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Ray Goulet's Magic Art Studio and Mini Museum of Magic. The
venue for all regular NEMCA meetings, owned and operated by charter NEMCA
member Ray Goulet, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. An
excellent magic shop, an outstanding museum of magic, and a high-quality
publisher of books on magic history and collecting (The Fine Art of
Hocus Pocus, Twelve Have Died, and others). Mr. Goulet
is a contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector, and has
been an organizer of many Yankee Gatherings. |
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Magical Re-Creations.
The web site for Ed Hill, magic historian and dealer in
historically-accurate re-creations of magical apparatus and monographs
pertaining to magic history and collecting. Mr. Hill, a charter
member of NEMCA, has been the co-editor and a contributor to The Yankee Magic Collector
since its inception, and has been both an organizer and a master of
ceremonies at past
Yankee Gatherings. |
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MagicTricks.com.
One of the leading online magic stores, this site also features an
extensive online magic
library and museum,
including hundreds of mini-biographies of famous magicians of the past,
an overview of magic collecting, who invented various famous magic
tricks, and other interesting material on magic history.
Co-proprietor Jackie Monticup is a contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector. |
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Fantasma Magic. This maker of high-quality magic effects and
sets, co-founded by charter NEMCA member Roger Dreyer, has an
interesting area on their web site providing an
introduction to magic
and magic history (click on "Magic Legends" on the left). It includes biographies of many magical
luminaries of the past. |
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Martinka & Co., Inc.
This famous and historic magic manufacturer and store, founded in 1877,
continues today as perhaps the leading online auction site exclusively
for high-quality magic collectibles. Their site includes an
interesting online museum
of historical magic, with photos. |
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MagicGallery.com.
Charles Greene III's excellent site depicts most of the known stone
lithograph magic
posters from magic's Golden Age, 1890-1930, photographed from many poster collections, including
his own. MagicGallery.com provided most of the poster images that
appear on this NEMCA web site. Mr. Greene has also been a Yankee
Gathering lecturer. |
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MagicPosters.com.
Another excellent site devoted to magic posters, operated by Ken Trombly,
noted magic collector and a contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector. |
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Nielsen Magic. On this
beautiful site, Norm and Lupe Nielsen have probably the largest selection
of vintage magic posters for sale, as well as excellent poster
reproductions and other magic collectibles. |
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Mystic Light Press.
The official web site for Rev. William V. Rauscher, renown author,
lecturer, and authority on magic history, and a NEMCA Honorary Lifetime
Member. Rev. Rauscher has written
many excellent books on the history of magic, has been a frequent
contributor of articles to The Yankee Magic Collector, and has
lectured at several Yankee Gatherings. |
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Mike Caveney's Magic Words.
Mike Caveney, one of the world's leading magic collectors, prolific magic
performer, and co-organizer of the excellent biennial Los Angeles
Conference on Magic History, has published numerous top-quality books on
the history of magic, which are available at his site. Mr. Caveney
also is co-owner with George Daily of the Egyptian Hall Museum of Magic,
and has been a Yankee Gathering lecturer. |
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Mario Carrandi Jr. Co. Inc.
A leading dealer in vintage magic for the collector. |
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Ron Allesi Magic.
One of the leading dealers in used, rare, and antique magic for the magic
collector. Mr. Allesi is a contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector. |
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Kenna Thompson Magic (pronounced
"Keena"). Well-known magic collector and dealer. |
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& R Magic Books. This online bookshop, operated by Richard
Hatch and Charlie Randall, is a leading source for used, out-of-print,
and collectible books on magic, as well as new books on magic history
and conjuring in general. Mr. Hatch performs historical magic,
speaks 4 languages, and is a contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector. |
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Bradbury Books & Beyond. Dan Bradbury operates this online
bookstore that is a leading purveyor of new, used, and out-of-print
books pertaining to magic history and biography, as well as general and
collectible books on magic. |
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MH Magic Magazines.
Mike Henkel is a leading dealer of out-of-print magic magazines for
collectors and historians. |
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Wittus Witt. A leading
German magic collector, author, and performer. Mr. Witt is a
contributing author to The Yankee Magic Collector. |
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Squash Publishing.
Owned by Gabe Fajuri, publishes books on magic history and other magic
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here are
numerous resources available on the Internet that are of interest to magic
collectors and historians. Below is a small sampling. If you have
additional web sites to suggest for this page, or if you find dead links, please email Randy Forgaard at