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Vernon's 1-2-3 RevisitedIan Baxter A perennial favorite in card magic: A chosen card is lost in the deck and the performer, showing the Ace, Two and Three of one suit, offers to change whichever is picked into the selection. That is exactly what happens, with Baxter’s smooth method making good use of The Ascanio Spread, achieving just that. Full instructions given, straightforward and easy to learn.
This revision of the Vernon classic not only underlines the all-important simplicity angle by using a shortcut display move, but dispenses with Vernon's need for Palming. Bruce Elliott briefly touched on this in the concluding lines... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Two-Speed WorldIan Baxter An approach to the Paul Curry classic "Out of this World".
Out Of This World, Paul Curry's timeless classic, gets a fresh look in this new manuscript from Australian card man Ian Baxter.
Years after its release, the trick retains its enduring popularity. No sleight of hand, an absence of moves demanding any form of dexterity, with attention to presentation steering the success of this baffling mystery every time. OOTW is a timeless gem. The August 1947 issue of Hugard's Magic Monthly, in a poll conducted at the time by Fred Braue, confirmed to the magic world then that this ingenious card mystery be given the mantle of the most... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Twist plus BonusIan Baxter
Dai Vernon's Twisting The Aces, has for decades been regarded as an all-time classic and thankfully, the new wave of 21st Century card experts still carry the torch for this perennial favourite. Over the years, new additions and presentations are published, adding even further interest to this wonderful effect.
Australian card man Ian Baxter admits to having performed TTA for sixty years, starting just three years following its publication in 1960. Up until recently, he performed it totally 'as is' from Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets Of Card Magic.
"Tampering with a Vernon treasure such as TTA, can often promote controversy" admits Baxter.... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Three To ConsiderIan Baxter This ebook continues where Ian stopped with his Five Kinks series. His tinkering with classic routines continues.
Too Easy Ace Cutting sees Ian reducing sleights to an absolute minimum for this timeless favorite, adding a surprise ending.
Distinctive Side Steal describes a handling for this sleight which resolves the one fundamental problem with the move, making it far easier to acquire.
Brown's Wandering Card: Ian describes his own version here and includes a subtlety which significantly enhances the deceptiveness of Brown's routine.
1st edition 2019, 17 pages. | $6 to wish listPDF |
Three Rapid SpellersIan Baxter
To all magicians, amateur and professional - here is a loaded question:
Have you ever been bored silly watching a magician perform a spelling trick?
This is contentious and very obviously axiomatic. Quoting from the Preface of his new manuscript, Australian card man Ian Baxter comments: "Unfortunately, spelling effects in card magic hold the onerous title of being the most laborious, boring presentations imaginable."
This is the point at issue - boredom setting in, thanks to the tedium of endless counting and spelling, usually propped up with trivial patter. Such effects are simply... | $9 to wish listPDF |
Three Jacks BetteredIan Baxter Jon Racherbaumer steps forward with a very keen Introduction to this Baxter treatment of the classic Three Jacks Deal. “…celebrate and perform Baxter’s latest, evolutionary entry.” It has been around since 1928, but this version guides it well into the 21st century.
Ian Baxter has accomplished something remarkable. He has taken a wonderful classic self-working effect, that has been described and worked on by such luminaries as Walter Gibson, John Scarne, Rufus Steele, Harry Lorayne, Ed Marlo and made it even better, more direct, less dealing procedures while preserving the effect, the sleight-less feature as well as adding an additional climax.... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Three Good DealsIan Baxter Growing tired of long, arduous Poker Deals that magicians love and audiences can loathe? All too often when a spectator remarks: "I wouldn't like to play cards with you!" the performer unleashes a twenty-minute Poker demonstration, often laced with countless sleights and bloated yarn about a shady Mexican gambler. The entertainment quotient is immediately stifled; it is all just 'too much.'
Looking to jettison these overbearing routines? Author Ian Baxter has put together some practical alternatives - three highly entertaining, well-paced Poker Deals in one exceptional manuscript. Easy, delightful... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Three For AllIan Baxter A collection of three re-worked card classics and as Dan Tong says in his Introduction, “Ian has produced three very usable approaches to three classic effects.” That says it all!
Easygoing Carlyle is a no-palm Card To Pocket with a repeat phase that any serious magician can do in a few days. It is almost self-working.
With Nicely Controlled, Ian has refashioned an old trick that was a favorite of none other than S. Leo Horowitz.
Follow The Leader is certainly a classic. What Ian offers here is a six card routine that is simpler to set up than most of the older eight card routines... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF & EPUB |
Three FavouritesIan Baxter
Stewart Judah was one of the twentieth century's most celebrated card experts, contributing to that classic text Greater Magic as one of the famed 'Card Stars Of The U.S.A.' and winning accolades from experts everywhere. Author John Northern Hilliard wrote "I would rather see him do a card trick than go to a convention." Such was his reputation.
In this new manuscript, author Ian Baxter shares his version of a Judah favourite, Not Your Card? - with the level of astonishment fully intact, but offering an approach that is far better suited to the close-up table.
Moving The Aces is Baxter's latest handling for that classic... | $6 to wish listPDF |
Three ExtrasIan Baxter Francis Carlyle and Faucett Ross get coverage in this latest manuscript from Ian Baxter. In a tribute to both of these giants from the past, Baxter examines Carlyle's 'The Card That Finds Itself' with a new and novel approach, while the Ross classic 'Twice Turned' gets a dusting off that adds value-plus to this popular effect from the Vernon Chronicles. The third entry is Baxter's technique for the Top Palm, unbelievably fast, straightforward and appreciably easier than most other methods in print.
1st edition 2020, PDF 9 pages. | $4 to wish listPDF |
Three Daley DeceitsIan Baxter
Doctor Jacob Daley was one of the most respected sleight-of-hand artists of the twentieth century. This acclaimed New York performer left the magic fraternity an astonishing cache of published works, from the acclaimed Stars Of Magic series to prized entries in assorted books and magazines.
Three Daley Deceits offers a new look at three of the Doctor's most celebrated card mysteries, carefully revised by Australian cardman Ian Baxter.
Daley's Aces - In Spades is Baxter's spin on this ever-popular transposition. The four Aces from the deck are slowly and deliberately placed on the table, Hearts and Diamonds... | $9 to wish listPDF |
The Turnstile PassIan Baxter It was none other than Channing Pollock who stepped forward with this keen endorsement of Ian Baxter's The Turnstile Pass: "Beautifully written and detailed. Yes, I recommend it! And - I just love your self-deprecating humor." A smooth card pass that enunciates the importance of using a distractive move to cover the mechanics. Three first rate effects are included as well.
The Turnstile Pass is Ian Baxter's variation of a Hermann style pass that does not require a turnover of the packet, as is typically the case with Hermann type passes. As a bonus you will get three routines using this pass:
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The Guarantee CardIan Baxter "Another look at the Three Of Clubs problem" and you will be hard pressed to find an easier, more practical application than this one. Performer places a card on the table, spectator thinks of and names any card in the deck. Performer turns over his prediction and wow...that's it!
The raw effect is impressive: Performer extracts a card from the deck, placing it face down to the table. Spectator now names any card that comes to mind, with the tabled selection revealed as the one thought of. Yes, as brief and as straightforward as that.
A firm favourite that has been making the rounds for... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
The Blueprint: all volumesBarry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor  Originally launched as "Australia's Only Sleight Of Hand Monthly" and published between 1974 and 1982, The Blueprint still retains that claim today. Editors Barry Govan, Ian Baxter, Murray Cooper and Gerry McCreanor churned out a much-discussed journal that featured contributions from the likes of Ed Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer, Tom Gagnon, Dan Tong, Ray Grismer, Phil Goldstein, Jeff Busby, Jerry Mentzer, Harry Lorayne, et al. For the Close Up performer, absolutely certain to please.
The Blueprint was started by Barry Govan and Ian Baxter and taken over for the last two volumes by Murray Cooper and Gerry McCreanor. It ran from July 1974 to April 1981,... | ★★★★★ $40 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Blueprint Volume 7Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor 
- Volume 7, Number 1, July, 1980, 4 pages - Phil Goldstein Special Issue
- Red Uprising - Phil Goldstein
- Newsworthy - Phil Goldstein
- Split Octet - Phil Goldstein
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- Volume 7, Number 2, August, 1980, 6 pages
- The Mysterious Cross of India - Daryl
- Think Ace - Ray Grismer
- Blueprint In Print - Murray Cooper reviews:
- Ray Grismer's "Shorty"
- Ray Grismer's "Handy"
- Ray Grismer's "Thirty"
- Ray Grismer's "Loopy"
- Ray Grismer's "Shorty"
- Ray Grismer's "Charts" lecture notes
- Blueprint Review - Murray Cooper reviews:
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The Blueprint Volume 6Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor 
- Volume 6, Number 1, July, 1979, 4 pages
- Impossible Coin to Pocket - Bob Chesbro
- Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
- Crooked Dice - continued
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- Volume 6, Number 2, August, 1979, 4 pages
- Hocus Focus - Barry Govan
- Crooked Dice - continued
- Blueprint In Print - reviews:
- Gerard Majax's "Secrets of the Card Sharps"
- Jerry Mentzer's "Card Cavalcade Finale"
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- Volume 6, Number 3, September, 1979, 4 pages
- Flip - Errol Robinson
- Marlo Plus
- Blueprint In Print - Murray Cooper...
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The Blueprint Volume 5Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor  An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors through Issue Number 5
Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor, new editors starting with Issue Number 6; 47 pages in Volume 5
- Volume 5, Number 1, July, 1978, 4 pages
- The Cardsharps Apprentice - Barry Govan
- Patter for ... The Cardsharps Apprentice
- Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
- Paul Harris' "Supermagic"
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- Volume 5, Number 2, August, 1978, 4 pages
- Control Ace Transpo - Derek Martin
- Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
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The Blueprint Volume 4Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor  An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors; 52 pages in Volume 4
- Volume 4, Number 1, July, 1977, 5 pages - cover has drawing of Lou Costello and Boris Karloff
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- Variations on a Theme - Extracting a deck of cards from it's case - Murray Cooper & Ian Baxter
- One on the Way Down Cut - Tom Gagnon (USA)
- Blueprint In-Print - reviews:
- Ronnay's "Cardorama" packet trick
- Ronnay's "Multi Colour Card Change Climax" packet trick
- Double Impact in Red and Blue - Franz Rosensteiner (Magic Ronnay) (Austria)
- cartoon
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The Blueprint Volume 3Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor  An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors; 52 pages in Volume 3
- Volume 3, Number 1, July, 1976, 4 pages - cover has drawing of a monster with cards
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- Coin Sandwich - Barry Govan
- Blueprint In-Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
- "The Complete Mike Rogers"
- The Dice of Zohar - Tom Gagnon (USA)
- Volume 3, Number 2, August, 1976, 4 pages - no cover
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
- The E.R. Thimble Routine - Errol Robinson, described by Murray Cooper
- Blueprint In-Print - reviews:
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The Blueprint Volume 2Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor  Includes an extra manuscript "The Magic of Tom Gagnon".
An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors
Published in Victoria, Australia from July, 1974 through April, 1982 (Vol. 7, No. 10); 75 pages in Volume 2
- Volume 2, Number 1, July, 1975, 6 pages - cover has drawing of Laurel & Hardy
- The Blueroom & A Thought - editorial comments
- The Unwritten Prediction - Edward Marlo (USA)
- Gadabout Balls - Barry Govan
- Blueprint In-Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
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The Blueprint Volume 1Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor  An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors
Published in Victoria, Australia from July, 1974 through April, 1982 (Vol. 7, No. 10); 54 pages in Volume 1
- Volume 1, Number 1, July, 1974, 4 pages - cover has drawing of W. C. Fields
- The Blueroom - introductory editorial
- Your Card My Card - Anton York
- Thumb Flip Flourish - Barry Govan
- Blueprint In-Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
- Back Clip Coins - Barry Govan
- Trio Surprise - Ian Baxter
- Volume 1, Number 2, August, 1974, 4 pages - no cover
- The Blueroom - editorial comments
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Ten-FourIan Baxter
Australian card man Ian Baxter has nailed it once again! Here is a straightforward, anytime, anywhere mystery that will leave audiences scratching their heads.
No fakes, gaffs or stranger cards are employed. An ordinary deck, borrowed or supplied by you, is the sole requirement. Ten-Four, a radio call sign, means "everything is okay" but in this case, it also spells out what is involved. The four tens end up cavorting from the deck to the table and back again, with a jaw-dropping finish. And there is room for a spot of humour as well.
Acknowledgment must be made to Tom Ogden of Hollywood, California,... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Ten on DeckIan Baxter Ian Baxter’s first book, first published in 1970. Card men everywhere enthused about the contents and the endorsements it carried from the likes of Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Card Mondor, Robert Parrish, Jon Racherbaumer and others, are testament to the quality of content. Alton Sharpe wrote the Introduction.
Ten reputation making card miracles.
"The material is not only interesting, but clever and workable. Yes, l recommend it." - Edward Marlo
"Ian Baxter is a creative and skillful artist." - Dai Vernon
"After what I have seen of the contents, I'm eagerly looking forward to reading the book. What I have seen is really impressive." - Jon Racherbaumer
"I must say l will use... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
Strands ...Ian Baxter Five of Baxter’s best with cards – all impromptu, all straightforward, all within reach of the average card man. Included is Easy Going Triumph, which puts the famous Vernon effect into an even more convincing mode and not a sleight in sight.
Direct and clean effects achieved by simple methods. With an introduction by Charles Gauci.
- Shared Sandwich
- Staying In Touch
- Rag
- Coin Spell
- Easy Going Triumph
1st edition 2018, 16 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF |
Smooth ElevatorIan Baxter Edward Marlo originated The Elevator Cards back in 1948 and now, Ian Baxter's latest streamlined offering is available. Short, snappy and to the point, with several strong magical moments. This is totally impromptu, practically sleight free and is sure to please the most discriminating card worker. This is one of Baxter's best!
1st edition 2020, PDF 7 pages. | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Sitting Down with Mr. BrownIan Baxter Just one card, merely thought of, mysteriously jumps from one packet to another.
Sound familiar? Of course, and there is no finer example of this treasured classic than Edward G. Brown's Wandering Card, published by Willane, back in 1952.
Usually presented as a stand-alone effect for the platform or stage, Brown's effect has lost none of its popularity over the ensuring years - spawning many variations that tackle the innate difficulty of the crucial packet switch. Unfortunately, many of these have proven to be, for one reason or another, impractical.
Australian card man Ian Baxter... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Simplicity Aces ComebackIan Baxter A new approach to the Stewart James classic Simplicity Four Ace Trick.
First appearing in print in Ralph W. Hull's book More Eye Openers, Jean Hugard wasted no time in grabbing it for Encyclopedia Of Card Tricks; it also ended up in John Northern Hilliard's mammoth book Greater Magic, along with a number of other texts as well.
The straightforward plot involves the four Aces of the pack assembling in one heap, following a careful separation from other cards. Economy of movement is top of the list here, buoyed by an absence of sleights and very easy moves. Within reach of any card handler, beginner or expert.
And now, years down the track, Ian Baxter offers this... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Simple ACAANIan Baxter Five approaches to the popular 'Any Card At Any Number' problem that rely more on subtlety than sleight of hand. As the title implies, the approaches are uncomplicated and well within reach of the beginner in card magic. One of Baxter's most popular titles.
From the Preface:
The evergreen Any Card At Any Number equation continues to attract new and novel approaches from card experts of all levels.
This modest manuscript unleashes five techniques of my own devising, each the result of reading Ken Krenzel's inspiring book Relaxed Impossibilities. With a careful text by Stephen Minch, the chapters... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF |
Seven at a PicnicIan Baxter John Racherbaumer's latest compendium Picnic Pocus, has certainly revived interest in that long-standing Ace revelation, Poker Player's Picnic. Published years back in The Royal Road to Card Magic, it is a routine most of us perform when starting out in card magic, but eventually, drop from our repertoire due to the odd counting method involved.
Ian Baxter's new approach to this classic has solved this problem, providing a clear rationale for the procedure and adding touches that considerably enhance the routine's effectiveness while still maintaining the sleight-free handling of the original. Clever thinking at work here! This new version is worthy... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Scarne Thinks AgainIan Baxter Here is a 21st Century version of John Scarne's Think-A-Card, published by U.F. Grant back in 1938. Whereas Scarne's version relied on the convenience of writing predictions on cigarette papers, Baxter completely dispenses with this quaint idea with a new, slick presentation.
Daley was really fired up about this highly effective mental test from the ingenious Scarne: "You are about to become the possessor of a rare and beautiful gem in mental magic" he enthused. "Simple in its modus operandi and yet so tremendously effective...an almost perfect demonstration of mind reading."
Scarne, a universally recognized... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Refining Vernon's 1-2-3Ian Baxter
"It's not easy to improve on a trick by Dai Vernon, but Ian Baxter has managed to do just that!"
A timely observation from reviewer David Jones, who has hit the nail right on the head. Here is an easy, clever new treatment of a respected Vernon classic. Don't be surprised if you find yourself performing Refining Vernon's 1-2-3 over and over again.
Jones continues: "This streamlined handling of Vernon's 1-2-3 is so much cleaner than the original, more magical in effect and far easier to perform. It's a winner!"
This familiar, fast-moving card mystery has been 'doing the rounds' for decades:... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Rapid Double ReverseIan Baxter
It is almost impossible to imagine any card expert worth his salt to have either ignored or overlooked Double Reverse. Here is a firm favourite that has entertained audiences for decades. Now, Australian card man Ian Baxter steps forward with a brand-new approach that will knock your socks off. Two cards chosen, one by spectator, another by the performer, then in the blink of an eye they both reverse in the deck. But here is the cruncher: Baxter's handling allows the effect to be presented, believe it or not, in well under one minute! Not be missed and a bargain at just $4.00.
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Quicker QuestIan Baxter A new approach to the Stewart James classic Queer Quest.
Another Stewart James card mystery from the past, brought right up to date by Australian cardman Ian Baxter.
Queer Quest first appeared in The Jinx magazine back in 1938. Publisher Ted Annemann endorsed it immediately because this was obviously not just another card trick. Although the effect is far from new, three spectators each selecting a card with the performer locating them one at a time, Queer Quest stood out because of its simple method and straightforward presentation.
Eighty-five years down the track and Q.Q. is now totally revamped, with easier handling... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Princess on the MoveIan Baxter
Who among us has not heard of, seen, or performed The Princess Card Trick? For the record, it was conceived by Henry Hardin and was first made available way back in 1903. Mahatma magazine carried advertising for it and in the decades that followed, countless 'improvements' ended up in print.
It seems that not too many of these ideas were ever celebrated by the magical fraternity, and no wonder - with crazy fakes and gimmicks being introduced that almost drowned its popularity.
Fortunately, the original idea has remained unchanged which is why today, it is still regarded as a classic of card... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Pointless!Ian Baxter Here is a fall-over-easy card trick that has taken in well-informed magicians. Based on Ken de Courcy’s ‘You Do As I Do’ approach called [lp=922355You’ll Get The Point], Baxter rises to the occasion with a baffling presentation using a cleverly concealed, ancient principle. Totally impromptu, no gimmicks, set up or sleights.
Why the extraneous procedure of changing packets? To Ian, this seems totally unnecessary, although (obviously) the mechanics of the trick, as is, necessitate it. This effect is almost exactly the same as the de Courcy contribution, but the method is altogether different.
1st edition 2018, 2 pages.... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Pocketheral Once AgainIan Baxter A new approach to the Stewart James classic Pocketheral.
Stewart James (1908 - 1996) was known not just for an immense output of published effects, but his deliberate, somewhat humorous conferring of odd titles to various tricks. Pocketheral was certainly no exception, attracting the attention of, among others, Edward Marlo.
The Cardician, Marlo's celebrated book released back in 1953, included two very worthwhile variations of PTR. Marlo, along with many others, would doubtless have been amused by the name chosen for this one.
Marlo's approach involved not twenty but ten cards being dealt in a row, a spectator being asked... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Paul Rosini's DiscoveriesIan Baxter
Paul Rosini was one of the all-time 20th Century greats of the magic world, with numerous contributions in print and a reputation that few have approached. His skill and charm guaranteed him a permanent niche in the pantheon of card magic.
In this exclusive manuscript, Ian Baxter offers up his handling of three Rosini favourites - The Peek Trick, Follow Your Card and Change In Hand. Once again Baxter turns his thoughts towards a touch of streamlining and simplifying, utilising the most basic of sleights to achieve the self-same effects that Rosini presented.
This trio is a game-changer... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
