Magic & Conjuring: page 1

Lecture notes with great advice and eight wonderful routines by master entertainer Aldo Colombini.

• You are the only one who knows!
• Seventh Floor: Seven cards are selected. One card is signed by the spectator and then all seven cards are lost in the deck. One by one, they are found by the performer. The signed card re-appears and then finally, it is found inside the pocket.
• Ace-mbly: You perform a Matrix effect with the Aces and four coins. The first time the coins gather under one Ace. The second time the coins do not move, but the pips of the cards do: Three Aces become blank and the fourth...

These are the notes to Aldo Colombini's lecture from 1999.

• the K.I.S.S. Formula
• The Rule Of Three
• Hand Language
• Be Natural
• Use The Spectators' Brain
• Holmes Vs Moriarty
• Punch Meets His Match!
• Twice
• Point Of No Return
• Contact Colors
• Aces A Go-Go
• You Can Count On Them
• Coin Wrap
• Italian Emotional Bonding
• Telecard Across
• A Book Is Better
• Trifle
• Chinese Purse
• Deep Impact
• Stand Up

1st edition 1999, PDF 33 pages.

Cards, coins, ropes, and rings.

From Lothar Malmberg's introduction:

• Introduction
• Turn Over Revelation: Two selected cards are revealed in a spectacular way!
• Boom-Boomer!
• Twice Cato: Two cards are...

cards, coins, ropes, balloons, thimbles

Aldo likes simple easy-to-do magic that is direct and to-the-point. This is a great collection of forty routines with cards, coins, ropes and rings, balloons, thimbles, something for everyone. Many of the routines are close-up oriented, but you will find unique gems for stage or parlor, too.

• Introduction
• On The "Professor's Nightmare"
• Rope Just Chance
• Vice-Versa
• Up Your Sleeve!
• The One In The Middle
• Bubbles
• That Professor Is A Nightmare!
• Blowing In The Wind
• Gong
• Computer Prediction
• Catching The Wind
• Stabbed Revelation
• Get Off My Spread ...

Excerpt from the introduction:

Alberto Sitta specializes in commercial magic that you can use in your stage, cabaret and close-up shows. His Leopard Silk is perhaps his most famous effect and has been performed and copied by magicians all over the world. In this ebook Alberto reveals more of the mysteries that have gained him a reputation as one of Italy's most creative performers.

There are no pipe dreams here. All the magic has been regularly used by Alberto Sitta in his professional performances and lectures throughout Europe. Practical, colorful and commercial these are the hallmarks of Sitta's creations and here are...

The baker who was forced to sell insurances, then work as photographer, and when that failed due to theft of his equipment he finally tried his luck with a magic lecture tour across the nation and never looked back. He became a close-up magic sensation.

• Some Personal Thoughts On Magic
• Tempo And Timing
• My Own Personal Problems
• My Routine
• To You - My Lecture Audience
• Now For The Tricks:
• Coins Thru The Table
• Winged Silver
• Glass Thru Table
• Impossible Marked Coins Transposition
• The Sun And Moon
• Han Pin Chen
• Meeting At The Summit
• About Albert Goshman

1st edition 1965, 19 pages;...

This hard-to-find title contains a wealth of dealer-quality club and stage magic, mentalism, and more for you to perform and enjoy. Here's a book from 1935 that, until now, has been out of print and jealously hoarded by collectors. It's filled with entertaining magic for close-up, club and stage. Clearly explained and well-illustrated, this goldmine of magic contains effects that will entertain as well today, as they did back when this book was originally released.

Divided into chapters, you'll find clever magic themed for Stage and Club, Comedy, Mentalism, and Card Effects. And only in this...

Borrow a set of keys. Break off the tip of a key clearly showing the broken key still on the key ring. Then mend the key and return all keys in perfect condition back to the spectator.

This is a very visual quick effect to impress your audience and set the right mood for more miracles to come.

runtime: 6min 35s

A triple effect with a sheet of paper. You can immediately print yourself the necessary pictures. This is the original description of the effect as sold by Supreme:

“What a fantastic pocket effect! .... What a great trick for you to use at kids' party-shows or your more intimate type dates. Nothing to carry but it's big, big, big, in effect. Based on an original effect given to us as a Supreme Exclusive; top magician, top journalist, Alan Kennaugh has come up with a brilliant idea which at once makes this into a new trick, an entertaining trick, a mystifying trick, and one which has a really...

Classic routines with coins, bank notes, cigarettes, thimbles, and cards by the amazing Al Koran & and the ingenious Jack Lamonte.

Including Koran's amazing Miracle Card Stab.

1st edition 1947; reprinted 1987; digital edition 2010; original 66 pages; PDF 44 pages.

Table of Contents

3. CONTENTS
4. PREFACE
5. Amazement with Money
6. - THE "LAST-WORD" NOTE ROUTINE
10. - THE MASTER "SILVER AND COPPER" ROUTINE
14. - THE MASTER "CLOSE-UP" COIN VANISH
16. Cigarette Sorcery
17. - PERFECT CIG-SWITCH
19. - THE CHAPEAU CIGARETTES
21. - CIG SUSPENSION
23. Thimble Amazement
24. - THE MASTER MOVE
26. - THE "PINCH" HIGH SPEED VISIBLE VANISH ...

Over 30 easily learned mind reading routines to baffle and entertain friends and audiences anywhere a phone exists. Although this was written at a time mobile phones were not available, many of these miracles are directly applicable today where a cell phone is pretty much available anywhere.

Some effects require elaborate preparation, others can be performed at a moments notice. Several are the creation of the author, but most are adaptations of known methods to the telephone.

Forman discusses three groups of phone tricks. The first group consists of code routines. The data to be conveyed...

A wonderful selection of tricks illustrated by Harlan Tarbell with an introduction by John Mulholland. For each author a short biographical sketch is included at the end of the book.

THE FINGER KNOWS—AND TELLS (Al Baker) A truly amazing example of mind reading.

THE GLASS TRICK (Roy Benson) An instantaneous, and seemingly impossible, disappearance of a handkerchief.

SEVEN COINS (Al Flosso) A clever sleight to cause several coins to go from one hand to the other.

THE PIERCED CARDS (Robert Harbin) An excellent manipulative method by which selected cards are caused to appear on a ribbon.

DUO-FLIGHT (Leo Hartz;...

From the introduction:

• to My Friends, Magic Lovers
• Al Baker's Pack That Cuts Itself
• The One Man "Lights Up" Seance
• A Card And A Number ...

From the introduction:

Introduce your business cards or credit cards in a fun new way.

EMERGE
Your Business Card / Credit Card or a Playing Card eerily emerges out of the inside compartment. [One time setup and you are good to go for hundreds of performances. The speed is completely under your control. Resets Instantly.]

CARD DART
Your Business Card / Credit Card jumps out of wallet. [Even for the laziest person set-up will takes less than 10 seconds]

Works with any regular bi-fold wallet. You can keep all your stuff in there and still perform these. Also included in the explanation is CARD DART II which is an impromptu take on it's earlier version.

(For the PDF please check your digital shelf.)

1st edition 2015, length 18 minutes....

• 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...

Containing a complete description of the mysteries of magic and sleight of hand, together with many wonderful experiments.

Excerpt from the introduction:

J.J. ZAPPATTA. The enigma, the man of mystery who hung with the shadows throughout the course of many a magic convention, over many a decade. These books are a first glimpse at the crazy and wild world that was/is ZAPPATTA. And, at last, his clever levitation is fully explained in Volume 2!

All items are described in J.J.'s brief and point by point style. If you're not prepared to THINK, J.J's not interested in ya. Period. Illustrated with Mr. Zappatta's crude but informative sketches.

1. THWONG
Flip-Flops (or thongs) are a kind of footwear fashionable at resorts, beach-side, and other casual...

All items are described in J.J.'s brief and point by point style. If you're not prepared to THINK, J.J's not interested in ya. Period. Illustrated with Mr. Zappatta's crude but informative sketches.

1. ZIP-WOW
A super-quick torn and restored card or dollar note. Looks absolutely perfect and is examinable.

2. CELL-PHONE GLIM
Put the ubiquitous cell phone to clever use as a "glim device".

3. PERFECTO-CIRCLE CARDS
Revealed, the underground secret for cutting perfectly bur-less holes in playing cards. Idea for users of the Eidetic-type changes. (If you have to ask, then this is not...

2002 and a small lecture tour. Harris needed an oddity that would contrast his card work. Some visual and aural distraction. TacTics was the answer. 150 units were assembled, fingers burned, and instructions written. The item was quite popular and did end up in an issue of Genii. Here is the original manuscript, re-edited and with clear photos. Ideas with color-changes, sound-based illusion and the "Milk Pitcher" application allowing you to vanish tictacs, half a container at a time, till they're ALL GONE!

1st edition 2002; 14 pages

Inspired by a recent internet challenge, Ben Harris has "Le Pauled" the regular baggie! This creates a clever and practical alternative to the traditional Card In Wallet plot.

With Sweet Spot, a card, a coin, a borrowed ring or a credit card is made to vanish only to appear seconds later IN THE MIDDLE of the contents of a sealed baggie.

This can be filled with sand, candies, stamps, money, oregano, or whatever you want. The presentation angles are up to you. We give you a few to start with like the "Magic Sands of the Sahara," "Mr Blonds Revenge," "The Stamp Collector," "My Favorite Coin...

NON-CARD MATERIAL SPANNING 30 YEARS!

MONSTERBOXES are simply the best and most cost-effective way in which to explore Ben Harris' 30 year's worth of contributions to the art. By dividing the vast range of ebooks into genres, you can obtain exactly the type of material you are after. Be it cards, close-up, mentalism or animations, there is a MONSTERBOX just right for you!

You also save at least 30% over purchasing the ebooks separately. This is great value for money.

The ebooks in MONSTERBOX #1 cover a wide range of effects and themes. We have linking finger rings, effects with Tic Tacs,...

30 YEARS WORTH OF LEVITATION IDEAS IN ONE COLLECTION!

The ebooks in MONSTERBOX #2 cover a wide range of levitation/animation techniques and approaches. From Harris' world-famous FLOATING MATCH, a FLOATING DECK, ANIMATED WATER BOTTLE, the controversial EAR PLUG levitation and a complete work on ELASTIC THREAD MAGIC.

MONSTERBOXES are simply the best and most cost-effective way in which to explore Ben Harris' 30 year's worth of contributions to the art. By dividing the vast range of EBOOKS into genres, you can obtain EXACTLY the type of material you are after. Be it CARDS, CLOSE-UP, MENTALISM...