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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)