A magic store (also magic shop or magician's supply shop) is an establishment which sells materials for performing magic tricks. Magic shops often also sell practical jokes and novelty items, and frequently serve as informal gathering places for amateur magicians, with some hosting organized magic clubs. [1]
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist, widely recognized as the father of the modern style of conjuring. He transformed magic from a pastime for the lower classes, seen at fairs, to an entertainment for the wealthy, which he offered in a theatre opened in Paris, a legacy preserved by the tradition of modern magicians performing in tails.
Marvin's Magic is a producer and creator of magic products in the United Kingdom.
Milbourne Christopher was a prominent American illusionist, magic historian, and author.
Street magic falls into two genres; traditional street performance and guerrilla magic.
Intellectual rights to magic methods refers to the legal and ethical debate about the extent to which proprietary or exclusive rights may subsist in the methods or processes by which magic tricks or illusions are performed. It is a subject of some controversy.
The Indian rope trick is a magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century. Sometimes described as "the world’s greatest illusion", it reputedly involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants.
Thomas Nelson Downs was a manipulative magician known for his coin tricks. Downs was also known as "The King of Koins".
This timeline of magic is a history of the performing art of illusion from B.C. to the present.
Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour is a 2003 television documentary miniseries starring Penn & Teller. The program was created by the CBC in association with Channel 4 Film. Ric Esther Bienstock was series producer and writer. She also directed the China episode.
Alan Alan was a British escapologist and magician. He originated tricks that have subsequently become familiar features of the repertoire of other performers and he was honoured by The Magic Circle.
Albert Levinson was an American magician and entertainer.
August Roterberg (1867–1928) was born in Hamburg, Germany and emigrated to the United States around 1883 as a teenager. He started out selling magic by mail order, and then opened a magic store in Chicago. It was housed in the lobby of the "old" Palmer House Hotel.
Hottrix is a software development company that produces applications for mobile operating systems such as iOS, Android, Palm OS, and Windows. Their iPhone and iPod Touch software has been praised by CNN, Newsweek, Time, and David Pogue for The New York Times. Their software has also been involved in intellectual property disputes.
Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. It is to be distinguished from paranormal magic which are effects claimed to be created through supernatural means. It is one of the oldest performing arts in the world.
Tannen's Magic Shop is the oldest operating magic shop in New York City. It was founded by Louis Tannen in 1925. The shop sponsors Tannen's Magic Camp, a summer camp for young magicians, held since 1974, Tannen's Magic Shop Jubilee convention, where the LOUIE award is given and Tannen's Magic School in New York City.
John Mulholland was an American magician, author, publisher and intelligence agent.
Magic, Inc. is a publisher of magic books and retailer of magic products in North America.
Moein Al Bastaki is an Emirati television presenter and magician. Hailing from Dubai, Al Bastaki is best known for his street magic, large illusions, mentalism and performing close up magic for international and Arabic celebrities. He is currently signed with WWE where he hosts WWE Wal3ooha.
Al Cohen was the owner, and a well-known demonstrator of magic tricks, at Al's Magic Shop in Washington, D.C.
The Market Magic Shop is a magic store at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
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