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Showing posts with label Robert Houdin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Houdin. Show all posts
Monday, June 20, 2022

Robert Houdin's OTHER Theatre Still Exists!

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  Sandervalya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Imagine my surprise while reading ...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Rare Robert-Houdin Magic Token Help Needed

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I was contacted by Paul Courville, a collector of magicians tokens,  concerning an item he has acquired of Robert-Houdin. Specifically, he...
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

What Came Before The Rabbit and Hat?

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When lay people think of magicians, one of the first things that comes to mind is the Rabbit and Hat trick. Thanks to John Henry Anders...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Houdini's UnMasking - Bonus

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Now I know how John Cox over at WildaboutHoudini.com feels. I received this wonderful image of Houdini promoting his book The UnMasking ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Robert Heller's Magnifecent Peacock

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Robert Heller and his Peacock Automaton As fascinated as I am by Heller, I must now admit, I also have an odd fascination for the so-ca...
Friday, February 14, 2014

The Golden Age of Magic - In Bronze

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I have posted many statues, sculptures, carvings, figurines and busts of magicians. But now it's time for the finest renditions of ...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

A Few Magician Statues

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These photos come from the Collection of Bill King. Bill passed away a while ago and his stuff has been auctioned off. I have no idea what...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Robert Houdin Mystery Clock for Sale

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I just saw on eBay a Robert Houdini Mystery Clock. I've actually seen several of them in real life, but I can't recall ever seein...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Happy Birthday Robert-Houdin

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Today, December 6th 1805, Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin was born in Blois France. He would go on to become a clockmaker, inventor, scientist ...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Magician Statues

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The recent article I did on Tommy Cooper got me wondering about what other magicians might have statues. So far what I have found is pretty ...
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Friday, May 4, 2012

Politics, Magic and a Wooden Chest

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Imagine for a moment that President Barack Obama decides the only way to solve the crisis in Afghanistan is to send David Copperfield there ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Hugo and the Real George Melies

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The real George Melies This week a wonderful new movie comes out called " HUGO " based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabr...
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