Vol. 4 Issue 4

The last issue of Volume 4 of Ye Olde Magic Mag, is available for download!
In this issue:

• Suzy Wandas is the feature story and our cover with a short biographical article by Kobe Van Herwegen and Nikolaas Martens investigating her performance (or not) in a movie
• Two unknown letters by Bartolomeo Bosco have been discovered by Pietro Micheli and are here transcribed, together with some never-seen-before posters!
• The magic books of Verrall Wass are examined in an article by the late Christopher Brinson, magic collector and historian
• Card magician turned magic collector, Steve Beam, reports in his inimitable style about the Cincinnati Magic Collectors Convention (The Vulture Gathering), in an article with many exciting photos
• The 6th Magic History Gathering @ The Magic Circle is reviewed by Marco Pusterla, our editor
• The fourth part of the Secrets of Chefalo presents some original illusions
• Auction Action on important and unusual magic memorabilia sold at auction in the last quarter (Lalla Selbini, Houdini, Von Kempelen, Keith Abson, the Great Raymond, Robert-Houdin…). In Chewing the (Magic) Fat we review two recent volumes on the history of magic and provide a reference to a lost magic text from the Middle Ages (and more!)

This issue contains more than 19,000 words, is 60 pages long and is available as a Download and in printed format. LIMITED TO 95 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES, for the most distinguished collectors.

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Ye Olde Magic Mag is the first fully-digital magazine on Magic History and on collecting magical memorabilia, edited and published by Marco Pusterla, A.I.M.C. A quarterly publication, available in a small number of printed copies, all individually numbered and signed, for real collectors. The printed version is shipped post-free worldwide and gives access to the digital copy! If you prefer, you can subscribe to the magazine with a PayPal recurring payment and that will ensure you receive the same issue number every time.