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He later retired to Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.<ref>The Linking Ring, February 002, page 34</ref><ref>Sick&Convalescent I.B.M.Members, The Linking Ring, March 2007</ref>
 
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== Books ==
* Do- It-Yourself Lecture # 1 (1957)
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* Tricks, Ideas, Patter & Suggestions (1959)
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* T.I.P.S. (Tricks, Ideas, Patter & Suggestions) (1959)
 
* What's New with Ken Allen?  (1981)
 
* What's New with Ken Allen?  (1981)
  

Revision as of 07:57, 9 October 2010

Ken Allen

Flourished1950s - 1980s
CategoriesBooks by Ken Allen

Ken Allen was a professional performer and magic dealer (Ken Allen Products) in New Jersey.

He created the Soo-Zee fanning powder application tool, Chinatown Quarter, Jumping Gems, Monkey-Bar, Robot Coins, and Solid Brass Locket Release. He marketed Carl Wolf's Lock of Gibraltar.

In the 1940's Allen and Jim Reneaux ran a branch of the Abbott Magic Company in New York City.

He edited Allen's Attic 1954-62 (24 issues).

He later retired to Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Books

  • Do-It-Yourself Lecture # 1 (1957)
  • T.I.P.S. (Tricks, Ideas, Patter & Suggestions) (1959)
  • What's New with Ken Allen? (1981)

References

  1. The Linking Ring, February 002, page 34
  2. Sick&Convalescent I.B.M.Members, The Linking Ring, March 2007