Illusionist's yard sale draws area magicians

Master magician and corporate illusionist Wayne Alan was preparing for the kind of show most professional magicians would give their fake left arm for.

He was going to perform for dozens of his peers - fellow professional magicians - in a unique, unusual and never-seen-before venue: a backyard yard sale.

Not any run of the cul-de-sac yard sale with 1970s double-knits from the back of your closet and that wedding gift fondue pot with a heavy coat of dust. This was a magicians-only yard sale at his Riva home.

Mr. Alan is trying to clean out the house he's lived in for 21 years. He wants to make room for a small private...