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Ladies on the LooseJon Racherbaumer This routine was inspired by a magician’s challenge that it was unfeasible and unadvisable to perform several Ace Assemblies in a row for lay audiences. In fact, he argued that most Four-Ace Assemblies are neither entertaining nor interesting to layman because they are essentially magician’s exercises. This synergism is an exercise based on an opposite view; however, a key lies in presentation. The performer ostensibly is relating a bit of history regarding how a card trick was performed in the 16th century. In the course of the explanation, he acts as a proxy for skeptical spectators who... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |||
Jonah PloysJon Racherbaumer This manuscript explores hybrids of the Jonah Card Principle. Beyond that it hopes to draw attention to this fascinating motif and perhaps inspire further research and development.
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Hull-A-Palooza: 25 Devilish Strategies of DivinationJon Racherbaumer From the Preface: Conjurers (as entertainers) are agents of simulated magical phenomenon. And most theorists would likely agree that such simulations should be direct and powerful. For example, the phenomenon is prophesying a mentally selected card, begins when the agent writes down or verbalizes a prediction beforehand. Next, a spectator names a card and, finally, the named card matches the predicted card. This magical result, as just described, is almost tantamount to telling a person what they are thinking as they are thinking it. This is an ideal outcome. Our literature is loaded with... | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
Holistic HammanJon Racherbaumer Brother John Hamman's effects are conducive to creating strong, synergistic routines. That is, many of his individual effects, including its discrete parts, can be combined to form powerful presentations. The following nine-phase is a good example. Holistic Hamman was originally part of an unpublished book titled Real-World Cardstuff: Synergistic Schemes. Requisites: A regular deck of cards. 1st edition 2000, 2nd edition 2013, 15 pages. | ★★★★★ $6 to wish list | |||
Hofzinser's Lost Ace-ProblemJon Racherbaumer Karl Fulves published in Pallbearers Review an unsolved card problem wherein an Ace having the same suit of a previously selected card changes into that selection. The puzzling aspect of this problem was this: The four Aces are shown, mixed, and tabled face down. Nobody knows the order or disposition of the Aces, not even the spectator. Jon describes eight solutions each with its own trade-offs, strengths and weaknesses. Jon concludes his manuscript with: The Hofzinser Lost Ace Problem is a good example of a card problem that intrigues magicians because it lends itself to "creative noodling" and... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |||
Hierophant 7Jon Racherbaumer
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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... | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
Good TurnsJon Racherbaumer Even though the small packet card trick goes at least back to Hofzinser's times Jon argues that the modern small packet trick started in the 1940s when the Buckle Count was introduced by Dai Vernon and got into full swing when the Ghost Count (Elmsley Count) entered the stage. Jon writes: When the Elmsley Count became more widely known, the genie was out of the bottle. Vernon’s “Twisting The Aces” provided momentum. Marlo’s groundbreaking work on “Think Ace” and “Touch Turn” was privately circulating and then was eventually published in The Linking Ring. By the time Larry West and Verne Chesbro published Tricks You Can... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |||
Gene Castillon's Redoubling the Double CutJon Racherbaumer Gene Castillon presented this lecture at a meeting of Ring #27 IBM in the early 70’s, calling it "The Double Undercut Routine". This routine was designed to feature only one sleight or move—the Double Undercut. To prove the versatility and usefulness of this one move, Gene incorporated into one routine a series of different effects all accomplished by this one move. As you will discover, there are magic appearances, a simple sandwich prediction, several Ace tricks, a poker deal, and a simple triumph trick. When recently asked to lecture again, Gene pulled out his old lecture notes and was surprised... | ★★★★★ $5 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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Five Easy PiecesJon Racherbaumer The five easy "pieces" in this manuscript are relatively easy to do. The important aspect, however, is how they are combined. The tricks are not the tricky part. They can be broken down into basic, understandable action steps. Or, to put it another way, tricks are to magic books as recipes are to cook books. One should not then equate plans, schemes, or sets of instructions with hale and hearty presentations. This is the reason the extended presentation in this manuscript surpasses mere exposition. Besides explaining the action steps of five otherwise grab-bag tricks, it reveals how they have... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |||
Fingerprint DossierJon Racherbaumer From the Preface: I must confess that my initial reaction to the Fingerprint Trick was tepid. There was no tension or conflict and it came off as being a glorified location trick. But one aspect interested me. It violated one of magic's cardinal rules - namely, never tell an audience what you are going to do before you do it. And, worse, in this case the performer divulges how he plans do it. Every presentation explains how the trick ostensibly works: The selection is found by detecting the thumbprint left on it. This is a plausible explanation, but as the trick unfolds, this casual explanation... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |||
Finessed ControlsJon Racherbaumer Controlling a card to the top or to the bottom is the most fundamental technique in card magic. Every card magician should have at least one good method to do that. Consequently many authors use the phrase "control card to the top/bottom with your preferred method" and leave the rest to the reader assuming that everyone already has his or her preferred method. While you might have your favorite method, the search for better ones never stops. In this ebook Jon Racherbaumer describers several - as he calls them 'finessed' methods - to control a card to the top or to the bottom. You should find... | ★★★★★ $20 to wish list | |||
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. The following 8 things in this booklet are stunts and tricks Harry performed in his inimitable, fast-and-loose way when he held court in barrooms, poolrooms, or at his night club called Oswald's. In the right time and place they are worth knowing... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | |||
Facsimile 6Jon Racherbaumer Includes a more clarified explanation of Marlo's "Super Count" routine, and a lot more.
1st edition 2017, 70 pages. | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
Facsimile 5Jon Racherbaumer
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Facsimile 4Jon Racherbaumer
1st edition 1996, 35 pages. | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
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.
1st edition 1995, 50 pages; 1st digital edition 2020, PDF 50 pages. | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
Facsimile 2Jon Racherbaumer
1st edition 1994, 50 pages; 1st digital edition 2020, PDF 55 pages. | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
Facsimile 1Jon Racherbaumer
1st edition 1983, 2nd edition 1994, 50 pages; 1st digital edition 2020, PDF 52 pages. | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |||
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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Dustbin Dossier 2Jon Racherbaumer The contents of this series, for the most part, emphasize the history of effects and ideas. There are effects and methods in some of them, though.
1st edition 2014, PDF 30 pages.... | $7 to wish list | |||
Dustbin Dossier 1Jon Racherbaumer The contents of this series, for the most part, emphasize the history of effects and ideas. There are effects and methods in some of them, though. From the introduction: Dustbin Dossier will service a distinct minority interested in examining documents (letters, notes, booklets, diaries, journals) in their original, "aboriginal" forms. Personal letters, for example, are a primary source of raw, unfiltered knowledge - seasoned with salt, not sugar. They are usually characterized by their spontaneous candor and unguarded subjectivity. After all, most of them were written for one person... | $7 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 Cards From 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... | ★★★★★ $16 to wish list |