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Specializing in Houdiniana
MAGAZINE Section - Part One
Weather In Spring, Texas
Welcome to the: "MAGAZINE Section - Part One"
Below you'll find quite an assortment of Magazines to choose from.
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Stephen A. Sparks (a/k/a Sparky) - P. O. Box 1345 - Spring, Texas 77383-1345 USA
281-353-1014 (Phone and/or Fax) ~ 281-827-4001 (Cell)
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3082-3669) HOUDINI & The Reluctant Medium by Manny Weltman
GENII Magazine, Volume 52, #12 - June 1989
Full page article by Houdini expert and author Manny Weltman.
Includes nice photo of Houdini, along with Sir Arthur and Lady Conan Doyle.
And, the content page has been reproduced, below, for ease in reading about the whole magazine. -
$20.00
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2996-9802) THE MENTOR Magazine. January 1927. Volume 14, #12.
Contains several magic related articles:
(a)
Magic-Old and New by Clement King. 8 pages discussing magic down through the ages from: Dr. Paracelsus to Houdini.(b) A 3 page article: "The Most Dramatic Trick in the History of Magic: Robert-Houdin's Historic Handkerchief Conjuring Feat".
(c)
“Mesmer The Mesmerist” by Noel Hendricks. A two page article.(d)
“A Charlatan Supreme”. Count Cagliostro, Born Joseph Balsamo by John B. Kennedy. A two page article.(e)
“MAGIC Is The Jungle Science” by John W. Vandercook. A two page article.(f)
“A Deal About The Playing Card”. One page article.(g)
"Houdini, the Wonder Worker" by J. B. Kennedy. A one page article.Great reading and a MUST for you Magic Historians
. - $45.00
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2984-4889) Publications of the Houdini Historical Center
32 issues, published four time a year and running 4 to 8pages each.
The Houdini Historical Center is part of the Outagamie County Historical Society.
Located at 330 E. College Avenue - Appleton, Wisconsin 54911
Reoccurring articles:
Backstage with Sidney Radner
Queries
Contributor's Include:
David Ben - Benjilini - Barbara C. Bernard - John Cox - Edwin A. Dawes, M.I.M.C. - William M Doerflinger - Margaret A. Ehr - Benjamin Filene - Stephen Forrester - Joan F. Higbee, Ph.D - Harry Houdini - Diane Kromm - Bill Likes - Kimberly Louagie - Mark Lundblad - Arthur Moses - Sidney Radner - Tom Richards - Kenneth Silverman - Larry Widen - W. Gordon Yadon - Morris M. Young, M.D.
Early issues were called "Center Stage". With Volume 2, #3, the publication has a new name: "Mystifier"
The 32 issues range in date from Volume 1, #1 - April 1991 to Volume 12, #1 - Spring 2002
Some of the articles include:
Houdini - Magic Maestro: An Eye Witness Account - King of Handcuffs Mystifies Police - Center Receives Significant Houdini Scrapbook - Houdini Tools Given To Center - Houdini's Trunk No. 8 - A Child's View: Seeing The Elephant Vanish - A Tale of Two Trunks - HHC Endowment Fund Established - Historical Lock Pickers by Harry Houdini - Houdini's Journeys Into Code-Breaking - Flight and Magic by Harry Houdini - Magic at the Library of Congress: The Houdini and McManus-Young Collections - Code and Cipher Collection Comes To HHC - Each Week A New Title - Houdini's Nephew Passes Away In Memoriam: Manny Weltman 1931-1994 - Houdini Came To Delavan At Age 12 - What Houdini Means To Me - P.T. - Barnum, Father of Modern Publicity by Harry Houdini - Houdini Name To Appear On Ellis Island Wall of Honor - HHC Welcomes New Curator - Fundraising Underway to Repair Houdini's Gravesite - Book Review: The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini - Gravesite Repair Fund Grows - Houdini's Spirit Alive At Halloween - Harry Didn't Attend Séance - Houdini 'Stars' At Congressional Hearing - Houdini in Milwaukee: The Forgotten Years - Recent Acquisitions: Donation Documents Houdini's Links To First 'Brother' - and to Mother - Niagara Falls Fire Results in Major Losses For Magic History - Radio Girls Paints Houdini - Question of Identity Shadow Houdini At Congressional Hearing - Society/Center Name New Director - New Exhibit To Explore Houdini's Place in History - Haunted Statue Taunts Skeptics - Ray Stark and Hollywood: Searching for Harry Houdini - Houdini and the Magician's Club - Houdini Family On Wall Of Honor - A Review: Houdini In Children's Literature - Bess' Letter Found In Barrett Memoirs - Update: Houdini Gravesite Repairs - Houdini As Legend - Halloween Brings Film, Magic to HHC - 'Catch' Houdini On The Net - A Review: Kenneth Silverman's Houdini!!! - HHC Goes On Line On Halloween - Penn and Teller Visit Center - New Acquisition Gives Voice To Houdini's Father - Houdini and The Conjuror - German Native Translates Rare Documents at HHC - Houdini Medal Minted in HHCs Backyard
Kenneth Silverman To Speak At HHC -
Curator's Farewell: Filene Joins Staff At Minnesota State Historical Society -
Houdini's Father Dedicates Temple -
Phone Cards Now Available At HHC Shop - Silverman Donated Biography Research Papers to HHC
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Houdini Club of Wisconsin Sponsors Changing Exhibit Case -
Margaret A. Ehr Named New Center Curator - Revealing Houdini's Secrets - Again -
Defending Rabbi Weiss - Tools Of The Trade: As Explained by Houdini -
The Labors of Houdini -
Radner To Speak About Houdini's Undercover Girl - Houdini's Master Mystery Films Resurrected On Video And In
New HHC Exhibit -
Hull Palace Poster, New Handcuff Book Now Available From Museum Shop -
Houdini's Master - Mystery Exhibit Opens -
McIlhany Speaks At Houdini Club's Appleton Convention -
Iron Maiden Finds New Home In Houdini! Exhibit -
E! Network Crew Films At HHC -
A Conversation With Houdini's Niece, Marie Hinson Blood -
The Houdini Exhibit At The Magic Circle, London -
TNT's Houdini Captures The Imagination -
New Curator Kim Louagie Joins HHC Staff -
Houdini Accepts The Challenge - Handcuff Kings and Prison Breakers: Houdini's Rivals and
Imitators - New Houdini Exhibit: A Magician Among The Spirits -
Young Magician's Workshop A Success - The Boldt Collection of Houdini Materials
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Henning's Visit Was Nothing Short Of Magical - Who Fooled Houdini? -
"278;" History, Mysteries, and Mnemonic - Coincidence Enshroud -
Houdini's Century-Old New York Home - Houdini "In The Greatest Performance Of His Strenuous
Career" - Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: A Review
Stamp Artwork Announced - The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle
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Houdini's "Walking Through A Brick Wall" Illusion.
GEE, did I say some of the contents!!
I don't know where the membership fees ended, but last I saw
was $25.00/year and you received four quarterly publications of WONDERFUL
Houdini historical information. -
$150.00/(for
all 32 issues)
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2958
-1456) MAGIC SOUNDs MagazineAssorted issues and Supplements from Alex Redans (Craig Snader). Mexico City.
Issued irregularly and measure approx. 6 1/8"x8
1/2".The first 5 issues were photocopies, published irregularly in ‘73. In May ‘74 these five issues were re-run in offset (reReleased by the publisher). With #6 the publication became quarterly. #20 was a tape cassette, there was no printed issue. With #34 it became known as Magic Sounds and Sights.
This offering is for the following Issues and
Supplements:
(there are duplicates of some supplements)
#5 - Re
-Issue from May 1974Supplements included with issues:
#11 ‘Magic Sounds Release N1' flyer(2 of
these)
#12 - Blackstone photo(2 of these)
#14 - ‘Joseph M. White in Micro’(2 of these)
#15 - Blackstone sheet flyer(3 of these)
#16 - Teatro Blanquita flyer(2 of these)
#17 - Miniature cloth serape(3 of these)
-and- Tarot card(4 of these)
#18 - 1st Anniversary of Bolentin Unico De Magia announcement(2 of these)
Magic Album flyer(4 of these)
#19 - Houdini museum flyer(3 of these)
#21 - Spreer effects for sale
Old-time radio show flyer(4 of these)
Loomis comp pass(3 of these)
American Topical Assn. flyer(2 of these)
Cartoon of card playing native and Spaniard(3 of these)
Also: "Now & Then" issue #7(March 1987)
Also: "Occasionally From C.M.S.Jr." issues #9(Spring 1986, #11(Summer 1992), #12(Spring 1994)
Also: "Exclusive Magical Publications" #9(September 9, 1984)
Fill in some holes, in your collection, and maybe have some extra's for trading. - $75.00
(for everything)
(Remember, click on any of the photos to bring up a larger photo)
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2887-4958) MAGIC FOR FREE (1887-1945), Volume 1 by James Hagy
Copyright 2006 and published by Reginald Scot Books of Glenview, Illinois.
As the title suggests, this book has to do with give-away's which had a magic theme to them.
As the author puts it:
They are colorful. They are nostalgic. They depict images of magic and magicians as the public perceives us. The quality of printing, in some cases involving color lithography, which was dedicated to these ephemeral publications testifies to the high hopes which companies had for the promotions. While some involved a scattering of a few simple tricks amongst other text, a number are quite credible wizards' manuals by themselves. While this monograph is bibliographic in nature, the descriptions accompanying each entry are intended to provide some sense of the companies and the time. To qualify for listing, in this publication, the items had to been in promotion of a produce, or as a premium for having purchased one. Other than the occasional contribution to postage when the items was mailed to the consumer, the booklet or premium must have been free for the asking at the time it was originally issued. What's listed here is a random selection and by no means a definitive bibliography of the subject.
Contents' Include:
Introduction - Dedication - Acknowledgments - Technical Guide - The Issue of Exposure - Bibliography - Color Plates.
95 items are described.
There are 78 photo examples, of which 14 are in color.
SpiralBound with 99pages.
Book measures approx. 8 1/2"x11". - $35.00
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2864-4527) EDWIN HOOPER Presentation Copy: MAGIGRAM Magazine
Volume 10, Number 2 - October 1977
(Bound in a dark blue cloth)
Published by the Supreme Magic Company, Ltd. of Bideford, Devon, England.
Measures approx. 7 3/4"x10" with 112pages (cover to cover)
The issue is PACKED with tributes to Edwin from family and friends - along with a massive number of Edwin effects, etc.
I didn't even no "Presentation Copies" existed!!
And, there's no mention of "Presentation Copies" in either the Alfredson/Daily -or- Fernandes magazine bibliographies. - $45.00
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2826-8795) ASSORTED MAGIC and GENII MAGAZINEs
a)
HOUDIN and HOUDINI On The Covers of MAGIC & GENII Magazines - $25.00/(for both magazines)
MAGIC Magazine October 2006 Features
Robert-Houdin
Inside: Soirees Fantastiques: The Magic of Robert-Houdin
by Todd Karr
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin revolutionized the performance of magic. Nearly two centuries later, his influence remains strong in our art. Robert-Houdin's life and work is presented here, along with selections from the master's own writings on magic, staging, and other secrets.
9+ pages with accompanying one dozen photos and woodcuts.
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GENII Magazine December 2006
Features An Outer Wrapper, which cleverly shows HOUDINI
holding a copy of the current Kalush/Sloman book about the mystifier.
The Content's Include:
It All Started With a Sneeze: 100 Years of S.S. Adams by Mark Phillips - The Death of Houdini by William Kalush and Larry Sloman - An Excerpt from The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero - Ernest Dayang: Senegal’s Lonely Magician by Ryan Majestic - Genii Index 2006 by Bill Mullins
b)
CARDINI - On the Cover of MAGIC Magazine - August 2007 - $15.00Inside a wonderful article (spanning 14 pages with 37 photos) by John Fisher.
"His magic was superlative, his stage persona extraordinary. He didn't seem to do magic, it just happened to him. Richard Pitchfold became one of the most influential and imitated magicians ever, but there was only one Cardini".
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2813-5525) POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE. Volume 116 #5. May 1930.
Spread out over four pages is a very interesting article by Harry Blackstone, Sr.:
HYPNOTISM
Fake, says a magician
replying to a scientist who calls it Real
As the magazine puts it: "In our March issue, Wesley R. Wells, professor of psychology in Syracuse University, gave his views on hypnotism. Harry Blackstone, the famous magician, read Professor Wells’ article and sent us the following comment. Since it is the policy of Popular Science Monthly to open its columns to those who have made independent research in any field of science, we present Mr. Blackstone’s reply as an interesting exposition of the other side of a much disputed question".
Blackstone explains: (1) The hypnotic "falling test", as demonstrated by Blackstone (there's a photo). He describes this stunt as merely a case of lost equilibrium on the part of the subject. (2) The subject’s head is forced back until it can be held with one finger. In this position it can’t be raised and the trick works. -and- (3) The professional hypnotist’s confederate, when laid with his feet on one chair and his head on another, arches his back and becomes a human cantilever that can support great weight. Three photo’s accompany this Wonderful article by Blackstone, Sr. from 7
9 Years Ago!! - $25.00
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2233-3903) THE
MAGIC CAULDRON Magazine Alfredson/Daily
bibliography number: 3650. Please CLICK
HERE to see
MAGIC CAULDRON
complete listing
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Published quarterly by F. William Kuethe, Jr. Glen Burnie, Maryland. 7"x8
1/2" in size.
Started with Number 2 February 1962 to Number 64 June 1977.
Supplements were included with the issues and consecutively numbered.
Issue N2 was issued first, followed by N3, N1, N4, N5......
As the story goes, the publisher started with issues N2, then N3, then N1 to see
if there was any interest in his new magazine. If there wasn't he would cease
publication after N3 and make collector's always search for N1.
Well, the magazine did catch on for a total of 64 issues, spread out over a 15
year publication.
What's offered here is a combination
of 53 Original issues and 11 Xerox issues, plus a large assortment (72) of the
Original Supplements. -
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LayAway is available - if this is for you, just email for details.
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Please CLICK HERE to check out my BioPage. Besides the Bio - there are 40 great photos of RARE Houdini items. Many from my Personal Collection.
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Stephen A. Sparks
Stephen A. Sparks Collectibles
Specializing in Houdiniana
P. O. Box 1345
Spring, Texas 77383-1345 USA
281-353-1014 (Phone/Fax) ~ 281-827-4001
(Cell)
Email: Houdini374@aol.com Ebay's: Gran*Houdini
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