Largest collection of magic sets

According to Official Guinness Records,

Manfred Klaghofer (Austria) has a collection of 2,401 different magic sets from all over the world, as of 2 February 2010, that he has amassed since 1995. Since he was young Manfred was fascinated by magic art and tricks. In the middle of 1900's he visited a magic art exhibition and found a book about magic sets which triggered his desire to collect these items. He buys magic sets from all over the world, some of them are very expensive. The oldest one dates back to the 19th century. He acquires about 2 or 3 new sets every week.

For a complete list of 2010 records, please visit 2010 Guinness Records in Austria.

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