GROSSMAN, JOHN HENRY -- MT148.101
LOCATION: Trumbull, CT
DATE: 1979
OBV: "JHON HENRY GROSSMAN M.D., M.I.M.C. 1979-" around, "ASK THE / DOCTOR - U.S.A. / AMERICANA / LONDON, ENG / HONORARY / LIFE PRES MCA / MEMBER / MAGIC HALL / OF FAME"
REV: 13 stars, "1979" around Indian head. Patric Mint (says 1000 made)
COMPOSITION: Cu, Medal St. 20.5-S
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Magic Library (Home) |
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Very Fine |
| Owner |
Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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THIS TOKEN AND ALL OTHERS ARE FROM THE
EX- WALTER GRAHAM COLLECTION
John Henry Grossman
Dr John Henry Grossman (August 17, 1914 - September 8, 1992)
John Henry Grossman
Born in Rochester, New York
An M. D., specializing in surgical and medical gynecology, that was a magic historian and collector.
Co-founder Magic Collectors Association in 1949, which in 1971 unanimously voted him their Honorary Lifetime President.
Column Ask the Doctor in M-U-M (which began vol. 47, no. 7, December 1957 and ran for over 20 years) and "Americana" in the Magic Circular.
Elected into the Society of American Magicians' Hall of Fame (1977)
References
Cover M-U-M 1962 April
Obit Genii 1992 November
