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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts 
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Have you made any great finds of magic books, tapes, etc at thrift shops?
I found the Mark Wilson course for three bucks, and every few months I seem to pick up a book by Scarne, Gibson, Blackstone, Dunninger, Fulves, Longe, etc, often for fifty cents or less. And I just wondered if anyone has found anything really mouth-watering in a Goodwill Store or Salvation Army or other thrift shop.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11167 Posts
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I found a 1932 first edition of Houdini and Conan Doyle at a flea mall for $5.00. Also found a set of Anverdi lecture notes at a library book sale. A few magic sets here and there, but nothing remarkable.
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The Magic Company |
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magicdoctor Veteran user Wi. 380 Posts
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I just found a 1954 copy of 100 Houdini Tricks you can do by Dunninger. it has has a great biography of Dunninger in it.
Michael
Michael Von Schroeder [url]www.vonmagic.com[/url]
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Stevethomas Inner circle Southern U.S.A. 3722 Posts
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Found an Axtell "Magic Drawing Board" with a little rust on the metal pieces that hold the corners together (easily replaced) in a rummage shop for $2.50.
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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Hit the thrift shops in Springfield, IL today. Found two books:
How to Be a Mentalist - Simon Winthrop (40 cents) How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker - Penn Jillette and Mickey D. Lynn (80 cents) (had to buy it - Erdnase is in the index) And ten decks of cards for 38 cents each (Bicycle LoVision, Bicycle Limited Edition white backs; Bee Club Special; Club Casino; Aristocrat; Aviator; 2 Streamline; No. 1860 Nevada Style; Lynx). Not a bad haul for five bucks.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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Went to a flea market today - found a new 2-pack of Bicycle cards for $1. Noticed on the back of the box that there's a $1.50 rebate. So I got 2 new Bicycle decks, plus a nickel, for free. (Paid a buck, will get back $1.50, but paid 45 cents for the stamp to mail in the rebate form.)
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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Jon Blakeney Special user Australia 657 Posts
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I scored a Hard back called
The Great Illusionists by Edwin A Dawes from a small second hand book store it the Blue Mountains two hours from Sydney. I paid $22 but oh what a history lesson is contained within those pages. I would love to come accross a copy of the Dunningers encylopeda of magic,I read it as a young magician having borrowed it from the local library when I was about 13 ,reading it made me feel like magic is all that matters, and the drawings were so well done.
'What the eye's see the heart must believe"
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tstark Loyal user Arizona 266 Posts
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I was walking through our local Goodwill and was looking at the Bandanas and Scarves. As I was inspecting them I felt something "off" in one of the hems. Upon further inspection I discovered that it was a bent wire. Yes, someone had donated a "Glorpy" hank to Goodwill in excellent condition and I picked it up for a quarter as I recall.
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Rennie Inner circle I think I have about 1700 Posts
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On 2012-08-12 00:24, Jon Blakeney wrote: Dunningers Encyclopedia of Magic is plentiful. You should be able to pick one up for a couple of bucks. Check Ebay.
The effect is the important thing, how you achieve it is not.......
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Rennie Inner circle I think I have about 1700 Posts
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Found this on Ebay,
Dunningers Complete Encyclopedia of Magic, Joseph Dunninger, NO DUST JACKET - $1.91 plus $4.00 shipping.
The effect is the important thing, how you achieve it is not.......
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David Charvet Special user www.charvetmagic.com 501 Posts
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A friend of mine was at a Goodwill store and in the furniture department found a Thayer Wonder Screen being displayed as a magazine rack!
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9495 Posts
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I saw a set of linking rings and did the obvious... Bought them for $5.00,
left the K on the shelve took 7 to the car went back inside and "discovered" the broken ring. So they said I could have it for free since it was broke.
Jay Leslie
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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Just picked up another copy of Mark Wilson's course - a huge hardback - like new, for fifty cents at a flea market.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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Also got a hardback like-new copy of David Blaine's MYSTERIOUS STRANGER for a buck at a thrift shop.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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Sonny_Knight New user 11 Posts
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I found an old '70's era prayer vase for a buck fifty. It was half price day and I got it for .75 cents.
I donm't really use it but it sits next to my computer and it reminds me of the old magic shops I used to haunt. |
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3412 Posts
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Several years back I scored a box that contained a Hen Fetsch Milk Pitcher, P&L Vanishing Candle to Salt/Silk, Foo Can (unknown origin), National Magic Co. Sucker Die Box, 6 single bloom dart flowers, 3 SKS Silk Streamers...but the piece de resistance was a Floyd Thayer all wood Wonder Prediction Clock. All that for $75 at a flea market.
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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On 2012-11-25 16:55, Stanyon wrote: STEVE! You really ARE a magician! Just unbelievable.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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rogerpierre New user 49 Posts
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I bought 2 boxes of old 1930 magic books for $60 at a used book store, they thought they had no value.
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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Roger, I'm feeling sorry I started this thread. I'm so jealous of all you folks!
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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madelaine New user 91 Posts
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Yep, I found a first edition Thurston, some pages from Houdini's brother letters to his wife and a Magic in Nature Magazine signed by 'A.C.Doyle'. This was still quite recently
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