Ray Goulet

Ray Goulet
Born	Raymond J. Goulet January 20, 1930 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died	October 7, 2017 (age 87)

Ray Goulet (French: Goo-lay) (20 January 1930 – 7 October 2017) a life Long resident of Watertown, Massachusetts , a Korean War Veteran and licensed insurance and real estate broker, had been a professional performer for over 40 years. He is the owner of Mini-Museum of Magic and The Magic Art Book Co.

Biography

He married his assistant Ann in 1949 and worked professionally as "The Raymond's". For five years he toured with an illusion show, after a stint with the U.S.O. under the stage name "Raymon and his Mystic Maids". He also performed a solo Mental Act as "Ray Raymond."

In 1976, he opened his Magic Art Studio, a retail magic depot in a store on Spring Street in Watertown. He had been the producer and director for many years of New England’s biggest annual show, the Magicale in Boston, sponsored by the S.A.M.

He was an Honorary Member of the Society of American Magicians, Past Territorial Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, a founder and past president of IBM Ring 122 (Boston), a member of the Magic Collectors Association, a founder and past president of New England Magic Collectors Association, and a member of Magic Circle (Inner Magic Circle With Gold Star).

Goulet served on the Historian Committee, the SAM Hall Of Fame Board of Directors, the S.A.M. Psychic Committee and is Vice President of Milboume Christopher Foundation.

Awards and honors

• Slydini Award
• Elected into the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame

Publications

• The Magic Art of This and That by Ray Goulet (1982)
• Ray Goulet: Recollections of a Renaissance Man by Frank Dudgeon and Ann Goulet (2011)

The Magic Art Book Company

Books

• Twelve Have Died: Bullet Catching--The Story & Secrets by Ben Robinson with Larry White (1986)
• The Great Wizard of the North: John Henry Anderson by Constance Pole Bayer (1990)
• The Fine Art of Hocus Pocus by John Booth (1996)
• Keys to Magic's Inner World: Create or Own a Piece of Its History by John Booth (1999)
• Ray Goulet: Recollections of a Renaissance Man by Frank Dudgeon and Ann Goulet (2011)

Manuscripts

• The Cold Deck by Frank Thompson (1976)
• E.S.P. by Dan Tong (1979)
• The Thompson Pass by Frank Thompson (1981)
• Hands Across The Table by Richard Pollack and Jerry Nadel (1981)
• Card Treks by Roger Golde (1981)
• The Magic Art of This and That by Ray Goulet (1982)
• Close-Up Magic by Dan Tong (1982)
• Bangled by Roger Golde (1982)
• "Who wants one? SAY I.": Card Spinning by Tom Osborne (1987)

Other

• The New Jinx, Volume 1 (issues 1-12) (1982)

References

• Cover, "Ray Goulet," Webster Bull, The Linking Ring, Vol. 65, No. 5, May 1985, pp. 48-51.
• Memoirs of a Magician's Ghost: The Autobiography of John Booth, Chapter 272: "A Mini-Museum Trip Through Magic History," The Linking Ring, Vol. 73, No. 8, August 1993, pp. 65-68.
• Errata (regarding Goulet's surname), The Linking Ring, Vol. 73, No. 9, September 1993, p. 53.
• Cover, "Ray Goulet's Mini Magic Museum: An Inside Look," Ann Goulet, M-U-M, Vol. 95, No. 3, August 2005, pp. 30-35.
• Cover, "Ray Goulet: The Working Pro," Frank Dudgeon, The Linking Ring, Vol. 86, No. 2, February 2006, pp. 31-35.
• "Raymond J. Goulet," A Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs and their Dealers or Magic Shops In English from 1843-2006, Burton S. Sperber, 2007, p. 13.

• Category:Books published by The Magic Art Book Co.