Presto: Your Own Collection

This article talks about collecting magic memorabilia. According to the article, posters, pre-19th-century books and ephemera from Thurston, Okito and Dai Vernon have long been good investments, but Houdini remains the gold standard. Also, collectibles are influenced by movies and books-witness the surge in prices for Carter the Great memorabilia, as a result of the recent best-selling book “Carter Beats the Devil.”