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MagicKingdom10 Veteran user 316 Posts |
So many excellent tips in this thread ! I need to keep up with my inventory as well, it is about time
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
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On Dec 21, 2011, Bill Hegbli wrote: Yes!!!!!Bill has given you some of the BEST advice that I've seen in any forum in the Café! I have helped a number of widows' of old friends, dispose of props, books, etc. NONE of my old friends were "organized"! I vividly recall a situation in Ohio. I didn't know the deceased magician. A dealer, whom I did know, suggested I stop and see the widow. I did. EVERYTHING the deceased had owned was SCATTERED all over the basement! --Even parts of props were not "together". Fortunately, she was not financially "stressed", I was on the road and had no time to sort and organize, I gave her the best advice that I could, but, it would have been so easy, if the deceased and spent less time PLAYING with his "toys", and just a few days getting his "collection" of FLOTSAM & JETSAM (!!!) ORGANIZED!!!!! Go back and read Bill Hegbli's comment above,AGAIN!
SNEAKY, UNDERHANDED, DEVIOUS,& SURREPTITIOUS ITINERANT MOUNTEBANK
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Much good advice, and "thinking" in this thread~! If you love your wife and family, read, and heed!
SNEAKY, UNDERHANDED, DEVIOUS,& SURREPTITIOUS ITINERANT MOUNTEBANK
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Invisticone Regular user 132 Posts |
I have a crappy notebook with chaotic writing. I admire the cataloguing I have read about in various posts in this thread, and will try to do better.
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The Wacky Wizard New user 54 Posts |
I am in the process of cataloguing all my tricks instructions in notebooks. I am also making a spread sheet in Excel. I started this when I went to sell a trick and couldn't find the directions.
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B.W. McCarron Loyal user Seattle, WA USA 262 Posts |
Back when I owned a retail magic shop I photocopied the instructions into a set of 3-ring binders (alpha sorted by effect title) to be absolutely certain that the instructions were available to the purchaser of the item in case they were ever separated.
For those of us with large accumulations, do your significant other a favor right now and print out a list of names and phone numbers of whom to contact in case the unthinkable should happen. Your contacts should be informed, trusted folks who will see to it that your props and books are listed and sold with care. Store the list in the family Bible, photo album or other place where it won't get misplaced. When Seattle dealer Syd Brockman passed in 1984, his friend Deane Uyeda spent hundreds of hours selling Syd's stock to local performers. Deane and his wife, Barbara, were so gracious to accommodate this task for their friend! |
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LoganPorterMagic Regular user 137 Posts |
Can't count them. Way too much work. I found it easier just to have my wife sell the things I don't use on ebay. If I were to sell them it'll be very difficult... but my wife has no emotional attachment...
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cbguy Veteran user 350 Posts |
I always know exactly how many "tricks" I know...it hasn't changed for the last 18 years.
I know 3 tricks... A rope trick and a money trick! ...and I juggle three knives. I guess I only know 2 tricks. However, I do them very well indeed, because I've made an extremely comfortable living from them for 18 years : ) |
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imgic Inner circle Moved back to Midwest to see 1336 Posts |
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On Jun 9, 2014, jay leslie wrote: Wow!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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Doug Trouten Elite user Minnesota 471 Posts |
I kep a spreadsheet, with separate worksheets for different categories (instructional videos, books, booklets, props, periodicals, etc.). Sometimes it saves me from acquiring something I already own.
It's still magic even if you know how it's done.
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