Step into Ray Anderson’s living room and you’ll feel like you’ve stepped into a museum, but this is no ordinary exhibit.

Towering nearly 9 feet tall and stretching 20 feet wide, a massive poster of “George the Magician” dominates the space, a striking relic from the early 1900s.

Anderson, the longtime magician at Esther’s Follies, has spent more than three decades collecting rare, antique magic posters, some dating back to the 1800s.

“These were made to be disposable,” Anderson explained.They were plastered on theater walls and barns to promote traveling shows. Once the performance was over, they were torn down and replaced. That’s why they’re so rare today.

He now owns close to 40 posters, all lovingly displayed throughout his Austin home.

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