(Rotherhithe, London, England: 31st August 1881 - 22nd May 1966)
Full name is Stanley Martin Collins. Inspired around age 20 seeing Prof. Willis do the Conus Aces and immediately learned from Sach's Sleight of Hand. Pro since 1916 when he played St. George's Hall. A non-smoker and non-drinker, he despised his audiences. Retired in 1939.
Invented the Jumping Rubber Band (1911), Collins Count (1912), Collins Four Aces (1912), Penetrating Card (1915), and Nic's Napkins (by 1928).
Wrote Original Magical Creations (1914, 111pp), Deceptive Conceptions in Magic (1920, 112pp), Collins' Card Conceits [1925], A Conjuring Mélange (1947, 256pp), and a chapter in Bobo's Modern Coin Magic (1952). As "S. Wynne Burne" wrote Anthology of Love Poems (1929), a rare forcing book. Other poetry force-books as "S. Martin" and "S. Frank Harris". Also wrote as "Bold Pincher". Articles in Magician Monthly, Magazine of Magic, Sphinx, Linking Ring, Collectors Annual, Pentagram, and Magic Cauldron.
Biographer is Thomas A. Sawyer, Stanley Collins: Society Entertainer & Magic Collector (1984). See Thomas A. Sawyer, Men of Letters: Stanley Collins and Trevor H. Hall (1991, c70pp).
Coauthors: Paul Gordon
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Deceptive Conceptions in Magic (used)Stanley Collins![]() | 2020 / 1 / 9 | $15.00 to wish list | ||
Nonpareil Book Mystery: A Holiday in Morocco (used)Stanley Collins![]() | 2020 / 1 / 9 | $100.00 to wish list | ||
Nonpareil Book Mystery: A Holiday in MoroccoStanley Collins![]() Effect: Spectator chooses three cards from a deck of cards. The first card determines the page, the second the line number, and the third the word. Spectator looks up the word in A Holiday in Morroco book. You are able to determine the chosen word letter by letter. Stanley Collins uses an alphabet deck to reveal each letter. 1st edition ~1920; PDF 21 pages. | 2019 / 9 / 9 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
Transcendental Book TestStanley Collins![]() Note: You will receive the force book (Anthology of Love Poems by S. Wynne Burne) as PDF. The easiest way to use it is to load it onto a phone, tablet or eReader and present it that way in electronic form to the spectators. Alternatively you can print and bind it at a... | 2019 / 5 / 27 | $10.00 to wish list | ||
Deceptive Conceptions in MagicStanley Collins![]() Written entirely during my service in the Army and the major part of it whilst under shellfire at Ypres and on the Somme, this book was ready for the press save the sketches, early in 1919. | 2019 / 5 / 26 | $5.00 to wish list | ||
Original Magical CreationsStanley Collins![]() Magicians who are seeking that evanescent "something new" which, like the Family Ghost, is very often talked about but seldom seen, will, I venture to prophesy, find "something new" in Original Magical Creations. | 2018 / 9 / 29 | $6.00 to wish list | ||
Collins's Card ConceitsStanley Collins & Paul Gordon![]()
1st edition 1925, reprint 2007, 1st digital edition 2014, 50 pages. | 2014 / 2 / 4 | $10.00 to wish list |
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