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A Wonderful Conjuror: Ching Ling Foo. Read what a reviewer had to say of Ching Ling Foo's show.
Al Baker’s Chautauqua Season, 1927. From The Secret Ways of Al Baker
Arno and Zola. Charming pen-and-ink publicity pieces
Blitz and the Fire Annihilator. With a friend like this, you don't need enemies!
Blitz at a Wedding. Would you invite this man to a weddings?
Kingston the Magician. A performer in his workshop
Magic Craftsmen and Their Power Tools. What makes magic builders great? Their tools of course.
Making Magic With Delta Tools. Constructing props in the 1930s
Mr. Macallister in Boston. A rave review in 1851
Okito: Mandarin of Magic
Professor Anderson in Boston. From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1852.
Street performers from India
Talma - Queen of Coins
The Air Brahmin. So you thought Robert-Houdin invented the suspension.
The Al Flosso Issue. Read what some of Al Flosso's friends had to say about this legendary performer, dealer and all around entertainer.
The Lady Parlor Magician
Who was Doctor Lynn?
Yankee Gathering VI
Abbott, David P.
The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy. Read about the wonderful, but slightly exaggerated, magic of this mechanical genius.
Alfredson, James
Margery - Magical Book Specialist. One of the great magic book sellers.
Atmore, Joseph
Show Time at the Eden Musée
The Amazing Dunninger: A POP Icon?. So how popular was Dunninger? You will be amazed.
Baker, Al
Blackmore, Kent
Angus - The Australian "Dante"
Levante - His Life No Illusion. Les Levante thrilled audiences the world over for decades. Read a little about this Australian magician and his magical life.
Borton, Terry
The History of the Magic Lantern Show. Learn more about magic lantern shows. An integral part of magic history.
Braun, John
Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks. Excerpts from the new collection of John Braun Linking Ring columns .
Brown, Gary
A Lot of History. Sometimes a little can be a whole lot.
The Magical World of Al Flosso. Learn more about one of the greatest characters in magic..and an amazing magician.
Brown, Gary and Michael Edwards
Dusty Tomes: A Guide to the History of Magic. Want to learn more about the history of magic? This article reviews the major books written on the subject.
Bryson, Rhett
Edward Massey's Personal Observations
Christopher, Milbourne
45 Years A Wizard. Find out more about this highly successful 19th century wizard.
Anderson in Americ. Find out more about this master magician from one of the great historians in magic.
Jonathan Harrington. Learn a little about this 19th magician.
Potter the Magician. Find out more about the first American born magician to reach star status in his own country.
Servais LeRoy. Find out more about one of the foremost illustionist of this century.
The Truth About the Rope Trick
Claxton, Michael
David Livingston Price, Jr.. (15 December 1910 - 30 July 1998).
Crasson, Sara
Magic History and Magical Myths: The Historian's Challenge
Cummings, Forrest
Highlights from the Career of a Less than Illustrious Magician
Dailey, Frank W.
Tampa - "England's Court Magician". Learn a little about this often overlooked magician, who toured with one of Thurston's shows.
Daily, George
Token Talk - Houdini. This first in a series of articles on magic tokens deals with some which depict Harry Houdini.
Downs, T. Nelson
A Kind of Historical Biography. Read a little about the life of a master coin worker, in his own words.
Elliot, James
Truth Will Come To Light. Here is one version of who invented the classic card sleight back palming.
Evans, Henry Ridgely
A Day With Alexander the Great
Ewing, Tom
Holding Magic History in Your Hands
Posters From the Past. Take a look at an amazing find, you never know what one might run across at a flea market.
Fajuri, Gabe
29th Annual Magic Collectors' 'Blackstone' Weekend
A New York Auction at New York Prices
A Visit to the Salon De Magie
Ancient Deceptions: The First Magic Trick
On the Road Again - The 2000 Magic Collectors' Weekend
Review of the 6th Annual Los Angeles Conference on Magic History. Informal Review and Observations
The Diminutive Deceiver, Betty Jane Kolar
The Prices Just Keep Going Up: The Swann Galleries Auction
Fajuri, Sami E.
The Man behind the 1940 Phenix Catalogue of Magic, Mentalism and Related Subjects
Findlay, J. B.
Price: One Penny. The December, 1967 issue. Supplement: 1
Fisher, Ottokar
The Wonders of Black Art. Find out a little about Max Auzinger, the father of the Black Art Illusion.
Forrester, Stephen
Reaction to "THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHCRAFT"
Greene III, Charles
The Magic Circle Auction
The Swann Galleries Auction - 1999
Greene III, Charles and Michael Edwards
Houdini Does it Again - The Master Mystery Poster
Grossman, John Henry
Hoffmann's First Book Contract. You will not believe what Hoffmann received for writing the best seller Modern Magic.
Guillemin, Fanch
More Snippets from An Illustrated History of White Magic before Robert-Houdin
Snippets from An Illustrated History of White Magic before Robert-Houdin
Hardiman, Allister
Haversat, David E.
SHERMS. Excerpts from a new book about a performer, inventor, manufacture, dealer, writer and all around magical genius.
Herrmann, Alexander
The Art of Magic. The North American Review, Volume CLIII, Issue 416, 1891
Heyl, Edgar G.
An Unhurried View of Automata
Hoffman, Walter James
Conjuring Among the Menomini Indians. Find out more about magic among Native Americans.
Holman, Russell
I Was Houdini's Press Agent
Houdini, Harry
Letter from John Henry Anderson To His Son
Hunt, Gary
A Collector's Dream from Down Under. The poster find of the decade...no make that lifetime.
A Few Notes on Zat Zam
A Letter from Robert-Houdin. Read a letter from Robert-Houdin, you will be surprised about the subject.
Everett and His Pavilion of Magic, Music and Mirth. The travels of a little known magician in Ante-Bellum North Carolina.
From the Swann to the Ridiculous. The Garry Hayes Auction
Gus Rich "The Wizard of the Blue Ridge" Part 1: An Interview
Gus Rich Part 2: His Magic
Gus Rich Part 3: His Greatest Job.
Gus Rich Poster
Magic and Money. See what the big stars make in the 1850's.
One Hundred Years of Magic for Sale. A review of the sale/auction of the Egyptian Hall Museum.
Origin of the Gift Show. You could win a fine "gold" watch just for the price of admission.
Rannie in Boston. The leading magician in the early 1800's.
They Don't Write Them Like This Anymore. Read some classic magic advertising.
Things Found Looking For Something Else
Who Did Invent the Handcuff Challenge Act?. No, it was not who you think.
Win a Few and Lose a Few - Rubini and His Giftshow
Karr, Todd
David P. Abbott and the Notorious Bangs Sisters. A Tale of Swindling Siblings and a Crusading Loan Shark
Is This Erdnase?. New Research on E. S. Andrews, con-man and possible author of The Expert at the Card Table
Judson Cole's Long-Lost Comedy Act. Read the Snappy Lines of One of Vaudeville's Funniest Performers
Psychopathic Suite for Piano and Triangle. The Story of Roy Benson, A True Master of Magic
Robert-Houdin's Favorite Miracles. The Father of Modern Magic Describes his Personal Top 16
The Challenge
Kuethe, Jr., F. William
A Note From a Houdini Scrapbook. Can money buy you fame? Find out if it worked for this dentist turned magician. (Bancroft)
The Fifth Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
The Midget Magician
A Conjuring Bibliography of "Forcing" Books, Magazines, etc.
Barnello The Fire King. The Human Volcano.
Leat, Harry
Selections from Magical Cartoons & Interpolations
Leavitt, M. B.
The Triple Alliance. An Excerpt from M. B. Leavitt's Fifty Years in Theatrical Managment.
Leipzig, Nate
Nate Leipzig's Autobiography: Part 4. This is the fourth of a six part series on the life and times of this master magician.
Nate Leipzig's Autobiography: Part 1. This is the first of a six part series on the life and times of this master magician.
Nate Leipzig's Autobiography: Part 2. This is the second of a six part series on the life and times of this master magician.
Nate Leipzig's Autobiography: Part 3. This is the third of a six part series on the life and times of this master magician.
Nate Leipzig's Autobiography: Part 5. This is the fifth of a six part series on the life and times of this master magician.
Nate Leipzig's Autobiography: Part 6. This is the sixth and last part of the series on the life and times of this master magician.
Lund, Robert
Another Vote for Budapest. Where Houdini was born has been a point of controversy among Houdini "scholars" for years. Here is one more tidbit of information from one of magic's best writers, scholars, and collectors.
Foo Versus Soo. Revisit a classic fight as told by a classic writer.
More on Nelmar.... What makes magic builders great? Their tools of course.
Perjury for a Purpose. A little lie never hurt... especially in magic advertising.
The Remembered Man. Eye witness accounts of Houdini's last performance.
Zancig. Find out the sad end for a world class performer.
Manning, William
Recollections of Robert-Houdin. See what a close friend of Robert-Houdin had to say about this legendary magician.
Marshall, Frances
Nelmar - The Strange One. The story of a infamous magic dealer. They don't make them like this any more, or do they?
McKinven, John
The Woman of Mystery. Was she really
Moses, Arthur
Russian Houdini Book: A peek inside a Russian Work on Houdini. Read what a Russian magic book has to say about this American magic legend.
Okito
A Short Autobiography
Perovich, Michael
Ya Just Gotta be There
Ricard, Ray
Unusual Sources of Legerdemain - A Lecture and Check list
Robinson, Ben
March Hare
Romano, Chuck
The Art of Deception. Take a look at a new book just out, and see the true art of magic.
Rose, Michael
Joe Karson - Beyond Zombie. Read about the man who invented the Zombie and much more.
Rulfs, Charles L.
Origins of Some Conjuring Works. Find out what came from where, and who stole from whom in this enlightening article by a very knowledgeable bibliophile.
Rullman, Leo
The Hobby of Book Collecting. Find out Leo Rullman's thoughts on collectors and collecting.
Smetana, John
A Revelation
Sparks, Stephen
The Find of a Lifetime - The Buy of the Year. The saga of a Houdini collector.
Stockdale, Jerry
A One Man Show With Others. Shaw Smith brought smiles and laughter to thousands through the years, read about this much loved North Carolina magician...and that's a true story.
Wiley, Barry
The Fay Family Fight. It's Anna vs. Eva in the fight of the physic entertainers.
Zambolini
Out for a Bite With Blackstone. See what a great magician can do with just a doughnut.
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