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- January 6th, 2012, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic Collectors Weekend in May
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6316
- December 20th, 2011, 9:23 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Quick! Check the Back Cover of the Jan 2012 issue of Genii!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7455
Re: Quick! Check the Back Cover of the Jan 2012 issue of Genii!
Sign me up to share a room with Princess Tenko. :)
- December 9th, 2011, 7:12 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Dai Vernon Baseball Cap....I am not kidding.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3186
Re: Dai Vernon Baseball Cap....I am not kidding.
Kevin Connolly wrote:Any word on the [color:#FF0000]Dai Vernon farting doll[/color]?
Is that the one with the kung fu grip??
- December 9th, 2011, 7:08 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Dai Vernon Baseball Cap....I am not kidding.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3186
Re: Dai Vernon Baseball Cap....I am not kidding.
Richard Kaufman wrote:Vernon did have big balls!
And eight of them.
Al Goshman had sponge balls.
- December 9th, 2011, 3:02 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Dai Vernon Baseball Cap....I am not kidding.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3186
Re: Dai Vernon Baseball Cap....I am not kidding.
I;m waiting for the Dai Vernon Classic Thong for Men. :cool:
- November 24th, 2011, 12:41 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Canada Goes for Plastic Currency
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2863
Re: Canada Goes for Plastic Currency
my damn pocket swings like a second scrotum with all those damn heavy coins in it!
There's a delightful simile.
- November 24th, 2011, 12:48 am
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Eating Glass, Bed of Nails, etc
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1868
- November 10th, 2011, 7:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Klosterman Salon de Magie Auction Results
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1539
Re: Klosterman Salon de Magie Auction Results
Outstanding job of number crunching. :cool:
- October 26th, 2011, 10:15 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Once again, More magic items up for auction at my ebay store Odd and End Collectables!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 721
Re: Once again, More magic items up for auction at my ebay store Odd and End Collectables!
"THIS IS AN AUCTION, PEOPLE!!! TAKE ACTION NOW AND BID!!!! You're not helping the economy by just being a Watcher!"
Have these admonishments proved helpful?
Have these admonishments proved helpful?
- October 17th, 2011, 2:41 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Bad experience with Snapillusions
- Replies: 49
- Views: 16898
Re: Bad experience with Snapillusions
Richard Kaufman wrote:Hey Jack, where's the money you've owed me for years for the ads you placed in Genii? You SUCK.
The check is in the mail.
- October 13th, 2011, 8:35 am
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Bad experience with Snapillusions
- Replies: 49
- Views: 16898
Re: Bad experience with Snapillusions
Gleny wrote:I just bought two of them they were amazing. They really create magic.
:D
- September 8th, 2011, 10:14 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Another Jacka$@
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4356
Re: Another Jacka$@
Kalin can look forward to a lot of "balloon twisting" while in the slammer. ;)
- August 20th, 2011, 8:45 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: David Copperfield is a dad...since last year!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6426
- August 5th, 2011, 11:39 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Wyrick Returns To Vegas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2095
Re: Wyrick Returns To Vegas
As I recall, Wyrick was on the cover of MAGIC magazine. And now he is doing something at MAGIC Live ... is there anyone who thought his show at Planet Hollywood was good? Few of you probably know that Steve Wyrick was one of the people trying to buy Genii from the Larsen family in 1998. That was a ...
- August 2nd, 2011, 4:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Book listing in the Collector's Forum
- Replies: 2
- Views: 989
Re: Book listing in the Collector's Forum
Nothing has changed as far as I know. Some sellers like to put stupid prices on things just waiting for an uneducated customer to come along. Go check out abebooks.com for crazy prices. You are right about that. Many sellers on both of those venues are hoping to catch a flier. In general, the unwar...
- August 2nd, 2011, 9:45 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Ebay Seller Selling Secrets....
- Replies: 62
- Views: 10344
Re: Ebay Seller Selling Secrets....
Another item nowadays is http://cgi.ebay.com/Hospitality-Stage-Magic-Illusion-Jim-Steinmeyer-/290583407044?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1412239647662909011 offering Hospitality by Jim Steinmeyer: 9 items available 1 sold, showing a v...
- July 21st, 2011, 5:49 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Borders update
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6019
Re: Borders update
Borders, B&N, and other chains put the kibosh on small independent book stores with predatory pricing. That's not true in every situation. It's certainly not true here in St. Louis. Not everyone is concerned about price and as we've previously posted, other factors can make an independent store...
- July 20th, 2011, 2:39 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Borders update
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6019
Re: Borders update
Borders, B&N, and other chains put the kibosh on small independent book stores with predatory pricing. Amazon.com is putting the kibosh on the chains with predatory pricing. State and local tax authorities will put the kibosh on Amazon.com through the enforcement of sales and use tax collection....
- July 11th, 2011, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Criss Angel Attempts to Conquer the Magic World
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1985
Re: Criss Angel Attempts to Conquer the Magic World
Megalomania with delusions of grandeur.
The man's handlers should contact his physician and get the dosage of his Thorazine suppositories increased.
The man's handlers should contact his physician and get the dosage of his Thorazine suppositories increased.
- July 5th, 2011, 1:44 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Sumer The New Illusion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10161
Re: Sumer The New Illusion
This thread should be renamed The Aerial Fishing For Compliments Illusion.
- July 3rd, 2011, 3:03 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Houdini's THIRD air-tight coffin test and death casket
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2515
- July 2nd, 2011, 10:15 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New Projects for Criss Angel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1567
Re: New Projects for Criss Angel
"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome magician?"
Peter O'Toole as Henry II...Becket
Peter O'Toole as Henry II...Becket
- June 23rd, 2011, 3:03 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Caution RIP OFFS of Porper's items
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6946
Re: Caution RIP OFFS of Porper's items
Jonathan Townsend wrote:http://escapefromhollywood.com/ah-gans-3d-chinese-adaptation-of-don-quixote-gets-trailer-and-posters/
here's the article and link for the trailer - in 3D no less.
Theme song, "The Impossible Moo Goo Gai Pan."
- June 20th, 2011, 11:29 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Caution RIP OFFS of Porper's items
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6946
Re: Caution RIP OFFS of Porper's items
IMHO the demand side of the equation (curiosity/mystery/allure of 'secret') seems in place. With knock offs, Chinese or otherwise, the supply curve is elastic. The demand curve for all magic, limited by relatively small numbers of potential buyers in this niche market, tends to be inelastic and as ...
- June 19th, 2011, 2:24 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Caution RIP OFFS of Porper's items
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6946
Re: Caution RIP OFFS of Porper's items
Talking of magic props, I think there will come a saturation point where all the knock off merchants in china will have 10,000s of magic items and won't know the place to unload. eBay. Searched for a PK effect called Ultracinese on eBay for a friend. Struck out. Found dozens of "Ultrachinese&q...
- June 18th, 2011, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Kirby VanBurch 3 Week Understudy Program-Travel/Stay/Food Included!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2875
Re: Kirby VanBurch 3 Week Understudy Program-Travel/Stay/Food Included!!!
Dustin Stinett wrote:Yikes, that's just plain creepy.
On another subject, I see that Bambi Van Birch has disappeared from KVB's site. Did I miss something there?
Dustin
The something that you missed...
- June 18th, 2011, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Kirby VanBurch 3 Week Understudy Program-Travel/Stay/Food Included!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2875
Re: Kirby VanBurch 3 Week Understudy Program-Travel/Stay/Food Included!!!
Dustin Stinett wrote:Nifty. Almost sounds like he and Wyrick could start a club. They could get matching hats and T-Shirts.
:D
- June 4th, 2011, 5:28 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Fechner Houdin Set Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1458
Re: Fechner Houdin Set Question
He IS talking about the English set of volumes 1 and 2 of Fechner's book! I know quite well that volumes 3 and 4 aren't in English since I have the original French editions. And, yes, Fechner didn't care for Swiss's review of 1 and 2 (this from a film producer who had more than his share of crappy ...
- June 4th, 2011, 2:22 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Fechner Houdin Set Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1458
Re: Fechner Houdin Set Question
No, he's talking about the two-volume set published by Christian Fechner in Paris. I think it's $250 to $400. The set published by Fechner in Paris is in French, not English. I wonder why he refused to release an English translation of that set? :confused: Poor magazine review of the first two?? :o...
- June 4th, 2011, 2:09 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Fechner Houdin Set Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1458
Re: Fechner Houdin Set Question
Anyone know what the English edition of Fechner's Houdini set selling for these days? Thanks in advance, Kevin $9.95 with free shipping :D If you are speaking of the Miracle Factory's, The Magic of Robert-Houdin, The last two fine sets sold on eBay went for $275 - $310 respectively...which means th...
- May 31st, 2011, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: A Houdini Collector's Dream
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1175
Re: A Houdini Collector's Dream
I must have missed something ... This Houdini Head Mount is currently listed for sale on ePrey. If you don't have one of these puppies hanging over your bed, glowering down at you while you sleep, you certainly have missed something. This is the type of acquisition that would move your long sufferi...
- May 30th, 2011, 10:03 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: A Houdini Collector's Dream
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1175
A Houdini Collector's Dream
...or not A monument to good taste. All it needs is a set of antlers. Is the rest of Mr. Weiss mounted to a plaque on the wall of the adjoining room? Based upon the look on his face, Houdini doesn't appear too happy with his current predicament. KING OF CARDS :) [img:center]http://i1135.photobucket....
- May 30th, 2011, 9:25 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Rabbit Police
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3182
Re: Rabbit Police
God, what a bureaucratic nightmare. Where were these USDA parasites when the nation was being inundated with poisoned eggs? Answer: Hot on the trail of kingpins in the worldwide illegal rabbit trade. :mad: What's next? A new Department of Homeland Security division? Bureau of Unlicensed (Flemish) Gi...
- May 28th, 2011, 12:17 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic Castle difficulties
- Replies: 277
- Views: 76771
Re: Magic Castle difficulties
If I had to stand on the corner in my underwear and sell copies of Genii one at a time to generate enough money, I would do it to keep my business alive.
When you get around to that marketing program, I'll take a couple off your hands
- May 27th, 2011, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Copying
- Replies: 143
- Views: 21835
Re: Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Copying
Sell the guy a Genii banner ad and move on. ;)
- May 21st, 2011, 9:11 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Pawn Stars straitjacket hits eBay
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3635
Re: Pawn Stars straitjacket hits eBay
This is the third time it has been listed on eBay.
- May 20th, 2011, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: new magic theatre opening
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1225
- May 19th, 2011, 1:14 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Houdini Museum was in decay by 1978
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1892
- May 12th, 2011, 11:33 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Princess Yvonne & Doc Irving at The Skirball Museum
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4099
Re: Princess Yvonne & Doc Irving at The Skirball Museum
Princess Yvonne-Psychic Wonder
Is this what is meant by, "Jewish Princess?" :confused:
- May 12th, 2011, 11:20 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Houdini Vent Dolls! Handmade and Cool!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1536