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Allan

Society Magician and Card Cheat

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Allan

 
  • 1909-1990
  • Real Name: Albin Neumann
  • Birthday: ?
  • Birthplace: Austria
  • Buried: ?

Allan was an Austrian magician and author, famous for his smooth style and clever card skills.

He began his career in 1925, and for some 20 years performed mainly as a society magician in Europe.

After WWII, he settled in Vienna, where he had a second career training the police in the methods used by card cheats. In fact, he wrote a book about the subject, titled Wrong Spirits, Real Swindlers in 1969.

 

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