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Jim Sparx
Inner circle
Far Out, Texas
1122 Posts
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Posted: Mar 22, 2012 10:47pm
Mine is a program of Harry Blackstone, Sr. from 1949. My second most prized possession is the instructions for Harry Blackstone's Dancing Handkerchief, with Mr. Blackstones autograph in ink, in the instructions, bought from Merv Taylor for $5.00, back in the good old days.
Spartacus died for your sloth
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Stevethomas
Inner circle
Southern U.S.A.
3566 Posts
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Posted: Mar 23, 2012 8:45am
I also have a Blackstone Sr. program, nicely framed. I'd either have to say, my Mercury Wonder Show (Orson Welles) playbill or my original Stull Mental Miracle Watch.
Steve
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hestonsmagic
New user
79 Posts
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Posted: Mar 23, 2012 12:06pm
One of my prizes and first Item I truly researched was my Houdini King of Cards Poster. While it is not an original, my research and digging did turn up that it is a first re-print. Out of all the reprints and copys this was of the first run copys. I believe my bond is due to my research. The other Gem is not mine but my boys. When they attended Kramiens Magic Jamboree the joined the stage contest, at ages 10 and 13... Stan gave them his personal Head Twister.. While my boys keep it in thier rooms well cared for, it is still a Gem in our house even if Dad is not allowed to touch it!
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Scott Penrose
Regular user
London, England
159 Posts
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Posted: Mar 23, 2012 3:41pm
Interesting question. Prize possessions include the Servais Le Roy Levitation poster and Kalanags jars for Water from India. The jars even come in wooden crate with the Kalanag crown stenciled on it and are packed with torn pieces of Kalanag vanishing motor car poster!
regards
Scott
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Mick Hanzlik
Special user
Mick Hanzlik
543 Posts
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Posted: Mar 26, 2012 3:39pm
Mine is a autographed Houdini photograph. I am a Master Locksmith, and Houdini wrote on the picture- "Love laughs at Locksmiths, so does Houdini"
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Germain1134
New user
Central PA
7 Posts
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Posted: Mar 28, 2012 6:58pm
Mine would have to be my small but original Germain items. A litho, the red one with the bat and skull, an autograph, a book plate, a program and a brochure. I also am very fond of my signed Henning items including a poster, playbills, photos and programs.
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SJMiller
New user
East Tennessee
60 Posts
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Posted: Mar 29, 2012 8:01pm
Would have to be my Alexander Herrmann autograph fromm 1881.
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christernilsson
New user
7 Posts
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Posted: Apr 9, 2012 5:04am
My most prized magic possessions can you find on my homepage www.magiarkivet.se Look for "Bild nr 14 ur Magi-Arkivet" (There are 1-15 pictures) Use Google translater if you want. Welcome!
Christer Nilsson christer@magiarkivet.se
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Jim Sparx
Inner circle
Far Out, Texas
1122 Posts
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Posted: Apr 16, 2012 4:00pm
Nice site with lots of goodies, but your poster page would not come up. Kept getting a "This is some what embarrassing, is not it?" message
Spartacus died for your sloth
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motown
Inner circle
Atlanta by way of Detroit
4885 Posts
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Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:08am
This is a tough one. I guess it would a painting of Houdini performing an underwater escape in the Detroit river. It was done by the same artist who did the cover art for Ricky Jay's Cards as Weapons book cover. My second would be a Doug Henning Water Torture Cell poster, which I got signed by the artist, a very famous NY illustrator.
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain
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mikedobias
New user
56 Posts
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Posted: May 19, 2012 2:51am
I have a lot of old framed magic posters around the house, but my two favorites would have to be an 1894 Kellar portrait poster, and a poster with an 8x10 photo embedded in the middle of Doug Henning (not named, in clown whiteface with his mustache) as "Chou Chou" the magic shoemaker, done for a series of performances for the Canada Footwear Bureau.
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rhettbryson
Loyal user
Greenville, SC
249 Posts
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Posted: May 19, 2012 10:23am
I have had a long fascination with the fabulous magic inventor, Edward Massey. He invented the finger chopper - a fact not known to most magicians. It became so ubiquitous and the inventor was lost with time to most. My most prized possession in magic is an original Massey finger chopper.
Rhett Bryson
http://eweb.furman.edu/%7Erbryson/magic.html
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Jon Blakeney
Special user
569 Posts
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Posted: May 21, 2012 2:40am
Mine is a small trick purchased at Delarno's magic shop in 1972,a Penny with
a small hook soldered on it so you could toss vanish it
I was 12 years old(I knew no sleight of hand back then),now Im 50 it's a pleasure to look back with the early Penny of wonder.
'What the eye's see the heart must believe"
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Jim Sparx
Inner circle
Far Out, Texas
1122 Posts
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Posted: May 21, 2012 4:30pm
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On 2012-05-21 02:40, Jon Blakeney wrote:
Mine is a small trick purchased at Delarno's magic shop in 1972,a Penny with
a small hook soldered on it so you could toss vanish it
I was 12 years old(I knew no sleight of hand back then),now Im 50 it's a pleasure to look back with the early Penny of wonder.
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I had one of those too when I was a kid(circa 40s), except mine was about the size of a 50 cent piece and I always jabbed myself in the leg trying to do the trick, ouch.
Spartacus died for your sloth
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hestonsmagic
New user
79 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 12:42am
This is actually fun how are collections change... I just discovered a deck ODF Cardini cards in an estate lit I picked up a couple years ago... A great new gem in my collection...
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Michael Baker
Inner circle
Near a river in the Midwest
8556 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 10:09am
I have a few nice and rare pieces in my collection, but my "Rosebud" is the first magic book I ever got... "141 Professional Tricks You Can Do", by Sherman Ripley.
~michael baker
The Magic Company
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Kevin Connolly
Inner circle
New Jersey
1265 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 1:08pm
A thumb tip used by Robert Houdin.
Please visit my website.
www.houdinihimself.com
Always looking buy or trade for original Houdini, Hardeen and escape artist items. I'm interested in books, pitchbooks and ephemera. Email hhoudini@optonline.net
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magicgettogether
Special user
Michigan
530 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 6:41pm
Anverdi Surprise Box
76 years in the making - Magic Get Together
Visit the Magic Capital - Abbott Magic / Magic Capitol
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Wizard of Oz
Inner circle
Most people wish I didn't have
1824 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 9:25pm
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On 2012-05-22 13:08, Kevin Connolly wrote:
A thumb tip used by Robert Houdin.
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That is pretty frickin' cool.
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Kevin Connolly
Inner circle
New Jersey
1265 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 10:04pm
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On 2012-05-22 21:25, Wizard of Oz wrote:
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On 2012-05-22 13:08, Kevin Connolly wrote:
A thumb tip used by Robert Houdin.
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That is pretty frickin' cool.
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And has his thumb print inside. 
Please visit my website.
www.houdinihimself.com
Always looking buy or trade for original Houdini, Hardeen and escape artist items. I'm interested in books, pitchbooks and ephemera. Email hhoudini@optonline.net
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Father Photius
Grammar Host
El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo)
15707 Posts
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Posted: May 22, 2012 11:20pm
Hmmm hard to say, I've got a number of Blackstone Sr. signed items, a set of stocks built by uncle Pete and used by Uncle Harry in the act, a vanishing birdcage built by Uncle Pete and given by him to me, Mark and Nani's Gwynn sub trunk autographed, I don't know that I could choose. In a fire they all go out the door before anything else.
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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Jim Sparx
Inner circle
Far Out, Texas
1122 Posts
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Posted: May 24, 2012 9:09pm
Wait a minute, I thought it was women and children first? So its props first, then the magician and good luck to who ever is left...
Spartacus died for your sloth
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Father Photius
Grammar Host
El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo)
15707 Posts
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Posted: May 25, 2012 1:01am
You got it Spartacus!
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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magringo
Regular user
128 Posts
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Posted: Jun 27, 2012 10:09pm
Besides some of my magic-wagon pieces...just got Wandering Mummy and Cleopatra's Hand -- originals by Harold Voit -- both are wonderful pieces...and I've been waiting for the Mummy for a very long time. I promised the person I bought them from to give them a good home and they now are among my prize possessions.
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Wizard of Oz
Inner circle
Most people wish I didn't have
1824 Posts
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Posted: Jun 29, 2012 8:12pm
Those are 2 excellent additions magringo. Now, it's time for you to start a mini-collection of Wandering Mummies. Warner, Gerlitz, Danis... Sure, you may need to get a home equity loan, but it will be worth it...I promise.
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magringo
Regular user
128 Posts
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Posted: Jul 7, 2012 7:55am
Wizard -- part of my problem is un-opened boxes are mounting up... I'm buying stuff faster than I can absorb - but that's because I'm afraid if I don't buy them when they become available... I might not ever have the chance again... No kidding I have have 20 boxes atop the book case in my home office. My wife asked what they were for. I told her I was "selling" them. Ouch! My kids are yelling at me to stop buying stuff. Now I'm selling all my other effects -- to support my collecting habbit. Thank goodness Magic Wagon hasn't come out with anything new in the last few weeks!!!!
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Wizard of Oz
Inner circle
Most people wish I didn't have
1824 Posts
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Posted: Jul 7, 2012 9:41pm
Ouch. Stung by the bug. I'd venture to guess every collector has been there.
It can be addictive, so be careful. Avoid hasty and irrational purchase commitments, and if you can, sleep on a buying decision before you dedicate yourself to it. You'd be surprised how many times you can go to sleep and wake up thinking..."Why did I think I needed that?"
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dking66
Loyal user
284 Posts
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Posted: Jul 7, 2012 11:39pm
Hmmm! My A.C. Gilbert Mysto Magic Show Set #25; my Milson Worth Oriental Die Box; My Taytelbaum Mummies; and my Okito-Redmon Die Box! 4 prized possessions!
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Wizard of Oz
Inner circle
Most people wish I didn't have
1824 Posts
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Posted: Jul 8, 2012 8:56pm
Dang dking66...those are ALL prized possessions. I'd be happy with just one...and I don't care which...just send me one!!!
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ngmoore5146
New user
13 Posts
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Posted: Jul 10, 2012 3:12pm
I'm looking at my favorite right now. A Milson-Worth Card Guillotine in Prime Mint new condition. It's a beauty. It's something to watch the blae drop. lyn Johnson piece of pure magic. It's the Headliner in my 500 plus magic collection.
George Moore
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