Edward Bagshawe: Difference between revisions

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Edward Bagshawe (1902 - 1940) was a professional dealer during the 1920s in London, England.

He invented the Optica Deck and is often credited with the paper modification of the Out-to-Lunch principle which he used with "The Recurring Name" in Twenty Magical Novelties (1930).

Bagshawe edited the magic magazine Magical Monthly from 1923 - 1926.

After his suicide his business was absorbed by Davenport's.

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-He invented the [[Optica Deck]]. He is also being credited with the paper modification of the [[Out-to-Lunch]] principle (1) used with "The Recurring Name" contained in [[Twenty Magical Novelties]] (1930) but Max Maven has found early sources. To wit (as write Sir Jon): "However, in 1994 I tracked down the existence of a prior source, Tom Bowyer's "A Message From Nowhere" in the April 1928 Linking Ring. And, in 1995, I found yet an earlier credit: William Larsen Sr., "Finger Prints" in the July 1923 Sphinx." (Reprint from The Collected Wisdom of Magic Talk)
+He invented the [[Optica Deck]] and is often credited with the paper modification of the [[Out-to-Lunch]] principle which he used with "The Recurring Name" in [[Twenty Magical Novelties]] (1930).
 Bagshawe edited the magic magazine [[Magical Monthly (Bagshawe)| Magical Monthly]] from 1923 - 1926.
 After his suicide his business was absorbed by Davenport's.
-(1) Again, according to Max Maven, Out-to-Lunch is simply the name of a marketed trick by Bob Ellis and Clare Cummings in 1947. The premise of the principle is in William Robinson's book, [[Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena]] (1898), entitled The Interrupted Flap.
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