Adolphe Blind
Adolphe Blind (* 1862 ; † 1925 ) was a Swiss magician , designer and collector of apparatus for magic art as well as collector of literature about magic art. He performed under the stage name "Professor Magicus".
The son of a Geneva businessman initially worked in his father's business. From the age of 35 he devoted himself to the art of magic as a private scholar from a secure financial position.
Its collection of magical artifacts and literature was one of the largest of its kind in the world. It was taken over by Christian Fechner , also a collector and practicing magician, after an exhibition he curated for the 1991 World Magician Congress in Lausanne .
The pieces in the collection were sold in several auctions in New York (Swann Galleries, 2005–2007), Paris (Drouot Richelieu, 2004) and Berlin (Hauff & Auvermann, especially German books, 2009). The extent of his collection can be reconstructed from the bibliography published in 1920 together with Sidney W. Clarke.
Works
- Les automates truqués. préc. d'une notice biographique sur l'auteur par Alfred Chapuis. Genève / Paris 1927.
literature
- Sidney W. Clarke, Adolphe Blind: The bibliography of conjuring and kindred deceptions . London 1920. (extensive bibliography of the Blinds collection)
- Peter Schuster: Horster, Willmann & Co - Collection Adolphe Blind "Le Professeur Magicus". Paris 2007.
- Swann Galleries: The Christian Fechner Collection of American & English Magic.
- Part I: October 27 2005, Sale 2054 ( announcement ; PDF; 481 kB)
- Part II: October 26 2006, Sale 2090 ( announcement ; PDF; 383 kB)
- Part III: October 25 2007, Sale 2125 ( Announcement ; PDF; 1.6 MB)
- Hauff & Auvermann, auction 59, October 4, 2009, Berlin.
- Peter Rawert: The library of Professor Magicus . In: FAZ. October 20, 2009. (online)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blind, Adolphe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss magician and collector of magical literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1862 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1925 |