More Information and Links

For more information on novelties or on The Johnson Smith Company, Inc. please follow the following links.

The Johnson Smith Company, Inc.
At he official Johnson Smith Company, Inc. website you will be able to gain access to all of their present catalogs. These include Things You Never Knew Existed, The Lighter Side, Betty's Attic, and Clever Gear.

S.S. Adams Company
Another company that creates a host of fine novelties is the S.S. Adams Company. This company has been supplying pranks and magic tricks since 1906. Johnson Smith has bought from them for years. Be sure to check them out.

About Us

Stan and Mardi Timm have been collecting Johnson Smith memorabilia since the late 1980's. It is widly suspected that they have the largest collection of this kind in the world. In 1993-1994 their collection was the featured exhibit at the Racine County Historical Museum in Racine, wisconsin. In 1994, they were the featured exhibitors and speakers at the Magic Collectors Conclave in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

To date, they have written two articles about Johnson Smith and Company: Only Concern Of Its Kind In America, Games Magazine, November, 2000 and The Big Book of Johnson Smith & Company, Magic Magazine, April, 1999. Other articles written about them or their collection were in: Collectibles Magazine, April, 1999 and Baby Boomer Collectibles Magazine, April, 1993. In addition, there have been numerous newspaper articles written about them and their collection in the Racine Journal Times and the The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Stan and Mardi are currently writing a book about Johnson Smith & Company. This book has been a work in progress for many years and hopes to be out to publishers sometime this year. In addition, they have recently written an article on H. Fishlove and Company and are currently marketing it to various magazine publications.