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- May 26th, 2012, 1:34 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: What's the best magic book you've found at a bargain books store?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5994
Re: What's the best magic book you've found at a bargain books store?
"The Humorous Magician Unmasked" price: $15.00. It's like finding 3 Harbin books.
- May 26th, 2012, 12:05 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: L&L Publishing eBooks
- Replies: 271
- Views: 37726
Re: L&L Publishing eBooks
Steve...Maybe tanked wasn't really strong enough. By L&L publishing all of these "Collector Gems" at one tenth the price in digital format, I should have said L&L screwed the hard copy and the so-called "Collector Editions" buyers.
- May 25th, 2012, 10:46 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: L&L Publishing eBooks
- Replies: 271
- Views: 37726
Re: L&L Publishing eBooks
Either way, Torrent or from L&L, it tanks the price on the collector and all print versions.
- May 25th, 2012, 5:20 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Ammar's Complete Cups and Balls Collector's Edition available
- Replies: 112
- Views: 11719
Re: Ammar's Complete Cups and Balls Collector's Edition available
As much as I love the idea of these classic books being reborn as ebooks, I can't help but feel that this might be a bit of a lost opportunity if the books are just scanned pdfs. It's cheap and magicians are suckers. Overall magicians are cheap. If it's cheap, they may buy it or wait for one of his...
- May 25th, 2012, 7:30 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: magic for the stationed soldiers after WW II
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2474
Re: magic for the stationed soldiers after WW II
I have never heard of of any Japanese who were left to capitulate and go on to perform at the Ernie Pyle Memorial Theater.
- May 22nd, 2012, 8:25 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: L&L Publishing eBooks
- Replies: 271
- Views: 37726
Re: L&L Publishing eBooks
And don't forget to charge something for your efforts. :)
Accept cash over being paid in books. :)
Accept cash over being paid in books. :)
- May 22nd, 2012, 8:22 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Ammar's Complete Cups and Balls Collector's Edition available
- Replies: 112
- Views: 11719
Re: Ammar's Complete Cups and Balls Collector's Edition available
I don't mind. I enjoy it being posted here.
- May 16th, 2012, 10:57 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1540
Re: Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
Nice work Dustin. I look forward to these and the year in review from you.
Is it January yet? ;)
Is it January yet? ;)
- May 13th, 2012, 12:40 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1540
- May 11th, 2012, 9:54 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1540
Re: Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
Dustin...Are you going to do your usual work-up on this? :)
- May 8th, 2012, 3:48 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1540
Some Great Magic Up For Auction On Sunday
Potter & Potter is holding another great auction this Sunday. I was going through the catalog looking for what I can't live without. There is some excellent apparatus, books, ephemera, Houdin to Houdin, plus so much more. I can see improvement in quality in every auction catalog. Now, who can le...
- May 7th, 2012, 12:38 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Very Cool Original Work of Art Houdini Locked and Chained in a Bottle!!??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 890
- May 4th, 2012, 2:20 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Jose de la Torre Passed Away
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1716
Jose de la Torre Passed Away
This just came in to my email from Merlina: "I have just received word of the passing of Jose de la Torre, Cuban Magician who was residing in Spain. There are no further details to give at this time but I will forward them as they become available. May he rest in peace." Jose was big on th...
- April 27th, 2012, 7:33 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Maybe a Houdini photo here????
- Replies: 1
- Views: 583
Re: Maybe a Houdini photo here????
I was hoping the same thing. The site crashed as soon as it was launched and the search hasn't worked at all.
- April 25th, 2012, 1:27 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Before Using Fanning Powder on Your Cards, You Should Read This
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2338
Re: Before Using Fanning Powder on Your Cards, You Should Read This
Matthew Field wrote:I love the smell of fanning powder in the morning.
Matt Field
It smells-like...Victory.
- April 16th, 2012, 3:49 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Houdini's right hand man, Franz Kukol
- Replies: 121
- Views: 29549
Re: Houdini's right hand man, Franz Kukol
The photo may have been taken in Paris in 1909. It be tough to put together. It took me 20 years to put the photo and postcard together.
- April 12th, 2012, 11:29 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Houdini & T. Nelson Downs Circa 1895
- Replies: 1
- Views: 691
Houdini & T. Nelson Downs Circa 1895
If you like magic history, you may enjoy this. I just posted on my blog the possible first meeting of Houdini and Tommy Downs. Here is the link:
Downs & Houdini
Enjoy!
Downs & Houdini
Enjoy!
Re: Hank Lee
To paraphrase Yogi Berra "It ain't over till the guy in the black robe sings". :)
.....Then it will start fresh again. ;)
.....Then it will start fresh again. ;)
- April 11th, 2012, 8:10 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Here There Be Treasures!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 594
Re: Here There Be Treasures!
There is some pretty wild material in there. Every catalog is better than the last.
Re: Hank Lee
That was pretty weak to delete the Hank Lee thread on the Magic Cafe. I don't what they were reason was, but it wasn't too bright of the person who did it.
Re: Hank Lee
Craig...I remember your post about this. It is amazing that the Dept. of Justice took so long to act. They definitely are not the A Team, far from it.
- March 30th, 2012, 10:50 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Is David Blaine Suing Magicians?
- Replies: 148
- Views: 13684
Re: Is David Blaine Suing Magicians?
You would need a Thornton Reel to pull this puppy back to the top. A P&L wrist reel just wouldn't cut it.
- March 28th, 2012, 7:53 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Ladies Home Journal Houdini Article
- Replies: 1
- Views: 749
Re: Ladies Home Journal Houdini Article
Give it time, they'll show-up on Ebay for $25.00, more or less.
- March 23rd, 2012, 11:28 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Derek Dingle, John Scarne
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8784
Re: Derek Dingle, John Scarne
Jim Riser wrote:Kevin Connolly wrote:Mine is in shrink-wrap, in a storage unit that's in a survival bunker.
But I don't have the key. :(
Use an authentic Houdini lock pick.
Jim
The lock picks are with the book!
- March 23rd, 2012, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Derek Dingle, John Scarne
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8784
Re: Derek Dingle, John Scarne
Mine is in shrink-wrap, in a storage unit that's in a survival bunker.
But I don't have the key. :(
But I don't have the key. :(
- March 22nd, 2012, 7:10 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Derek Dingle, John Scarne
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8784
- March 22nd, 2012, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Has search the magic cafe link vanished ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2002
- March 21st, 2012, 11:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Has search the magic cafe link vanished ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2002
Re: Has search the magic cafe link vanished ?
It may have. You can get into from Google....as they track your every move.
- March 21st, 2012, 10:22 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Derek Dingle, John Scarne
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8784
- March 19th, 2012, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Great New Book: Illusionology
- Replies: 6
- Views: 943
- March 19th, 2012, 5:23 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Great New Book: Illusionology
- Replies: 6
- Views: 943
Re: Great New Book: Illusionology
The ad mentions Houdini. Is there much on him in the book?
- March 16th, 2012, 5:04 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Castle Notebooks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 936
Re: Castle Notebooks
it looks-like the bloom is off the rose. Who knows, maybe a new special edition will come to market.
- March 14th, 2012, 8:09 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Harry Lorayne On Fox NYC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1011
Harry Lorayne On Fox NYC
Harry will be doing a segment in the 9AM hour on channel 5 in NYC this AM.
- March 13th, 2012, 6:48 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Final Curtain: Barbara Hudson- Blackstone, Sr. Assistant.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1971