Author Archive: Dan Smith

Yankee Gathering Auction Guidelines

Submit items for the Gathering auction online here.  You may also submit items using paper forms available at the Gathering Registration Desk.  

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A Visit with Professor Hoffman

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!

Back issues are available in the Member Area.

 

Victorian Spiritualism Lecture by Paul Voodini

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. 

Available now in the Member Area

 

   “This is really great, love to hear these true stories, thanks”
                                                       “This is amazing.”
          “Wonderful presentation! Thank you.”
                                    “thank you Paul, this was fantastic!!!”
                   “That was great Paul! Thanks so much”

Announcement: NEMCA Newsletter

Welcome to NEMCA’s introductory newsletter. We aim to inform and entertain the Magic history/collecting community by assembling news, resources and articles of interest all in one convenient quarterly publication.

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Honoring Jim Steinmeyer

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

Yankee Gathering Registration is Now Closed

 

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Frederick Eugene Powell Biography by Tom Ewing

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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Robert Lund Booklet Available

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.

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McIllhany Magical Mysteries: The End Auction – July 28, 2018

Auction Results, in conjunction with Owen Magic Supreme, will conduct the final auction of the exquisite magic collection of William H. McIlhany (1951-2017).  This auction will be Internet bidding only. There will be no telephone or absentee bidding.  While this will be a short sale, new items will be added up until the day of the sale, so please check back frequently.  www.magicauctioneer.com

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