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Third Eye PeekMark Stone![]() Read what is written on a folded business card, sealed between two credit or gift cards and secured with criss-crossed rubber bands. This is a full card peek that is easy to do. You can prepare this in minutes. The ebook has crystal-clear visual instructions. Routine: A spectator is asked to think of a name or number or draw a simple picture on a business card, and then fold the card. The folded business card is sealed between two credit or gift cards, secured with criss-crossed rubber bands, and then placed aside. Under seemingly impossible conditions, the performer reveals what was... | ★★★★★ $20 to wish list | |
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 list | |
Strange CommandJ. Stewart Smith![]() Excerpt from the Foreword: This book is intended for those men who have made a study of card magic. To be magic, the viewers are unaware of the use of any methods ... the effect apparently just happens and the performer seems to be only an instrument of the supernatural. Certain death to magic follows any contraventions of these principles.
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More Magical Experiments: Collected Magic Series Volume 5Percy Naldrett![]() Excerpt from the Preamble: The first volume of this never-to-be-too-much-praised series of pragmatical, pneumatical and windy problems I published for love; the second for fame, the third for a wager, the fourth from habit and this present one which you now hold in your much too shaky hands, for money. Alas, it is so with all enthusiasm and desire: something fades. But, I promise you, this is not the last you will hear of me. Be frolic then, and delve into and dig out from herein the information you so much desire; but I pray that you may not discover from whom I borrow my preliminary thunder. ... | $10 to wish list | |
Im Fokus Nr. 18: Entfesselte Wild DiceChristian Scherer![]() Eine Variante von Mark Leveridges Wild Dice, die eine völlig freie Handhabung der Streichholz-schachteln erlaubt. Der Vorführende zeigt eine Version des Hütchenspiels mit drei Zündholzschachteln und einem weissen Würfel. Der Würfel wird unter eine Schachtel gegeben und die Schachteln werden durcheinandergebracht. Entgegen der Erwartung der Zuschauer befindet sich der Würfel immer unter der mittleren Schachtel. Wird das Spiel senkrecht gespielt, d. h. die Schachteln aufeinandergelegt, befindet sich der Würfel immer auf, statt unter der mittleren Schachtel. Wenn der Vorführende den Würfel... | $9.95 to wish list | |
MINT 1964 AnnotatedEdward Marlo & Wesley James![]() Thanks to Wesley James, M.I.N.T III, IV, V, VI, and M.I.N.T. 1963 Annotated are already available. The move toward the availability of the entire run of Marlo In New Tops material with Wesley's extensive annotations and supplemental Bonus material is well underway. The material in this volume is extraordinary. This volume includes 13 articles - something for almost everyone - with themes: Seven months are focused on technique. Two of the techniques were truly ground breaking. Both ATFUS and FUFU were revolutionary. Marlo also extends his exploration of the powerful and intriguing Incomplete Faro. One technique that... | $40 to wish list | |
The Show Must Go OnTimo Dante![]() A guide for successful marketing show business. The Show Must Go On: A Guide for Successful Marketing Show Business by Timo Dante is the ultimate handbook for all performers looking to take their career to the next level. The ebook provides comprehensive information and practical tips for everything from planning a tour to securing sponsors and creating merchandise. The author, Timo Dante, is a successful performer himself and brings his years of experience to the topics covered in the ebook. He covers all aspects of marketing for performers, from promoting a show to funding projects. ... | $35 to wish list | |
The Confessions of a Con ManWilliam Henry Irwin![]() A wonderfully interesting confession of a con man who was a contemporary of Erdnase, and just like him operated for a time while traveling with small circuses in Illinois and surrounding states. Of particular interest is a full dialog of how an unsuspecting person on the train was lured into gambling 3 card monte. The dialog demonstrates how skillfully these operatives were and how well they understood human nature. Other cons are also described in detail. Excerpt from the preface: When these confessions appeared serially, friends and distant enquirers took it for granted that they were fiction;... | $15 to wish list | |
Gambling in its Infancy and ProgressJonathan H. Green![]() A dissuasive to the young against games of chance.
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Wanted TwinsBiagio Fasano & Davide Rubat Remond![]() This is a new self-working card trick: the viewer will choose two cards, to represent the law and by means of which he will get two more cards, lost in the deck, which he will then divide into four bundles. Over the course of two separate stages, the spectator himself will insert the "sheriffs" within the deck, as arbitrarily as possible. The decks will be shuffled, cut and completed but, despite a thousand adversities, the two "sheriff" cards will succeed in tracking down and capturing the two "outlaws," generated by the combination of the first two cards, chosen at random. The legend... | $8 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
Wanted Twins (Italian)Biagio Fasano & Davide Rubat Remond![]() Questo è un nuovo effetto cartomagico, completamente Automatico: lo spettatore sceglierà due carte, a rappresentare la legge e per mezzo delle quali si ricaveranno altre due nuove carte, disperse nel mazzo, che dividerà poi in quattro mazzetti. Nell’arco di due distinte fasi, gli “Sceriffi” saranno inseriti dallo spettatore stesso all’interno del mazzo, nel modo più arbitrario possibile. I mazzetti saranno mescolati, congiunti, tagliati, divisi e, nonostante le mille avversità, le due carte “Sceriffo” riusciranno a rintracciare e catturare i due “Fuorilegge”, generati... | $8 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
Collected Magic Series Volume 6Percy Naldrett![]() Excerpt from the introduction: Remember, I beg of you, as you read this book, that one man’s meat is another man’s poison, and have hope within you, that you may discover herein the very item your frousty programme lacks. Believe me, the age of miracles has not ceased. And you, critics, reviewers and turnip-munchers, bestir your jaded parrots in praise of this book, but whether you boom it or burst it, consider also this: that all the secret subtleties, the cute little, quaint little moves, the tricks of affectation and of style, all the glory and delight of accidental discovery,... | $10 to wish list | |
21st Century ThreadsHal Saxon![]() The 21st Century Threads is an amazing effect that utilizes imaginary super elastic, incredibly strong, invisible threads to pull a silk from one hand, instantly around the performer's back and into the opposite hand. Swoooosh! It’s lightning fast. Most people see nothing, some people may see a blur of the silk as it flies. This tutorial will show you my amazing Trademark Vanish that I know will become your everyday favorite vanish. Imagine a king-size Vernet hard tip that can be vanished instantly. Bare hands, no rings, short sleeves and no watch. Absolutely angle-proof and lightning-fast.... | $30 $22.50 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Bammo Gaffus Maximus Addendum 2Bob Farmer![]() Bob Farmer's Bammo Gaffus Maximus book has a five-star rating from verified purchasers. Now there is an addendum with even more amazing, gaffed decks you can make easily at home. The effects are brand new and like nothing you've seen before: two astounding predictions, "Stoned," and "The Turn of a Card," involving Chinese mysticism and Las Vegas gambling - themes that are catnip for audiences. No sleights. Automatic working. No rough and smooth. Instant reset. No angles. If you have Gaffus Maximus, you'll need this addendum. If you don't have Gaffus Maximus, then this is your chance to sample the quality... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | |
MINT 1963 AnnotatedEdward Marlo & Wesley James![]() After releasing M.I.N.T III, IV, V, and VI, Wesley has set about to complete the full run of Marlo In New Tops material with extensive annotations and supplemental bonus material. This is the first installment of the years from 1963 through 1979. 1964 - 68 are already well underway. Beyond the eight major articles in this, the first year of Marlo’s material in New Tops, there are innovative and ground-breaking plots, sleights, and subtleties, that have been largely unavailable since the run of the New Tops ended, notwithstanding the flat text of L & L’s MINT I and MINT II. If those books had been... | $40 to wish list | |
Triplets 2Gregg Webb![]() In this second installment of Triplets, which is an all-cards issue, Gregg describes a new variation of a card change of Jimmy Groppo's. Jimmy was the glad-hander of one of the casinos in Vegas and would do very direct magic effects for the customers. Next are some very strong tips and additions to a trick called the Repeat Card to Pocket. At the end, Gregg explains how to do this feat with a signed selection. Lastly, Gregg explains how to solve some of the common problems of a move called The Misdirection Palm. Many beginners make the same mistakes with this move and miss the point.... | $4.95 to wish list | |
Judge's Library No. 79Judge Publishing Co.![]() Judge's Library was a satirical periodical published in the USA from 1881 to 1947. It was a rival magazine to Puck founded among others by cartoonist James Albert Wales, dime novels publisher Frank Tousey and author George H. Jessop. This issue No. 79 of Judge is all about poker. It provides a wonderful glimpse into how ubiquitous poker was in the US that such a successful periodical would dedicate an entire issue to it. Also noteworthy, particularly for Erdnase scholars, is the fact that pretty much all the funny dialogs in this issue are in various national slang and ebonic. Thus the few lines... | $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
The Hand-Book of SwindlingDouglas William Jerrold![]() A humoristic manual about swindling, how to become a successful swindler, as well as why it is such a good thing - featuring the late captain Barabbas Whitefeather.
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Just PlayZaw Shinn | $7 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Card Cheating Exposedunknown![]() A complete revelation of the cheaters' work at Bridge, Nap, Solo, Bluff, Banker, Baccarat, Faro, etc. Published by Coe & Co. A rare booklet offered at the first 2023 Ricky Jay auction with an estimated price of $500-$800. Excerpt from the introduction: In introducing this little book to the public it is my intention and desire to expose the multiplicity of ways by which cheating at cards is accomplished. The average honest player is little suspicious of the enormous amount of cheating that is done, but what would astonish him still more would be to learn the simple tricks used by even the... | $15 to wish list | |
The Big Story!Graham Hey![]() A book test, a 3-card trick, and a 5-envelope impossible selection routine - all self-working. A prediction envelope is placed on the table, along with the performer's favorite novel. The spectator is handed a magazine that has had the staples removed and is asked to select any one of the double pages she likes. It's a free choice. She is then asked to add all the page numbers together. Let's say the number totals 170. She turns to page 170 in the novel ... and the prediction reveals which city is mentioned, the make of car which is talked about, and the unusual word on line 4! In fact,... | $10 to wish list | |
The Magical Miscellany: Collected Magic Series Volume 7Percy Naldrett![]()
1st edition 1926, 96 pages; PDF 63 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
IvyLarry Travis![]() Here are six card magic routines, plus variations on two of them. All are truly impromptu, meaning they can be done with a borrowed, shuffled deck of ordinary cards. Some sleight-of-hand is required. Synaptic - you reveal their thought-of card by "tuning in" to their senses Maybe - an in-the-hands Open Prediction Sweep - they choose a card through a visualisation process, but you knew their choice beforehand Little Sympathy - impromptu sympathetic cards Royal - a variation of Little Sympathy Silver - they choose every card for two hands of poker, and you reveal a photographic... | $20 to wish list | |
Life's a Beach Volume 2Gary Jones![]() Gary is one of those performers who is equally at home presenting magic to lay people or to a room full of magicians, and his creative output reflects those two requirements. Some of the magic in this collection is designed to intrigue and fool magicians, while other effects are fast, direct and perfect for working under almost any commercial conditions. What all the magic has in common is that the methods have been constructed to extract the maximum effect for the minimum of fuss. Some of Gary's handlings do require some sleight of hand - he is very fond of palming cards, for instance... | $18 to wish list |