Issue 0 (Zero) of Ye Olde Magic Mag is available for FREE download! It is a taster of what the magazine is going to be, with eight pages and 4,500 words. In these pages you can find:

• An Editorial explaining the reasons behind the magazine

• The discovery of a missing date of a performance of Robert-Houdin in England!

• Discussion about recent magic auctions

• Calendar of future magic auctions

• A presentation of the Roxy Award for Research on Magic History

• A list of forthcoming events related to the discussion of the history of magic

• “Chewing the (magic) fat“… our regular column on magic history and collecting gossip

• Classified ads

Issue One of Ye Olde Magic Mag explores European magic from the 17th to the 20th century, with:

• A magician (and a spy?) in Italy, from a rare playbill in the collection of Pietro Micheli

• For the first time, all the dates of the British tours of Robert-Houdin, by Pierre Taillefer

• Two competing magicians names on the same poster?

• “Modern Rarities #1“: a new column about rare, contemporary tricks.

• “Auction Action“: reports of magic auctions: from Channing Pollock to Houdini; from Phantasmagoria to Tommy Wonder; from Cardini to Goldin… and more!

• A short report on the “Magic History Day” at the London Festival of Magic

• Classified ads: buy and sell magical memorabilia

• …and more!

Issue TWO of Ye Olde Magic Mag is a bumper issue, the largest to date with 35 pages (digital; 48 pages in the print edition) with a particular emphasis on magic collection and on the magic of the 18th century. In this issue:

• Thomas Denton and the magic tokens attributed to him… but are they true?

• Who challenged aeronaut and amateur conjurer Vincenzio Barletti in Florence, in 1787? Discover this fascinating, obscure character in a scholarly article by Pietro Micheli;

• Has 2014 been an interesting year for the sale of magic books? James Smith has collected a vast amount of information on magic books sold in the course of the year and provides a clear analysis and surprising commercial information on antiquarian magic books;

• Did you know that the great Bartolomeo Bosco had to beg to perform? Pietro Micheli presents a unique, amazing document which will open your eyes;

• The Amazing Chang was the protégé of which magician in the first part of the 20th century? Was this mentoring true or just a lie?

• A previously unknown poster (thought lost) has finally surfaced: the only photo is in this issue!

• Our regular columns, Auction Action (looking at the most important magic auctions of the past three months) and Chewing the (magic) fat on the future of old magic, with reviews of three books on magic history.

A limited edition of only 50 copies of the magazine is available for sale: it will be sent post-free worldwide, and you will be able to download IMMEDIATELY the FREE digital version.

Issue THREE of Ye Olde Magic Mag is out, breaking our previous record of the number of pages: this issue has 40 digital pages (and 52 in the print edition!) on magic collecting and on the magic of the 16th century.

In this issue:

• Abramo Colorni: an Italian Jew, both an engineer and an amateur conjurer, is examined in three articles, including a biography by Prof. Angelo Mitri, and his tricks are analysed for the first time.

• Tomaso Garzoni, in his La Piazza Universale di tutte le Professioni del Mondo (1585) mentioned some of the conjurers of the time, including one mysterious Luca Trono. Who was he? Roberto Bombassei presents a short research on this forgotten magician. But was he a real conjurer?

• The Mystery Clocks by Robert-Houdin are among the most sought after collectibles. Roberto Lo Nigro introduces us to the work required to restore one such clocks, with many exclusive pictures. More pictures in the free insert of the printed copy.

• Did you know about the unknown posters recently sold at auction? In this issue, you can see some photos of posters nobody knew existed until a few months ago!

• Magic Beer! Yes, you have read it right! Only in Ye Olde Magic Mag!

• Our regular columns, Auction Action (looking at the most important magic auctions of the past three months) and Chewing the (magic) fat on the future of old magic.

A limited edition of only 75 printed copies of the magazine is available for sale: it will be sent post-free worldwide, and you will be able to download IMMEDIATELY the FREE digital version.

The last issue of Volume 1 of Ye Olde Magic Mag is available, and it is dedicated mainly to the business of collecting magic (but we don’t forget the history of magic). ONLY 75 PRINTED COPIES are available and a few will available at the European Magic History Conference in Paris between 4 and 6 September 2015.

In this issue:

• “Stars of Magic“, our cover feature: the portraits of the greatest magicians in history on collectible playing cards, and the story behind this project.

• Would you believe that Giuseppe Pinetti‘s patter, in Italian, has been recorded? Pietro Micheli reveals it all!

• What magic collectibles have been presented at FISM? What was all the controversy at the event? You can read it here, in an article by Ye Olde Magic Reporter!

• Martin Chapender, Houdini, Dante, Chev. Thorn and many other magicians of times past have been sold at auction in the last three months: discover the most exciting magic auctions of the summer.

• FISM: the Book, about the history of the Federation of Magic Societies, has just been published. Discover it through an interview to his author, Aldo Ghiurmino

• Mia Magic, a new magic builder specialized in collectible apparatus, explains the work behind the construction of exquisite magic tricks.

• Who was Samek? Discover a forgotten Czech magician and a poster you have almost certainly never seen.

• Are you in Germany? Do you know what your government is going to do with your collection? Read Chewing the (magic) fat and see if you are going to be affected by a new law!

• And much more, in the largest issue to date: 56 pages in the print edition!

This issue contains more than 19,000 words and, once again, is available as a Download (contact us for the download) and in printed format, for the most distinguished collectors.