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* Dippy Duck (1948)
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* Percy the Penguin (1948)
 
* The Giant and the Dwarf (1949)
 
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* Cats and Chickens
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* Run Bonzo Run
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* Dove Carousel
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* Clatter Box (1951)
 
* Clatter Box (1951)
* Clatter Table
 
* AttaBoy (1946)
 
 
* Cuban Release (1951)
 
* Cuban Release (1951)
* Dippy Duck (1948)
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* Dove Carousel (1970)
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* Run Bonzo Run (1975)
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* Clatter Table (1978)
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* Cats and Chickens
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==Books==
 
==Books==

Revision as of 12:08, 16 September 2015

Jack Hughes

Cover of Genii (1978)
Born1906
Exeter, England
Died1981
Known forMagic Apparatus & Inventions

Jack Hughes (1906-1981) was a cabinet maker, magician, inventor and magic dealer.

Biography

He was renowned for his magical apparatus and inventions. Hughes made wooden props for Will Goldston and Davenports Magic Shop.

Hughes was co-founder and owner, with Harry Stanley and Arthur Dowler, of the Unique Magic Studio in the 1940s. He later owned the "Maker of Magic" and "House of Hughes" in London.

He published the "Jack Hughes' News-Letter" starting in 1949, which later became "Hughes' News".[1]


Inventions

Hughes' "Visible Coins in Glass" - now known as "Copenetro"
  • Chair Suspension (1937)
  • Copenetro (1939)
  • AttaBoy (1946)
  • Dippy Duck (1948)
  • Percy the Penguin (1948)
  • The Giant and the Dwarf (1949)
  • Pro-Van Cabinet (1949)
  • Clatter Box (1951)
  • Cuban Release (1951)
  • Dove Carousel (1970)
  • Run Bonzo Run (1975)
  • Clatter Table (1978)
  • Cats and Chickens
  • Neck Spiker


Books

  • Jack Hugues World of Magic, Vol. 1, 2, 3 written by Derek Lever

References

  1. Linking Ring, March 1982