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Specializing in Houdiniana
MAGAZINE Section - Part Two
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3146-5412) FATE Magazine for June 1959. Volume 12, #6. 128 pages.
Inside there's an article by Arthur Ford entitled: "How I Broke The Houdini Code".
If he survived death, famed Harry Houdini said, he would communicate in a code his wife, alone, knew.
This article tells of how Medium Arthur Ford broke the Houdini code.
Also shown is a facsimile of the statement, made by Mrs.
Harry Houdini the day after she was given the code message. - $20.00
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3161-6344) MACALLISTER, The Celebrated Wizard and Magician
The cover story from the front page of:
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room CompanionVolume 1, Number 27 - Saturday, November 1, 1851.
A weekly paper published by F. Gleason of Boston, Massachusetts.
Cover article (showing original wood engraving) states the
""Wizard of the Age" came to town a few weeks ago to perform at the Boston Theatre, on Federal Street, and he's still there packing the house each and every evening.Aided by his wife, the pair are performing to the largest crowds, that have probably ever convened within the theatre.
The immediate feat represented as being performed, by the Wizard, is that known as the SHAWL TRICK, wherein he produces a whole brood of hens, chickens, ducks, pigeons, lap-dogs, etc.
Then from a shawl, borrowed from one of the audience, the wizard continues to produce and produce, without being near any place of concealment, or any assistant of the company
"Our artist has given us herewith a very excellent picture of his utensils and automation figure, as they appear on the rising of the curtain, to the audience."
Leave as is, or take the front page off and have it beautifully matted and framed.
Would look GREAT framed!!
Measures approx. 11 1/4"x15 3/4" with a total of 16pages.
Piece shows some wear, but is still in pretty good condition, considering is now almost 158+ Years Old!! - $125.00
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3149-1602) LIBERTY MAGAZINE for Summer 1975.
Inside is a GREAT ARTICLE: "Tricks of Fake Mediums" by Houdini.
Houdini had really started taking on the Mediums and getting a LOT of publicity over the past couple years.
As The Magazine Put It:
In this article, Houdini, Master Magician, plunges into the controversy. For
thirty-five years he has made a study of mediums and their
"manifestations." No other writer, perhaps, is so well qualified to
pass judgment of the thousands of mediums now doing business all over the
country. Read what he has to say about them.
This
magazine measures approx. 8 1/4"x11".
- $25.00
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3115-3574) MAGICAL BOOKIE Issue #34. September 1970. Published by Stephen R. Patrick.
A great source of information came from the pages of The Magical Bookie. These were issued on legal size paper and ran around 6 pages each. Some printed on one side, some printed on both sides.
This issue contains: Magic At The University of Texas by Stephen A. Sparks - Readers writing in with interesting news, include Claude Crowe, Topper Martin, Mickey Hades, John Henry Grossman, Lt. David F. Ginn, and William F. Becker. - Five books are reviewed.
Need this issue to help complete your file? Or to start your file? - $10.00
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3116-4687) MAGICAL BOOKIE Issue #39. March 1972. Published by Stephen R. Patrick.
The second issue offered here contains: Examining Those Wild Book Prices. No author given. - Does Binding Magazines Really Help? by Stephen A. Sparks. - Topper Martyn writes on Non-Magic Books. - Reminiscences of Marcus Henvit (Two full pages) - Magical Appetizers (books and posters available for purchase, their descriptions and from whom) - Notabilia (Stephen R. Patrick's editorials).
Well, here you go - the 2nd Magical Bookie for your file. - $10.00
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3117-9548) MAGIC MAGAZINE for November 1993. Volume 3, #3. From cover to cover a total of 76pages.
Articles inside include:
Jay Owenhouse: Magic on the Road. He has created a unique combination of magic and business; a combination which grosses over $1 million annually. Here's how he does it. (cover photo also)
Orson Welles & Casino Royale. David Berglas and Ali Bongo reminisce about the making of the 1967 James Bond spoof, the magic scenes that made it, and those that didn't.
Batman Meets Houdini. A few months ago, we tipped you off to an upcoming D.C. Comic that joined the forces of Harry Houdini and Batman. Well, The Devil's Workshop is out, and it's not for the squeamish or sensitive.
Advertising and Magic. With more and more magic advertising appearing, it seems appropriate to analyze just how good (or bad) magic ads are. We went to the expert, Michael Diliberto, to give us the basics, plus a few examples of how he would do things differently.
Flim-Flam. Our resident scam-man, Bob Farmer, has come up with something that has all the features of "Three Card Monte" and "The Shell Game", but it's much easier to learn and, in some cases, you can even eat the evidence. - $12.50
Click the "Everything Else" tab, at the beginning of this page, to find the Houdini Print for sale!!
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3118-3335) MAGIC Magazine's 10th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE. September 2001
For you collector's of the magazine MAGIC, here is a MASSIVE issue with 158pages.
Just inside the front cover is a pull out, showing these rest of the magazine covers over the 10 years.
Inside the front cover it states:
The Commemorative Edition Copy Number: 547. Presented at MAGIC...Live!, August 19-22, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of MAGIC magazine.
Some of the articles inside include:
Stan Allen: In His Own Words. - As the publication turns ten, questions are answered about how trends and new directions in the ever-changing world of magic have shaped MAGIC into the magazine it is.
Cover Story. - Every cover of MAGIC has a story, yet it's those behind the scenes tales of how and why certain covers came to be that reveal the true persona of the magazine.
Paul Kieve: Theatrical Magic. - When it comes to stage effects caused by illusion, he's become Great Britain's "wizard of ahs," and it all started ten years ago when a director simply asked if he could make H.G. Well's Invisible Man visible.
Reflections on Frank Everhart. - In 1953, he was hired to work at Chicago's Ivanhoe Restaurant bar for one night. He was cantankerous and cynical, but he must have been entertaining and funny, 'cause they asked Frank to stay 21 years.
Shooting Sessions. - "The vibe of the room becomes the visual story," says photographer Damon Webster, as he shares some of his striking images of close-up magicians in and out of sessions.
The Evasons: Marvels of the Mind. - Jeff and Tessa never call themselves psychics, nor do they ask anybody to believe in the paranormal. On the other hand, they don't deny the existence of a phenomenon called extra sensory perception.
What a GREAT ISSUE. If you missed this one, here it is!!! - $15.00
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3119-1648) GENII MAGAZINE for October 1992. Volume 55, #12.
From cover to cover a total of 70pages.
Starts off with "New Zealand Magic From Down Under". Compiled by Alan Watson. Effects include: Restaurant Cake Production - Mathman's Prophetic Card - Plain Old Fun - Kid Show Bits & Pieces - My Lucky Rabbits - Balloon Animals - Zealando's Ambitious Card - The Hot Video - Chicane's Two Second Coin Load - The Vanishing Shrinking Table Napkin - Comedy Dove From Balloon - Inverto Bottles.
"Magic Section" is next with: Thought Suggestion - Black & White Illusion (illusion plans) - New Jugs For Old - The Body Swap Illusion.
Next is "Featured Articles": Dai Vernon Memoriam - Magicana - Secret Cabaret Live - Under The Banyan Tree - Velvet Mandrake - Fulminations.
Somewhere within these pages, you'll also find my 'first' Full Page color adv. for the Limited Edition Houdini print I offer for sale. That should make you want to buy the magazine PERIOD. Ha!! - $15.00
Click the "Everything Else" tab, at the beginning of this page, to find the Houdini Print for sale!!
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3120-4632) MAGIC MAGAZINE for October 1992. Volume 2, #2. From cover to cover a total of 64pages.
Articles inside include:
Thurston: Where Has All The Magic Gone? Howard Thurston performed his last illusion show on October 6, 1935. Ever wonder what happened to the tons of equipment he toured with? Mike Caveney brings us up to date on the "Wonder Show of the Universe".
Thurston's Secrets: Collected and Otherwise. Jim Steinmeyer tells how a little bit of the Thurston show survived all these years on a bookshelf on Central Park West. And with the publication of the Thurston Illusion Show Work Book - Volume Two, how we now have a unique opportunity to see beyond the props.
Dai Vernon. With the passing of Dai Vernon on August 21st, magic saw the end of an era. Here are Larry Jenning's recollections of the man the world knew as "The Professor".
Modem Magic. If you like talking magic, then you might want to take a closer look at magic-related computer bulletin boards. Jim Sisti does just that as he digs into MAGIC! from California and Spider Network from New York.
30 Years of Jubilees. Each fall, magicians of the Northeast migrate to the Catskill Mountains for Tannen's Magic Jubilee. This year marks the 30th annual gathering. Hiawatha covers exactly what sets this convention apart from the rest, while Howard Schwarzman remembers...
LOOK!!! There's my other, Houdini Print, 'first' Full Page adv. in this magazine too!!
- $15.00
Click the "Everything Else" tab, at the beginning of this page, to find the Houdini Print for sale!!
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3121-4573) THE READERs DIGEST Magazine. Volume 101, #604. August 1972.
Inside, a five page biographical account of on the life of Robert-Houdin entitled: "The Magic Touch of Robert-Houdin" by Curtis Cate.
As the magazine states: A Mechanical genius and master of the sleight of hand, he gave the magician's art a new dimension that still dazzles in our day.
This magazine would be a nice edition for you Robert-Houdin collector's, who might have missed this issue. - $25.00
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3018-3274) AMERICAN FILM MAGAZINE, Volume 3, #6 April 1978.
Inside article:
"THE MAGICIAN and the MOVIES"
by Erik Barnouw.Before Mr. Barnouw published his 128 page, Hardbound book by almost the same name ("The Magician and the Cinema"), he wrote a smaller version of the topic for the American Film Magazine.
Like the book, this Lead-in article discusses the extensive role Magicians played in the evolution of cinema. Magicians created the “trick film”, which laid the foundation for the special effects of modern cinema.
This article shows what Magicians were doing with moving images, magic lanterns, etc. long before the motion pictures.
As a nice bonus, the magazine has a Great Cover shot of Houdini’s Rare Poster from his 15-part Silent Movie Serial
THE MASTER MYSTERY. - $25.00
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3023-7458) MAJOKE Magazine.
A GREAT SPOOF of the magic magazine MAGIC.
Published by Dan Harlan et al. back in 1998. This issue contains a
MASSIVE 96 pages.Just some of the ‘funnies’ include:
National Magic Conventions (B.U.M. and S.P.A.M.) - An Eyeful of JISM - The Snapper (Sticky J is at it again...) - World’s Lamest Magic - From the Preditor (Scam Allen) - ZZZZzzzz (Keez Snoozenburg) - Markupplace (Michael Blose) - Convections (Scott Swells).
And I can’t even go into the hilarious advertisements, without probably getting in trouble. Ha!!
If you haven’t had a GOOD Laugh in a while, you definitely NEED to read this magazine. - $20.00
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3030-3390) GENII Magazine - November 1993 – Volume 57, #1
HOUDINI: A Special Issue
Patrick Culliton and his wife Tracey L. Williams on the cover.
No less than seven articles, spread out over 13 pages.
I've reproduced the content page, below, for ease in reading.
The BONUS of this offering – Patrick Culliton has signed the cover.
I've blocked out who it is signed to.
Great reading, from a person who has penned many books and articles about Houdini. -
$35.00
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3032-8871) MAGIC Magazine - Volume 1, #3 – November 1991
Very early issue #3 of this Wonderful publication.
SoftBound, measures 8½"x11” with 54pages.
Those who autographed the magazine are:
Christopher Hart
Sidney Radner
Johnny Gaughan
John Moehring
Reni Lavand
Fantasio
Rene Levand (2nd signing)
Content page has been reproduced, above, for ease in reading. - $75.00
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3033-5898) HARPERs NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, "New Monthly Magazine".
Volume 55, #330 - November 1877.
Well, it might have been new then, but it's 132+ YEARs OLD TODAY!!!
On page 817 begins a Very Historic 15 page article on ROBERT HOUDIN entitled:
"The King of Conjurers"
There are 11 illustrations - these include:
Robert-Houdin - The Old Style of Trick Table - Houdin's Trick Table - The Conjurer's Parlor - The Conjurer's Ghost - The Magic Basket - The Double Bottom - The Bust of Socrates - The Four Harps - Houdin's Spirit Rapper - The Cabinet Trick.
In addition to these 11 illustrations there are 7 diagrams!!
A ton of information on the man HOUDINI would idolize, when first starting out as a Magician.
A great offering for you Robert-Houdin collectors. - $75.00
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3043-7698)
ABRACADABRA Magazine. Published by Goodliffe in Birmingham and Alcester, England. The World's ONLY Weekly magazine!! The photos, below, show a HUGE selection of Abra's spanning the years 1946 to
19
There are over 1600 issues.
Price is only $650.00 -and- that's with insured shipping anywhere within the United States.Email me directly, for the complete breakdown of what's included:
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2992-8938) SEYMOUR DAVIS On The Cover of MUM Magazine
The BONUS of this offering is Seymour Davis has Autographed The Front Cover!!
To Joyce, that great
lady of magic
Seymour Davis
Volume 71, #1 - June 1981 -
$15.00
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2993-9309) RAY-MOND On The Cover of MUM Magazine
The BONUS of this offering is Ray-Mond has Autographed The Front Cover!!
For
Joyce & Jim
Many Thanks
Always,
Ray-Mond
Volume 71, #4 - September 1981 - $15.00
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3006-4515) Original IBIDEM Magazine
This Wonderful magazine was published by P. Howard Lyons back in the 1950s and 1960s.
His wife, Pat Patterson Lyons, did the great drawings for the Silk Screen Magazine Covers, which are collectibles in themselves.
Original Ibidem Magazines are
Very Scarce and hard to come by. - $20.00#4, November 1955, 22pp
Contents and Contributor's Include:
"The Mathematricker" by Stewart James - "Divination of BUA(Two Mentally Chosen Cards)" by E. G. Brown - "Break Even" by PH Lyons - "Some Amazing Mazes" by Charles S. Pierce - "The Torn Off-Centre" by Randall Zwinge - "The Marlo-Curry Prediction" by FrancisHaxton - "Dirty Deal" by PH Lyons - "Cheating at Cheating #2" by Ken Beale.
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2981-4897) MAGICOL Magazine, A Journal of the Magic Collectors' Association.
This offering is for a total of 32 issues of the New Series. Spanning the dates of August 1982 to August 2009.
I had these set back, due to all the Houdini articles.
Issues: 64,80,87,88,93,96,97,98 Issues: 99,100,103,104,105,106,107,109
Issues: 114,116,130,133,134,135,138,140
Issues: 142,143,148,149,169,170,171,172
For you Houdini buffs, the Mother Load Of Houdini Articles:
#64 - The Edward Saint Collection by Wayne R. Wissner
#80 - Houdini's Coffin by Mike Caveney
#87 - Time For Houdini by Raphael Ellenbogen
#88 - Uncanonized Saint by Robert Lund
#96 - A Legend In Australia by Alfred T. Hayes
#97 - Ex Libris by Jim Alfredson
#104 - Houdini on Cover -and- article's: Spendthrift Harry by Robert Lund
-and- Houdini's Life Insurance (no author given)
#105 - The Houdini Will by Joel Miller
#109 - The Telltale Postcard by Robert Lund
-and- A Letter To Harry Kellar by William P. Miesel
#114 - Some of the effects Schlosser built for Houdini included:....
#116 - Mardoni - Houdini's Would-Be Successor by Chuck Romano
#135 - Magical Music or Musical Magic? by Enrique Jimenez Martinez
(Assorted plays, musicals with a magic theme,
including the 1977 Houdini Opera performed in the Netherlands)
#138 - The Literature of Escape by David Meyer
(not necessarily on Houdini, but a good tie-in, since it discusses escapes)
#140 - The Next Generation of Magic Collector's by Arthur Moses
#142 - Houdiniana And The Unmasking of Robert Houdin by George Daily
#143 - What Is It? by Terry Harris (Houdini Stanhope)
#148 - Houdini Stanhopes by Arthur Moses
#149 - On The Death Of My Friend Harry Houdini by Will Rogers
#169 - A Highlight of My Collection: Four Houdini Letters by Ann Myrece James
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If you're new to MCA and want to catch up on some of the past issues, this offering is for you!!
Price reflects the fact there are 19 issues with Houdini related articles, but when you stop to think about it - current issues, of this magazine, now cost $7.50each, since the annual subscription is now $30.00/year. - $250.00/(for all 32 issues)
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2956-3790) ABRACADABRA Magazine.
Published by Goodliffe in Birmingham and Alcester, England.
The World's ONLY Weekly magazine!!
Below is a HUGE selection of Abra's spanning the years 1946 to 1989.
A Complete Volume consists of only 26 issues.
Been looking to fill in some of those holes in your collection? Look no further....
Prices are as follows:
Single issues - 30cents each
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Volume 1, #1-8, 10-11, 13, 19 - Dates span
Feb. 2 - June 8, 1946
(This, of course, means: issues 1 thru 8, along with issues 10 and 11, 13 and
19)
Volume 3, #54, 58-61, 63-65, 68-70, 73-74, 77-78 - Dates span Feb. 8 - July 26,
1947
Volume 5, #106-130 - Dates span Feb. 7 - July 24, 1948
Volume 6, #131-151, 153-156 - Dates span July 31, 1948 - Jan. 22, 1949
Volume 8, #183-187, 189-192, 197-202, 204-206 - Dates span July 30, 1949 - Jan.
7, 1950
Volume 7, #162-163, 166, 169-170, 173-176, 178, 180-182 - Dates span March 8 -
July 23, 1949
Volume 9, #209-211, 213-230, 232-234 - Dates span Jan. 28 - July 22, 1950
Volume 10, #236, 244, 246, 248, 256-257 - Dates span Aug. 5 - Dec. 30 1950
Volume 11, #270 - Mar. 31, 1951
Volume 12, #303, 306-310, 312 - Dates span Nov. 17, 1951 - Jan. 5, 1952
Volume 13, #313-314 - Dates span Jan. 26 - Feb. 2, 1952
Volume 14, #351-352, 357 - Dates span Oct. 18 - Nov. 29, 1952
Volume 15, #365, 374, 385, 387, 389-390 - Dates span Jan. 24 - July 18, 1953
Volume 16, #391-396, 398-408, 410-416 - Dates span July 25, 1953 - Jan. 16, 1954
Volume 17, #421, 425, 427-428, 430-435, 439 - Dates span February 20 - June 26,
1954
Volume 18, #443-449, 451-468 - Dates span July 24, 1954 - Jan. 15, 1955
Volume 19, #480, 482, 484-494 - Dates span April 9 - July 16, 1955
Volume 20, #496-497, 499, 505-506, 508-510, 512, 514, 516, 518, 520 - Dates span
July 30, 1955 - January 14, 1956
Volume 21, #521-541, 543-545 - Dates span Jan. 21 - June 30, 1956
Volume 22, #547-560, 562-563, 567-572 - Dates span July 21, 1956 - Jan 12, 1957
Volume 23, #573-575, 577-579, 581-585, 587-589, 593, 596 - Dates span January 19
- June 229, 1957
Volume 24, #600-624 - Dates span July 27, 1957 - Jan 11, 1958
Volume 25, #625-628, 630-635, 638-639, 641-646, 648-650 - Dates span January 18
- July 12, 1958
Volume 26, #651, 653-654, 656-665, 668-670, 672-676 - Dates span July 19, 1958 -
Jan.10, 1959
Volume 27, #683-696, 698-700, 702 - Dates span February 28 - July 11, 1959
Volume 28, #703-721, 723-728 - Dates span July 18, 1959 - Jan. 9, 1960
Volume 29, #729-740, 742-749 - Dates span Jan. 16 - June 4, 1960
Volume 30, #755-763, 765-771, 773-780 - Dates span July 16, 1960 - Jan. 7, 1961
Volume 31, #781-799, 801-806 - Dates span Jan. 14 - July 8, 1961
Volume 32, #808, 813, 826-831 - Dates span July 22 - Dec. 30, 1961
Volume 33, #834-852, 854, 856-858 - Dates span Jan.. 20 - July 7, 1962
Volume 34, #859, 861-884 - Dates span July 14, 1962 - Jan. 5, 1963
Volume 35, #886, 893-899, 901-902, 906, 908, 910 - Dates span January 19 - July
6, 1963
Volume 36, #912, 918, 922, 924, 926, 930-936 - Dates span July 20, 1963 -
January 4, 1964
Volume 37, #937-938, 940-954, 956-958, 961-962 - Dates span January 11 - July 4,
1964
Volume 38, #965-966, 968-978, 982, 985-988 - Dates span July 25, 1964 - Jan. 2,
1965
Volume 39, #989-1014 - Dates span Jan. 9 - July 3, 1965
Volume 40, #1015-17, 1019-1040 - Dates span July 10, 1965 - Jan. 1, 1966
Volume 41, #1041-1063, 1065-1066 - Dates span Jan. 8 - June 25, 1966
Volume 42, #1067, 1069-1079, 1081-1088, 1090-1092 - Dates span July 9 - Dec. 31,
1966
Volume 43, #1094, 1097, 1100-1118 - Dates span Jan. 14 - July 1, 1967
Volume 44, #1119-1136, 1138-1140, 1142-1144 - Dates span July 8 - Dec. 30th,
1967
Volume 45, #1145-1157, 1159-1170 - Dates span Jan. 6 - June 29, 1968
Volume 46, #1171-1191, 1193-1196 - Dates span July 6 - December 28, 1968
Volume 47, #1197-1206, 1208-1212, 1214-1222, - Dates span Jan. 4 - June 28, 1969
Volume 48, #1223, 1227-1248 - Dates span July 5 - Dec. 27, 1969
Volume 49, #1249-1265, 1267-1274 - Dates span Jan. 3 - June 27, 1970
Volume 50, #1275-1280, 1282, 1284-1300 - Dates span July 4 - Dec. 26, 1970
Volume 51, #1302-1326 - Dates span January 9 - June 26, 1971
Volume 52, #1327-1329, 1331- - Dates span July 3 - December 25, 1971
Volume 53, #1353-1376, 1378 - Dates span January 1 - June 24, 1972
Volume 55, #1405-1425, 1427-1430 - Dates span Dec. 30, 1972 - June 23, 1973
Volume 57, #1457-1468, 1470-1482 - Dates span Dec. 29, 1973 - June 22, 1974
Volume 58, #1486-1491, 1493, 1496-1497, 1499-1507, 1509 - Dates span July 30 -
Dec. 28, 1974
Volume 59, #1510-1511, 1513-1514, 1517, 1519-1522, 1524-1534 Dates span Jan. 4 -
June 21, 1975
Volume 60, #1535-1555, 1557, 1559-1560 - Dates span June 28 - Dec. 20, 1975
Volume 61, #1561-1570, 1572-1586 - Dates span Dec. 27, 1975 - June 19, 1976
Volume 62, #1587-1604, 1606-1612 - Dates span June 26 - Dec. 18, 1976
Volume 63, #1613-1621, 1625-1638 - Dates span Dec. 25, 1976 - June 18, 1977
Volume 64, #1639-1652, 1655-1656, 1658-1664 - Dates span June 25 - Dec. 17, 1977
Volume 65, #1665-1668, 1670-1685, 1688-1690 - Dates span Dec. 24, 1977 - June
17, 1978
Volume 66, #1691-1705, 1707-1716 - Dates span June 24 - Dec. 16, 1978
Volume 67, #1717-1718, 1720-1722, 1724-1742 - Dates span Dec. 23, 1978 - June
16, 1979
Volume 68, #1743-1762, 1764-1768 - Dates span June 23 - December 15, 1979
Volume 69, #1769-1779, 1781-1794 - Dates span Dec. 22, 1979 - June 14, 1980
Volume 70, #1795-1808, 1810-1820 - Dates span June 21 - Dec. 13, 1980
Volume 71, #1826-1845 - Dates span Jan. 24 - June 6, 1981
Volume 72, #1847-1849, 1851, 1853-1854, 1856, 1858, 1862-1864 - Dates span June
20 - Oct. 3, 1981
Volume 73, #1881-1886, 1888-1891, 1893-1894 - Dates span Feb. 13 - May 15, 1982
Volume 74, #1909, 1915-1924 - Dates span Aug. 28 - Dec. 11, 1982
Volume 78, #2020, 2025-2028 - Dates span Oct. 13 - Dec. 8, 1984
Volume 79, #2038-2039 - Dates span January 9 - June 26, 1971
Volume 82, #2124 - Date is Oct. 11, 1986
Volume 83, #2155 - Date is May 16, 1987
Volume 86, #2214-2215, 2217-2226, 2228-2236 - Dates span July 2 - Dec. 3, 1988
Volume 87, #2237-2246, 2249-2250, 2252-2262 - Dates span Dec. 10, 1988 - June 3,
1989
Volume 88, #2263-2265, 2268, 2281, 2284, 2286 - Dates span June 10 - Nov. 18,
1989
Volume 20, #495-520 - Dates span July 23, 1955 - Jan 14, 1956 -
Complete Volume
Volume 23, #573-598 - Dates span Jan. 19 - July 6, 1957 - Complete Volume
Volume 25, #625-650 - Dates span Jan. 18 - July 12, 1958 - Complete Volume
Volume 27, #677-702 - Dates span Jan. 17 - July 11, 1959 - Complete Volume
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Volume 37, #937-963 - Dates span Jan. 11 - July 11, 1964 - Complete Volume
Volume 54, #1379-1404 - Dates span July 1 - Dec. 23, 1972 - Complete Volume
Volume 56, #1431-1456 - Dates span June 30 - Dec. 22, 1973 - Complete Volume
Volume 68, #1743-1768 - Dates span June 23 - Dec. 15, 1979 - Complete Volume
-OR-
$650.00 for the lot, which is almost 1600 issues, weighing close to 120pounds.
The 'lot deal' price is postpaid anywhere within the Continental USA.
Alaska, Hawaii, and the rest of the world, I will pay the first $100 of
shipping, you pay the rest.
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2841-4843) COLLECTORs FORUM Magazine
V1N1 started with Jan. 1991 thru V5 N4 Nov. 1995. 20 Issues.
This offering is for all 20 issues!!
The file, offered here, comes with the following supplements, some of which are not listed in the Fernandes magazine bibliography:
V1N3 - July 1991 - Osirian V1N6 reprint
V1N4 - October 1991 - (a) Inventory sheet for periodical collection(Father Stephen Fernandes). (b) Occasionally From CMS, Jr. N9 Spring 1986
V2N1 - January 1992 - Kramien poster, 14"x8½".
V2N2 - April 1992 - (a) 3-page advertising flier. (b) Hypnotist Robert Allen envelope with supplements inside.
V2N3 - July 1992 - (a) 6-page advertising flier. (b) Wittus Witt advertising postcard
V2N4 - October 1992 - (a) 4-page advertising flier. (b) Envelope with business cards for Jim Alfredson, George Daily, Stephen A. Sparks, Fred Evans, Joseph Gomez, Jay Gorham, Dick Miller&Dawn Kelley, Norm Osborn, Tom Rozoff, David Sigafus.
V3N1 - January 1993 - (a) 1-page advertising sheet. (b) "On Collecting Magic..." Robert Lund Lecture.
V3N2- April 1993 - (a) 2-page advertising sheet. (b) Two Wittus Witt postcards. (c) Yiengst Magic Circus token and flier
V3N3 - July 1993 - (a) 2 page advertising sheet. (b) Blackstone, Jr. flier. (c) Phil Thomas postcard. (d) Earl Muddiman artifacts: Information sheet, Two business cards and two playing cards.
V3N4 - October 1993 - (a) 2-page advertising sheet. (b) Unissued Magicol N19A.
V4N1 - January 1994 - Heyl catalogue order form.
V5N1 - January 1995 - Lee Jacobs handbill.
V5N3 - July 1995 - Wittus Witt brochure
V5N4 - November 1995 - (a) Facsimile of Voice From The Attic [7000] V12N10 October 1941. (b) Lee Jacobs "For Sale" sign.
Some of the articles include:
Editorial - Focus - Happenings - Readers Reply - Token Talk - Final Words - The Magical Bibliographer - Miracles in Print - Periodical Inventory - Reader's Wants - Dealers - Book Inventory - Joglar - Bookplates - Annemann - Poster - Magic of Richard Potter - Databases - Phantom Publication - The Perils of Acquiring a Scot's Discoverie - Pewter Magic Tokens - H. Adrian Smith - A Source for Computer Programs - Houdini's Mitzvahs - The Magic Tax - New Houdini Poster - Watch Winder Handbook - Apparatus - Postcards - Handcuff Challenge Act - Storage Tip - Silk Cachet Envelopes - Yankee Gathering IV - Houdini Material - Japanese Magic - Algonquin McDuff - Fra Diavolo - Russian Houdini Book - Another Vote For Budapest - Periodical Checklist Project - Houdini Bibliography - Mystery Magician - Contributor's Addresses - Houdini's Arrival in US - Houdini Lives Again - Barry Yiengst Token - Don Lawton - Magic Auctions - Edgar Heyl - Terry Lynn - Earll Rockafellow Muddiman - Faty Token - Periodical Bibliography update - Leitensdorfer - Will Lindhorst - Rubini and His Gift Show - Preservation of a Collection - Dante CoStar Returns to England - Midget Magician - Houdini Stamp, again - Forrester Bibliography - S.S. Baldwin - Book on Organizing a Library - Everett and HIs Pavilion of Magic, Music and Mirth by Gary Hunt - Mystery Magician by Roger Linden - Mulholland Vindicated - Miracles in Print - Mystery Magician - Algonquin McDuff Needs Help - The Great Lafayette: A Mystery by John Slidell - The Second Oldest Profession - Robert Parrish 1918-1994 - Jugglers in India by Gary Hunt - Jack and Anne Gwynne by Rob Allen - History of the Mismade Girl - A Book Collectors' Luck by Stephen Forrester - Houdini Search Continues - The Voice From The Attic - Index of Articles in the Yankee Magic Collector, Numbers 1-6 - Harlan Tarbell: Master Teacher of Magic by Harold F. Puff - Dorothy Young: Houdini's Last On Stage Assistant by Stephen A. Sparks - Does That Look Like His Other Signature? by Stephen A. Sparks - Why The Big Spread? by Stephen A. Sparks - Curious Artistry by Enrique Jimenez-Martinez - Some Publishing Curiosities Associated With Charles Lang Neil by Edwin A. Dawes - An Update of Three "Old" and one "New" Magical Magazine - A Profile on Micky Hades by Stephen Forrester.
A Wonderful Collector themed magazine, which only lasted for five volumes. It is very much missed and quite Scarce. - $150.00
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2846-3655) MAGIC CAULDRON, New Series
Published irregularly by F. William Kuethe, Jr. in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
This offering is for the following 21 issues, of which 7 have a total of 13 Supplements:
#1 - March 1977
#2 - June 1977
#3 - December 1977
#4 - Summer 1978
Supplement: Bruce Dunn's
Bookmark
#5 - Fall 1978
#6 - Winter 1978/79
#7 - Spring/Summer 1979
Supplement: Ring 43 magic show ticket
#8 - Fall 1979
Supplement: Magic number cards
#9 - Winter 1980
#10 - Summer 1980
#11 - Fall 1980
Supplements:
Farrer’s 1892 "Books Condemned to be Brunt" reprint
Great Lakes Informant 4page flyer "Blackstone, A Biographical Sketch" by Daniel Waldron
US Playing Card Company 1908 calendar playing card
#12 - Winter 1980/81
Supplement: Perpetual
calendar -and- John Booth BookPlate
#13 - Autumn 1981
#14 - Winter 1981/82
#15 - Spring 1982
#17 - Fall 1982
#18 - no date
#19 - Summer 1984
#20 - Summer 1984
Supplements:
Topper Martyn Playing Card
Wittus Witt BookPlate
Rol-Pat The Great BookPlate
#16 - April 1992
Supplement: Reprint of 1915 New York
Times article:
Marshall P. Wilder, Humorist, Is Dead
#21 - April 1998
Magazines measure approx. 3 1/4"x4 1/4".
If you enjoyed the original series of Magic Cauldron, you'll LOVE this New Series!! - $75.00/(for everything)
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2808-6892) CHAOS Magazine, The Official publication of the I.B.M. Ring 40.
Issues: 18,24,29,30a,30b,33,34a,34b,35a,35b,36
Known as the
“Drinking Ring” of Winnipeg, Canada, in association with The Rounders Of The Night Table.
The material within ' some' of these issues are, shall we say: Xrated, fifthly, dirty, raunchy,
grotesque.
In other words, in
18)
24)
29)
30a)
30b)
33)
34a)
34a)
35a)
35b)
36)
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2809-6528) SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE. New York. October 30, 1897.
Inside is a Wonderful explanation (with two woodcut diagrams) of the Illusion: "Magic Flowers".
The buyer of this offering could leave everything in tact, or clip out the page - as it would look great were it framed and hung on the wall of an office or home.
Nice piece of early Magicana from
111+ Years Ago!! - $50.00
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2811-7897) MAGICK Magazine
Published biweekly in Laguna Beach, California by Bascom Jones.
Some of the best minds in Mentalism (if not ALL the best minds) contributed to this magazine which ran from 1970 into the 1990s.
Need to fill in some of the gaps in your collection, well then this offer is for you!!
100s and 100s of issues are listed below.
Odd numbered issues came with
Bonus Inserts (Tips and Techniques Bonus).Of the list, below, if the issues have the Bonus Inserts included, you will see an * (asterisk) next to the issue number.
If there's no asterisk, next to the odd numbered issue, then the Bonus Insert is missing.
With complete original sets getting really
HARD TO FIND - and - the bound Reprints bringing high prices, what a nice addition this offering is for you magazine collectors.And remember, the Collector's Workshop reprints are NOT a complete file of this magazine.
Prices Are As Follows:
Purchase
1-25 assorted issues @ $5.00each
-or-
Purchase 26-50 assorted issues @ $4.50each
-or-
Purchase 50(or more) assorted issues @ $4.00each
Index's are $5.00each
Orders of $500(or more) will be shipped free within the USA.
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1-26 ==>Index
4,9*(insert only),10,12,13*(insert only),15*,16,17*,19*
27-52 ==>Index
35*,36,37*(insert only),43,44,45,46,47*,48,50,51*,52
53-78 ==>Index
53*,55*,56,57*,58,60,61*,63*
79-104 ==>Index
105-130 ==>Index
113(issue only),114,115*,116,117*,118,120,121*,122,123*,124,125*,126,
127*,128,129*,130
131-156 ==>Index
131*,132,133*,134,135*,136,137*,138,139*,140,141*,142,143*,144,145*,146,147*,148,149*,150,151*,152,153*,154,155*,156
157-182 ==>Index
157*,158,160,161*,162,163*,164,165*,166,167*,170,171*,172,173,174,175*,176,178,179(issue only),180,181*,182
183-208 ==>Index
184,186,187*,188,189*,190,191*,193*,194,200,201*,202,203*,204,206,207,208
209-234 ==>Index
209*,210,211*,212,213*,215*,217*,219,220,221*,222,223*,224,225*,226,,228,229*,230,,232,233*
235-260 ==>Index
235*,236,237*,238,239*,241*,242,243*,244,245*,246,247*,248,249*,250,251*,252,253*,254,255*,256,257*,258,260
261-286 ==>Index
261*,262,263*,264,265*,266,267*,268,269*,270,271*,272,273*,274,275*,276,277*,278,279*,281,282,283*,284,285(issue only),286
287*,289*,290,294,302,303*,307*,309*,310
318,330
339*,340,341*,342,343*,345*,348
366,368,369*,370,371*,373*,374,376,377*,378,379*,380,381*,382,383*,384,385*,386,387*,389*,390
391-416 ==>Index
391*,392,393*,395*,396,397*,398,399*,400,401*,402,403*,410,411*,412,413*,414,415*,416
417-442 ==>Index
417*,418,419*,420,421*,422,424,426,427*,428,429*,431*,432,433*,434,435*,436,438,440,441*,442
443-468 ==>Index
443*,444,445*,446,447*,448,449*,450,451*,452,453*,454,455*,456,457*,458,459*,460,461*,462,463*,464,465,466,467,468
471*,472,473*,474,475*,477*,478,480,484,488,490,492,493*
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2812-1378) ARGOSY MAGAZINE, Volume 373, #3 September 1971.
Very Interesting article inside: "HOUDINIs MESSAGE FROM THE GRAVE" written by W.D. Chesney, M.D.
As the magazine piece states: "Having spent his life exposing phony spiritualist, the great escape artist, Harry Houdini, arranged a foolproof test of life after death: an elaborate plan to contact the living after his own demise. Few People are aware that documented evidence indicates he actually succeeded - at least twice!"
Bess Houdini and Arthur Ford’s 9 séances are discussed. A reproduced handwritten letter from Bess, is shown, stating the results of a session with Arthur Ford - where it is claimed Mr. Ford decoded the secret message Houdini and Bess had agreed upon: ROSABELLE BELIEVE.
Article also touches on Bess and another woman partnering, to make movies condemning spiritualism, with Bess as the Leading Lady.
Article concludes with a full page piece about the author, his old friend, (Dr. Van Welt) and Cal Harris (Houdini’s old business manager) attending a séance on March 1, 1942 conducted by medium Frank Decker. Cal Harris swears (and signed a statement to the effect) he DID make contact with Houdini (via Decker) by hearing the "voice" of Houdini, who answered questions to which only Cal Harris and Houdini would have known the answers. Did Houdini come back?!! - $25.00
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2814-4117) HOUDINI - THE MASTER MAGICIAN. His Life and Some of His Secrets by Harold Kellock. This appears as the Lead Article for the March 1928 issue of The American Magazine. Volume 105, #3. The article is spread out over a total of Seven Pages and has Four Photos.
As the magazine puts it:
"This is about Houdini the magician, and Houdini the man. Everyone knows of Houdini, but very few persons really knew him, and of these his wife knew him best of all".
Great early reading just 17 months after Houdini passed away. - $2
5.00
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2815-9731) HOUDINI - THE MASTER MAGICIAN. His early hardships, the beginning of his fame, and the explanation of some of his tricks by Harold Kellock. April 1928 issue of The American Magazine. Volume 105, #4. The article is spread out over a total of TEN Pages and has SEVEN Photos.
Again, Great early reading just 18 months after Houdini passed away. This issue is missing the back cover and some advs, etc. have been clipped out -BUT- none of this affects the Houdini article. It is complete and intact. - $25.00
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2816-7887) HOUDINI’S CONQUEST OF AMERICA by Harold Kellock. This article spreads out over NINE pages in the June 1928 issue of The American Magazine.
As the magazine puts it:
"He gives a séance that baffles Theodore Roosevelt; he gratifies a lifelong ambition by filling his Mother’s apron with gold; he escapes from a Federal prison cell; releases the prisoners and then locks them up again; he is buried under six feet of earth, but comes to the surface".
Great early reading just 20 months after Houdini passed away. - $25.00
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