Magic & Conjuring: page 15

Poltergeist Coins: Coins bend inside of a heavy glass vase held by a spectator... then, all of a sudden; the vase begins to move across the table as he tries to hold it in place! No magnets or threads required, and you can do this while on the complete other side of the room! This is a dream routine for meetings with media.

Un-Dead Head: A spooky looking doll's head scares the hell out of everyone when it leaps off the table at a spectator! Not in the mood to give unsuspecting spectators heart attacks? No problems... use the same gimmick to gracefully float a rose.

Silver Lining: Take...

ABhyaas Change is a fast and stunning card color change that happens in a split second and a small shake. Often confused to be done using gimmicks, it is 100% IMPROMPTU and requires 100% SLEIGHT OF HAND. Taught here are four different ways of performing this color change and three clean-up options.

[Note: It was brought to my attention that ABhyaas Change looks similar to Cody Nottingham's SOLE Change taught in his release Changes. Later, I found out that both changes are different in terms of grip, secret move, end position etc. It's mere co-incidence that they look similar.

1st edition 2014, runtime 7 minutes.

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In der Literatur beschriebene Kunststücke werden zu einer rund 30 Minuten dauernden Falschspieldemonstration verwoben, die jederzeit mit jedem beliebigen Spiel ohne Vorbereitung ausgeführt werden kann! Dennoch wer­den die Zuschauer über­zeugt sein, dass der Vorführende der grösste Falschspielex­perte ist, den sie je gesehen haben. Es werden verschiedene Möglich­keiten demonstriert, wie ein Falschspieler sich die be­sten Karten teilen kann und ein Spiel selbst dann gewinnt, wenn der Zuschauer die Kar­ten zuvor gemischt hat. Anhand einer Ge­schichte zeigt der Vorführende, was naiven...

This is the third of three parts. This final part is organized by publication or creator.

• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: The Abbott Magic Company Section
  • Krazy Kube (Roy Shrimplin)
  • Arturo's Check-R-X
  • Endless Neck Rope
  • Octagoon (Lester Lake)
  • Rope Thru Body (Karson)
  • Embarrassing Rope
  • All Fair Rope Trick
  • Abbott's Wrist Tie Supreme
  • Abbott's Rod Tie
  • Club Performer's Spook Act
• Chapter Two: The Eddie Joseph Section
  • Divorce In Zuzuland
  • The Thumb Tie
  • The Two-Way Cut
  • "Unaccommodating Rope"
  • The Tieless Tie
  • "Secret Ingress"
  • "Space Venture"
  • "Trapped In Space"
  • "Magilocks"
• Chapter Three:...

Hardcover without dustjacket in very good condition. It has an exlibris of Leslie C. Smith. For the content see the digital edition.

This is the second of three parts. From the preface:

• Publisher's Foreward
• We Dedicate
• The Fable Of The Hindu Rope Trick
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: Knots
  • One Hand And...

This is the first of three parts. It is by far the most thorough compilation of rope tricks ever created. From the preface by Percy Abbott:

More than 800 pages of tricks, books, illusions, and other magic products.

1st edition 1947, 832 pages.

This catalog has a soft cover and a glue binding. The cover is stained, creased, and bruised. An ink stain affects the edges of about the first half of the catalog but this is only visible on the edge and does not cover any content. We also offer a digital facsimile edition of this collectible catalog.

If you have never looked through one of these big magic catalogs this one is a good example. Even though WWII had already started Abbott's was offering almost 2000 magic items for sale. They had pretty much everything one can think of.

1st edition 1940, 544 pages.

This #5 catalog was a supplementary catalog to #4. It only listed the new effects Abbott could supply.

1st edition ?, 94 pages.

Softcover catalog in good condition. The latest big catalog from Abbott Magic.

The latest big catalog from Abbott Magic.

1st edition 2004, 472 pages.

Softcover catalog in good condition. A huge catalog including index and price list.

A huge catalog including index and price list.

1st edition 1997, 525 pages.

A massive catalog featuring magic tricks in all categories from balls and birds to cards and coins and wands and watches.

1st edition 1993, 575 pages.

This catalog includes a price list.

1st edition 1987, 516 pages.

The catalog gives a date of 1976, but that is the same date as #21, which means they probably forgot to change it. Most likely this catalog was published in the early 1980s. The latest date mentioned anywhere in the catalog is 1981. My best guess therefore is that this catalog was released in 1981 or 1982.

1st edition 198?, 448 pages.

A massive catalog featuring magic tricks in all categories from balls and birds to cards and coins and wands and watches.

1st edition 1976, 516 pages.

Includes a historical sketch about Abbott Magic, how it came to be, and why it was started in Colon, MI.

1st edition 1972, 464 pages.

The second catalog already three times thicker.

1st edition 1935, 68 pages.

Softcover catalog in ok condition. Cover at spine is damaged and coming loose. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

After the index in the back is a section of 14 pages with additional products. This means it is likely that Abbott catalog #18 is pretty much identical to Abbott catalog #17 except for this final section of products.

Magic products are being offered in the following categories:

• Accessories
• Advertising
• Ball Section
• Bird Cages
• Block Tricks
• Books
• Bottle Tricks
• Candle Tricks
• Cane Tricks
• Card Magic
• Change Bags
• Cigarette Tricks
• Close-Up, Pocket and Intimate Magic
• Coin and Money Magic
• Comedy Effects
• Cups and Balls
• Dice Magic
• Egg Tricks
• Escapes
• Flower Magic
• Glasses
• Illusions
• Kid-Show Magic ...

Softcover catalog in good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.