Mark your calendars for the Haversat & Ewing auction coming in November. Rare material relating to Herrmann, Houdini, Kellar, Okito and more. 

An update from April: The Larcome Theatre in Beverly, MA has been sold. 

Author of Don't Fool Yourself, The Magical Life of Dell O'Dell, Michael Claxton talks about his book and magicienne, Dell O'Dell with Ron Wolfe from the Arkansas Gazette

John Bannon and Handsome Jack (or is it John Lovick) have authored two brand-new must-have books. As a subscriber of Magicol, you’re entitled to a special offer on both of them from our friends at Squash Publishing.

The final performance of the Houdini/Hardeen Milk Can Escape – using the original apparatus in the collection of the American Museum of Magic – will be presented by escapologist Joseph Patire on Saturday evening, May 30th as a part of the Midwest Magic History Weekend

The catalogue for the next magic auction from Potter & Potter is now available for download and purchase. The auction takes place Saturday, August 27 in Chicago.

Reader Peter Rodgers offered this correction regarding the provenance of the “Birth of a Pearl” illusion presented by Mike Caveney at the Los Angeles Conference on Magic History.

The next issue of Magicol, No. 191, with a feature story on Dale Harney and The Magic Palace will be in the mail to subscribers soon. 

Magicana is delighted to bring the 44th Magic Collectors Weekend to Montreal, May 25-27, 2017.