bill Mullins
December 14th, 2022, 8:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

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 . . . .
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
December 6th, 2022, 6:04 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magician charged with murder!
Replies: 10
Views: 1730

Re: Magician charged with murder!

What was in the package?
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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...
by Bill Mullins
November 18th, 2022, 1:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

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...
by Bill Mullins
November 18th, 2022, 12:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

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...
by Bill Mullins
November 17th, 2022, 4:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12368036

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?
by Bill Mullins
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 ...
by Bill Mullins
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...
by Bill Mullins
November 12th, 2022, 7:45 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: RIP Max Maven
Replies: 69
Views: 11238

Re: RIP Max Maven

Max at the Gathering for Gardner, on the Gilbreath Principle.
by Bill Mullins
November 12th, 2022, 3:47 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher
Replies: 7
Views: 1069

Re: It's Not Magic, But ... RIP Gallagher

The flying kind.
by Bill Mullins
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.
by Bill Mullins
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...

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