by Jon Racherbaumer | Aug 27, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
MATT-INGLY YOURS Jon Racherbaumer The taverns in Chicago, circa 1935-1960, were a fertile breeding ground for a special kind of close-up entertainment to gain traction. Prohibition led to speakeasies and after Prohibition was repealed, customers needed places...
by Ricky Smith | Apr 2, 2015 | Shop
Conjuring Arts has recently turned up a small quantity of this very hard to find, limited edition book and they are in NEW condition. This fine volume belongs on the bookshelf of every magic historian or collector. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy...
by Ricky Smith | Jan 12, 2015 | Playing Cards, Research, Shop
After a year of work the most important reference work on American playing cards is now available. Working closely with Tom Dawson, Conjuring Arts’ Noah Levine adjusted the thousands of photos and did the conversion of format so now all collectors can keep this...
by Ricky Smith | Dec 10, 2014 | Shop
John Henry Anderson The Great Wizard of the North and His Magical Family A Revisionist Biography by Edwin A. Dawes & Michael E. Dawes Published and proudly offered by Conjuring Arts, this definitive and highly anticipated biography corrects and enhances...
by Ricky Smith | Jun 19, 2014 | Shop
Shipping Now! Bob Read spent much of his life amassing the world’s largest collection of historical illustrations of the cups and balls: woodcuts, lithographs, oil paintings, and drawings, nearly 1,500 in total, each catching a magician mid-performance. The works in...