The Washington Symposium on Magic History

Ken Trombly has announced that the Washington Symposium on Magic History will be held next spring, April 25-27, 2013 atthe Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in North Bethesda, MD.

A memorable weekend includes:

• A variety of unusual and provocative speakers and topics
• A huge dealer’s room, teeming with vintage magic collectibles
• A unique and exclusive Library of Congress Magic Exhibit on Friday April 26, featuring numerous highlights from the Houdini and McManus-Young collections
• An auction of vetted magic collectibles (apparatus, books, posters, ephemera etc), something for everyone!
• And a SURPRISE or two that is top secret and up the organizers’s sleeve for now!

Special convention room rates of $109 night, with free wifi in all rooms and discounted parking for all. This is a four star hotel, conveniently located near the easy-to-use Metro system.

Bring your significant other so you can play tourist. April is the best time to visit DC, with pleasant weather and the newly bloomed cherry blossoms.

For more information, please email Kenneth Trombly at trombly@magicposters.com, or REGISTER now.

Dealers Welcome!

Q: What would a convention be without dealers?

A: Not very good.

Dealers play an important role in every convention. For most of us, they provide nourishment; they feed us with a never-ending array of secrets. Well actually, that’s not true. The whole idea of magic collectibles is that that they are not never-ending. There is a finite amount, particularly when it comes to apparatus, posters and ephemera. That is one of the things that make them so desirable.

Here are the dealers exhibiting at the MCA Weekend: Mike Caveney & George Daily, Rory Feldman, Charles Greene III, John A. Greget, H&R Magic Books, Joe Hanosek, Jay Hunter, Arthur Moses & Jim Rawlins, J.P. Jackson, Magic Inc., Kenneth Trombly, Angelo Iafrate & Majic Brand Woodturning, Pierre Mayer, Meyerbooks, Hank Moorehouse, Potter & Potter, and Byron Walker Magic Books.

Also, if you are searching for that certain something, send us a note. We are assembling a master “wish” list from delegates and will forward that list to the dealers prior to the convention.

We have also scheduled a “Dealers Show” to kick off the schedule of events. It starts at 3:30 pm on Thursday, May 13^th, and it will give the dealers an opportunity to introduce themselves and highlight one or two exceptional things that they have brought with them.

Finally, if you can’t attend the entire conference but would like to visit the dealers, we are going to open up the Dealers Room to the general magic community on Saturday, May 15^th from 1:00 – 6:00 PM. Entry fee for the Dealers Room is $8.00, and tickets will only be available at the door.  (Dealer Room tickets will not provide admission to any other MCA Weekend events.)

Of course, if you haven’t registered for the entire event we still encourage you to do so. Not only do we have a stellar line up of presenters, you will also have the first crack at goodies in the Dealers Room.

Never forget that when it comes to collectibles, it’s “here today, gone tomorrow!”