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Courtesy
of The W. G. Alma Conjuring Collection, State Library of Victoria
(corrected
image © MagicTricks.com 2007)
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DAVID
ABBOTT
(1836-1934)
| Born:
United States |
| Birthday:
September 22 |
| Real Name:
David Phelps Abbott |
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| Amateur
magician and magic inventor who devised such
effects as the Floating Ball, the Talking
Teakettle and Spirit Paintings. Also wrote Behind
the Scenes With the Mediums (1907), considered to be one of the best
exposures of the methods used by fraudulent psychics.
His own magic performances were private
ones, wonderful demonstrations of his magic inventions shown to a
select few friends in his own home.
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