Magic & Mentalism: page 380

The Multiplying Balls is a favorite trick all over the world. Though a very old trick, it is popular because magicians are regularly adding their own presentation and moves to it, to make it something new and different. The basic effect is that one ball held between the magician's fingers multiplies to two, then three and finally four balls.

No balls are included with the ebooks. Any well-stocked magic shop will be able to supply you with the necessary balls and gimmicks.

• Multiplying Balls
  • The Basic Multiplying Move
• Palming
  • The Regular Palm
  • The Finger Palm
• Productions ...

This ebook explains some routines, that will teach you the standard moves with ordinary thimbles, and also the handling of the nested pair.

No thimbles are included with this PDF. Regular thimbles can be bought in any sewing shop. For the nested thimbles check any well-stocked magic shop.

• Nested Thimble Magic Outfit
• Magic with Ordinary thimbles
  • Thimble vanish and production
  • See through vanish
  • Finger Switch Color Change
• Routines Using the Nested Thimbles
  • Thimble Penetration
  • The Roll Over Finger palm
  • Multiplying Thimbles
  • Nested Color Changing Thimble

1st edition 2004;...

No one knows the originator of this mysterious effect. Linking Rings were introduced into Europe about a century ago by a troupe of Chinese Magicians, and have been named the "Chinese Linking Rings" ever since.

The basic effect is that a number of solid metal rings that have been examined by the audience magically link and un-link at the magicians' command. The rings are linked into chains and designs comprising of two to eight rings. The effect is capable of infinite variations, and the routine can be as short or long as you like. It can be performed silently to music, or with a patter...

A complete treatise on the continuous production of fans of cards from the fingertips. Illustrated with many sketches, front and back views. One of the greatest applause-getters in the business, and you can easily learn how to do it from this ebook. Includes work with gloves, descriptions of performances, ...

Illustrated by Eugene Gloye.

• Introduction
• The Instruction
• The Hat Steal
• The Card Clip
• A Net For Catching The Cards
• Two Types Of Fans
• Gloved Productions
• By The Same Author

1st edition 1941; PDF 20 pages.

Excerpt from the introduction:

A playing card levitates above a deck of cards.

The method is based on the black art principle and therefore requires a black background such as a black T-shirt or similar. A bit of arts and crafts and you can make the gimmick yourself.

1st edition 2022, video 14:41

• Card Tricks And Magic
  • Useful Rules To Follow
• Tricks With Cards
  • To Call For Any Card In The Pack
  • To Make Another Person Draw The Cards You Call For
  • To Name The Cards Of A Pack Concealed Under A Handkerchief
  • To Call The Cards Out Of The Pack
  • A New Method To Name All The Cards In Succession Without Seeing Them
  • To Discern One Or More Drawn Cards
  • The Knaves And The Constable
  • To Show A Card Now On The Top, And Now At The Bottom Of The Pack
  • The Same Trick In Another Manner
  • The Same Trick In A Still More Surprising Manner
  • The Double Confederates
  • The Card In The Pocketbook
  • Of...

Three cards magically penetrate your hand one by one. Gregg worked out other solutions to this problem in his earlier ebooks, but they all used four cards. This is a streamlined version with only three cards. He suggests using Ace, 2, and 3 spot cards.

1st edition 2021, PDF 5 pages.

A gaffed card that allows performing a super-clean back color change of a signed card.

From a red-backed deck, a spectator selects and removes a card, signs the face, and returns it to the deck. The deck is spread and a blue-backed card is seen in the middle of the spread. When turned over, it is the card he signed.

Remember:

• The spectator removes and handles his initial selection which is a red-backed card.
• At the end, he can also handle the blue-backed card (he can even keep it as a souvenir).
• No carbon or other signature transfers. This one is a fooler. It is one of those "things...

Effect: After displaying a glass and a handkerchief freely, the close-up artiste borrows a coin (or uses his own) and passes it right through the folded handkerchief placed on top of the glass, which a spectator is holding in his own hands. The effect is repeated.

This routine requires a gimmick that is not included with this PDF. The gimmick consists of a precision-made ring that fits a 10-Penny piece (or whatever coin you want to use) so exactly that, when placed in the folds of the enclosed handkerchief (which is folded so that twice the thickness of the cloth lies over the ring), a...

Here's a cool mentalism effect where you force a series of Scrabble pieces in the fairest of ways. The effect can be performed in close-up or standup situations. A bag of Scrabble pieces is shown in a paper bag - spectators can freely select any pieces - they are all mixed - just like in a normal game of Scrabble. The performer reveals that he knew how many points their Scrabble tiles would add up to, plus which word would be made, in a novel way. This is easy to do and easy to make. All you need is a couple of paper bags ... and the gimmick is so easy, you can make a pile of them at the same...

Not your magic dealer's Brainwave. Entirely new and revolutionary. Complete instructions to easily make it yourself.

1. Predict the ending in writing before the card is revealed. One prediction in full view. No switches or indexes.
2. Show a "regular deck" top and bottom before the face-up card is located.
3. Predict three choices in writing. All three choices are absolutely free. No forcing.
4. Destroy the spectator's free will as he selects a card from a deck he has shuffled and examined.
5. Cause a selected card to vanish and appear elsewhere.

Includes four non-Brainwave miracles by the legendary...

At one point it was believed that only one copy of this book existed. This and other myths are addressed in the introduction by Frank Lehmann, who has studied this book in detail.

The book exposes various ways in which the game of Faro was crooked. It was a very popular betting game in the United States and usually was rigged in one way or another. It was published by Richard K. Fox, the proprietor of the Police Gazette.

• Introduction
• Part I
  1. The Game Of Faro
  2. The Cards In Faro
  3. Dealing The Cards
  4. Keeping The Game
  5. Technical Terms Used In Faro
  6. Laws Of The Game
  7. The Chances Of The...

This sixth part of my card project (each volume is, in any case, totally independent of the others) includes 3 new original A.C.A.A.N. effects requiring no sleight of hands:

• B.F. (Back & Front) ACAAN
• Impromptu Countdown ACAAN
• ACAAN For Tea Time

It's a new series of hands-off self-working card magic effects, that will all happen in your viewer's hands. No particular skill is required, just the ability to instruct and pay attention to what the viewer is doing... In this third eBook you will find a colour Pdf that will allow you to perform amazing automatic "Any Card At Any Number"...

Questa sesta parte del mio Progetto cartomagico (ogni volume è comunque totalmente indipendente dagli altri) comprende 3 nuovi effetti originali A.C.A.A.N. che non richiedono alcuna manipolazione:

• B.F. ACAAN (Carta al Numero Fronte/Retro!)
• Impromptu Countdown ACAAN (Carta al Numero Estemporaneo con Conto alla Rovescia!)
• ACAAN Fot Tea Time (per l'ora del tè)

Si tratta di una nuova serie di effetti di Cartomagia Automatica che avverranno nelle mani dello spettatore! Non è richiesta alcuna abilità particolare, solo la capacità di istruire e prestare attenzione a ciò che lo spettatore...

The deck is shuffled by the performer and then cut several times by the spectator. After, the spectator cuts the deck into four packets totally at random. No force. The magician will be able to divine not only the cards above but also the cards at the bottom of each packet. All this with a normal deck of cards. No marked cards. Instant reset.

1st edition 2022, video 18:54

Performer shows a clearly empty card box with the cellophane pulled off a little bit so that the cellophane creates a little pocket under the box. A little shake and a coin just materialized inside the cellophane pocket. Another shake and a second coin appeared.

1st edition 2022, video 12:40.

Containing full directions for making magic toys and devices of many kinds.

• Jumping Jack
• The Magic Mouse
• The Indian Tumbler
• The Dancing Dolls
• The Skip-Jack
• The Magic Cube Box
• The Weather Prophets
• The Rooking Ship
• The Prancing Horse
• The Automatic Tumblers
• The Spring-board Dancing Sailor
• The Automaton Smoker
• The Bottle Imp
• The Magic Candle
• Dancing Marionettes
• The Camera Obscura
• The Magic Lantern
• The Ludion
• The Salamander, or the Dancing Ring
• The Fountain Top
• The Zoetrope
• The Praxinoscope
• A Magic Microscope
• How to See Through a Brick Wall
• To Show that Rays of Light do...

• CONJURING TRICKS
  • The Certain Guesser
  • The Disappearing coin
  • Money Makes Money
  • A Good Variation
  • The Magic Coin Box
  • Catching the Falling Pile
  • The Flexible Watch
  • Coin and Bottle Trick
  • Needle Dart
  • The Magic Double Ring
  • The Magic Ribbon
  • The Burnt Handkerchief
  • The Vanishing Ball
  • The Wand and Ring Trick
  • Swallowing the Knife
  • The Vanishing Coin
• EASY CARD TRICKS
  • Telling a Selected Card
  • A Wonderful Discovery
  • The Twenty-one Card Trick
  • Naming all the Cards in the Pack
  • Forcing the Choice
  • The Chosen Card
  • Divination
  • Further Divination
  • The Seven Heap
  • Spelling the Cards
  • Changing...

When you think of Albert Goshman what usually comes to mind is his coins under the saltshakers. Unfortunately, this, like Rene Lavand's crumb trick, takes a lifetime of devotion to master. But Albert left us something else, his revolutionary take on the sponge balls. This startling effect is within the skill range of every serious student of magic. If you already perform this in some form, you can add his version in minutes, after acquiring a few easily obtained supplies. You may already have them among your props.

Also included is a suggestion for an astounding opening effect to add to your sponge ball...

Here's a fun trick that has everyone laughing and a cool twist at the end provides the magic. It's self-working and perfect for either close-up or stage.

The effect: A prediction in a bag is placed on the table - the top of a pineapple is sticking out of the top. A selection of cards is shown - each has the name of a fruit on its face. A spectator freely selects any card - they select: 'Orange'. Oh no, that's not going to work! But then a great twist means the magician manages to save face. Forget those effects that cost you $40 bucks and you never use - get Pineapple Crush and add some...

Excerpt from the introduction by Robert Parrish:

I started from Karl Fulves' idea called "Voodoo Cards", published on pp. 588-589 of The Pallbearers Review, Vol. 5-8 (November 1969 - October 1973), where a series of five effects proposed as bets are described, with the use of only three cards or tickets written on the spot. Always winning bets and of immediate revelation at first glance, also considering the fact that there are very few elements at stake and the (perceived) probability of success is 50%.

I propose an evolution of Fulves' work with three effects based on the same kind of principle, characterized by an apparent increasing difficulty,...

Australian card man Ian Baxter presents a brand-new, revamped handling of that timeless classic, Royal Marriages.

Totally impromptu and free of sleights, fakes, stranger cards, accessories and the like. You won't find so much as a camouflaged in-jog here in this modernised gem where the Kings and Queens of the pack magically pair up in their correct suits. Just eight cards are used, the four Kings and four Queens from any deck.

Reviewer David Jones sums it up: "A simple and effective little mystery. Short, stunning and entirely sleight free. Another winner from Ian Baxter."

And the...