Vol. 8 Issue 2

Ye Olde Magic Mag for March 2022 (Vol. 8 issue 2) is out! Magic history and magic collecting galore in the best-loved magic history magazine around now in its eighth year!

In this issue:

  • A touching article by Mike Perovich on his long friendship with the great Ricky Jay, a friendship that lasted almost half a century with some previously-unknown facts about Ricky as a performer and as a collector
  • We examine again the Mysterious Lady and go in some detail about her entertaining Queen Victoria in the early years of her kingdom, with more research by Peter Brunning.
  • Angelo Mitri tells us about the exhibition on magic history he hosted in Italy last summer, with many nice photos.
  • From Argentina we hear from Alex Nebur who introduces us to a magician who inspired generations of Argentinean conjurers: Enrique Manfredi
  • Our “resident librarian” James Smith returns with his annual article on important, antique magic books sold during last years: some amazing finds!
  • More books on magic history and collecting have been published recently, and four are reviewed in this issue: Exemplars from the Ricky Jay Collection; Livio Marazzi’s Fatima Miris: vent’anni di trasformismo per le vie del mondo;  Steve Cohen’s Max Malini: King of Magicians, Magician of Kings and Rowan Gibbs’ Bosco Bosco Bosco on the great Italian magician and his imitators.
  • What important or unusual magic items have gone under the hammer in the last quarter? Discover them in our regular column Auction Action, the only resource to record magic auctions
  • Our belowed column on Chewing the (Magic) Fat is again here, revealing a hitherto unpublished letter by Chu’s
  • … and more!

This 60 pages issue contains more than 24,000 words and is available as a Download and in printed format, LIMITED TO 120 SIGNED AND HAND-NUMBERED COPIES, for the most distinguished collectors.

Download your copy now (about 5MB) to learn about the history of magic and magic collecting!

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! We recommend you subscribe to the magazine with a PayPal recurring payment as that will ensure you receive the same issue number every time.

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