The Collection

Books and Ephemera

Miracle Floating Light Effects

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Practical Hypnotism

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Das Wunderbuch der Zauberkunst

  • Cherchez La Femme | Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1935.

    Lacquered metal stand in red and silver accommodating three jumbo cards. The performer mixes the cards, which can be seen through holes cut in the stand, yet the spectators are unable to locate the queen.

Thurston
World’s Famous Magician Poster

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The Academy of Magical Arts Membership Brochure

Carter on the Camel

  • CARTER, CHARLES. CARTER THE GREAT. “CARTER ON THE CAMEL.”

    Cleveland: The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1930. Carter and a devil sit on the back of a camel, with the head of The Sphinx in the background. Demons and witches fill out the scene.

    Size: 40 ½ x 27”.

    Condition: Bright and vibrant. A. Linen backed.

Mini Magic Museum Token

Modern Magic by Professor Hoffman

Modern Magic

  • HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis) (1839-1919). Modern Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1876]. Frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated. Publisher’s pictorial green cloth stamped in black and gilt (sunning to spine). FIRST EDITION with Routledge monogram on the title page, conjurer’s hat in black, and cone in gold (in later editions, this was reversed). Scarce.

Tops Magazine of Magic-August 1953

Tops Magazine of Magic July 1955

Tops Magazine of Magic July 1955

The Supernatural

  • WEATHERLY, Lionel (1852 – 1940) and J. N. Maskelyne (1839 – 1917). The Supernatural? Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, [1894]. Publisher’s orange cloth lettered in gilt and black.

    Frontispiece spirit photograph. Illustrated. Dawes bookplate.

    8vo. Bumping and soiling to boards, end papers foxed, interior spine cracked. Overall Good or better.

“Senator” Crandall’s Pink Sheet

  • “Senator” Crandall’s Pink Sheet. Volume 1 No. 6, June 1959, 20 pages.

    Born on a farm in Iowa. Around 1954, Clarke Crandall was doing magic at George Banning's Magic Lounge in Cicero, one of the many bars featuring magic around Chicago.

    Then, he bought the "Studio of Magic" shop from Al Sharpe in 1957, and ran it for two years before closing.

    He became a host at the Magic Castle, introducing the acts and fending off people who were improperly attired. He was the original grumpy old man and his wit and sarcasm were accepted and expected by all. He would do a weekly X-rated show on Saturday nights at midnight.

    The Abbott's Get-Together presents the "Senator Crandall Award" for comedy excellence each year.

    Senator's Pink Sheet ran from April 1957 to June 1959.


Sympathetic Card Mystery and 1932 Thayer Mailing Envelope

  • Thayer Magic-Improved Sympathetic Card Trick-Rolland Hamblen with original as-found mailing envelope from 1932.

Bert Allerton’s The Close-up Magician

The Camerons Promotional Materials

  • The Camerons Ephemera. Two brochures, letterhead, and show promo card. Fine Condition. Inquire

Card Tricks and How to do Them

  • Card Tricks and How to Do Them. Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1902, Chicago. Very good condition. Inquire