August Roterberg

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August Roterberg (born April 5, 1867 in Hamburg ; † 1928 or 1939 ) was a German magician living in the USA .

Roterberg emigrated to the USA around 1883. After training to be a cabinet maker, he began a wizarding mail order business from Chicago around or before 1893 . From 1894 he ran his own magic business. With Roterberg the era of publications written for magicians in English began.

In 1908 he sold the mail order business to the mentalist Ralph W. Read (pseudo Calosto), in 1916 he gave his shop to Arthur and Carl Felsman. Roterberg moved to California , where he lived until his death.

Red Mountain, a conjuror (Engl. Sleight of hand ), invented the proliferating thimbles. The so-called Excelsior Ball Trick with multiplying billiard balls ( Multiplying Billiard Balls , 1898) also came from him.

Roterberg today has a place in the Hall of Fame of the Society of American Magicians .

Fonts

  • Latter day tricks. A. Roterberg, Chicago? 1896 ( cover and table of contents, online version ).
  • The Modern Wizard. A. Roterberg, Chicago? 1896.
  • New Era Card Tricks. A. Roterberg, Chicago? 1897.
  • Together with Adrian Plate: New Era Card Tricks. A. Roterberg, Messrs W. & F. Hamley, London 1897 ( online version ).
  • New Era Card Tricks. Home Farm Books, New York 2006, ISBN 978-1-4067-9972-9 .
  • Card tricks, how to do them, and sleight of hand. Designed for parlor and stage entertainments, for the instruction of professionals and amateurs. Frederick J. Drake & Co., Chicago 1902 ( cover and table of contents. ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame and Magic Museum, Inc. , accessed March 31, 2013.
  2. ^ VIAF entry: Roterberg, A. (August), 1867-1939 , accessed on March 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b August Roterberg. In: Magicpedia, accessed March 31, 2013.
  4. ↑ Ralph W. Read. In: Magicpedia, accessed March 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ Multiplying Billiard Balls. In: Magicpedia, accessed March 31, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Roterberg, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American magician
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 1928 or 1939