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Leo Behnke worked for many years for Paulson, a playing card manufacturer. He describes in this ebook the history of playing card production up to the process that is used for todays cards. He also describes in detail the 9 editions of the Magic Castle cards and how one can identify them.

Beyond the interesting historical and technical descriptions Leo is offering, this information can also be quite helpful in creating a script or interesting line of presentation for a trick or routine.

The contents of this ebook was presented at a Magic Collectors meeting in Las Vegas, April 8 2005. ...

1. ... No Place - Ravelle & Andree
15. Funny Bunnies - Len Belcher
16. Pitter-Patter - Val Andrews
    • "Perky-Penguin" Gag
    • Dove-Box
    • Another Dove-Box Idea
17. A Short Thesis on The Psycho Box - Ken de Courcy
    • The Oracle
    • The Giant Memory
    • After-Dinner Speakers
    • Localised Patter
    • Key Cards
    • Psycho Epic
19. The Magic Fish!
19. Card in the Beacon!
20. Gags and Ideas for Supreme Comedy Watch - Ravelle and Andree
    • News Time
    • Tea Time
    • Half Time
    • Time for a Break
    • Time for a Break (2)
    • Time is Money
    • Knight Time
    • Time and Tide
    • Tied for Time
    • Time Drags
    • Time to Give ...

1. ...
   1. ... Dexter
   174. This, Bill Stickland is Your Life! - Edward G. Love
   176. Organising a Successful Magical Convention - Eddie Dexter
   177. Gala Show Magic
   178. Kings to Aces - Edward G. Love
   179. I Wonder Why? - Wilfred Tyler
   181. Kites - Wilfred Tyler
   182. My Routine for the Dice Shocker - Edwin Hooper
   187. Raoul's Cards Across - Paul Graham
   192. Extraordinary Man of Magic - Alan Kennaugh
   193. Tribute to Bill Stickland - Archie Tear
   194. Visible Force - Archie Tear
   195. Bill - Peter Warlock
   196. How does he do it? - Frank Boynett
   197. S-P-E-L-L-I-T - Francis Haxton
   199. The A.G. Giant Paddle Routine - Alfred Gabriel

1. ... Jim Reilly
87. Thank Goodness for That! - A Routine for the Gag-Bag - Aubrey Sinden
88. Classic Deception - Lawrence Hamlin
89. Impressed! - testimonials
90. The Lady Vanishes - Norman Rhodes
91. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
93. Twists and Turns - Sam Dalal
    • 20th Century Silks
    • Milk Magazine
    • Rising Cards!
    • Stung
    • Milk Pitcher!
95. More Good Magic - testimonials
95. Science Magic with Matches - Alan Ward
    • Odds On
    • Tray Way?
    • Perpendicular
    • The Floating Man
    • Free Fall
    • The Walking Man
    • Pulse Indicator
    • Faint Heart
    • Cartesian Diver
    • Pretty Problems
    • Liquid Lotus ...

1. ... - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
240. Between Ourselves - comments from Edwin Hooper
243. In The Beginning - Ken de Courcy
     • The Magic Wand
     • The Conjuror's Table
     • The Loaded Dice
     • The Blind Cord
     • The Welsh Rarebit
     • Milk Jug and Glasses
     • The Mind-Reader
     • The Good Pack of Cards
     • Silver Fish
     • The Opera Hat
245. On Magical Wings - testimonial
245. A Game of Cards - Closing Patter - Tony Dixon
246. Festina Lente - Tantalus
247. Resurrected! - testimonial
247. Very Fine! - testimonial
248. Six Card Spectacular - Showcase by Ken de Courcy
     • The Pass
     • The One-Handed Triple Cut
     • Palming Cards
     • At The Table ...

1. ...
   • ... Ring & Egg!
26. Ashes to Ashes - humor
26. Two for the Stage - Leslie May
    • Crumpet Call
    • A Bewitched Battery
28. What They Say - testimonials
28. photo of Conny Ray of Sweden
29. Meet Tiny the Magical, Musical Clown - biography of James Payne of Santa Cruz, CA
31. A Routine for Supreme Fortuitous Cards - Ken de Courcy
33. cartoon - Crockett
33. Bewitched-Bottled-Bamboozled - Bill Lainsbury
34. Christmas Crackers! - JOKES
35. Arthur Carter Column - The Mysteries of Arthur Carter
    • A "Weighty" Prediction
    • W. Noel Jones and "Just Chance"
37. The No-Prop Card in Balloon - Ken de Courcy
38. Instant Pop Factory - Maurice Phillips
39. Crazy Notice! - humor ...

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   33. Election Special test
   34. photo of Stanton Carlisle
   35. Your Card ... My Card
   35. The Numbers Racket
   36. photo of Stanton Carlisle
   38. Liquid-ation
   39. The Zenith Sealed Message Reading Method
   40. The No-Force Force
41. The Adventures of Jimmy the Crow and the Wandering Block - Martin Welford
44. Flighto-Cards - Cyro
44. Praise from a Pro! - testimonials
45. Lots of Knots - Subir Kumar Dhar
47. Egg, Silk and Bag! - David Taylor (New Zealand)
48. 'T T' for Fun - testimonials
49. The Limit Wallet - Reginald Boncey
50. The Vanishing Coins - Rex Taylor
50. Cleaning Up! - jokes
51. Roll Up! Roll Up! - preview of Hastings Convention - Wm....

The Magigram, Volume 8, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

916 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 8, Number 1, September, 1975, 72 unnumbered pages - New Cover! New Series! New Magic!
2. advertisements
7. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
8. Kennaugh Kalling - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
10. Great! - testimonial
10. How Many Cards! - answer
11. Edwin's Magi-Go-Round - comments from Edwin Hooper
14. Ian Adair - Ideas Associated
    • Cotton-Reel Lace
15. Call Yourself a Magician - Harry Carnegie
    • Dart ...

1. ... Mystery - Garth Davies
47. Arthur Carter Column - The Mysteries of Arthur Carter
    • Lazy Man's Ambitious Card
48. Another Routine for Light and Heavy Glass - Harry Carnegie
49. Double Dose! - article by George Johnstone
51. The Kellini File - Kellini of Norway
    51. You Must be a Square
    52. The Seal Cards
    53. Melting Snowman
    55. Flags of All Nations Cards
    56. The Spider Cards
    57. Bird Cage Cards
58. Some Ideas for Supreme Effects - Harry Carnegie
    • Silken Butterfly
    • The Light and Heavy Glass
59. Mug Shot - Len Belcher
60. Another Coded Card Prediction - Herb Runge
61. The Ten Card Mystery - S.D....

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   1. ...
   15. Triple Colour-Changing Wand
   16. Flower Balloons
   17. Kellini's Colour-Changing Knife
   18. Silk Through Silk
   19. Silk Through Silk Plus
   19. Blow the Silks Prediction
20. Another Presentation for Gozinta Boxes - Ken de Courcy
20. From the 19th. Century - To Tell Which Hand Holds an Odd or Even Number of Cards or Dice
21. Six-Fold Divination - George Blake
24. Colour on Three Simplified - David Fink
25. Adair's Dove Column - Ian Adair
    • meet Philip the Magician of Malta
    • Dove in Kettle - Philip the Magician
    • E-zee Dove Stealing Apparatus - Philip the Magician
27. Smoke Without Fire - Derek Lawrence ...

1. ...Oh So Easy! - Richard B. Ferguson
35. Husky and Starch - Maurice Phillips
36. Patter Routine for Come Together Silks - Clarence Thorne
37. Torn & Restored Card - Borrowed Pack - D. Sargeant
37. Idol Gossip - Arthur Setterington
39. Reversing Kings - Colin Davies
41. Stixilk - Len Belcher
42. Mail-Box - correspondence
42. Superb Penetration! - testimonial
43. Cards Across in Cabaret - Stanton Carlisle
47. Super Silks and Winners All! - testimonials
48. Comedy Merry Switch Box - Johnny Geddes
49. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
51. A Dream Realised - Stanton Carlisle
52. advertisements
53. Adair's Dove Column - Ian Adair
    • Calendar Dove - Ian Adair
    • Fan-Tail - gag - Ian Adair ...

1. ...
   • ...
   • Treasure Island
   • Flowers
   • Umpah
36. Switch Off - Arthur Setterington
37. Colombini's Card Magic - Lewis Ganson
    • Fabian's Open Prediction Theme
40. Two Winners - Worth Double! - testimonials
41. John Travolta Rules-O.K. - Gerry Walker
    • Round Record
42. A Magic Combination - James Kelly
43. Cards Across Plus - Jon Rivers
44. Oh, Eye - Johnny Geddes
45. Harbinesque - Stanton Carlisle
    • The Carlisle Effect
48. Ultra-Magnetism - Rana the Magician
49. Arthur Carter Column - The Mysteries of Arthur Carter
    • Oddity with an Oddity
50. Colour Changing Discs - Henrique
51. Black Sandwich Red Sandwich - M.G. Leveridge ...

The Magigram, Volume 13, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

816 pages. Now printed with page numbers!

1. Volume 13, Number 1, September, 1980, 68 pages - Super September Sorcery
2. advertisements
11. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
12. Another Look at Kellini's Flower Cards - Angus Lavery
12. A Twist - Myster Yaffe (Malcolm Yaffe)
13. Kennaugh Kalling - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
15. The Buzz-Word Syndrome - article by Stanton Carlisle
18. Presentation for Pavel's "Colorings" - David Drake
19. Watch It! - George Hills
20. An Extra for "Silken Butterfly" - Harry Carnegie
21. Errors...

1. ... the Box" - A.R. Hadden
84. cartoon
85. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
88. Tip-Tops - Ian Adair
    • Car Notebook
88. A New Introduction to the Linking Rings - William Beecham
89. Kellini File - Kellini of Norway
    89. The Chinese Cups
    90. The Magic Ribbon
    91. Magic Washing
    93. Colour Confusion
    94. Transpo Cards Surprise
    95. Improved Transpo Cards Surprise
    95. Loose Sugar to Sugar Lumps
    96. Transposing Block
    97. Balancing Coins
97. More Raves! - testimonials
98. The Twenty-One Dollar Experiment - H. Mark Kandel (USA)
99. The Last Word - Sam Dalal
100. Speed and Service - testimonial
101. News and Views from the Colonies - George...

1. ... Fruit - Jack Bridwell
29. Co(lour) Incidence - Gwee Thian Hock
29. Four Stunts with Matches - Fabian (A. Colombini)
31. Any Silk Called For - Harry Carnegie
32. Double Digit Divination - Les Sunderland
33. Thanks George - Dave Lewis
34. Bunny Topper...is Tops! - testimonial
35. It's Impossible - Sinclair
37. P.M. Rising Cards - Sinclair
38. Square Circle Botania - John Yeager
39. My Word - Arun Bonerjee (Calcutta)
41. Fabian Mini Oil and Water - Will Ayling
43. A Routine for Noah's Ark - Arthur Setterington
44. Clickety Click - Len Belcher
45. I'll Simplify It - Len Belcher
46. Second to None - testimonial
47. An Ambitious Card Routine...

1. ... - Ron Thursby
44. Horace Bennett's Bafflers - Horace Bennett
    • Bennett on Bertram - or - There Go Those Coins Again
49. More Routines in Rhyme - Bill West
    • The Chinese Sticks
50. Psycho-Kinetic-Neurotic-Kebang! - A Routine for "Bang-Bang-Balloons" - Old Doc Young
51. Loading Coins Under the Cards - P.K. Ilango
53. Thoughts on Cecil Lyle - article - Peter Warlock
55. My Magic World - Edwin [Hooper]
56. advertisements

1. Volume 16, Number 2, October, 1983, 66 pages, including front & back covers
65. advertisements
73. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
74. Jaws - Ernie Jones
75. X-Ray Vision - W. Rory Coker ...

1. ...Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. King's Triangle - Ravelle & Andree
10. A Fishy Business - Harold Long
11. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
13. The Magic of John Yeager
    13. Colour-Changing Balls to Silks
    14. A Die and Paddle Trick
    15. A Phantom Tube Routine
    17. Slate 'O Dots
    18. The Boston Deception
    19. Case for ESP
    19. Five Boxes Off Mystery
    21. Sydney Spider
    22. Evolution of a Trick
    23. Zebra Plaque
25. Harry Stanley Reminisces
28. A Simple Card Stand
29. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
    • Psychological Projection
30. Dressing-Room Interlude - Bruce Posgate
31. Use of Glove-Puppets in Magic - Val Andrews ...

1. ... Miracle - Jay Francis
176. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
178. Tarbell on Course - quotation
178. No Twist Twister - Herb Rungay (USA)
180. Straight from the Magicians' Mouths - testimonials
181. Five Keys - Ken de Courcy
183. Harry Stanley Reminisces
186. My Way with The Dunce's Cap and Obedient Rainbow Cards - Lee Alex
188. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
188. cartoon
191. A Letter from Alfred Gabriel - re: Giovanni
192. With Magic in Mind - Stanton Carlisle
     • When I Say 'New', I Mean New!
196. What an Effect?!? by Marthwaite Lodcross - humor - Rory Coker
198. Love Test - Arun Bonerjee
199. Triple Hit! - Ron Mann ...

1. ... to Person - Telephone Telepathy - Lewis Jones
   • Contactic (Duo)
42. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
43. The Bertram File - edited by Neville Wiltshire
    • Crackers - vent routine - continued
47. Cherchez la Femme! - Stanton Carlisle
49. The Magic Word - Arun Bonerjee (Calcutta)
51. "A Drink Cards" Novelty - Mat Roelofs
53. Candle Magic - Tricks with Candles - Jack Bridwell
    • Houdini Candle
    • Needle Through Candle
    • Lit Candle to Wand
    • Candle Gone
    • Colour Change Candle
    • Candle Frame
    • Candle Break
56. Ambitious Card Move - John Yeager
58. Routine for Colour Changing Plumes to...

1. ... Goldstein
   • Bee Attitude
13. My Goodness - It's Geddes - The Magic of Johnny - Johnny Geddes
    • Repeat Message
15. Swing-O-Ring Prediction - Bill Gladman
17. Add-The-Dates - Someeran (India)
19. Where There's Smoke - Norman Lee
20. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
23. Chameleon Cards (My Way) - Maurice (Harold Kordon)
25. 'Auditive' Coins Thru Table - Claude Van Wymeersch
26. A Trip to Mars - Geoffrey Whiting
27. How to Start Your Own Fan Club - John V. Cooper
31. The Magic of Shaun Lee
    • The Knot
33. Naming a Number - puzzle - Alan Ward
34. Cubio with a Difference - Wolfgang Riebe ...

• ...
  1. ... Sensitivity - Ron Mann
  11. Varied Presentations - Vanni Pulé
      • Shakin' It
  11. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
      • The Wearing of the Green
  12. Turn-About Soldiers - John Yeager
  12. Out of This Planet - Andrew Stone
  14. A Novelty for De Luxe Drink Cards - Mat Roelofs
  15. Bernard's Bazaar - Bobby Bernard
  16. Five'll Getcha Ten! - Simon Lovell
  17. Def-Sham - Phil Goldstein
  18. Letters - correspondence
  19. Product Pages - advertising
  27. Trixigram - Ian Adair
      27. comments from Ian Adair
      27. Flames & Blood
      27. Getting Into Print
      28. Tricky Teaser No. 23 - Derek Lawrence
      28. D.I.Y. News
      28. Andrew [Hughes] Joins the Gala Show
      28. A Nice one from Ernie [Jones] - gags for Carter Silks
      29. Supreme Magicians' Club News - Ken de Courcy
      29. Absolutely Superb! - testimonial
      29. [Carl] Dean of Magic
      29. Words - puzzle
      29. Trixi - cartoon - Andy Oberon
      30. Magigram...

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   • ...
   • Pick A Paper
5. Edwin Hooper - obituary - Ken de Courcy
6. Marvoyan's Magic - Magic from Bolivia
   • Optrika
8. Magic Bits - Ravelle and Andrée
   • Silk Surprise
9. Bernard's Bazaar - Bobby Bernard
10. Five'll Getcha Ten! - Simon Lovell
11. Digital Alarm Card Location - Mark Bendell
11. A Pack of Cards & Bill Worsley
    • Finding the Aces
12. Joanna's Point of View - Joanna Laymond
12. Numerological Prediction - Kaushik Kumar Biswas
13. Varied Presentations - Vanni Pulé
    • Creditude
13. Real Magic - poem - Heidi I. Larsen
14. Cruise Ship Magic - Wolfgang Riebe
    • Mixing with the Passengers ...

The Magigram, Volume 26, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor
Incorporating Trixigram in all issues & Alakazam!, Volume 4, Numbers 3 thru 12, as supplemets, then incorporating Alakazam! starting with Number 11

706 pages

1. Volume 26, Number 1, September, 1993, 62 pages, including front & back covers - incorporating Trixigram & Alakazam!, Volume 4, Number 3
2. advertisements
3. contents
4. Editorial - Ken de Courcy
4. The Age Cards Updated - Herb Rungay
5. MagicIan Adair's Trick Column - Ian Adair
   • Data-Frame
5. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
6. Bringing Back Harbin - Robert...

A spectator selects an ace, say the Ace of Hearts. The magician explains that he made a prediction earlier, and shows a packet of four blue backed cards, apparently a single ace among three jokers. With a snap, the magician claims that he can make the selected ace turn face up. One card does reverse, but a joker. Despite this, the performer shows that he clearly has three jokers and only one ace: the selected ace, the Ace of Hearts! One of the jokers is now turned over to reveal another prediction: the back is now red, and has writing that reads “Ace of Hearts”! All of the cards may now...