NEW ENGLAND MAGIC COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION (NEMCA) - PM66

LISTING: None.
LOCATION: USA,
DATE: 1990.
MAKER: AT.
RARITY: R6, V50 ($10. 11/2001),
OBV. "HONORING JOHN GAUGHAN" curved across top, beneath is line drawing cl
Gaughan bust right, beneath is Yankee Gathering logo consisting of stylized to "YANKEE' Gathering III" with underlines, to left of latter is a somewhat simplified rendering of the "cups-and-balls" logo of the New England Magic Collectors Association (NEMCA), beneath the latter two elements is "SALEM. MASS. 1990", beneath is "COURTESY OF ADVERTISING THINGS" curved across bottom, all black lettering and design except for beige skin coloring on Gaughan bust, white background. Drawing of Gaughan by Alan Wassilak. Yankee Gathering logo by Bob Schoof, original NEMCA cups-and-balls logo (a simplified form appears on the mirror) by Tom Walker.
COMPOSITION: Round, 76mm.
KNOWN SPECIMENS: GB from RJF from GLD; KFK; BSS; BEW from RAR from
EH.

NOTES; One of two mirrors issued by NEMCA for Yankee Gathering III in 1990, John Gaughan (1940- ), the celebrated illusion builder and restorer of antiquatedmagic apparatus and automata, was the honoree at the convention. This mirror was made ad donated to the convention by Advertising Things, owned by NEMCS member Dick Chalmers [RJG].
SEE ALSO: PM76
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