I was recently reading that Michael Skinner kept notebooks similar to the Cervon Notebooks, documenting the magic shown to him by Dai Vernon. Does anyone know where these notebooks currently reside?
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Mike Skinner Notebooks?
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Hi Cobalt--where did you find the information about Michael Skinner's notebook? Was it in an old issue of Genii ? That's certainly news to me.
I understand Skinner had no wife or children, but he did leave behind a sister and three nieces (I believe).
I understand Skinner had no wife or children, but he did leave behind a sister and three nieces (I believe).
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MIchael Skinner was married a few months before he passed away.
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I was reading a book that I can't recall at the moment. But it distinctly mentioned Skinned maintaining books of Vernon material shown to him.
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Michael Skinner left the notebooks to John Carney in his will, and with the help of Michael's sister he was able to obtain them.
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Thank you Richard!
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Think we will ever see them?
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That's up to Carney since he owns them.
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Darryl Harris wrote:MIchael Skinner was married a few months before he passed away.
That's incorrect
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Confirmed. He had not married although he and fiancee planned to.
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So John Carney has the notebooks...hmm. I always assumed that Skinner's sister inherited his library, props, and other personal belongings.
I wonder if those notebooks were the ones that appeared in the November 2000 Genii Skinner tribute issue. That issue contained several photographs of a small spiral bound notebook that listed a slew of effects in its table of contents.
I wonder if those notebooks were the ones that appeared in the November 2000 Genii Skinner tribute issue. That issue contained several photographs of a small spiral bound notebook that listed a slew of effects in its table of contents.
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Thanks Gary, I suspected that.
Perhaps Mr. Carney will one day share some of its contents.
Perhaps Mr. Carney will one day share some of its contents.