Tag: Awards

(AGVA) 9th Annual Entertainer of the Year Awards 1979 Photos

The pictures featured below recently turned up on the Getty Photo Archives website, and boy are they stunners. I have never seen them before, and I’m going to wager not many others have as well.  They were taken when Doug won Entertainer of the Year by the American Guild of Variety Artists in 1979. Their…

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I.B.M. Ring #26- 1975 “Magic of Manhattan” Program

The following 1975 program was sent to me from Glen Henry, and showcases an evening of magic from I.B.M #26 out of New York that culminated with an award givento Doug for his contribution to magic.  It’s slickly designed cover, and an impressive roster of magicians to boot. If that weren’t good enough, Doug even…

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Doug and David Copperfield AMA Awards Unseen Photo

This rare, undated photo above comes from an issue of Genii profiling that year’s AMA awards.  It’s only one of two photos that I’ve seen featuring Doug and David Copperfield. While other photos of the two greats together probably exist, these two really represent a moment in time for magic history. Two of magic’s greats…

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Magic Collectors’ Corner: Allan Slaight Sharing Secrets Award

Hello everyone! It’s great to be back.  To start off this week, I’d be remiss in not mentioning the recent “Magicana: Allan Slaight Sharing Secrets Award” that was given to David Sandy and Lance Rich of “The Magic Collectors’ Corner.” As many of you know, “The Magic Collector’s Corner” was a weekly Sunday Zoom meeting…

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Doug Henning and David Copperfield Photo

The above photo is one that some of you may have seen before. But, believe it or not, I’ve never posted it on the site until now.  To my knowledge, it’s the only circulated photo of Doug and David Copperfield together. Taken at the AMA awards (I believe), it really represents two icons of modern…

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