I.B.M. Ring 1 Magic Contest Participants 2024
I.B.M. Ring 1 Magic Contest Winners 2024 (left to right)
2nd Place Josh Weidner
3rd Place Zi Wang
1st Place Tim Shegitz
Chairman Gary S. Chan
Our Sincere Thanks to all of the donors, and to Steve Corbitt for volunteering his time and serving as our Auctioneer!
The Silent Treatment & Red Card
& Fully Loaded
Allen & Giobbi & Mason
$145 Set Retail Value
Cardiographic - Stage Version
Martin Lewis
$286 Set Retail Value
Knot Unexpected & Slashed
Steinmeyer& Alexander
$104 Set Retail Value
The Final Answer Reloaded
Kohler & Alexander Donated to Ring 1 by James Hodge
$395 Retail Value
Nest
of Boxes
from the
Steve Zueklke Collection
Nest of Boxes (7)
N/A
$N/A Set Retail Value
Production Box Autographed & Numbered
Clarence Miller
$N/A Retail Value
from the Steve Zueklke Collection
Linking Coat Hangers
N/A
$80 Retail Value
Bill Wisch Slydini
Lecture Package 2012
Bill Wilsch/Slydini
$N/A Retail Value
Ketchup Fries & More
Kandu Magic
$389 Retail Value
Real Eel Skin
Card to Wallet
LePaul "styled" gimmick
$300 Retail Value
Transformation Cage
Dove to Rabbit
N/A
$299 Retail Value
Quadro Vicious
Circle Barbed Wire Linking Rings
Murphy's Mfg.
$149.95 Retail Value
Hemingway Lock Baldpate Routine
Collector's Workshop
$100 Retail Value
Vintage Multiplying Bottles
John Apperson Collection
n/a Retail Value
Winning Bid $40
N/A
Item Sold Before Auction
Winning Bid $15
Winning Bid $60
Winning Bid $80
Winning Bid $45
N/A
Winning Bid $35
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N/A
Winning Bid $70
Winning Bid $50
N/A
N/A
Winning Bid $180
Item Sold Before Auction
Winning Bid $20
Winning Bid $90
N/A
Alternate Mentalism Set Winning Bid $45
N/A
Winning Bid $30
Winning Bid $60
Winning Bid $30
Winning Bid $60
Item Donated to Ring 1 by Bruce Dyvig - Winning Bid $40 - THANKS BRUCE!
Item Donated to Ring 1 by James Hodge - Winning Bid $70 - THANKS JAMES!
D J Edwards donated an additional $50 to our Ring - THANKS D J!
Larry Minth donated an additional $40 to our Ring - THANKS LARRY!
White Star (Titanic Themed Effect)
Created by Dan Todd
$250 Retail Value
WOW Book Test (4 Books)
Meir Yedid
$75 Retail Value
Instant Art Set
Ickle Pickle
$185 Retail Value
8pc. 12" Linking Rings - Hollow Core
Michael Ammar & TCC
$250 Retail Value
Appearing Straw
N/A
$50 Retail Value
Crystal Silk Cylinder
John Apperson Collection
n/a Retail Value
Fortuneteller's Book of Days
Paul Green
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During this Autumn season, our imaginations entertain stories of the supernatural. Please enjoy an old time radio broadcast from 1949 featuring a ghost and Harry Blackstone Sr., The Magic Detective, titled "The Phantom Intermezzo." At the end of the show, Blackstone will teach a trick that anyone can perform. Just click the track below and enjoy the show ... but remember not to tell anyone the secret you will learn!
HARRY BLACKSTONE
World's Foremost
Magician
"Blast From The Past"
Click Track for a Magic Mystery
IBM Ring 1 Annual Dues
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2024-2025
OFFICERS
President
D Jay Lenz
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Steve Queen
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Treasurer
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2024-2025
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Scott Smith
Past President
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Steve Finkelstein
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mentalist@gschan2000.com
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618-826-5125 (Also Our Webmaster)
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Sandy Weis
314-378-4403
SPIRIT Newsletter Editors
Gary S. Chan & Paul Gregor
RING ONE
OCTOBER 2024 REPORT
Sandy Weis
I.B.M. Ring1
Scribe
1927 95 Years of Magic! 2021
View Steve Finkelstein's Lecture before it's gone by
A bit of HOGWARTS magic resides on our Officers & Board page ... Check out Ring1's counterpart to Prof. Dumbledore ... our very own animated 1st President!
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Please Contact Any Officer Or Board Member Listed Below For Informaton
Harry Blackstone Sr. performed at the 1946 I.B.M. Convention in St. Louis, Missouri - hosted by our I.B.M. Ring 1
Annual membership in IBM Ring 1 is $20 and is a bargain, considering our lineup of performers, lecturers, and activities! If any of your contact information has changed, please let Alan Zibits know at alan.a.zibits@boeing.com.
To pay by mail: Write a check payable to “IBM, Ring 1” for $20.
Write “2024 Dues” on the memo line.
Mail the check to"
Sandy Weis
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Our Next Meeting
D.J. Edwards In-Person Lecture
November 6, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Please join us on
November 6th at 6:30 pm
Lecture begins at 7pm
Dielmann Recreation Center
11400 Olde Cabin Road
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Sponsored by the
Midwest Magic Jubilee
Happy New Year,
As this message is being written just prior to Christmas, I want to wish everyone a very warm and safe holiday and a wonderful new year.
We completed an extremely successful year in 2023, and look forward to renewing our efforts to educate and entertain our membership in 2024!
As a reminder, our member dues rate for the 2024 year is $20.00. We offer so much for a modest amount, and continue to bring in top-tier lecturers while providing others with many opportunities to help themselves and our club to flourish.
Please join us as often as you can for our exciting New Year plans! You are welcome to bring guests at any time ... they just might get bitten by the magic bug and officially join in on our fun and fellowship. I hope to see you soon!
I.B.M.Ring 1 Annual Dues
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PLEASE USE THE DONATE BUTTON ABOVE WHEN PAYING BY PAYPAL.
UPON MAKING PAYMENT YOU MUST SEND AN EMAIL TO
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FOR HER TO PROPERLY CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT.
IF YOU FAIL TO SEND THIS EMAIL, THE FUNDS YOU TRANSFERRED MAY NOT BE CREDITED TOWARD ANY MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL (SINCE PAYPAL DOES NOT ALWAYS PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE). ANY PAYMENT RECEIVED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED EMAIL WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A GENERAL DONATION ONLY.
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Annual Dues increased to $20 on Jan. 1, 2023
Annual Dues increased to $20 on Jan. 1, 2023
MAGIC MOMENTS VOLUME 1
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Ring 1 magicians performing for you!
1st Place Advanced
2nd Place Advanced
3rd Place Advanced
2023-4 Officers Installed by Alan Fisher, IBM-GCTVP
New Year's Message
from Our President
Darryl Lenz
President Lenz's Certificates of Appreciation
Sandy Weis - Gary S. Chan - Paul Gregor - Dan Todd
Michael W. McClure - John Davit - Steve Finkelstein
I.B.M. Ring 1
Close-up Contest Winners 2023
The Ring Lecture chairmnan, Michael W. McClure, was able to book Ari Phillips for a lecture on September 5th. He is from Kent in the UK and is a member of The Magic Circle. What a dynamic lecturer! His tour is entitled Grum to the USA. It was interesting to hear about his background. He grew up in New Zealand. His father, Danny Phillips, is a well-known magician and was even president of New Zealand’s Ring 160 for 12 years. Ari has been performing magic since he was seven years old and got his first “paid” job at the age of 12 for a children’s birthday party. He went to school and became a designer and even had his own design company (NuggetDesign) when he moved to the UK in 2000. His grandfather had a leather factory in New Zealand and manufactured high quality leather handbags and wallets. Ari also has a company, Grum Leather Craft in which he designs and makes handcrafted leather products for magicians. How did he come up with the name “Grum”? His sister couldn’t pronounce grandpa so they all called him Grumgrum. When Ari started his leather company he wanted to honor his grandfather, so he called the company Grum. He loved to visit his grandfather’s leather factory when he was young. However, Ari was able to teach himself how to design items from leather. He reinforced in the lecture that he uses old magic principles and uses his creativity to improve the effect. A few of his leather creations are the leather dice cup and the hot rod gem keyring. Make sure to view his website because it lists all the products he makes and sells. Following are a few of the effects he shared with the members—SC2KR (signed card to key ring), One for the Diary, Not Just a Bill Switch, 21st Century Phantom, Dice Cup using a chop cup, Cats in the Cradle (using rubber bands), and Out to Dinner. He even taught everyone how to make a rose out of tissue paper and even showed them how to make it smell like a real rose. He taught a new effect Sweet that uses the principle of the 6 card repeat. Ari wanted to keep on lecturing (and the members also wanted him to); however, the Ring only rents the room for a set length of time. All could tell that Ari loves what he is doing as a magician, designer, and lecturer. At the end, he told about the products he had for sale. His lecture notes were not just papers stapled together; instead, he had them perfect bound in a book with colored photos (and reasonably priced). We encourage others to follow Ari on his website (https://www.grumleathercraft.com/formagicians ), Instagram, Facebook, etc. and are certain that everyone will be amazed at his creativity. If, by any chance he tours again, it is recommended that Rings quickly book him for a lecture. You won’t be disappointed!
On September 11, Ring 1 held its annual close-up contest. Gary S. Chan was the winner at last year’s contest so he was awarded the Chairmanship for organizing this year’s contest. What an outstanding job he did! He is an expert at organization and communication. There was even a “waiting list” since all available slots were filled. The audience is the largest the Ring has ever had for our contest. The performers were as follows: David Goldfarb, Josh Weidner, Christian Misner, Jeff Halcomb (Klutz), Zi Wang, Zai Shi. Tim Shegitz, Raleigh Muns, Steve Finkelstein, and Steve Queen. The Magician Judges were Michael W. McClure, Randy Kalin, and Jeff Lefton, the Lay Judge was Joe Malec, and the Timer was Steve Buesking. The winners were 1st place-Tim Shegitz, 2nd place-Josh Weidner, and 3rd place-Zi Wang. The Ring thanks all the contestants, the support staff, and also the audience for making this contest one of the best ever.
Our LIVE August 14th Auction Items & Prices Realized
Flaming Head Chest
1980 MAK Magic Very Used $175 Retail Value
Balloon to Dove
Magic Makers
$300 Retail Value
Duck Bucket Daytona
$300+ Retail Value
Guardian of the Grave
Magic Works
$45 Retail Value
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