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Issue Number: #1569
Date: Sunday 10th May 2020
Editor: Alan Watson QSM
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E-mail: editor@magicnewzealand.com
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1. Editor's Message
2. Virtual Magic Performance With David Blaine
3. Potter & Potter Auctions - Unprecedented Success
4. Darryl Rose On The Magic Word Podcast
5. May, 2020 - Jeff McBride's Magic & Mystery School Events
6. Homage to Al Koran - John Carey #80
7. Ongoing Adventures Of Romany! #8
8. Masters Of Illusion Returns For Seventh Season
9 The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
10. E-zine Archives
11. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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Editor@MagicNewZealand.com

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2. Virtual Magic Performance With David Blaine
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Message by Peter Rogers (UK)

Virtual magic performance, and conversation with David Blaine. Be ready to have a full interactive experience, and you might even learn some tricks.

A New Era Of Magic

"David Blaine is the greatest magician who ever lived." - Howard Stern. "Buried Alive," Blaine's first live stunt, was a feat even Houdini was unable to do in his lifetime. Blaine's stunts defy the boundaries of human endurance, each one becoming more death-defying than the last. In addition to the many millions who have seen him on television, Blaine has also performed live for audiences of over 20,000 in arenas around the world.

He has performed intimately for every sitting American president including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, as well as a number of international leaders and prominent figures such as Henry Kissinger, Michael Bloomberg, Stephen Hawking, Muhammad Ali, among others. His TED talk became one of Bill Gates' personal favorites, and is widely considered the most revealing testimony Blaine has ever given on the topic of his remarkable career.

This experience can be enjoyed by one household (with preferably participants over the age of 11) for a duration of 1 hour.

The winning bidder must have a pack of cards.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/mayday-covid-19-charity-auction/lot-23?cmp=social____facebook_david-blaine-mayday-covid_6-may-2020&fbclid=IwAR1AmsPz_Xk1kyquRC4MtrNcuL48DaAsfYrI9tXPeRYaTkXZipRaWdTIP9U

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3. Potter & Potter Auctions - Unprecedented Success
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Message by Rebekah Kaufman (US)

Potter & Potter's May, 2020 Magic Sale an Unprecedented Success at Over $500K and a 98% Sell Through Rate.

This signature May auction featured props, personal effects, and ephemera from beloved industry luminary Johnny Thompson (American, 1934-2019) among other important and provenanced magicana.

Chicago, Il, May 5, 2020 - Potter and Potter's mid-spring event conjured up both international attention as well as breathtaking sales results. After a long day of spirited bidding, 95 lots realized between $1,000-3,999; 17 lots realized between $4,000-$6,999; and 6 lots broke the $7,000 mark. Prices noted include the company's 20% buyer's premium.

Materials from magician Johnny Thompson, the Las Vegas illusionist best known as The Great Tomsoni, stole the show and delivered top shelf results.

Lot #470, Thompson's engraved cups and balls used for his version of the classic sleight-of-hand trick, was estimated at $2,000-4,000 and topped off at an astonishing $14,400. This set was illustrated in The Magic of Johnny Thompson and was noteworthy as their form was based on cups endorsed by his close friend, Charlie Miller.

Lot #468, Thompson's "Great Tomsoni" costume for his Las Vegas magic act, made $6,000 on its $2,500-5,000 estimate. This lot included a custom tailored jacket, a white dress shirt, cummerbund, white bow tie, custom-tailored pants, a satin ribbon/sash, patent leather boots, as well as a number of top hats, props, and a large cloth suitcase.

Lot #474, Thompson's maroon cloth egg bag illusion was estimated at $500-750 and scrambled its way to $6,000. It was used for his performance of the venerable egg bag effect, in which an egg, placed in the bag, vanished and reappeared repeatedly, even when the bag was in the hands of an audience volunteer.

Lot #480, Thompson's Mora Balls and net with mold realized $2,880 on its $200-400 estimate. These items were used for the magician's signature version of this trick in which the spheres traveled from one hand to the other, with a see-through handkerchief held by two spectators being used as a table.

Lot #585, a set of The Great Tomsoni and Company hand lettered signs in uniform metal frames scored $1,920 - nearly ten times their high estimate.

Important broadsides and advertising posters from two centuries of entertainers and troupes took several of the top slots in this extraordinarily successful sale.

Lot #363, a handsome, framed poster promoting Harry Kellar's Latest Theosophic Wonder, sold for $7,200. It featured Kellar in a scene from his performance of the Morritt Cage illusion.

Lot #365, a broadside for Maskelyne & Cooke's Marvellous Entertainment from the Egyptian Hall, London, made $6,600. This c. 1880 lithograph featured highlights from the troupe's spooky show including spirit cabinet and table lifting effects, a ghostly manifestation, and a dancing, decapitated skeleton.

Lot #341, a c. 1920 broadside promoting The Great Carmo. The Colossus of Mystery realized $5,760 on its $400-800 estimate. This handsome bust portrait featured the circus impresario and illusionist Harry Cameron (1881-1944) in a green turban, with two prominent hoop earrings.

Lot #196, a Professor Herrmann advertising flyer printed in London and dated 1873 achieved $2,280 on its $250-350 estimate. This piece promoted Herrmann's daily program at Egyptian Hall, as well as Alexandre Osmann, the Celebrated African Wizard.

This sale's noteworthy selections of magic themed notebooks and scrapbooks were also best sellers.

Lot #311, an 1880s-era scrapbook of magic, ventriloquist, and thought-reading materials, made its way to $5,280. This collection was likely gathered by magician and ventriloquist Sidney Oldridge, and included a variety of printed documents related to variety entertainments in London in the late Victorian era.

Lot #246, a signed, c. 1908 notebook of secrets from Harry Houdini's collection sold for $9,000 - three times its high estimate! This personal diary was filled with notes, diagrams, and descriptions of magic tricks and apparatus in two different hands.

Lot #185, Horace Goldin's trick/illusion idea notebook realized $5,040 on its $800-1,200 estimate. Its author, stage magician Hyman Elias Goldstein (American, 1873-1939), rose to international stardom with his versions of the sawing a woman in half illusion.

Outstanding ephemera examples with ties to some of the most popular magicians of the past two centuries also delivered eye-popping results.

Lot #224, an important Harry Houdini typed signed letter regarding spiritualism sent to the editor of the British Journal of Psychical Research delivered $7,200 on its $1,500-2,500 estimated. Dated June 24, 1924, this note addresses his ongoing crusade against, and research into, the subject of spiritualism.

Lot #531, a Vincent Price signed "Les Sorcery" script cover and related ephemera was estimated at $100-150 and soared to $1,140. This lot included a framed script cover page, inscribed: For John [Thompson] gratefully and affectionately/Vincent.; a full copy of the same script; a promotional folder and a program for the stage version; 13 color Kodak snapshots; and "Les Sorcery" spoof coloring book.

Lot #537, a photograph of Dai Vernon, inscribed and signed to Johnny Thompson, beat its high estimate five times over, realizing $6,000. It was signed, To 'Tomsoni'/a very wonderful friend and a truly superlative artist with a beautiful assistant 'Pam'/with admiration/Dai Vernon/March 25th 1989.

Century spanning magic books, souvenirs and awards, and personal effects closed the loop on this memorable event.

Lot #154, Chung Ling Soo's c. 1915 only known wig with an attached braided pigtail was estimated at $3,000-6,000 and landed at $10,200. This fully provenanced rarity consisted of a flesh colored cloth skullcap with an attached human hair ponytail braid measuring nearly a yard long.

Lot #446, one of 50 presentation copies of the deluxe first edition of Teller and Todd Karr's House of Mystery: The Magic Science of David P. Abbott was estimated at $500-700 made $5,760. This two volume set was published by The Miracle Factory of Los Angeles in 2005. This particular copy was presented to Johnny and Pam Thompson and signed by Teller, Todd Karr, and Katlyn Breene, with an additional personal inscription by Teller.

Lot #332, a Magic Circle commemorative cast brass magic mirror, produced in England in 2005 by David G. Burder, traded hands at $1,560 - almost eight times its low estimate. It was one of fifty issued for the centenary of the Magic Circle and was decorated with zodiac symbols surrounding a magic lantern at its center.

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4. Darryl Rose On The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star

This week we chat with one of the Council members of The Magic Circle in London. Darryl tells us a little about the Circle's history plus the online lecture program he is championing. Darryl is a part-time professional magician who works in the television field with loads of advice for working in that medium and how best to be seen.

You can enjoy our chat by listening wherever you get your podcasts. Or, for more content with videos, photos, links, texts and contests, then visit: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/558-darryl-rose And be sure to enter the contest for a chance to win "The Stranger" app ($149.99 U.S. value) for either the iPhone or the Android operating systems. The entry form is on this week's blog.

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5. May, 2020 - Jeff McBride's Magic & Mystery School Events
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Message by Tobias Beckwith

May, 2020 - Magic & Mystery School Events

6 - Shifting Gear for Your Career Marketing and Career Building for Changing Times with Tobias Beckwith - Live Online

7 & 14 - The Three Levels of Magic Performance with Larry Hass - Live Online

20 & 27 - Focus on Zoom Magic Online with Jeff McBride, Larry Hass and Tobias Beckwith - Live Online
23 & 30 - Tarot Summit with Jeff McBride and Special Guests - Live Online

June, 2020 - Magic & Mystery School Events

3 - Focus on Zoom Magic Online with Jeff McBride, Larry Hass and Tobias Beckwith - Live Online

2, 9 & 16 - Jeff McBride's SUMMER SCHOOL - The Essential Secrets for Powerful Performance with Jeff McBride - LIVE Online

17 & 24 - Creative Performers Secrets to Success Through Systems Building with Tobias Beckwith - LIVE Online

26 - 28 - McBride's Magic Master Class with Jeff McBride, Larry Hass and Tobias Beckwith - Live Online

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6. Homage to Al Koran - John Carey #80
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

As a young man going each week to the magic shop, I got to see amazing things regularly as I was just starting out. I will never forget the time the demonstrator fooled the hell out of me with one particular card effect. I asked him if I could buy that miracle I had just witnessed? He
said it was one of many tricks in a book by Al Koran called Professional Presentations. I didn't have enough money that day to buy it but saved for many weeks until I could finally acquire it.

This book was chock-full of gold! I dived into it and studied firstly the trick that had so badly fooled me. It was simply brilliant and so devious. I used it, as written, for many years, until recently I began to tinker with the presentation. There is nothing new, method-wise here. In fact the script will tell you what you need to do! But road tests have proven extremely positive. Here's my framework and script. I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

"Peter, today we are going to attempt to work in sync and read each other's minds. Some call it mind-reading, others telepathy, and skeptics state it simply can't be done. Firstly I will shuffle this deck of cards. Would you now shuffle it too? Perfect. Now please cut off around half the deck for you, leaving about half for me. I'm going to lift away some cards and look at the next card and put that thought into my mind. Would you lift away some cards too please? Now take a peek at your next card and lock that image in your mind too. Now assemble your half as I assemble mine and let's each shuffle our packets.

I will place my cards in front of you. Would you place yours in front of me? Now I would like you to attempt to send me your thoughts. Firstly the colour. It's red yes? Now the suit. I'm seeing a heart is that right? We seem to be working well together! Finally send me the value of your card. Right I will make a commitment and take out what I'm getting from you. I will place it on the table for a moment.

Now it's your turn to receive thoughts! Firstly I will send you my colour. What did you receive? That's great it is a black card! Now for the suit. What did you get? Right again! It is a Club. I will lastly send you the value of my card. Now don't say a word. Just take out what you sense and place it face down next to my card. So it appears we have had a high level of success. But now the acid test. What card did you select? Turn my card over. That's it! But these people are going to go crazy if you read my mind. My card is the Seven of Clubs. Please turn your card over. Impossible!!!"

Notes:
My presentation was inspired by a marketed effect of Eugene Burgers called thought sender. Now go and grab yourself a marked deck

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7. Ongoing Adventures Of Romany! #8
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Message by Romany Romany (UK)

Adventures of Romany
www.romanymagic.com

Hello again!

I confessed to you before that so far in lockdown I haven't even touched my magic props. With no shows on the horizon and cruise ships officially cancelled until 2021, I didn't have my usual motivation.

Until a monk called me over today and suggested that I film some magic for their Spring and Summer festival coverage which will be watched on-line by ten thousand Buddhists around the world. A perfect opportunity to perform magic for people who understand the concept of real magic! But more about that next week.

This week I have a story of superfast magic, manifestation in minutes!

As you know, I'm working as a volunteer in the gardens here in a monastery and am left to my own devices and decisions. Last week, I took out a whole bed of plants I didn't like, leaving an empty bed which I felt a little guilty about.

I'm reading a book at the moment called Get Rich, Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffield Thomas. It's probably not a book the rest of the monastery are reading and like the monks and nuns here, I have reservations about making Money your main goal in life. However, I met the author Denise in Fiji and since like most of you, my income has vanished, it's to be a good time to read and put what it says into practice.

One of the exercises was to think about what you would do if you actually were rich. I thought I would buy £1000 of new plants and tools for the gardens. The next exercise was to do something in the spirit of that, without actually being a millionaire. I decided to donate £50 to buy a fruit tree for the empty bed. That was in the morning on Tuesday. Later that afternoon, a nun just happened to mention to me that she had a few small fruit trees in tubs that needed planting out.

As I write, those same trees are enjoying their new freedom and home in 'my' gardens. The fruit trees I imagined in that position and then decided to buy, manifested without me even having to put my hand in my pocket within the space of a few hours. Magic, or co-incidence?

I'm choosing to believe the first. What we can imagine, we can create. That's what we tell our audience as magicians. I do at least!

Now I'm going to put my thinking cap on to create something a little bigger. Small steps.
I'll let you know what happens next week. If you were super rich what would you do?
And now, think, what action in that same spirit can you do right now?
If you like, write to me at romany@romanymagic.com and let me know how your magical manifestation efforts go!

With love from the gardens
Romany

You can read more about Romany's magical adventures in her inspiring memoir Spun Into Gold - The Secret Life of a Female Magician.

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8. Masters Of Illusion Returns For Seventh Season
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Message by Steve Moyer (US)

Masters Of Illusion Returns For Seventh Season On The CW Network

(Hollywood, CA - May 1, 2020) - Masters Of Illusion, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, will return for a seventh season on The CW Network with back-to-back episodes on Friday, May 15, 2020 (8:00-8:30 p.m. and 8:30-9:00 p.m. ET). To view a Sizzle Reel of Season Seven of MASTERS OF ILLUSION on The CW, please visit: https://vimeo.com/user4830612/review/412409400/879b91277d

Masters Of Illusion features amazing magic performed by 45 acts, including 46 diverse national and international cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and performers, 10 of which are women, displaying skills ranging from perplexing interactive mind magic to hilarious comedy routines - all in front of a studio audience.

Dean Cain is set to return as host of Masters Of Illusion. Most recently he was seen on The CW series "Supergirl" and "The Christmas Caroler Challenge." Dean Cain has collaborated with Montel Williams on several projects, including executive producing the documentary films "Hate Among Us" and "Architects of Denial." Cain's recent film credits include "A Child of the King" and "Gosnell." His breakthrough performance as an actor was in the dual roles of Superman/Clark Kent in the television series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."

Award-winning magicians appearing in Season Seven of MASTERS OF ILLUSION include:
Alexandra Duvivier (Paris, France)
Alex Geiser (Las Vegas, NV)
Alex Ramon (San Francisco, CA)
Angela Funovits (Cleveland, OH)
Anna DeGuzman (Los Angeles, CA)
Ben Blaque (Springfield, MO)
Chipper Lowell (Los Angeles, CA)
Chris Funk (British Columbia)
Dan Sperry (Las Vegas, CA)
Douglas "Lefty" Leferovich (Las Vegas, NV)
Ed Alonzo (Los Angeles, CA)
Eric Eaton (Longview, TX)
Eric Jones (Philadelphia, PA)
Håkan Berg (Sweden)
Hans Klok (Las Vegas, NV)
Jarrett & Raja (Las Vegas, NV)
Jason Bishop (Philadelphia, PA)
Jay (Los Angeles, CA)
Jeki Yoo (Las Vegas, NV)
Jeki Yoo & Ellie (Las Vegas, NV)
Josephine Lee (London, England)
Joshua Jay (Akron, OH)
Juliana Fay (Branson, MO)
Kent Axell (Las Vegas, NV)
Krystyn Lambert (Los Angeles, CA)
Kyle Marlett (Las Vegas, NV)
Leon Etienne (Utica, NY)
Louie Foxx (Seattle, WA)
Matthew Laslo (Seattle, WA)
Michael Turco (Wayne, NJ)
Murray SawChuck (Las Vegas, NV)
My Uyen (Rome, Italy)
Naathan Phan (Las Vegas, NV)
Nick Dopuch (Los Angeles, CA)
Nick Lewin (Las Vegas, NV)
Paige Thompson (Chicago, IL)
Richard Turner (Universal City, TX)
Shaun Jay (Raleigh, NC)
Shoot Ogawa (Los Angeles, CA)
Simon Coronel (Australia)
The Sacred Riana (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Titou (Las Vegas, NV)
Tommy Wind (Las Vegas, NV)
Trigg Watson (Los Angeles, CA)
Xavier Mortimer (Las Vegas, NV)

Masters Of Illusion is produced by Associated Television International (ATI) with returning Executive Producers David McKenzie, David Martin, Gay Blackstone, and Al Schwartz, along with Co-Executive Producer Jim Romanovich. ATI is an Emmy Award -winning company that has been the world's largest producer of magic for both stage and screen for over three decades. ATI's television series, specials and feature films have aired on all U.S. broadcast networks, major cable channels and with television partners all over the world. Current series in production include: "Christmas Caroler Challenge," "World Funniest Animals," "The Hollywood Christmas Parade," "Masters of Illusion," and the Emmy Award-nominated "Laura McKenzie's Traveler." ATI has also been Emmy Award-nominated for its various television specials and series. For more information, please visit www.associatedtelevision.com

For more information on Masters Of Illusion, please visit:
Website: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/masters-of-illusion/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwmastersofillusion and https://www.facebook.com/MastersofIllusion
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cw_illusion and https://twitter.com/Mastersofillus
.@cw_illusion
#MastersOfIllusion

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9. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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Written by the late Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)

Murphy's Law - what can go wrong will go wrong, with a vengeance!

Calamity - my diaries for the years 1973/74 have vanished, lost somewhere within the swirling mists of time that pervades my bottomless aluminium trunk. Therefore, although my memories of various incidents during this time period are accurate the actual dates and time lines cannot be verified.

At one period during the years of 1972/73 I met David J. McKee, who was based in Auckland. Dave managed a band called 'NOAZARK', they had a hit record called 'Money's Made To Burn', which was produced on Dave's own recording label - Kontact Recording Co. Ltd. He also managed and recorded various vocalists - among them, Brent Brody, Angela Ayers, Maria Dallas, and Tom Sharplin. As an entrepreneur /promoter Dave organised various shows mainly in hotels but also produced and presented rock concerts in civic theatres and town halls around the north island.

We worked with David on many of these shows, both hotels and concerts and in fact, I think David may have been one of the first to combine a visual/speciality act with a rock show - my rather naughty mime act was particularly successful! He also toured my hypnotism show around the north of the North Island of New Zealand - more of this later.

As I explained at the beginning, the actual year/dates are lost, however, during one late December there were two shows that we will never forget. We had been booked for a private function in Wanganui on a Saturday night and, for the Sunday night Dave had booked us to perform our hypnotism show at one of his rock concerts in Tauranga. The concert was to be of three hours plus in length, starting at 7pm. The first half, to run for approximately 90 minutes, was rock bands and singers then a short interval followed by my hypnotism show.

Veronica and I decided that after the show in Wanganui (we figured around midnight ) we would drive right through the night to arrive in Tauranga early-morning, a seven or eight hour journey and a distance of around 440miles. We could then sleep all day and be nice and fresh for the show later that night. That was the plan - HA, 'Murphy' and his bloody laws had other ideas!

Wanganui is on the Lower West coast of the north island of New Zealand and the trip involved travelling up through the central area to Taupo, on to Rotorua then across to the east coast to reach Tauranga. The first 100 miles, Wanganui to Raetihi was the worst part - a tortuous, narrow, winding twisting road, all loose stone chippings with occasional passing bays. On one side of the road there are hills/mountain's, on the other, a drop of several hundred feet straight down to the Mangawhero River - average driving speed is around 30/40 mph.

It is a very desolate, rugged area. If you broke down, tough - you just had to wait until another car came along to get any kind of help - there were no mobile phones in those days! It wouldn't surprise me if the road has since been tar sealed and straightened out a bit - after all, I'm talking about 30 odd years ago. We actually lived in Wanganui for a short time and travelled on that road many times - you sure heaved a sigh of relief when you got to the end of it. The reason why I have tried to 'paint 'a reasonably descriptive picture of this road/area is relevant to the nightmare that was to befall us, and which will become clear to you later on.

'Cold Duck' this drink had just come onto the market in New Zealand - it's a long time since I've drunk it but I seem to remember it was a sort of 'bubbly, like champagne. They had cases of the stuff at the show we did in Wanganui. Anyhow, our 'dressing room' for that night was a largish broom cupboard that we just managed to squeeze into and all during the evening somebody would stick his/her head into the cupboard to say 'g'day' and pass in a bottle of this ' cold duck'- the show was great and we became very, very happy! So, around midnight as we had predicted, the show was over and we had packed all our equipment into the car - the weather was lousy the
rain was absolutely hissing down. (I'm sure that should be spelt with a P). We had a long drive in front of us and there was no way we could hear 'MURPHY' clapping his hands and laughing with glee above the thunderclaps as we headed off.

Next episode - what the hell have we done to deserve this!

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