Having just checked the ebay listing again it seems the letter that magician James Randi claimed had been stolen from him has been withdrawn from sale. There is a very interesting bit of information there as well about the identity of the seller.
Questions from other buyers for this listing
Q: You may have already received this, but on the off chance you haven’t I’m reproducing it here. This is a note from James Randi concerning this item> “Item #6535581498 now being offered for sale on eBay is a letter written and sent to me by Doug Henning in 1983. At that time, I lived in Rumson, New Jersey. Until I saw it on eBay a few days ago, I thought it was still in my Henning file, but it apparently was stolen from me sometime after 1995, when I last referred to it. If any of you have heard scuttlebutt about this item, I’d like to hear from you. I cannot discover who offered it for sale, but I assure you I treasured it highly. James Randi. ” Thought you should know about this. ASll the best, Doc Doc-Jaksons-Place
A: Yes, thank you, Mr. Randi’s public posting about the letter has made its way to many hundreds (or thousands) of his followers. As we stated to Mr. Randi early on, we would not bow to extortion or pressures or threats as we are not even the owner of this letter, we are a bonded, licensed Trading Assistant selling it under written contract for the ex-wife of Mr. Randi’s foster son and former assistant. Our understanding is that the letter came to be in this person’s possession much longer ago than Mr. Randi states, the client says she believes it came to her ex-husband in the 1980s. Regardless, Mr. Randi’s claim that the letter was stolen is contradicted by our client’s written statement and contract. His attempts to extort the item from us using public embarassment were completely inappropriate and not appreciated. Mr. Randi was informed that a proper police report would start the ball rolling towards resolution but that report just arrived yesterday May 31st.
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