John Gaughan
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John Gaughan is a manufacturer of magic acts and equipment for magicians based out of Los Angeles, California. He has built for people such as Alan Wakeling and Doug Henning, and is responsible for the construction of dozens of major acts. He has also constructed a replica of the eighteenth century chess-playing machine, The Turk, which often tours chess conferences, spending $120,000 building it.
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- Tom Standage, The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine. Walker and Company, New York City, 2002. ISBN 0802713912
- Gerald M. Levitt, The Turk, Chess Automaton. McFarland and Company Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2000.
- Proprietary designs and Intellectual Property imformation for new or used illusions.
- Magic Magazine Web Extra: Alan Wakeling.
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