Discoveries ∙ Vol. 1, No. 4
Enjoy News and Stories from the World of Magic History and Collecting
New Arrivals: Ray Ricard’s Guide to the Latest Titles
“The Magic Attic” – New Life for Old Apparatus!
Milson-Worth: “Quality Magic for the Sophisticated Magician”
Remembering Ann Goulet
Yankee Gathering 2022 – A Recap
Selected Auction Results… and More!
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Happy Selling!
Discoveries, Vol. 1, No. 3
Enjoy News and Stories from the World of Magic History and Collecting
A Visit with Professor Hoffman
Member Spotlight
New Arrivals: Ray Ricard’s Guide to the Latest Titles
Review – Ionia: Magician Princess, Secrets Unlocked
Online Resources for Magic Collecting
The Latest Yankee Gathering News… and More!
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Members, join us for a fascinating lecture on Victorian Spiritualism by mentalist Paul Voodini. Paul is a full time working mentalist from England, specializing in the areas of séance, tarot card reading and the paranormal.
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Jim Steinmeyer’s contributions to magic and to preserving magic history have earned him recognition inside and outside the world of magic. This November, the New England Magic Collectors Association is paying tribute to his life-long list of achievements. Please join us in honoring this unique individual by attending the Yankee Gathering 2022 with Jim as our Guest of Honor.
Featured Speakers
Robert Olson • Gabe Fajuri • Richard Hatch • Rick Heath • Charles Greene III • Lee Asher
Tom Ewing • Richard Hughes • Michelle Ainsworth • Rosemary Reid
Performers
Nick Diffatte • David Garrity • Marc DeSouza • Richard Hatch
Matt Roberts ∙ Alyx Hilshey • Alex Boyce
And More…
Opening Night Wine and Cheese Reception • Saturday Evening Banquet • Dealers Room with choice collectibles • A lively Magic Auction • A Festive Flea Market
Frederick Eugene Powell: Master of Magic and Mystery!, a new 276-page biography by Tom Ewing on the Dean of American Magicians and one of the most respected and beloved conjuror’s in history.
Now, you can read of his fascinating life from his birth in 1856, to his death in 1938. Research for this biography was drawn from hundreds of personal letters accompanied by rare photographs and examples of his surviving magic apparatus.
Over the course of eight decades Powell trod the world’s stages performing magic before delighted audiences. He was a powerful image in theater history and a major attraction in P.T. Barnum’s circus. Audiences were thrilled throughout South and Central America with his conjuring. He survived fires, floods, earthquakes, and even the Mexican Revolution.
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NEMCA member Rick Heath still has a limited number of booklets available that accompanied his November 2018 Yankee Gathering presentation entitled “Bob Lund and his American Museum of Magic: An Affectionate Remembrance.”
The 24 page booklet measures 8.5 x 11 inches, and details the remarkable story of the collector and historian whose love for magic began at age seven in a Michigan sanatorium and whose legacy still lives on over 40 years after he opened the doors of his beloved American Museum of Magic. It includes numerous photographs, extensive endnotes, and a timeline.