David Abbott (magician)

For other people named David Abbott, see David Abbott (disambiguation).

For the magic convention, see Abbott's Get Together

David Phelps Abbott (1836 – 1934) was a magician, author and inventor who created such effects as the floating ball, later made famous by Okito. The best known of his books is Behind the Scenes With the Mediums (1907), considered to be one of the best exposures of the methods used by psychics. One exposure being the "spirit portrait paintings" by the Bangs Sisters.

References

• Who's Who in Magic History
• Brief Biography at The Magic Nook
• Karr, Todd. "David P. Abbott and the Notorious Bangs Sisters". Excerpt from Teller and Todd Karr, eds., House of Mystery: The Magic Science of David P. Abbott (The Miracle Factory, Los Angeles, 2005)

Bibliography

• Abbott, David Phelps. Behind the scenes with the mediums. 2nd ed. Chicago:Open Court Publishing Company, 1907

External links

• Abowitz, Richard. "A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged thread)… Teller!", Las Vegas Weekly, November 20, 2008