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Mysto Magic Sets
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
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.
Contents
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)