Jon Racherbaumer
#1 Magic author
#1 Cards author
(22nd January 1940 - )
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, under the sign of Aquarius. His early years were spent in Elmhurst, Illinois (Harlan Tarbell's hometown), a western suburb of Chicago. His interest in magic was sparked by seeing Dr. Tarbell perform in 1950. Soon thereafter, he received his first magic book, Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 1, on his eleventh birthday. After discovering that Dr. Tarbell had donated his entire course to the local library, Jon spent many hours diligently studying each volume along with other magic books in the library.
Jon joined the Mazda Mystics Club (Juniors) in 1953, a club started by Russell Shaw and his wife in Oak Park, Illinois. Meetings were held in the basement of the Mazda Magic Shop. He maintained his interest throughout his schooling and thereafter when he moved to New Orleans in 1963. The Big Easy, home of the Mardi Gras, jazz music, and voodoo, is often called the Dream State, an ideal place for all things magical to ferment. From 1957 to 1965, Jon attended four universities and worked at various jobs: radio programmer, disk-jockey, promotion man, salesman, restaurant manager, male model, tree-trimmer, blackjack dealer, construction worker, warehouseman, program consultant (voluntary health agency), institutional house-father, social worker, gym instructor, bartender, ambulance driver (at a race track), and finally he went to work for Eastern Airlines from 1965-1990 as an airlines business person.
He eventually joined the IBM and the SAM in 1966, is a member of the Order of Merlin, and is a Lifetime Member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. He is currently the Associate Editor of Richard Kaufman's Genii magazine. Prior to accepting this post, he contributed to numerous other magazines.
Jon's mentors were Ed Marlo and Eddie Fields.
His other interests are: body-building, literature, book-collecting, martial arts, philosophy, poetry, film, theater (theory), cosmology, painting, and mathematical recreations.
website: www.JonRacherbaumer.com
Coauthors: Edward Marlo, Norm Osborn, Steve Reynolds
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All That JazzJon Racherbaumer This special intro price of $5 is valid until November 30th, at which point it will go up to $15.
Jazz Aces was inauspiciously introduced to the magic world in 1971 when Peter Kane published Another Card Session. It was a fortuitous event because it appeared about the same time the Elmsley Count was gaining favor with magicians from coast to coast. Like weeds in an open field, packet tricks were also popping up everywhere. Furthermore, Kane's routine clarified the transposition aspects of basic Ace Assemblies. Using only 8 principal "players" (cards), his action procedure was simple and direct.... | 2020 / 11 / 16 | $5.00 to wish list | ||
Trix FixesJon Racherbaumer
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May The Flop Be With YouJon Racherbaumer Remixing the Gardner-Marlo poker deal - its history and histrionics.
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SunkenJon Racherbaumer A deep dive into a key principle - the sunken key card.
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Cull-MinationJon Racherbaumer Culling (cards) is not a particularly fashionable technique. During the past forty years, card magicians started to pay closer attention to various ideas and techniques, especially those having broad application. In this treatise three types of culls will be examined:
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Elevation OvationsJon Racherbaumer Although Marlo is generally credited with the Elevator plot, analysis of the action steps taken in the Four Burglars,
Jacob's Ladder, and Marlo's Penetration exhibit procedural similarities and could be presented as "elevating tricks" if accompanying patter expressed the "elevator" analogy. As far as the "elevator" trope is concerned, we can credit Bill Simon for naming rights.
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Facsimile 3Jon Racherbaumer This issue of Facsimile includes the complete contents of the first two (and only) issues of Jon Racherbaumer's periodical Marlophile. Jon has reformatted Marlophile, and added some additional routines.
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Facsimile 2Jon Racherbaumer
1st edition 1994, 50 pages; 1st digital edition 2020, PDF 55 pages. | 2020 / 6 / 21 | $15.00 to wish list | ||
Facsimile 1Jon Racherbaumer
1st edition 1983, 2nd edition 1994, 50 pages; 1st digital edition 2020, PDF 52 pages. | 2020 / 6 / 14 | $15.00 to wish list | ||
The Ascanio SpreadJon Racherbaumer The Ascanio Spread is a beautiful false display move, generally used to display 4 cards and hide a fifth one. From the Introduction: The Ascanio Spread immigrated to this country from Amsterdam. Del Cartier, Herb Zarrow, Mike Rogers, and Pete Biro were instrumental in bringing this technique to America. In fact, Del Cartier is a close personal friend of Ascanio and was the go-between in obtaining the original Ascanio manuscript for Mike Rogers, who in turn passed it on to me.
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BlufferyJon Racherbaumer Jon explores the bluff pass and its spin-offs.
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Grand HotelJon Racherbaumer An exploration of the Hotel Trick, aka "A Night on the Town". A trick with a good plot is half the battle. This one has an interesting plot that can be styled and modified to fit your needs. Sleight-less and sleight-of-hand versions are being taught. Jon was introduced to this trick by Persi Diaconis in the 1970s. In this ebook he has traced it back to its roots, and forward to modern variations and spin-offs. The core effect: Two Queens and four Kings are shown. The Queens are tabled face down next to each other. Two Kings are added onto each Queen to form two three-card packets. After... | 2020 / 5 / 22 | $15.00 to wish list | ||
Dunbury DelusionsJon Racherbaumer "It is one of the very best tricks which can be done for close-up work." - Hugard and Braue from Show Stoppers With CardsFrom the Foreword: The Dunbury Delusion has an illustrious pedigree that has been up, down, and all around the magic scene for at least 100 years. Charlie Miller's method that was published in Expert Card Technique in 1940, more or less branded his name on it, but seven year earlier Victor Farelli published a modified version ("The Partagas Sell") in Farelli's Card Magic. He did not claim paternity but credited a Spanish magician named Partagas who apparently taught him the trick in 1908.Basic Plot: A selection "lost" in a deck is successfully found by using three... | 2020 / 5 / 15 | $16.00 to wish list | ||
Tickling TekelJon Racherbaumer From the Introduction:
The purpose of this compilation is to incentivize and "tickle" students to reexamine the Mene-Tekel deck and reconsider its possibilities. This has been done before and as recently as 2003 when Chris Wardle (via Paul Hallas) published a 27 page booklet titled Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck (Magic's Forgotten Trick Deck).
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Fifth-Business Monkey BusinessJon Racherbaumer Eight select bits of rascality from Harry the Hat. From the Introduction: When Harry Anderson lived in New Orleans, we regularly discussed tricks, scams, and what Harry liked to call "throwaways that are keepers." These are tricks that symbolically serve the same purpose as Mardi Gras beads and doubloons tossed from floats during carnival season. | 2020 / 4 / 25 | $12.00 to wish list | ||
Speeding BulletsJon Racherbaumer A survey of the seven-card assembly. This ebook is a survey of the Seven-Card Assembly, a subcategory of Ace Assembly. Its name due to the number (7) of principal cards used, which makes it different from other Ace Assemblies. Standard versions use sixteen cards - four Aces and twelve X-cards - and when the preliminary layout is made, the Aces are dealt into a T-formation and three X-cards are placed onto each Ace. In a Seven-Card Assembly three X-cards are added onto only three of the Aces. The Leader Ace lies alone. This reduces the duration it takes to set the stage. Then the four Aces... | 2020 / 4 / 11 | $15.00 to wish list | ||
Further MoreJon Racherbaumer This manuscript is an exploration of the origin and evolution of one of the most dependable, commercial, and semiautomatic card tricks extant. Even its name is unusual and memorable - "Further Than That"
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Lazing: Lazy Man's Card TrickJon Racherbaumer This compilation, like my others, my goal is to discover the "bits and pieces" and in this particular case, to partially answer how and why The Lazy Man's Card Trick came into being?
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The Legendary Kabbala (1971-1981) (used)Jon Racherbaumer Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | 2020 / 1 / 9 | $150.00 to wish list | ||
A Hobsonian HandbookJon Racherbaumer Explorations, examples, and routines using equivoque. Hobson's Choice: the choice of taking either what is offered or nothing else; the absence of choice. [after Thomas Hobson (1544-1631) of Cambridge, England, who rented horses and gave only one choice, that of the horse nearest the stable door]Equivoque or Magician's Choice in its myriad of forms is considered a First Principle by students of mentalism. What fascinates me is the elusiveness of this subject because no one has yet written a definitive, synoptic, and detailed magnum opus on the subject. There have been good piecemeal accounts written here and there about and most magicians understand how it basically works in specific cases; however, trying to ferret out its... | 2019 / 12 / 1 | $12.00 to wish list |
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