Displaying 337 to 360 (of 370 products) ★★★★★ $7 Highlight MagicBen BergerHighlight Magic contains top flight routines for close-up, parlor, and stage. While not every effect requires some knowledge of sleights, some require mid-level skill. Nelson Hahne did the pen and ink illustrations, and as usual, his work is top notch, too.
Contents
- Foreword.
- From the Publisher. Introductory comments from John Snyder, Jr., magic dealer and past president of the IBM.
- THE SPIRIT OF THE COBRA. Three cards selected and returned to deck are tossed into a lidless box. Patter about a Cobra and a card peeps over the edge of the box and rises. Other cards are seen to be surprisingly...
★★★★★ $8 Tele-ThoughtRobert A. NelsonTele-Thought is conceded to be the greatest of all pseudo psychic and mental tests. Present Tele-Thought as a prediction - a prophecy - as a genuine experiment in mental telepathy, or both!
Here is a brilliantly conceived psychic effect, impregnated with showmanship and a superb presentation to baffle and astound the keenest of minds.
Read most carefully the following superb effect: With a few well chosen remarks about mental telepathy and the ability of a 'chosen few' to pierce the wall of the future, the mentalist asks any spectator to select any page from any group of newspapers. The... ★★★★★ $6 Cardially YoursAl BakerHere's a terrific ebook with seven mental-flavored card miracles that you will surely add to your arsenal. Written by Al Baker, past Dean of Magic for the famed Society of American Magicians, these effects are entertaining, yet do not require difficult sleight of hand. Your audiences will enjoy watching them as much as you will enjoy performing them.
Here's what's included:
Color Flight - A beautifully routined Cards Across effect where three selected blue backed cards travel across the stage and join a packet of red backed cards.
Out on Location - A great card location that looks absolutely... ★★★★★ $5 Silken Secrets (Miscellaneous Handkerchief Tricks)Geo DeLawrenceOriginally titled Miscellaneous Handkerchief Tricks.
Here's an exciting look-behind-the-counter of the local magic dealer to examine many beautiful silk and handkerchief effects. You'll learn vanishes, appearances, color changes, transpositions, solid thru solid and more. Several utility devices are explained and illustrated, as well.
This is more than a "tell all" book, as DeLawrence also includes an entertaining, 15-minute silk act that uses the very effects described.
Silks and scarves add color and glamour to any magic routine. Audiences will fall in love with your presentation... $6 How To Read People's MindsHardin Jasper BurlingameFrom the introduction by B.W. McCarron:
This is not only a fun ebook to read, but it also carries some great lessons in performance mentalism. You'll learn from past masters of the craft, such as Washington Irving Bishop, J. Randall Brown and Paul Alexander Johnstone. You'll find newspaper reports of their exploits, lists of effects, and more.
You're also in for what I think is an unexpected treat: the method behind the "Mindreading Dog" routine that'll leave you with a healthy appreciation for the amount of work necessary to teach man's best friend how to be a canine David Blaine.
This revised... ★★★★★ $20 How It's DoneEdward A. LitzauAvailable again at last. This privately printed gem contains the real work for some of the best card marking inks, daubs, shading and blockout inks that the world has ever seen. Even the infamous luminous reader formula is explained, as is an easy method to produce short or narrow cards that doesn't require a card trimmer!
Best of all, this revised edition includes modern alternatives to the chemical and dye-based compounds, making it easier than ever to obtain professional results in the privacy of your home workshop.
"Your Red Daub is very fine. I find that Daub is the secret of the... ★★★★★ $8 Gamblers' Tricks with CardsJonathan H. GreenScores of street scams, swindles, and card table ruses are explained in this 163 page ebook, guaranteed to separate a sucker from his money just as quickly today as when this tome was first written in the mid-1800s. Don't read this book to cheat -- instead, get it for protection so you don't become a victim.
This a fascinating study, filled with accounts of colorful, larger-than-life characters. Some were victims, others turned the tables and made suckers out of the swindlers. The author, "a reformed gambler," goes beyond playing cards to detail the inside work on thimbles (the precursor... ★★★★★ $4 L. W. Card MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright Every effect in the L. W. Card Mysteries is an apparent miracle. None of the effects requires long practice or more than a modicum of sleight of hand. Many require little skill at all. Just a rehearsal or two and you'll be all set to amaze and, most of all, entertain.
Just think!
You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;... ★★★★★ $6 Side-Show and Animal TricksHereward CarringtonHurry! Hurry! Step right up, folks! See Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy, the Wild Man of Borneo, the Fire-Breathing Man, and that's just for starters! Learn the inner secrets of the sideshow including fire walking, animal training, ventriloquism, juggling, geek stunts, special stage effects, and even the inside secrets of the professional card sharp.
Teach your dog to be a "magician!" Several effects and methods are described. Amaze your friends by carrying on a conversation with your "talking cat!" When you learn how easy it is to "throw your voice," you'll have more fun than a person has a right... ★★★★★ $7 Phantom MindreaderRobert A. Nelson & B. W. McCarron The answer to the mentalist's dreams! Available once again is Nelson's perfect, undetectable means of immediately securing full knowledge of written questions and detail. Spectator simply writes a question, seals it in an ordinary envelope and retains it. At no time does the mentalist so much as touch the writing or sealed envelope. Yet, in a flash, the mentalist has full knowledge of the written data.
Nelson's Phantom Mindreader does the work for you. It truly is a 'Phantom'; as it is never seen by the audience. It delivers the message to the mentalist in seconds in a most natural, unsuspicious... ★★★★★ $5 Silk CreationsJoseph OvetteStage magician Joe Ovette reveals the inner workings of his famous silk act in this 77-page ebook. You'll find productions, vanishes, color changes and more here. There's sure to be something here that you will use.
Not content merely to divulge the methods of the individual effects, Ovette goes on to provide several professional secrets that are worth $20 each to any working pro. You'll find ways to double the size of your silk production without increasing to cost; how to remove wrinkles from your silks without using an iron; a do-it-yourself vanisher that's superior to ones you can buy;... $10 TV MentalismRobert A. Nelson & B. W. McCarron No longer must you be content to merely watch and be mystified by TV mentalists. Embarrassing, isn't it, to have our friends recall the miracles of a TV mentalist and ask YOU how they were accomplished - when you might be a successful TV mentalist yourself! You, too, can bask in the limelight and glory of television.
SENSATIONAL "BRAIN BUSTER" ROUTINES REVEALED
All phases of successful operation are covered in detail in this volume, written by mentalists with many years of actual experience. Actual program methods and routines, including the sensational and baffling "Brain Busters" are explained.... ★★★★★ $8 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic ExperimentationRobert A. Nelson27 contributors! 50 amazing effects!
Some of magic and mentalism's most trusted authorities have collaborated to bring you this outstanding collection of time tested and audience proven effects. Not just one or two routines, but fifty from which you can easily select several excellent psychic programs. A Genii Award-winning book, now brought up to date in this latest, revised edition.
Effects from John Booth, Paul Curry, Eddie Clever, Norm Cummins, Bruce Elliott, Dr. C.G. Ervin, Hen Fetsch, Dr. Walter Grote, Stewart Judah, Capt. Jones, Joe Keller, Fred Kolb, Wilbur Kattner, Bill Larsen, Richard Lindahl, Orville Meyer, Bob... ★★★★★ $10 Encyclopedia of MentalismRobert A. NelsonThe greatest and most comprehensive book ever written on mentalism and psychic entertainment. Every phase of its operation is exhaustively treated in detail.
Included is also the author's own time proven master system of mindreading. Easily applied and workable presentations for all types of audiences and situations are covered, whether it be for a small home group, a mental interlude in your present program or a complete theater or television performance.
Partial contents include a vast array of full stage theater presentations - Radio mentalism - Night club psychic entertainment - Hotel... ★★★★★ $8 Visions of TomorrowRobert A. NelsonIn this eBook, Bob Nelson reveals his complete "Diviner of Destiny" one-man Question-and-Answer presentation. This is a very, very clever and subtle mindreading act that can be performed solo, or with a volunteer assistant (who need not know the secret).
Can be presented anywhere -- even surrounded by an audience if necessary. Especially suitable for tough situations such as for stores, clubs and outdoor work. Exceptionally fine for stage, platform and cruise shows.
Details to be long remembered: The questions are picked from a semi-opaque basket and held at the performer's fingertips,... ★★★★★ $10 Spook Crooks!Julien J. ProskauerSpook Crooks! is Julien Proskauer's searing expose of the world of phony prophets, fake mediums, and other con artists who fleeced innocent victims of their cash, dignity and in some cases their lives.
Proskauer, a friend of Houdini's, took it upon himself to nearly single-handedly rid the radio airwaves of fortune tellers and psychic swindlers in the early 1930s, much to the chagrin of honest mentalists who were caught in the crossfire.
A slick billet switch, the gypsy money switch, and many other secrets are revealed in crystal clear text and illustrations.
Robert A. Nelson, owner of mentalism's most esteemed... ★★★★★ $10 The Open BookJ. H. JohnsonThis is the book that tells the truth about cards, dice, punch boards, gambling wheels, races, and all other kinds of gambling.
Don't be a sucker! The Open Book reveals how crooked gamblers, cheats, and con artists fleece the innocent and unwary public out of thousands of dollars daily. Even that carnival game at the local fairgrounds may not be as innocent as it looks. Get the inside scoop.
Valuable secrets of marked cards, gaffed dice, ink formulas, holdouts and other cheating devices -- all clearly explained. Also included are scams and cons used by the unscrupulous to bilk the unwary.... ★★★★★ $8 Nelson Enterprises Catalog 6Robert A. NelsonRobert Nelson and his brother Larry ("Alla Rageh") started the Nelson Enterprises in 1921. Their first "catalogs" were printed on thin, onion-skin paper. By 1927, their catalog boasted over a hundred effects and books, catering almost exclusively to the mental fraternity.
This catalog is nearly impossible to find, being jealously hoarded by mentalists and collectors. Now reprinted in convenient eBook format, the Nelson Enterprises Catalogue Number Six is once again available to expand the mind of performers of every ilk.
Because catalog printing techniques of the 1920s were not meant to... ★★★★★ $10 Inside the Medium's CabinetJoseph DunningerKidnapping. Murder. Intrigue. Dunninger, the world-renowned magician and mentalist reveals the dark underbelly of Spiritism in this 238-page eBook.
Discover fascinating, real-life psychic adventures pulled from Dunninger's 3,000 investigative case files. Like Houdini before him, Dunninger led a tireless campaign against fraudulent psychics, offering $10,000 to any Medium whose séance stunts he couldn't duplicate by normal means. Working with news reporters and the staff of Science and Invention magazine, Dunninger's well-document accounts are a fascinating chapter in the history of the arcane arts.... ★★★★★ $15 The Dr. X BookB. W. McCarronImagine paging through the Nelson Enterprises catalog and discovering a book that lays bare the methods to dozens of mental, psychic and spirit medium effects. Robert A. Nelson called it the "opportunity of a lifetime" to purchase this book.
Mark Henry, Billboard magazine reviewer, said "It contains an expose of routines, apparatus and deceptions resorted to by mediums, clairvoyants, fortune tellers and crystal gazers; also additional tricks. The explanations are very clear and easy to follow."
The book has been completely reset in new type, with edits by fellow mentalist B.W. McCarron. Now featuring over 40 illustrations... ★★★★★ $10 Practical TelepathyJoseph OvetteConsidering getting into the mental field, but unsure where to begin?
Perhaps you've wanted to add a Q&A or crystal gazing segment to your present act and want to learn the real work from a performer who's earned a living from mentalism?
Working pro Joe Ovette reveals all in this revised and updated classic that belongs on every psychic entertainer's bookshelf.
- Pre-show work without clipboards
- Billet switches
- When to use stock questions
- Sensational Q&A
- 100 Audience-tested answers
- Uplifting answers
- Confederates
- History of Q&A acts
- Plans and schemes for office work
- A clever ballot...
★★★★★ $8 MentaLottoB. W. McCarronBack again and better than ever! It's MentaLotto, the mental lottery mystery that's sure to please any audience.
"A clever idea!" according to noted author, lecturer and trade show performer Karrell Fox.
MentaLotto combines mentalism, audience participation and a gambling theme. The odds are a trillion to one against the mentalist making a correct prediction. Yet, that's exactly what happens, for when the prediction is opened and read aloud, it matches the spectator's selected lottery number!
No switches, confederates, electronics, one-ahead, glimpses, impressions or other methods are used. Truly... ★★★★★ $8 Fleecing the Flock: Confessions of a Spirit MediumParkerFleecing the Flock: Confessions of a Spirit Medium is the entertaining, true story of Mr. Parker, an American who discovers the exploding séance scene in London. Along the way, he meets Thomson, a spiritualist medium of some renown. Unknown to Parker, Thomson is a fraud. We're along for a wild ride as Thomson slowly but surely reels in his victim. In a matter of months, Parker, formerly a fellow of good moral standing, is seduced into the fast-paced life of a spirit medium.
Along the way, you'll meet the various spirits that are conjured up by Thomson and company, as well as witness the... ★★★★★ $6 How To Answer Questions Through Crystal GazingGeo DeLawrenceThe secret of success with a question and answer (Q&A) act lies in the performer's ability to ANSWER questions intelligently and to the point. In this ebook, DeLawrence reveals the real secret of answering questions from audience members of all walks of life. This work is regarded by many experienced professionals as the best of its kind ever written.
Included is a breakdown of questions according to the dress and other visual clues from the spectator; the value of asking for a raised hand after a partial delivery; stock questions (with many examples); tricks of the trade to developing entertaining... Displaying 337 to 360 (of 370 products)
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