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3rd April 2012, 02:22 AM | #1 |
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Vintage Randi Poster
Anyone know where I procure a printed version of one of these?
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3rd April 2012, 08:16 PM | #3 |
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wow you can get copies online. And we've had vintage posters for sale at the scholarship auction before... I own one but NOT the milk can one. However you can buy copies on ebay and such.
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4th April 2012, 05:38 AM | #4 |
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4th April 2012, 05:49 AM | #5 |
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The man no jail can hold? No wonder, you'd have to fill it with expanding construction foam in order to plug every hole large enough for him to get out of it.
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4th April 2012, 07:24 AM | #6 |
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It's nice to see Aalborg on the world tour. Skøl!
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14th May 2012, 06:01 AM | #7 |
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Found one. Planning on getting it signed when Randi is in town for the Australian Skeptics National Convention at the end of this year.
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14th May 2012, 06:51 AM | #8 |
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14th May 2012, 09:07 PM | #9 |
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What is the medal he is wearing?
Can you find the name "Harry Houdini" hidden in the poster? (I know where it is, but I don't think the image is good enough to see it.) |
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15th May 2012, 03:27 AM | #10 |
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15th May 2012, 08:43 PM | #11 |
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I think you are seeing the signature "Jayson" for Jay Disbrow, the comic book artist who created the poster.
Naturally there is some small, simple trick. And, as I said, I don't think the image here is clear enough to find it (although it may be possible to guess, but not clear enough to confirm the guess). |
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15th May 2012, 11:18 PM | #12 |
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16th May 2012, 03:57 PM | #13 |
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16th May 2012, 04:12 PM | #14 |
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I wonder if Randi has a hard time flying with wings that small...anyone know when he got them removed?
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17th May 2012, 06:04 AM | #15 |
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It's a milk can, the escape from which is one of the more dangerous, particularly when one uses -- as Houdini did once -- sometbing carbonated like beer. Milk used to be commercially transported in such cans, but Houdini, Randi, et al usually filled them with water for their acts.
In regard to Houdini's name, I can't make out any detail on this image, but I would guess that it is hidden in or formed by links of the chain or is somehow spelled out with a particular viewing of the words and city names on the poster. |
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17th May 2012, 04:38 PM | #16 |
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6th June 2012, 11:37 PM | #17 |
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Randi doesn't reply to emails anymore. So the mystery of the medal may go down as lost to history. Too bad. But before all is lost, I might as well give up the secret of the hidden name.
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7th June 2012, 05:36 AM | #18 |
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7th June 2012, 06:37 AM | #20 |
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Oh, THAT kind of poster!!!
From the thread title, I thought this was going to be about a very old forum member! |
15th October 2012, 01:59 AM | #21 |
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One of these posters has popped up on eBay. I've got mine already, so if anyone is interested...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Rand...-/160807962219 |
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15th October 2012, 03:17 AM | #22 |
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At $375 I think it is a lucky person that got one new and kept it in good condition.
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31st October 2012, 02:14 AM | #23 |
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I have one of these, plus the "Levitation of a Living Woman" poster, both of which are signed. Cough.
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31st October 2012, 04:20 AM | #24 |
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From the look of that chain, it was hyper-engineered to have precisely 4 weak links that all exactly broke together.
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30th November 2012, 11:26 PM | #25 |
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13th January 2013, 08:10 PM | #27 |
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Bumpedy. Still curious.
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2nd August 2013, 09:11 PM | #28 |
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Randi must have disappeared him!!!!!
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4th August 2013, 01:25 AM | #30 |
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If you are after Chris H then you will need to find other methods of contracting him. He has not been active on this forum since May 2013.
Edit. His last post on this forum was in this thread... |
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8th August 2013, 05:53 PM | #31 |
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Nah, I'm content with waiting until he gets back to the thread.
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11th August 2013, 03:25 PM | #32 |
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oops, wrong thread.
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10th September 2013, 10:54 PM | #33 |
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Darn, I wish I could see the poster. I definitely need to have one on my wall. Time to geet to ebaying.
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11th September 2013, 04:39 AM | #34 |
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11th September 2013, 07:16 AM | #35 |
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Wow that's a great one. But for $400? Yikes, Is James Randi bringing it to my house?
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15th September 2013, 07:50 AM | #36 |
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I have one. I'm not sure if I am permitted to sell things on the forum. PM me for details.
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21st September 2013, 03:26 PM | #37 |
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I have the floating woman one. Signed and very nicely framed. Bought it at the TAM (3? 4?) auction for $500, IIRC.
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9th October 2013, 02:28 AM | #38 |
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Thanks RemieV! I've already got a line on a local restorer to make those two posters pristine!
-z PS: and the book is a welcome addition as well! |
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13th November 2013, 09:45 PM | #39 |
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Now that would be something I'd love to have.
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