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Nishan Amdounian
	Nishan Amdounian
Born	September 15, 1888; Erzurum, Turkey
Died	December 27, 1935 (age 47) ; East St. Louis, Illinois

Latest revision as of 12:22, 27 August 2021

Prof. Nishan Amdounian (1888-1935), often credited in books as Andounian, was a magician and mentalist of note.

Amdounian was I.B.M. No. 801, attended the St. Louis Ring No. 1 meetings, and S.A.M. No. 1235^[1]

He was the inventor of the "Enchanted Card Slide", which was sold by Joe Berg and Max Holden.^[2]

In 1934, Amdounian was mentioned in The Sphinx attending the Rhode Island S.A.M. Assembly.^[3]

The 1920 census, lists his occupation as a barber and birth place as Turkey.^[4]^[5]

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 Amdounian was [[I.B.M.]] No. 801, attended the [[St. Louis Ring No. 1]] meetings, and [[S.A.M.]] No. 1235<ref>MUM, February, 1925</ref>[[File:EnchnatedCardSlide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
-Amdounian was the inventor of the "Enchanted Card Slide" as sold by [[Joe Berg]] and [[Max Holden]].<ref>Linking Ring, January 1936</ref>
+He was the inventor of the "Enchanted Card Slide", which was sold by [[Joe Berg]] and [[Max Holden]].<ref>Linking Ring, January 1936</ref>
-In 1934, he was mentioned in [[The Sphinx]] attending the  Rhode Island S.A.M. Assembly.<ref>The Sphinx, May 12, 1934</ref>
+In 1934, Amdounian was mentioned in [[The Sphinx]] attending the  Rhode Island S.A.M. Assembly.<ref>The Sphinx, May 12, 1934</ref>
 The 1920 census, lists his occupation as a barber and birth place as Turkey.<ref>http://arslanmb.org/ArmenianImmigrants/Public-ViewSummary-ArmenianImmigrants-Censuses-ByLastName.php?SelectLastName=Amdounian&Staging=</ref><ref>http://arslanmb.org/ArmenianImmigrants/Military-ByRegistrantNameStd-Summary.pdf</ref>
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