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NEWS OF A BIG COLLECTION OF
SECOND HAND MAGIC NOW AVAILABLE
I was recently able to purchase a private and very large collection of second-hand magic and over the weeks ahead I will be describing and photographing some of the items available. If you are interested in purchasing any of these items please email John on John@abracadabra.co.uk Everything is plus postage and there is a minimum charge of £10 – so if you just order one £5 item john will charge you £10. So please if anything interests you please contact John and tell him where you live and he will advise if the item is available and also how much it will cost to post it to you. John’s email address is: john@abracadabra.co.uk. Payments are always to breese@lybrary.com . Additions to this list were last made on 26th January 2012.
ANTIQUE METAL PUZZLES
These are really old metal puzzles probably described in Hoffmann’s Puzzles Old and New. There are five different puzzles and one duplicate. These are usually found at antique fairs and snapped up as soon as they are on offer. £60 plus postage.
KALEIDOSCOPIC COINS BY EDDIE GIBSON FOR SUPREME MAGIC
This is a copper/silver effect using a red oriental coin, a black
oriental coin and an older 10p coin (not in use nowadays).
Nicely routined and something to
learn as winter draws in and it is too cold to get down to the magic
club. £20
plus postage.
This effect is not complete with instructions but anyone who is
familiar with Charles Gaucci’s divination
effects
will know exactly what it is and how to use it.
I know what it is roughly but certainly do not wish to expose the
effect. It is used to
divine in which hand a spectator is holding a coin or similar size
object.
£35 plus postage.
THE LEGENDARY - NEMO SIX BY BASIL HORWITZ
AND KEN BROOKE
Ken Brooke produced just a handful of this effect which
was created by my old friend Basil Horwitz.
Basil fooled Ken with the effect and Ken persuaded Basil to let
him release it. This
effect is legendary and very rare and for years I have wanted to see it.
The effect comes with detailed instructions for the
handling by Ken Brooke and is not complete.
What is missing is a purse and a
magnetic quarter dollar.
As far as I am concerned this does not really affect things at
all. A similar purse
can easily be obtained as can a magnetic quarter dollar.
A genuine half dollar is placed in a small metal container, the
lid is placed on despite this the magician can always tell whether the
coin has its tails side or head side uppermost.
It always works and I just can not quite understand how it works.
It is amazing.
This effect is incredibly expensive because it cost me
a great deal to buy and because it is so rare.
Although I have often asked around if anyone had this effect, I
was not able to locate anyone at all who owned Nemo Six or even knew
much about it. Basil Horwitz
told me about it but not how it worked.
Ken’s instructions are, as always, absolutely spot on and cover
every single detail and move required.
Nemo Six by Basil Horwitz produced by Ken Brooke is
priced at £125 post free
This must date back to the 1930’s I would think.
A red silk is placed in the brass tube and the lid placed back on
again. When the tube is
opened the silk has changed colour.
This is a precision made craftsman-created
collectors item that is a one of a kind.
Complete with instructions.
Price £45 plus postage.
BOB OSTIN’S BEAM SHOT FROM KEN BROOKE
This now classic effect comes complete with the very
special pack of cards originally supplied.
The torch has a note in the box it comes in saying that the
batteries leaked and it needs to have the contacts cleaning up before
use. I have looked and
that seems to be a relatively easy task.
Ken Brooke’s instructions are comprehensive and if the torch
didn’t need work on it the price of this would be at least double.
Price is £15 plus postage.
BILL TUBE FROM THE UNIQUE MAGIC STUDIO
Nice brass bill tube complete with padlock and keys but not with instructions. If routines are required they can be found in the close up series of books by Lewis Ganson. £45.00 plus postage.
ROBERT
I believe this is described in the famous Harbin Book but I am not certain. The radio folds flat and unfolds when produced from inside a newspaper. No instructions. Again something for the collector. £55.00 plus postage.
KOZUCH’S SIXTH SENSE BOX FROM
The magician opens a box and places five little Buddha figures inside the box. He turns his head away completely and invites members of the audience to remove Buddhas from the box. At the end of the effect he reveals which member of the audience has taken which colour Buddha. I have no idea what this effect sold for originally but it is worth what I am asking for sure. It is quite heavy and postage will be expensive. Price £35 plus postage.
ALAN WONG’S DREAM LOCK
This is brand new
and completely unused. It
normally sells for £75. A borrowed ring is locked on a 4 digit
combination brass lock, the dials are mixed by the magician and the
spectator can hold on to the lock while the dials are mixed and
spectator can test a few times that the lock cannot be opened. Spectator
thinks of any 4 digit number and puts the numbers on the lock herself.
This proves to be the secret code that opens the lock! Spectator
retrieves her ring from the lock in the end. There is no need to force
any numbers such as someone's year of birth, anniversary or birthday.
Price
£50 plus postage.
Just a reminder:
If you are interested in purchasing any of these items
please email John on John@abracadabra.co.uk.
A few of the items will attract postal charges so when you write
to indicate your interest please ensure that you give us your postal
address so that we can work out the cost of postage.
If the item is still available we will email you back with the
cost including the postage and we will ask you to pay us by PayPal.
Payments are always to
breese@lybrary.com
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