home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TIME: Almanac 1993
/
TIME Almanac 1993.iso
/
time
/
111191
/
1111500.000
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-08-28
|
856b
|
29 lines
PEOPLE, Page 79Copperfield of Dreams
By ALEXANDER TRESNIOWSKI/Reported by Wendy Cole
Sleight of hand on a grand scale: that's what made
magician DAVID COPPERFIELD famous and savings and loan
executives infamous. So it's only fitting that Copperfield has
purchased a major collection of magic memorabilia from the
Resolution Trust Corporation, the federal agency in charge of
cleaning up the S&L mess. The collection, originally acquired
by a now defunct savings bank, includes artifacts like Houdini's
private letters. "It's a playground, a dream," gushes
Copperfield, who beat out the Library of Congress for the booty.
"But it's not for curiosity seekers," he says. Only "qualified
performers and scholars" will have access.