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- PEOPLE, Page 79Copperfield of Dreams
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- By ALEXANDER TRESNIOWSKI/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- 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.
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