902: Magic Collectors Expo 2025 - Day Three Report

Wednesday May 7, 2025

9:30 am to 11:00 am Dealer Room Opens

11:00 am to 12:30 pm Session #4

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Dealers Open

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Session #5

6:30 pm- 10:00 Fabulous Las Vegas Dinner & Show

Time Stamps:

00:00:19 - This is the first Collector Expo for Jania Taylor. She is the Chairman of the Board for the American Museum of Magic and is enjoying this convention.

00:13:40 - John Carney will be one of the performers who will be on the bill for our evening’s dinner. He chats about his experiences in attending many of these events going back to the 1980’s.

00:20:41 - Charles Greene III is working on yet another biography of a noted person, but this one is not necessarily a magician. His book on Ionia has been a best seller for him.

00:31:09 - We thank David Copperfield for opening his museum to the attendees and I give him some critical suggestion about the Women in Magic section of his collection.

00:36:00 - Stan Allen has been attending many of these history conferences since they used to be in Los Angeles. He talks about the rich history of this convention, plus he talks about MAGIC Live!

00:50:14 - David Sandy and Lance Rich are two of the forces behind the success of the Magic Collector Expo. In lieu of having Bill Smith chat with us, these two gentlemen give us a wrap of the day’s activities.

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562: Marc DeSouza - A Winning Combination

Multi-award winning magician, Marc DeSouza, joins us this week to talk about some of the competitions he has entered. But he also talks about Star Trek conventions, graphic artist, Steranko, F.I.S.M. as well as some of his favorite magic conventions he has attended, plus he talks about the legendary Fred Kaps, and more. Marc also offers a couple prizes to listeners this week. You can see the details below in this week’s blog.

He is also offering the following: "DeSouza's DeCeptions" is almost out of print with less than 40 copies remaining. The retail on the book is $60.00 from Vanishing Inc. If they buy it from Marc, then the price is $40.00 and it includes the companion DVD, which Vanishing Inc. no longer offers. The four DVD set from L&L is available from Marc for $50.00. These prices are only for Magic Word Podcast listeners. To get them, you need to e-mail Marc at fkaps@aol.com and mention The Magic Word. This offer is good only until his stocks run out.

Marc Desouza is a renown award winning magician among the magic industry. A group of magicians and I were nicely granted a visit to Marc Desouza's collection...

Episode #3 Marc DeSouza (National IBM/SAM award winner) Speaks about the most potent tactic for making your magic feel real. Michael performs "Invisible Coin...

Marc DeSouza talks about the new book, Rubinstein Coin Magic, available for shipping during the first week of June 2020.

Compliments of the Society of American Magicians, Marc DeSouza Lectures for All Magicians beginning at the 00:30:00 timestamp.

While limited supplies last, Marc is offering deals on his book and DVD set. Only $40.00 for DeSouza’s DeCeptions (less than 40 copies remain that include the DVD) and $50 for the four DVD set of Masterworks of Conjuring. You can write him at fkaps@aol.com But you must mention that you are a listener of The Magic Word Podcast to receive the discounted prices.

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164: Part 4 - My Week at The Castle 2014

Ready to eat? Enjoy your lunch break with Bob Cassidy and me as we have a little take-out from In 'N Out and talk extensively about mentalism and performing. Back at the Magic Castle later that night, I caught up with John Carney outside the Parlour of Prestidigitation before he was seated for Rafael Benatar's show. Much later that night, I sat down with one of the members of the old "Long Beach Mystics", David Deeble. He was one of my favorite performers from the 2013 MAGIC Live!

00:01:26 - Master Mentalist, Bob Cassidy, chats candidly during a take-out lunch from In 'N Out that we took back to the apartment at the Nirvana in his room, The Charlie Miller Suite. We talked about his experience at the "Beyond Brookledge: event that included many other performers like Michael Weber and other eclectic entertainers. He talks about his early experience at The Magic Castle, the importance of scripting mentalism, Derren Brown, Keith Barry, knowing your powers, predictions, consistency in your performance, pre-show work, dual reality, working with drunks, selection of volunteers, Q&A, David Hoy, and more.

00:32:17 - John Carney, chats about his recent video projects, past and present, including Carney 2013 that was a monthly video lesson throughout last year. He also talks about Revizzit, the password protected way of safely downloading magic content. Rafael Benatar also drops in for a moment to say "hi" before he starts the show. John talks about working theatre shows and his learning experience.

00:40:12 - David Deeble, one of the Long Beach Mystics, tells us what he's been up to living abroad in Germany or a few years, what he's been doing recently and where he's going. Among other topics he talked about the hard times on the road at comedy clubs, his serious accident on a unicycle and how it affected his life, grabbing the wrong bag from the airport, and of course he talks about being a part of the legendary Long Beach Mystics..

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Magic & Martinis Thursday

Scott Wells with Vigo the Carpathian, I mean, Bob Cassidy. Cheers!