Theatrical Close-Up, by Peter Samelson for sale

[Kurt Ruckman]

For sale:
Theatrical Close-up, by Peter Samelson

This is out-of-print and very hard to find.
Condition is outstanding.
$80 includes shipping, PayPal strongly preferred.

[Kurt Ruckman]

Price reduced to $60 including Priority shipping (in US)

[Jim Maloney_dup1]

Excellent book -- one of my favorites. You may have a bit of a hard time selling it at that price, though. It tends to go for less on eBay.

-Jim

[sleightly]

It's funny... because for a long time it was almost impossible to get a copy and the average eBay sale was around $125 to $150...

I paid $60 to get my first copy and it was horribly water damaged... I have since purchased two more copies (one for the library and one for investment purposes) for around $45-50 each.

Considering this was a limited run initially (500-1000 copies tops?) and that there appear to be no plans for reprinting, I wonder why the slack in interest?

Great stuff contained therein...

ajp

[BlueEyed Videot]

Kurt,

E-mailed you.

[Kurt Ruckman]

Theatrical Close-up is SOLD.

Ebay prices are of course dependent upon desireability, supply, and demand. I think this is an excellent book (highly praised by Jamy Ian Swiss, among others). You never know about what's going to be available on eBay at any given day or week, but this book is certainly scarce and not likely to be reprinted, so I feel entirely justified in offering it at my original price of $80,even though I ended up selling it for a lesser price. The buyer got a bargain, in my opinion.

[Richard Hatch]

I agree with Kurt on this item. Great book, long out of print, hard to find. I consider the pricing very reasonable under those circumstances. Of course, I'd like to see the book reprinted, and I'm guessing new copies would then sell for $25 or less (I think they were just $15 when still available from publisher Mike Caveney). This was supposed to be part of a series, with THEATRICAL CABARET to follow. Wonder what happened to that project?

[Guest]

Kurt,

I'm glad your copy sold. We just put a very nice copy on ebay, so we'll what it goes for.

We also have an autographed copy of Al Baker's MAGICAL WAYS AND MEANS and we will be putting up three Tamariz books.

Check all of our current offerings at: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbradburybooksQQhtZ-1

Dan

[Jim Maloney_dup1]

I just wanted to clarify my original post -- I think the book is a good value, even at the $80 price. I was just stating that the book has recently been selling in the $40-50 range, so it may be difficult to sell for more than that. I assume Richard Hart is the one who bought it, in which case I'm sure he will enjoy it very much.

-Jim

[Sam Kesler]

I think it's nice that everyone (well almost everyone) is so civilized on this forum. Of course Mr. Kaufman may have something to do with that. The pen is not mightier than Richard's sword. ;)

[Guest]

I think Theatrical Close-Up by Peter Samelson is a great book that contains great material. I got my copy on ebay about 2 yrs. ago in mint condition for under $30. I recently had the privelege of seeing Mr. Samelson perform live at Monday Night Magic here in NYC.

His performance was breath taking and his finale, his version of Snowstorm in China, was a thing of sheer beauty. I got to speak with him afterwards and he is one helluva nice guy. By the way, I brought my copy of his book with me that evening and he personally inscribed it. I'll cherish it for a long time to come.

Roberto