Magic & Conjuring: page 398

"I really like it! Lots of fun and a good thru story! I also like the idea of taking under appreciated pieces of magic and breathing new life (well, death!) into them! Good stuff!" - Paul Voodini

"A wonderful bit of storytelling!" - Vlad

"Fun stuff!" - David Parr

"If instructions had a coherent story and a REASON to be performed, then maybe these wouldn't be regarded as back of the drawer magic. Vince has taken the little pocket tricks that have often been forgotten and given you a reason to perform them again. This would be perfect for a small walk-around set. Highly recommended." - Paul Prater ...

From the mind of Vince Wilson is his most ambitious project yet - Spirit Boxed. Vince takes very simple and forgotten pieces of magic and turns them into elegant works of storytelling art. Vince has crafted an entire “show in a box” that packs small and plays huge. He has created a new character in storytelling that moves through the decades of the 20th Century meeting historic figures like Al Capone, Emilia Earhart, Veronica Lake, Babe Ruth, Howard Thurston, Orson Welles and now you.

“I really like it! Lots of fun and a good thru story! I also like the idea of taking under appreciated...

Learn palmistry easily.

Vince Wilson's Chirological Analysis Record is, without doubt, the most beautiful and exquisitely designed palm reading tick sheet it will ever be your pleasure to own and use. This tick sheet will enable you to take your palm readings to the next level, and can be handed to your sitter as a permanent keepsake of the palm reading you have provided for them. The tick sheet comes with full permission to print and use in any capacity, and also allows you to add your own name and contact details, thereby increasing repeat bookings. Full instructions, also elegantly produced,...

A version of a strike-second deal that the author calls the "shutter" method, referring to the shutter of a camera.

This version could be easier for some to perform than a classic strike-second because the coordination of the thumbs is built into the method itself. While the author claims that his method is practically self-working, there is some amount of practice necessary to acquire the knack. Still, his discovery has earned the praise of top-flight card experts, who have called it perfect in action and imperceptible to the keenest observer.

The second deal is an indispensable sleight...

La Serie "Super Segreti Sigillati", è nata per fornirvi materiale poco conosciuto e di difficile reperibilità. Il terzo numero di questa serie è assolutamente incredibile e originale e, sotto diversi aspetti davvero unico.

Se cerchi qualche cosa del genere per il tuo numero, allora sei nel posto giusto!

Per farti rendere conto di cosa si tratta ecco ti un estratto del volumetto :

"Questo libretto è scritto per colmare un apparente vuoto nel campo delle novità magiche che sembra essere stato totalmente trascurato.

Nella presentazione dinnanzi al pubblico, ottiene un notevole...

Tear paper to a shipwreck story producing a ship's wheel with girls and skeletons. The second phase of the act is a torn and restored paper routine. Includes patter and the folding/tearing instructions. Please note that the patter would not be appropriate anymore for today's audience.

13 pages

• Sleeving by Vin Carey
• Sleeving by Horace Goldin
• Jarrow by Jay Marshall

1st edition ~1940, PDF 14 pages.

Stapled loose sheets in good condition. Describes sleeving methods and the effects accomplished with them.

Note that the explanation is purely visual with some captions.

Have a telephone call appear on your phone at will. This does not require an app. You will need a Bluetooth speaker or music-player.

1st edition 2018, length 3 min 27 s

Included in this MP3 download is music for every type of act: Manipulators, Jugglers, Children's Performers and others. The musical styles vary widely, from slow, serious pieces to upbeat tunes.

There are 16 different pieces, each running between 3 and 5 minutes. The perfect length for magic acts and other performing artists. In addition there is music for Openers, Marches, Fanfares, Announcements and Presentations. Plus a selections of sound effects perfect for magic.

A total of 43 items in all. All original music requiring no fees or licensing for commercial use. So, you can use them...

This is the second volume of this popular royalty-free music collection. More tunes in various styles and more sound effects.

• Discodreams (3:22)
• Soft Illusion (2:58)
• Easy Going (3:24)
• Quick Steps (2:57)
• Gliding (3:19)
• Barbier (2:28)
• Fresh Air (3:55)
• High Speed (3:06)
• Spanish Wizzard (3:02)
• Country Waltz (3:15)
• Reggae (3:07)
• Indian Magic (4:55)
• Hai Tai Pi (2:54)
• Vanishing Radio (3:07)
• Ace of Hearts (3:14)
• HypnoWave (4:27)
• Luna Park (3:59)
• Big Shuffle (2:56)
• 5 different fanfares
• 7 announcements
• 9 sounds, noises and atmospheres

All titles composed, arranged and produced...

Unavailable for 70 years - not anymore

A practical treatise on little-known card sleights, including numerous new card problems.

"You already know it, of course, but I would be amiss if I did not state for the record that putting Farelli parts I & II into standard format, transforming it, in the process, from 50 pages into 140, much improves it as a reference and it now looks really great. Thanks for a job well done." - 'M'

This is an exceptional book on card moves and tricks. A publication that has been long forgotten. It is filled with notes and advice by Victor Farelli - a professional...

A Practical Treatise on Coin Sleights and Effects with 54 explanatory photographs and diagrams.

Farelli was regarded by his fellow magicians as "beyond all other writers on conjuring in that he sought not only to explain the 'how-to' in minute detail, down to the last crook of the little finger, but he also threw in a thousand asides—the origin of the trick, a bibliography, alternative props or moves the performer might use, a quote from David Devant, the psychology behind the feat, audience reaction to it, and tips on practicing" (Robert Lund). Contains a select bibliography of coin magic.

Paul Fleming wrote: ...

John Ramsay was called "The Magician's Magician" because even for those in the know he could create miracles. He consistently fooled his peers with his incredible skill, misdirection and unique thinking. Here are a few quotes about him:

"... We are not given to uncritical boosts.... But it is difficult to write with moderation of the work of Johnnie Ramsay. His sleight of hand is unexcelled, perhaps even unequalled. Performers who know all there is to know about the Cups and Balls are not merely puzzled, but utterly baffled by Ramsay's presentation. His Cap and Pence is a masterpiece of...

This is Victor Farelli's answer to: "Can you tell fortunes?"

As magician you will occasionally encounter this question. Farelli describes and teaches a strong effect that can be done with a borrowed deck of cards. At the end Farelli includes some practical advice on fortune telling.

Briefly, the effect is as follows. Having been requested by a lady in the company to tell her her fortune, the magician asks her to give him the date and the month (not the year - never ask the age of a woman!) of her birth. Pretending to make some intricate calculations, he informs the sitter that her "lucky"...

The performer borrows a pack of cards, which, if desired, may be thoroughly shuffled either by the lender or by another spectator. Without arranging the cards in any special order, and without "sighting" any of them, the magician deals four packets, of five cards each, face down on the table. The entire procedure is exactly as if a game of poker or nap were about to be played.

Any member of the audience selects one of the four hands. No force, direct or indirect, is employed. The three packets not chosen are returned to the pack. The person holding the selected hand is requested to choose...

In this ebook a detailed explanation of Nate Leipzig's original method of performing the Card Stab will be found.

From the foreword:

The cleanest method of passing three freely selected cards from one packet to another, with a borrowed pack and without preparation and a convincing mental effect. Including bibliographical and historical notes on the thirty card trick and a treatise on false counting.

"... a fairly brilliant effect, executed with borrowed cards, will prove ten times more convincing to a modern audience than the most elaborate and astounding feat imaginable, performed with a pack belonging to the conjurer himself..." - Farelli's Card Magic (Chapter VIII.)

"... The conditions under which I constantly perform, impromptu, and...

An original paper tearing trick described in the minutest detail.

Over a decade ago, THE WORLD'S FAIR offered a prize for the best list of really outstanding magical effects. The winner of the competition was Mr. Charles Harrison ("Rajah Khan") who, although he mentioned only nine items ... some of them being big illusions like Sawing Through a Woman and the Substitution Trunk ... included John Ramsay's Paper Tearing Trick in his List. - The World's Fair, 24th December 1938

• Foreword
• Rough Outline Of The Effect
• Requirements
• The Routine
• Afterword

1st edition 1949, 21 pages. PDF...

• Foreword By The Publisher Of The Present Edition
• Translator’s Preface
• Inventor’s Preface
• Note By The Publisher Of The French Edition
• Note Regarding Illustrations
• Technical Terms
• Chapter I. Outline Description Of The Effect
• Chapter II. The "Odin Count"
• Chapter III. Linking
• Chapter IV. Unlinking
• Appendix I. "Tips" And Ideas
• Appendix II. A Chung Ling Soo Method
• Appendix III. Final Notes
• Bibliography

1st edition 1931, 68 pages; digital edition 2018, 73 pages.

Stapled booklet in good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

A subtle system for card workers. Four card miracles.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Novel experiments with borrowed cards.

Excerpt from the foreword by Edward Bagshawe:

"It is a great, great read, especially your recounting of how Mr. Lawstone substituted workshop sheets for the actual apparatus." - Christopher Kenworthey

Inside his catalog he included three free tricks that you could try on your friends. These were decent tricks and were some of the first tricks I ever did. They have been re-written and included in this release. His...