by John Lovick | May 17, 2016 | Articles, Artifacts, Curious and New, Exhibitions, Magic News, Magicians
Will Nicola (seen on the right) was another globe-trotting illusionist from America. Young Will learned the magic business as an assistant in his father’s magic act and his older brother, Charles, who would gain his own fame as Von Arx, also mentored Will in the...
by John Lovick | May 17, 2016 | Articles, Conjuring Arts University, Curious and New, Exhibitions, Magic News, Magicians
During the early morning of December 17, 1896 Adelaide Herrmann suddenly found herself not the co-star of the Herrmann the Great touring show but simply as the widow Herrmann. Her husband, Alexander Herrmann, had reigned supreme as America’s foremost magician...
by Ricky Smith | May 26, 2014 | Exhibitions, Magic News, Magicians
Recently, here at Conjuring Arts, we have been working on transcribing a large file of letters from Ed Marlo to Mel Brown. They span from 1954 to 1991 and are quite fascinating, containing gossip, reviews of books and videos, tricks and sleights, tips and finesses,...
by Noah Levine | Dec 11, 2013 | Articles, Exhibitions, Gibecière, Magic News, Research
Here’s a full recording of The Piddington’s – a husband and wife team who gained worldwide fame performing a telepathy routine that bordered on the supernatural. You can find out more about them by reading the fascinating biographical piece that...
by Noah Levine | Feb 27, 2013 | Articles, Exhibitions, Magic News
Imagine a magician who drops coins into an ACME style portable hole only to remove them from a bagless change purse; or who ties a Japanese coin to a string and uses a paper fan to make the coin fly like a kite on a beach. Or imagine a magician who can pour the sound...
by Ricky Smith | Feb 26, 2010 | Exhibitions
The research center holds a vast trove of correspondence between a great number and variety of magicians. One section of the collection comes from William Zavis and is especially valuable for research purposes because he generally kept copies of his outgoing...
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