Magic & Conjuring: page 174

Le palline di spugna sono tra i migliori attrezzi magici a disposizione. Sono economiche, leggere, possono esser compresse facilmente, sono adatte a ragazzi e adulti e sono molto visuali.

Questa routine ha un grande effetto sia per il walkaround, il close-up e la magia da strada. Collier l'ha usata spesso come apertura per richiamare il pubblico. Avrete bisogno di tre palline di spugna. Il manoscritto include il testo utilizzato da Collier.

Con illustrazioni.

Traduzione italiana a cura di Matteo Filippini.

This was the routine magicians talked most about at Alexander's last lecture tour in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Holland.

Here is the effect: You write a prediction on a card, which is placed into an envelope. This in turn is deposited in a small leather wallet. All this is done BEFORE anything starts and in full view of the audience.

A spectator (no stooge) gets a sheet of newspaper. He pretends being a passenger that is sitting and waiting for his train in a train station at a certain track, reading his newspaper. The spectator names freely a train station in any city in the world...

This issue deals with two routines. The first one is de Cova's version of the famous 'Ten Card Poker Deal'. This is a routine in four phases and makes use of a full deck, which is shuffled and cut. Each phase is build up and more challenging. All the time the spectator wins against you and he has no idea how. With all phases the spectator makes absolute free decisions and the climax is an overwhelming Royal Flush of Spades in his poker hand. Easy to do and entertaining.

The second routine is called 'The Green Card' (has nothing to do with Lennart) and it was one of the main routine in Alexander's...

Many magic books come and go but when Wesley James releases a new book, serious students of magic pay attention. This is his first all new book since 2007 and it shows the same consideration for detail and exceptional technique he always delivers. In addition, it reveals new plots and insight into the thought he gives any new effect or routine he explores. Each investigation is important; any of them could change your magic forever.

It should come as no surprise to those who have read Wesley's previous works that he examines card magic at a depth rarely found in any field, but less so in...

Palming - This video pack contains three video lessons on palming cards - the two handed top card palm, the one handed top card palm and the Gambler's cop. 27 minutes in total, these lessons will have you palming cards with confidence in a relatively short time.

length 27 minutes

Swallowing the razor blades is a classic routine of magic. In this two video pack Ian shares everything about the routine that he has used on stage and on the streets all over the world for almost twenty years. Nothing is held back as you see clips from several different live performances to illustrate what is being taught. This is a full professional routine for a fraction of the price of other versions.

length 40 minutes.

A really strong piece of mentalism that is impromptu and can be performed literally in every single performing situation is not too easy to find. This, however, fits the bill beautifully.

Effect: The mentalist places a business card onto the table. The audience is told that there is a prediction underneath the business card, but that it will not be shown to them until later. The performer reaches into his pocket (or wherever) and brings out three invisible coins: a nickel, a quarter, and a dime. The spectator is told to imagine that she sees them. The performer lays the imaginary coins in...

Once upon a time I saw a magician do a routine with three ropes hanging from a stick. At the end of one rope there was a silk. He made the silk to magically jump between the ropes. This was amazing. I wanted to do this, but how? Then I invented this routine that's very impressive. Charles Bertram's old routine "Here, There and Everywhere" has the same effect but the method is very different, my method has the big advantage that you can let the spectator check the rope and knots out before the magic happens! Which makes this an impossible illusion. One nice aspect of Jump-O-Ring is that you can...

The effect is pretty simple and straight forward. A card is selected. In fact, the spectator can change his mind and select a different card! The spectator then signs the card across its face. The card is then folded into quarters with the face side out, so that both the identity of the card and the signature can be seen throughout the performance. An empty mason jar with its lid firmly in place is shown. The card is now slapped against the bottom of the jar, and instantly and visibly the card penetrates the jar, and is now trapped inside! The spectators can clearly see that it is in fact the...

Big, visual effects that make mentalism suitable for stage, platform, or club use. No card tricks, nail writers or close up pads. Instead, forty colorful and powerful mental effects in all categories from a Bargain Prediction Chest to ESP.

From the note to the reader by North Bigbee:

CONTENTS:

• SUPERTRANSPORTATION (Ian Baxter): The four Aces and the four Kings change places among themselves.
• BEHAVIORAL BLUFF (Fred Robinson): A spectator picks a card among five (free choice) and you show the other four cards to be indifferent. You have predicted this card. You’ll love the method.
• BLANK FACES (Phil Wye): A selected card is revealed by using four double-blank cards on which messages appear.
• PAST HELP (Roy Walton): Four cards are selected by four spectators and then discovered by you with the assistance of four very famous magicians. Entirely self-working.
• SPOTTING THE SPOT (Leslie May): A...

The English magazine Pabular was first published in 1974 by Nick Bolton and ran for just over eight exciting volumes. It was mainly edited by the well respected Fred Robinson (later by Walt Lees and Stephen Tucker) and the art editor throughout was the talented Eric Mason. The contributors include: Jack Avis, Gaeton Bloom, John Carney, Peter Duffie, Alex Elmsley, Dominique Duvivier, Cy Endfield, Bob Farmer, Flip, Piet Forton, Roberto Giobbi, Paul Hallas, Steve Hamilton, Francis Haxton, Larry Jennings, Peter Kane, Fred Kaps, Gerald Kosky, Trevor Lewis, Ed Marlo, Bob Ostin, Patrick Page, John Ramsay, Bob Read, Sam Schwartz, Arthur Setterington, Al Smith, Juan Tamariz, Stephen Tucker, Dai Vernon, Roy Walton, Tommy Wonder and William Zavis.

CONTENTS:

• SPECTATOR MAGICIAN (Tony Faro): Here is a great card effect...

#7 In Devin's Knights Magic Marketing Secrets For Magicians

Virtual numbers is one of the most valuable marketing secrets you can learn to promote your act. If you are willing to travel 50 to 100 miles or more outside of your area to do a show, then this is a surefire way to get more gigs. The cool thing is that you can do this for around $10 a month!

Virtual numbers allow you to create a LOCAL PRESENCE in any surrounding town or state. Statistics show that people normally only want to hire someone local and will not call numbers in other area codes.

If you have been advertising in...

Un anello da parlour, una corda ed una routine dalle caratteristiche da palco!

Una routine di anello e corda compatta con alcune delle mosse più visuali possibili con questi attrezzi.

Traduzione italiana a cura di Matteo Filippini.

Si tratta di un effetto impromptu, molto semplice da eseguire e dal grande effetto! Cos'altro volere di più?

CONTO ALLA ROVESCIA di Ken De Courcy è un gioco che può esser presentato in diversi modi, alcuni spiegati nel dettaglio in questo piccolo manoscritto.

L'effetto base è il seguente: uno spettatore mischia il proprio mazzo di carte (si proprio il suo mazzo che viene mischiato veramente!) quindi conta dieci carte facendo un conto alla rovescia. Se il valore della carta corrisponde al numero contato, la carta viene messa sul tavolo a faccia in alto. Se nessun valore delle carte...

Il più organico corso mai pubblicato sulla prestigiazione, ora disponibile in pratiche lezioni singole !

La lezione 10 chiude simbolicamente il primo volume del Corso Tarbell Originale e la fa in maniera degna. Questa è una lezione inestimabile per chi vuole veramente fare spettacolo. Niente trucchi spiegati in questa lezione, piuttosto viene spiegato come mettere su vari numeri utilizzando il materiale delle lezioni precedenti e svelando i veri segreti di uno spettacolo . Un breve schema del contenuto della lezione dovrebbe bastare per farvi comprendere l'importanza del materiale trattato ...

Il più organico corso mai pubblicato sulla prestigiazione, ora disponibile in pratiche lezioni singole ! Eccoci arrivati alla lezione 9 di questo stupendo e completissimo corso di Giochi di prestigio.

Se ci avete seguito fin ora sarete interessatissimi al contenuto della lezione 9

La lezione si apre con una serie di spiegazioni di mosse base usate negli effetti con le carte. Sono spiegate le versioni di Tarbell delle seguenti mosse:

1. Il salto semplice.
2. Il falso miscuglio.
3. La doppia presa.
4. Lo slip change.
5. L'impalmaggio

From the editor's note and foreword:

This routine has multiple effects. You begin with a length of rope...showing it freely. Instantly a knot appears on one end. You clearly untie it, but a moment later another knot appears. You clearly untie it again but...yes you are right...another knot appears. You repeat this effect again and again. At the end you have snapped five knots in all.

Now you borrow a finger ring and execute Grant's "Poor Man's Monkey Bar" in which you tie three knots on the rope with the ring knotted to the one on the right. Then you put the rope behind your back and pretend that the ring "magically" pass...

Very easy to do, impromptu and with a big effect! What else would you ask? Count Down by Ken de Courcy is a card trick that you can present in several ways, all well explained in this little manuscript.

The basic effect is the following: A spectator shuffles his own pack (Yes! It can be his own pack of cards and he really shuffles it...), then counts ten cards in a reverse order. If a number of spots on a card happens to match the number he is counting aloud at the time, the card is thrown out face-up. If none match during the count, a card is dealt face down in front of the magician.

This...

Get your wife, daughter, girl friend into the act! Here's a great comedy routine, very female, full of audience tested laughs, every bit of patter and business furnished - and any intelligent woman can learn to do it. Written pre-women's-lib era, but definitely a woman's routine for the felt chapeau. Owned by many magicians. If not, readily available. This material was used by Frances Marshall for most of her career. A big hit on women's club circuits, spring luncheons, P.T.A.'s, anywhere women congregate. Guaranteed laugh getter in female circles. Full explanation of all accessories used, all...

Clever paper-folding stories have always been popular with magicians. Such well-known magicians as Gene Anderson, Jay Marshall, Karrell Fox, Tommy Windsor and others have all featured paper-folding stories in their acts.

Devin Knight has always loved clever paper-folding effects. In this ebook, he has compiled four of his favorite paper-folding effects. He learned all four of these when he was a child and has used them for his entire performing career.

"Even though I'm a mentalist, I am a sucker for origami and puzzle effects. Devin has compiled a great collection of storytelling magic, using nothing more than...

September 1949 - August 1950
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

441 pages (7 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 14, Number 1 - September 1949 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Ron and Thelma Greenwood
7. Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
8. Fun with Firebowl and Flowers - "Dr. Chang" Sherman Ripley
9. By George! It's Sandsational - George Sands
10. Master Balls and Cigarettes - Al Sharpe
12. The Invisible Man - William W. Larsen
13. Double Daring - Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • re: a card trick
14. Results of the Genii-Orben Poll - Robert Orben
    • Article Four
15. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins ...

September 1948 - August 1949
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

376 pages (8 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 13, Number 1 - September 1948 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Arthur Buckley
8. Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
   • The Welcome Mat
   • Loot
   • Things I Like
   • Things I Don't Like
   • Dollar Value
   • Editors
   • Teletrixters
9. All Change - Len J. Sewell
10. What? Another Square Circle? - Mike Zens
11. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
12. Original Coin Sleights for Experts - Arthur Buckley
13. Arthur Buckley - by Theo. Bamberg "Okito"
14. Comedy Technique - First Article of a Series - Robert Orben ...