Abbott's Get Together

Abbott Magic Company Percy Abbott, an Australian-born magician who owned several magic supply companies in Australia in the early 1900s, co-founded the Blackstone Magic Company in Colon, Michigan, with Harry Blackstone Sr. in 1927. Eighteen months later, the two parted ways. In 1934, Abbott reopened the business as the Abbott Magic Company with a new partner, Recil Bordner, and in an attempt to boost poor sales, they decided to hold an open house. Eighty magicians from the area of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio came to watch as Bordner performed with other magicians while Abbott was the emcee. This event was closed to the public, but boosted sales so much that another event was held the following year to even more success. In 1937, it was opened to the public and moved to Colon High School's gymnasium. ==See also==