The last issue of the ninth voluel of Ye Olde Magic Mag, Vol. 9 issue 4, greets its readers with two biographies of as many magicians, from the 19th and 20th century
In this issue:
- Prof. Era was a friend of David Devant and a busy semi-professional magician of the 19th century. His life story is narrated, together with many unknown photographs, by Peter Brunning.
- Son of Italian immigrants, Luis Zingone became a master card magician, and a very popular vaudeville performer in America in the years between the wars. His records, where he explains card tricks, are sought after by modern collectors. Mike Perovich provides a study on his career.
- The 2023 Magic Circle History Day has brought to London many interesting speakers and it is reviewed by our editor, Marco Pusterla.
- From France, Dr. Thibaut Rioult reviews an interesting exhibition of magical objects that show magic. Please, follow the links in the article to learn more about these “caharged objects”.
- And, of course, our regular columns, those who most readers go to as soon as they receive the magazine: Auction Action, on important magic items sold in the past quarter in worldwide auctions; Chewing the (Magic) Fat with a couple of shorter stories about magic objects of the past.
- In this issue, three recent magic history books are reviewed:
- Greg and Felicity’s History of Magic
- The Final Conference Illusions
- The Great Clivette
This 52 pages issue contains more than 17,500 words and is available as a PDF Download and in printed format, LIMITED TO 125 SIGNED AND HAND-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! We recommend you subscribe to the magazine with a PayPal recurring payment as that will ensure you receive the same issue number every time.
