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Harold Sterling Advertising Banknote
3e Magician Stage Money
In Collection
#2267
10*
Magic
Memorbilia, Ephemera 
Harold Sterling Advertising Banknote-Milton Kort-Karrel Fox

This is a Harold Sterling Advertising Banknote, with printed names of Harold Sterling Big Shot, Milton Kort,,and Karrel Fox. Sterling magic was located in Detroit.

DATE: Late 20th century
SIZE: 2 1/2 by 6 1/8 inches, printed on both sides.
COND: All in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition.
Product Details
Personal Details
Read It No
Location Magic Library (Home)
Condition Fine
Owner Bryan-Keith Taylor
Notes
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Harold Martin (1902-1989)

Was owner Peoria Illinois' first full-time magic store, Martin's Magic Shop.
He first had a small magic shop in his home and later had a two-story home with large magic shop on the ground floor in Peoria.

Knowledgeable in the art of magic, including sleight of hand and stage size illusions, Martin would time to time lecture and perform before many magic clubs around the country. He attended numerous of magic conventions for over his half century as a magic dealer.

Martin was a lifetime member of the Magic Castle and had donated numerous items to it. He also served as President of the Magic Dealers Association and also in several official capacities with the I.B.M. and S.A.M.

He died, at the age of 87, on Christmas Eve at St. Francis Medical Center where he was taken after a self-inflicted gun-shot wound at his home.


The IBM Ring No. 48, in Peoria was named in his honor, the Harold Martin Ring.