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- June 28th, 2019, 9:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
Here’s the link: https://classic.liveauctioneers.com/ite ... e-his-book
- June 28th, 2019, 3:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
The auction house added a note that the book was not a first, but probably published a few years later. Same lot.
- June 28th, 2019, 3:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
Probably a steal. It sold with a 1902 copy of EATCT with Dai Vernon's name on the title page and a folder full of other material relating to Erdnase's identity.
- June 28th, 2019, 3:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase

Lecture notes that sold at auction in 2007 for 125 pounds. It mentions six copies and 48 photographs.
- June 28th, 2019, 2:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
Q. Kumber wrote:I will be at The Magic Circle on Monday. I will check if it is in the library there.
In the Pentagram Peter Warlock states that there is a full copy there in the permanent library "copiously illustrated with first class photographs".
- June 28th, 2019, 1:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
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...
- June 28th, 2019, 1:14 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5150
Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
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...
- June 27th, 2019, 2:09 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ton Onosaka is on the Cover of the July 2019 Issue of Genii
- Replies: 4
- Views: 994
Re: Ton Onosaka is on the Cover of the July 2019 Issue of Genii
Bill Mullins wrote:Page 80 of the July issue is amazing.
It really is. Reminds me of Donald Westlake for some reason.
- June 26th, 2019, 3:38 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: DeLand
- Replies: 187
- Views: 53128
Re: DeLand
Congratulations on your second Allan Slaight Award Richard! That’s quite an achievement.
- June 25th, 2019, 6:54 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Pass
- Replies: 229
- Views: 25701
Re: The Pass
Bob Farmer wrote:I suggest posting Youtube videos with fake explanations of various effects, somewhat along the lines of the MAD magic book but more plausible.
Hmm,(he says, stroking face) that’s just crazy enough to work!
- June 25th, 2019, 1:33 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Devin Knight's baby gag
- Replies: 6
- Views: 928
Re: Devin Knight's baby gag
Bill Mullins wrote:If you need to gag a baby, it seems like a sock and some tape would be sufficient.
Why you would want to do that to Devin Knight's baby I'll never know.
- June 25th, 2019, 11:09 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Bob Dorian
- Replies: 2
- Views: 699
Re: RIP Bob Dorian
I really enjoyed Mr. Dorian hosting American Classic Movies when they played classic movies.
- June 25th, 2019, 8:56 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Pass
- Replies: 229
- Views: 25701
Re: The Pass
Ray J wrote:[Maybe some of the bad actors will get the message if we persist in explaining to them why it is hurting magic.
Lee Asher's take on it.
- June 25th, 2019, 8:48 am
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Cups and Balls Museum
- Replies: 0
- Views: 789
- June 23rd, 2019, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Awesome Minneapolis convention is a month away!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2051
Re: Awesome Minneapolis convention is a month away!
Can someone who attended give a brief review of this? My wife and I had to forfeit our tickets due to my wife’s sudden illness. We would really appreciate hearing what we missed.
- June 21st, 2019, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Pass
- Replies: 229
- Views: 25701
Re: The Pass
Jonathan, I sold service for a couple of years until I got a job making twice the money in another industry. My point is the internet has changed everything and has given us a ton of choice without the benefit of discernment. My concern for Magic and every other discipline is the abundance of knowle...
- June 21st, 2019, 2:00 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Pass
- Replies: 229
- Views: 25701
Re: The Pass
Sorry--magic is doomed and none of you give a damn about it. Serves you all right. The internet has a perverse way of rewarding lawbreakers and rule ignorers. I owned a brick and mortar retail location when internet access became ubiquitous. When my suppliers admonished their customers not to disco...
- June 19th, 2019, 1:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Reviews on books regarding Mnemonics
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2806
- June 18th, 2019, 10:04 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Penn & Teller: Fool Us Season Six
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2215
Re: Penn & Teller: Fool Us Season Six
Doug Thornton wrote:It certainly was fun seeing David fooled and hearing him say he's happy and enjoys being fooled.
Yes it was, reminding us he is not only a superstar, but like all of us, wanting to experience truly being fooled.
- June 16th, 2019, 11:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Best Quality Gimmicked Coins ?...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4601
Re: Best Quality Gimmicked Coins ?...
Bob Farmer wrote:I've never heard a bad word about Roy Kueppers and the stuff he's made for me and others is world-class. Plus he thinks like a magician.
I've got Kueppers Hopping Halves and CSB and they're both great.
- June 13th, 2019, 7:47 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Pick and Mix Wayne Dobson and Hocus Pocus magic Instructions/routine needed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 688
Re: Pick and Mix Wayne Dobson and Hocus Pocus magic Instructions/routine needed
If they are sold, I will give them to the Library of Congress to archive and preserve them.
So after I pay $100,000 for them, Cash Only, I’ll have to visit them in the Library of Congress.
I’m in!
- June 10th, 2019, 9:44 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Dom Chamber Beer Magic on AGT
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1748
Re: Dom Chamber Beer Magic on AGT
Great act, and finally - what a person would really do if they had magical powers.
- May 31st, 2019, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Maskelyne
- Replies: 2
- Views: 929
Re: Maskelyne
- May 24th, 2019, 7:19 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1717
Re: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
Thanks Justin.
Looks like that one may not have a dust cover either but I have an email out to Dan.
Looks like that one may not have a dust cover either but I have an email out to Dan.
- May 24th, 2019, 6:06 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1717
Re: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
Ok, got the response - no jacket.
If anyone has one they’ll part with let me know.
If anyone has one they’ll part with let me know.
- May 23rd, 2019, 10:05 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1717
Re: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
Thanks Richard! That’s a great price for the paperback for anyone who doesn’t have it. I’m inquiring about the hardback now. Joe, check out my second link for the hardback with dust jacket for just $19.50 postpaid. Well I did Richard, but when you click on the link it says no dust jacket. I have an...
- May 23rd, 2019, 9:27 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1717
Re: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
Thanks Richard!
That’s a great price for the paperback for anyone who doesn’t have it.
I’m inquiring about the hardback now.
That’s a great price for the paperback for anyone who doesn’t have it.
I’m inquiring about the hardback now.
- May 23rd, 2019, 11:20 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1717
Re: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
erdnasephile wrote:That was my first real magic book. (I knew it as "How to do Tricks with Cards").
Me too (unless the Garcia and Schindler book beat it by a nose). I still have the paperback copy.
Looking for a good hardcover edition to fill a spot in my library.
- May 22nd, 2019, 11:08 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1717
Wanted - The Card Wizard 1949 Bill Turner
I’m looking for a copy of The Card Wizard 1949 by Bill Turner with a good dust jacket for sentimental reasons.I found a few copies without a cover or a torn one, looking for one with the cover intact.
Joe Lyons
joelyons456 @ Gmail
Thanks
Joe Lyons
joelyons456 @ Gmail
Thanks
- May 22nd, 2019, 8:16 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Awesome Minneapolis convention is a month away!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2051
Re: Awesome Minneapolis convention is a month away!
My wife and I were also looking forward to it. She was excited about the supper club dinner and show and train trip there but life intervened and now we can’t go.
Oh well, going to the one in Vegas next year.
Oh well, going to the one in Vegas next year.
Re: ERDNASE
Bill Mullins wrote:The previous copy was in much better condition.
True.
And “About the best copy we’ve seen” from Potter & Potter certainly didn’t hurt the bidding.
Re: ERDNASE
A first edition Expert, just sold for $4,400 in today's Potter & Potter Auction.
Quite a drop from the last one.
Quite a drop from the last one.
- May 6th, 2019, 10:19 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: George Melies' Illusions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4324
- May 6th, 2019, 8:18 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: George Melies' Illusions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4324
Re: George Melies' Illusions
I've heard that the pioneering French filmmaker George Melies was also an accomplished magician and created a number of impressive illusions, including one where a person is decapitated and their head continues to speak as their body moves around the room. But I've been unable to find any books or ...
- May 4th, 2019, 10:22 pm
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: The Works
- Replies: 189
- Views: 68579
Re: The Works
Last bid I saw was around $430, much cheaper than the recent Potter sales.
- May 3rd, 2019, 10:27 pm
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Symbol Deck
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1744
Re: Symbol Deck
- May 3rd, 2019, 9:28 pm
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Symbol Deck
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1744
- May 3rd, 2019, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: George Melies' Illusions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4324
Re: George Melies' Illusions
Great topic for some research I agree. I couldn't order a sandwich with my high school French now. The book "Marvellous Melies" (in English) by Paul Hammond would be a great starting point. It references Melies use of black art, the Pepper's Ghost technique and magic lanterns among others...
- May 2nd, 2019, 11:57 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Piet Forton (1938 - 2019)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1481
Re: Piet Forton (1938 - 2019)
Brad Henderson wrote:Is there any video footage of him working? I’m familiar with his printed material but haven’t seen any examples of him in action.
https://youtu.be/ud2eAQdVIr0
At 19:14 you can see him perform his famous pop-out move.
- May 2nd, 2019, 9:56 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Master Class with Penn & Teller
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4765
Re: Master Class with Penn & Teller
Bill Mullins wrote:Suppose you just want one of them. Is that $45?
Ok, I’ll bite.
Do you want a Masterclass with Penn? Or Teller?