Brad Henderson wrote:i leave for my summer tour tomorrow or would hunt down my tale of Buzzy the Bee and Paul the Fox. if i find it, i will post it.
Wishing you an enjoyable & successful tour!
Brad Henderson wrote:i leave for my summer tour tomorrow or would hunt down my tale of Buzzy the Bee and Paul the Fox. if i find it, i will post it.
Roger M. wrote:Busby's dead.
Civil society lets the dead rest in peace.
I know he's despised here in the Forum, but civility requires some compromise of ones baser instincts.
Leonard Hevia wrote:The Chief Genii mentioned that incident in the Spring 1985 issue of Richard's Almanac. Lyons must have felt a bit bad about that because he contacted the Chief Genii afterwards. In the following issue of the Almanac, the Chief writes: Regarding the anecdote I related last issue about P.H. Lyons dropping a Bertram cup over a Fox cup, Lyons writes:
"I telephoned to tell you that you had gotten the story wrong on the incident with the cups. Perhaps it is only the way that you expressed it, but I am aware that some bystanders are telling exaggerated versions of the incident...I have heard third and fourth hand descriptions of the incident which suggest that the Bertram cup 'smothered' the Fox cup. This is entirely false...I think it would be extremely helpful, to me, if you would note my real view of the Bertram and of the Fox cups. It is my opinion that both of them are so superior to the other competition that I don't care to choose one over the other..."
Now, the Chief Genii did own a set of brass Busby cups back then and believed them to be smaller that the original Danny Dew cups because the final load ball that fit comfortably in his PF/DD cup would not fill well inside the Busby cup.
Leonard Hevia wrote:Now, the Chief Genii did own a set of brass Busby cups back then and believed them to be smaller that the original Danny Dew cups because the final load ball that fit comfortably in his PF/DD cup would not fill well inside the Busby cup.
Bob Farmer wrote:I have a set of Ross Bertram cups, with the bag and the balls Ross supplied. Gathering dust here, if anyone is interested. I have no idea of the value.
Brad Henderson wrote:i leave for my summer tour tomorrow or would hunt down my tale of Buzzy the Bee and Paul the Fox. if i find it, i will post it.
Tom Gilbert wrote:The price of the Bertram cups went way up due to an eBay auction where 3 people decided they wanted Bertram cups a number of years ago. That auction closed at something like $2200. Pete Biro put his up and got $1500, so figuring there were 3 people I put my set up for $1700 and they were gone in an hour, purchased by one of the original bidders. Since then, the price has dropped considerably.
Robert77 wrote:
I was longtime haunter of ebay for cups. I can't recall the years, but at some point when magic interest started to be on an upswing, so did prices on cups. In those days you could see who was bidding for what and it was always the same 3-4 people bidding. Paul Fox cups became very popular. I bought my set from Pete Biro for about $500 :\. Paul Fox chick cups are still rare. But the regular PF cups prices dropped radically first with RNT2 and later with Asian imports.
Brad Jeffers wrote:Brad Henderson wrote:i leave for my summer tour tomorrow or would hunt down my tale of Buzzy the Bee and Paul the Fox. if i find it, i will post it.
Jeez Brad, i'ts not like you have to plow through cartons of loose papers to find it.
This is the 21st century after all .
The Tale of Buzzy the Bee and Paul the Fox.
Michael Close wrote:Somewhere I have a photo of him, Michael Skinner, Ed Marlo, and me at the New York Lounge in Chicago.