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Postby Guest » July 22nd, 2001, 10:18 pm

I have a few conjerors'magazines since i am new at researching these magazines i was wondering if i could pick your brain a bit.did genii magazine replace these? maybe change the name? I also have some tops magazines. do you know anything about those?from1946 and 1947. thank you lillian

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Re: conjurors

Postby Richard Kaufman » July 23rd, 2001, 11:00 am

Yes, Genii purchased The Conjurors' Magazine after what I think was a 7 year run. That's when "Genii" became "Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine."
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Re: conjurors

Postby Guest » July 23rd, 2001, 8:32 pm

thank you for the reply.there is no one on any site for information.the story of abbott`s "tops the magazine of magic" from colon michigan what i can get is the publisher was owner of abbott`s magic novelty co. thanks again. lillian

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Re: conjurors

Postby Michael Edwards » July 24th, 2001, 9:14 am

Richard:

Robylill's inquiry leads to a suggestion: a short history of Genii posted on the website. Any thoughts?

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Re: conjurors

Postby Richard Kaufman » July 24th, 2001, 11:43 am

Michael: are you volunteering for the job?
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Re: conjurors

Postby Michael Edwards » July 25th, 2001, 7:54 am

While I'm always happy to help, I believe Max has already done most of the work. I'd think his narrative from the 60th Anniversary issue (Vol. 59, Number 11, September 1996) covers the pre-RK bases.

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Re: conjurors

Postby Guest » July 26th, 2001, 12:31 pm

I found the origins of "The Tops -
An Independent Magazine of Magic" in a thesis titled "The Magic Capital of the World" by Patrick West (Central Michigan University, 1976). The thesis is at http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/sjblack.html and the mention to Tops is on the second page at http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/sjblack2.html
The Abbott Magic Novelty Company is a major focus of this paper.
I also found a 4/1/1937 issue for sale at http://www.the-forum.com/books/hypno.htm
Hope this helps.


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