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Christopher1979

Also, bending the card and make it pop to the top is always really visual

Christopher1979

Thank you, Philippe!

Christopher1979

Christopher, have you already checked the online sources? As Denis Behr mentioned earlier, he has listed the content of Adams's Erdnase book in his fine Conjuring Archive here: https://archive.denisbehr.de/list/book/1914?highlight=82987 I would think that he might have a copy (of a copy) of that bo...

Christopher1979

What are your thoughts on the collectible value of original Jerry’s Nuggets decks once the reprints hit the market? The Kickstarter offered a limited edition product with one original Jerry’s Nuggets deck (one deck for about $400 if you factor in the other products included) from a reliable source ...

Christopher1979

Joneseymagic wrote:There is definitely a copy in The Magic Circle library. I spent a couple of hours reading it and making notes two or three years ago. I remember the head librarian, Peter, keeping a beady eye on me while I studied it!

Certainly a rare book!

Lucky you!

Christopher1979

No, I wouldn't ask for something here with the intention of selling on. This is for my own interest.

Christopher1979

If anyone has a spare copy of Fifty by Joe Barry or any other Barry related material and wouldn't mind selling please PM me.

Many thanks, guys!

Christopher1979

Thanks Bill!

Christopher1979

You may already have one or both of them Christopher, but as a collector and student (which I assume you are in my reading of your posts) I imagine that you have one (or both) of Tom Sawyers earlier books on Erdnase in your collection? It was my reading of Tom's S.W. Erdnase: Another View that kick...

Christopher1979

In the 1950`s and 60`s I was fortunate to spend some time with Graham Adams and remember him giving a lecture at a Scottish convention in 1960 where he demonstrated several sleights from Erdnase such as second and bottom dealing. He was always very kind and helpful to young magicians. A gentleman i...

Christopher1979

125 was the opening bid and the auction states that it was "passed" so it looks like it was unsold!.... crazy! where was I then hahaha.... The internet does not have the correct information on old auctions. I was at that auction (John Fisher's collection): the lot sold for GBP 3,400 plus ...

Christopher1979

This is the tip of the iceberg. The number of bootleg downloads and PDF's is ridiculous. There are at least 3 Chinese websites that I know of that is selling PDF's of OOP books. I have reported it where possible. I have even seen it eBay, I saw someone selling Gary Plant's Zarrow work as a download ...

Christopher1979

Joe Lyons wrote:Here’s the link: https://classic.liveauctioneers.com/ite ... e-his-book

125 was the opening bid and the auction states that it was "passed" so it looks like it was unsold!.... crazy! where was I then hahaha....

Christopher1979

Not understanding, there is no way it sold in a group with a personally owned Vernon 1st of EATCT and other related material for 125..... do you mean it was in the same auction as the EATCT 1st?

Christopher1979

Richard Kaufman wrote:Should always be the FIRST place you start.

I usually do but then I realized I did not keep my membership up and didn't know what was searchable without one.

Christopher1979

Joe Lyons wrote:

Lecture notes that sold at auction in 2007 for 125 pounds. It mentions six copies and 48 photographs.

Nicely researched! 125 pounds seems like a steal. Mind you that is over 10 years ago.

Christopher1979

Richard Kaufman wrote:Have you tried looking on Ask Alexander?

No, I am going to have a look through in a while.

Christopher1979

Richard Kaufman wrote:Did anyone note this yet? http://www.everythingerdnase.com/gallery/graham-adams/
There are 6 copies of the lecture notes, all hard bound. One is apparently in the Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York.

Wow!...now that is interesting!

Christopher1979

Thank you, Richard... I love hunting for rare books and lecture notes so maybe one day I will be able to locate a copy.

Christopher1979

Lybrary.com sells all the Martin Breese items. Thank you, Richard, I will take a look. I am only interested in Adams work with cards and I read somewhere that he did a lecture on Erdnase.... do you know if that is true or not? Upon perusing The Pentagram I saw where Graham Adams gave a lecture to t...

Christopher1979

Q. Kumber wrote:I will be at The Magic Circle on Monday. I will check if it is in the library there.

I will be very interested to hear what you find on your return!

Christopher1979

Granted, that's rubbish..... It is indeed. I'm not interested in another fundamentally inaccurate MFA take on Erdnase. Every additional bit of made-up crap dished out as "hard fact" obfuscates the case that much further - and does nothing to advance the conversation. You do have a very va...

Christopher1979

magicfish wrote:The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne.

Hands down.

Thank you!

Christopher1979

Richard Kaufman wrote:Lybrary.com sells all the Martin Breese items.

Thank you, Richard, I will take a look. I am only interested in Adams work with cards and I read somewhere that he did a lecture on Erdnase.... do you know if that is true or not?

Christopher1979

Bill Mullins wrote:An old British journal, "Conjuror's Chronicle", has a series of articles by Graham Adams. These are accessible through AskAlexander, of the Conjuring Arts Research Center.

Thank you, Bill. I appreciate the link!

Christopher1979

JustinM wrote:Congratulations Richard. I would also like to thank you for all the other outstanding books that you've put out over the decades!

Totally agree with you, Richards work has benefited us all and we should all be very grateful!

Christopher1979

I also understood that there were really only a handful of copies of the actual lecture notes, so good luck with finding one. But Martin Breese published "The Best of Pentagram Card Magic" which has a chapter on the work of Graham Adams. It seems to be still available from various dealers...

Christopher1979

Does anyone know much about the British Magician Graham Adams? I would be very interested to know anything about him and his published works (if any) along with any information about his publication regarding Erdnase. There was a rare transcript of his sold at auction a few years ago which was inscr...

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It is always a hard pill to swallow when you realise things are changing around you, and mostly for the worse. The thing is, I am sure it has been the same for every generation since the beginning of time. It is hard to not be nostalgic about the things you grew up with but all I can say is when I w...

Christopher1979

I get your point, Jonathan. I think the secret behind a trick has become even more important than the actual trick. This is when I show an episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us to make my point.......

Christopher1979

And also, though not a book, this was just added to Netflix: MEMORY GAMES A glimpse into the brain's vast potential for memorization through the eyes of four competitive memory athletes as they share techniques and insights. https://www.netflix.com/title/81105525 Ooh thanks for the heads up, I will...

Christopher1979

I also agree with you Mark. I understand that things are very different these days but in a lot of ways it's very disappointing and sometimes discouraging that you can work really REALLY hard on your skills to try and make magic... magical to then find out anyone can find the secrets on Google withi...

Christopher1979

Edward Pungot wrote:Lorayne makes a cameo in this old thread and other links and notes to Foyer's book.https://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41492

Interesting read!... do you know what Lorayne titles concentrate just on memory work?

Many thanks

Christopher1979

Roger M. wrote:Even if it does manage to get released, I'd not get my hopes up too high.

"a possible serial killer" ... please.

I agree Roger!.....

Christopher1979

Brad Jeffers wrote:Here is some more information on the Erdnase film.
And also this.

Thank you Brad...... Hope it comes to fruition!

Christopher1979

Yes, that is what I was referring to......

Christopher1979

Is Yann Yuro playing Erdnase in a film about his life? Wiki says it's going to be out in November of this year. Anyone nothing anything about this?

Christopher1979

To supplement those already suggested. The Art of Memory by (Dame) Francis Yates. This covers the developments in mnemonics ancient Greece and the European renaissance. The Craft of Medieval Memory by Mary Carruthers. This deals with the develpments between ancient Greece and the European renaissan...

Christopher1979

For memory work in general Harry Lorayne is easily the best source. I use his system for day for every date all the time. And he does devote quite a bit of space to systems of playing card memorisation. Also it is not generally known that Joe Riding was also a memory expert and has written some mat...

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