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| − | * BEN ERENS FAMOUS MECHANICAL Rising Pack of Cards (marketed effect<ref>Ad in [[The Sphinx]], October 1928)</ref> | + | * BEN ERENS FAMOUS MECHANICAL Rising Pack of Cards (marketed effect<ref>Ad in [[The Sphinx]], October 1928)</ref>) |
* "A Quick Card Location" in [[Seven Circles]] (April 1931) | * "A Quick Card Location" in [[Seven Circles]] (April 1931) | ||
* "SUPERLATIVE SPELLER" in [[Encyclopedia of Card Tricks]] by Jean Hugard (1937) | * "SUPERLATIVE SPELLER" in [[Encyclopedia of Card Tricks]] by Jean Hugard (1937) | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 26 May 2012
| Ben Erens | |
| Born | circa 1906 |
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| Died | January 3, 1944 (age 37) New York City |
Ben Erens (sometimes spelled Ehrens), a prominent member of the Knights of Magic and other magic circles in New York City.
Erens ran a few magic shops in New York City, one at an arcade on 42nd St. He later got into the fur business.[1]
His son Marvin would attend and perform with him at meetings of the IBM Ring 26 in New York City. He contributed a few columns in Linking Ring called "THINGS I LIKED OF RECENT DAYS".
Erens died of a heart attack at thirty-eight years of age.[2]
Effects
- BEN ERENS FAMOUS MECHANICAL Rising Pack of Cards (marketed effect[3])
- "A Quick Card Location" in Seven Circles (April 1931)
- "SUPERLATIVE SPELLER" in Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Jean Hugard (1937)
- "MIRACLE CARD LOCATION" in Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Jean Hugard (1937)
- "Nicking the Edge of a Card" in Greater Magic (1938)
- "ACCOMMODATION SPELLING. No. 31" in Card Tricks Without Skill by Paul Clive (1946)
References
- ↑ Linking Ring, December 1928
- ↑ Obit, Genii 1944 February
- ↑ Ad in The Sphinx, October 1928)
