Difference between revisions of "Mysto Magic Sets"

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Mysto Magic Sets were sold by the Myst Magic Company started by A. C. Gilbert and [[John Petrie] in 1909. The company would later become the A. C. Gilbert Company. Most magicians born at the beginning of 1900s remember the first Mysto Magic Set they received as a kid, sparking their interest in magic.

Mysto Magic Set #1

Sold for $0.50

Mysto Magic Set #2

Sold for $3.75.

Mysto Magic Set #3

Sold for $12.00

Mysto Magic Set #4

Sold for $25.00 and contained the following tricks in a wooden box with nickled corners:

• Wonderful Card Act
• The Bran Vase
• Mirror Glass
• Flag Between Handkerchiefs
• Flying Handkerchiefs
• Great English Egg Bag
• Combination Wand
• The Magic Vase
• The Peerless Monte Crest Cards
• New Remarkable Handkerchief Trick
• The Excelsior Rope Tie
• Confetti - Yetti
• Combination Shackle Escape
• Sealed Letter Reading
• Multiplying Billiard Balls
• The Pull
• Book of instructions for twenty additional tricks requiring no special apparatus as well as hints on presentation and an article on legerdemain.

They are very collectible items now.

Books

• MYSTO A conflict of dreams By Nelson C. Nicholson (2004)