More than $164,000 was spent to fix up the 1920s home, which is filled with magic memorabilia.

Justin Willman collects old magic. The magician and comedian has a home full of vintage show posters and props, and antique magic-show lithographs.

Justin Willman’s home in Hollywood Knolls is filled with vintage magic-show items.

“I’d love to hop on a time machine and go back to see an old show,” says Mr. Willman, 34 years old, a regular on “The Tonight Show” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” and recently on Comedy Central’s “Sleight of Mouth.”

Mr. Willman’s 1920s white stucco Mediterranean is something of a time capsule. The 1,928-square-foot, three-bedroom, 2½-bathroom house sat empty for two years before Mr. Willman bought it in 2011 for $856,000. Read more:  http://www.wsj.com/articles/presto-magician-justin-willman-renovates-california-home-1429722870