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Twisting the AcesAllan AckermanThis is a tremendously visual effect developed by Dai Vernon using the Elmsley Count. The aces one by one turn face-up while the four aces are merely shown and counted. For the climax the black aces change place with the red aces while they are resting in the spectator's hand. If you want an even more visual twisting effect, then take a look at Waving the Aces by Guy Hollingworth.
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Evapor-ace-tionAllan Ackerman | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
TwinsAllan AckermanThis is Allan's handling of a famous Brother John Hamman effect. Black queens transform into red queens and black kings transform into red kings, all tied together in a fun story of a double date going to a bar.
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No Palm TravelersAllan AckermanThis routine was first published in Allan's Moose Notes. The subject of the performance is shuffle tracking. Spectators are signing the four kings, which are lost in the pack. Nevertheless, the magician finds them. But then they magically change to the four aces and the kings are found in various pockets of the magician's suit.
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Deceptive PerceptionAllan AckermanThis is an updated handling of a Le Paul effect. A blue and a red-backed deck are used. The spectator selects a card from the blue-backed deck. This card is mixed into a small packet of red-backed cards. Magically the back colors change and suddenly the selected card has a red back and the other cards are now all blue-backed.
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10-Card TrickAllan AckermanThis is Allan's variation of the famous Eleven Card Trick. That reads like a joke, but it ain't. The spectator counts ten cards and hands them to the performer who double checks counting them aloud. However often he counts, adds and removes cards, they never really are ten cards. (Requires knowledge of Carly's False Count.)
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Spectator Cuts the AcesAllan AckermanA deck rests on the table. The spectator is asked to cut it into four roughly equal packets. The top card on each packet turns out to be an ace. You will need to be familiar with the Veeser Concept to perform this effect.
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Ace Assembly VariationAllan AckermanYou deal four hands of cards. The first card for each hand is an ace followed by four indifferent cards. However, magically all the aces assemble in the performer's packet. You will need to be familiar with the Veeser Concept to perform this effect.
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Variant's VariantAllan AckermanThis routine was first published in Allan's book Here is my Card. The four kings are shown. A deuce is placed under the top king of the four king packet. Magically the deuce rises to the top. Then the deuce is placed third from the top but it still manages to rise to the top. Then it is placed fourth and finally fifth but it always rises to the top. In the end the deuce changes to a king and the four kings change to the four deuces.
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Devilish MiracleAllan AckermanTwo cards are peeked at. Performer selects a few cards from the pack an shows them. One spectator notes that his card is among the ones shown. When the cards are shown again, the spectator card is missing and reappears in the other portion of the deck whereas the other spectator's card has magically appeared face down in the first packet. This is a plot by Carmen D'Amico and Ed Marlo.
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Easy Off PipsAllan Ackerman | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Dunbury DelusionAllan AckermanA card is selected and returned to the deck. The performer cuts to a random position to show an indicator card. The value of the indicator card is used to count to another card which the performer thinks is the chosen card. However, the indicator card was already the spectator chosen card. So it appears as the performer messed up. Nevertheless, everything straightens out magically and the card counted to is the spectator card and the card counted off are the aces.
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Cannibal KingsAllan Ackerman | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Reassembled FinaleAllan AckermanFour hands are dealt starting with an Ace for each hand. Another three cards are dealt on top of each ace. One at a time the Aces travel to the magicians hand - your standard Ace assembly. However, in a flash the aces jump back and on top of each pack is an Ace. There are no difficult moves in this routine, but it is a longer routine with several steps to remember. runtime: 8min 18s | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Double Dupe Poker DealAllan AckermanThis is an extension of the Martin Gardner poker deal from Royal Road to Card Magic including ideas from Simon Aronson and John Bannon. This effect starts out with a quick transformation. Two spectators select four cards in total. These four cards visually and instantly change to the four kings. Then Allan demonstrates how a cheat would stack a deck to achieve an advantage. The final climax is a Royal Flush dealt to himself and three kings to one of the spectators. runtime: 15min 36s | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
The EsoteristAllan AckermanThis is number two of the Paul Diamond "Gems of Magic Book" series. Roger Klause writes in his foreword: Those of you readers who have had the opportunity to study and benefit from Allan's first work, Magic Mafia Effects, and those of you who have had the more fortunate experience of witnessing this young man's remarkable ability with the pasteboards will certainly welcome this treatise with great eagerness. Should this be your first encounter with Allan's literary efforts please be assured that each and every premise contained herein has been given the acid test before some of the most knowledgeable cardmen... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
The Hotel MysteryAllan Ackerman | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Die zersägte JungfrauAloys Christof WilsmannEin äußerst lesenswertes Ebuch über Magier, Schwindler und Scharlatane. Wilsmann vereint hier eine Reihe von faszinierenden Geschichten und Anekdoten von Zauberkünstlern und solchen die sich deren Methoden bedienten. Es gibt kein vergleichbares Werk im Deutschen Sprachraum. Zusätzlich stellt Wilsmann am Ende die erste Bibliographie Deutscher Zauberliteratur zusammen. Für jeden Sammler und Wissbegierigen ist es eine wunderbare Liste um neue Bücher zu entdecken.
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Expert Hocus PocusAlton C. SharpeFantastic card effects, rope magic, linking rings, vanishing bird cage, money magic, and a special chapter on "Openings".
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Expert Card MysteriesAlton C. SharpeFrom the introduction by Robert Parrish: Although much of the material in this book comes from advanced current contributors to card magic, Al has included some fascinating lore from the past. There is, for example, the first printed information on Eddie Fay's glimmer technique. I recall that the late Rufus Steele, an informed man of gamblers' dodges, simply refused to believe that Fay was using a reflector. He thought it was a put-on and that Fay was probably using a stack or a pack of marked cards. Then there is Paul LePaul's wonderful transportation of cards into a sealed envelope. Although he explained the trick... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Expert Card ConjuringAlton C. SharpeFrom the introduction by Robert Parrish: This book contains a remarkably select collection of sophisticated means for increasing and deepening the potential for "pleasant illusion" that resides in a pack of cards. These contributions range from presentation ideas such as Fred Lowe's "Second Deal Sam" to the technical refinement of standard effects, as, for example, in Ed Marlo’s "Approach to the ‘Stop’ Trick."
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Expert Card ChicaneryAlton C. SharpeFrom the Preface: This booklet, like our other Expert Series, is not designed to be either a reference or an authority in the ordinary sense. Perhaps, at best, it might be called a tickler, a reminder, or a check list, although none of these terms would be exact. It was written and compiled to stimulate one's "thought processes" and to instill creative activity within those who have a fondness for the pasteboards.
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Amedeo LectureAmedeoIt isn't what you do but the way that you do it. A lecture on magic featuring all the original, unusual methods of handling, which have been applied to standard tricks, and, for the first time, revealing the secrets of sixty years, performing original effects that have proved enduring with audiences.
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AmedeoAmedeo & George SchindlerWhen George Schindler wrote his book Amedeo's Continental Magic he used his tape recorder frequently to capture some of the remarkable Amedeo stories. On this recording George introduces Amedeo and we then hear Amedeo himself talking about his life and times in working for over 65 years in more than 23 countries. In 1972 the New York Society of Magicians named Amedeo as "Magician of the Year." Here is your opportunity to hear him talking about some of his experiences. Recorded October 20th, 1973. Length 52 min. | $12 to wish listMP3 |