The famous and storied Davenport’s Magic Shop closed its doors at the end of January… but Don Neufville got a chance to film himself performing there in the store’s final days and recently shared in on his YouTube page.
The famous and storied Davenport’s Magic Shop closed its doors at the end of January… but Don Neufville got a chance to film himself performing there in the store’s final days and recently shared in on his YouTube page.
The Wilsons, the first family of television magic, are auctioning off dozens of posters, props and more tomorrow in LA. You can participate via Facebook Live even if you are not in California, though. Get all of the information you need and download an auction catalog here.
You can also learn much more about Mark and Nani Darnell, see episodes of the Magical World of Allakazam and even join the official fan club over on the Allakazam Archives.
Sorry for the late notice… it has been a rough week.
YouTube user Whittdocs Famous Graves visits the grave of Kentucky’s Harry Collins. Harry was perhaps best known as a corporate magician for Frito Lay and he was a mentor to Lance Burton. You can learn more about Harry over on Wikipedia.
Werner Reich is a Holocaust survivor and that alone means the world should pay attention to his story… what brings him to iTricks is his brush with the Great Nivelli (Herbert Levine) and how that helped him through his terrible experience.
Scott Wells does one of the best magic podcasts around. Checking in on his YouTube page to catch up recently (because I am still recovering from the death of iTunes, but that is another story) I found this video from late October that updates what is happening with the return of Magic Island and looks over some of his historic magic posters that will be moving to the Island once it re-opens.
Be sure to check out his podcast, The Magic Word with Scott Wells through the official website or the podcast aggregator of your choice.
Georges Méliès was born 158 years ago yesterday. A magician turned special effects inventor and film innovator, you can learn more about Méliès on his official website.
Tomorrow is the 214th anniversary of the birth of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. We don’t have any footage of Houdin, for obvious reasons, so instead we’ll share this clip of Scott Penrose performing a Robert-Houdin inspired piece at the Magic Circle Awards.