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Imagine that an airline has lost your luggage, your props, and even your wallet ... yet you have a theater show to give in just a few days. What would you do?

This informative ebook explains how you can enter any strange city, cold turkey, without a cent in your pocket, without a bit of magical equipment to your name, and rent a large auditorium, put out publicity and advertising, pay your hotel and living expenses and prepare a sensational, full-evening magic show that will send your audience away happy and satisfied, and fill your pocket with cash.

Nothing is left to chance. The entire...

• Preface
• Spook Pencils
• The Loop And The Ring
• Novel Silk Vanish
• Handkerchief Production From Bare Hands
• Double Date
• Novel Vanishing Glass
• The Revolving Match-Box
• The Marked Cigarette
• Spirit Message Improvement
• The Patriotic Discs
• Handkerchiefs And Lemons
• Production Bowl
• Turn Up
• Push. A Novel Card Trick
• Revolvo
• Tips
• A Speller Idea
• Reading The Cards Behind The Back
• Reading The Cards
• Swing
• Cut
• The U Win Card Trick
• Card And Number
• The Climax Card Effect
• The Seller's Coin Holder
• A Ball Dropper Idea
• A Cigarette Dropper
• Colour Change Through Fist Fake

From the Foreword:

• Foreword
• A New Cigarette Sleight
• The "Pass" Cigarette Sleight
• The Strong Cigarette
• Pin Divination
• The Novelty Cigarette Exchange
• "Duplex" On The Top Card
• A Mysterious Card Change
• Bow Balls
• Handkerchief Production From An Empty Glass
• New Magnetic Pencil
• A New Idea For The "Living And Dead" Effect
• Bending A Glass Rod
• An Amazing Dictionary Feat
• Touch Counters
• A Pretty Card Turnover
• A Colour Change Handkerchief...

You will receive four effects:

Flick

Show an empty bottle and a coin. Visually toss the coin in to the bottle and the coin will melt through it. The bottle is then handed to the spectator for an inspection and to keep. Spectator cannot find any holes or gimmicks. Also, you can do this effect with a bottle full of water or any drink. Upon learning the secret, you will immediately want to rush out and perform it.

Scam

Attention! The creator takes no responsibility for the actions of the owners of this effect. This video was released with the goal of surprising and entertaining people....

In this publication Tom Sellers introduced the world of magic with what became a classic effect. It is mostly known under the title "Just Chance" or "Bank Night".

• Foreword
• The Encyclopaedia Test
• Obtaining Information
• New Method Sum Trick
• A Coin Date Mystery
• A Table Trap Idea
• "It's Only Chance"
• Diminishing Matches
• A Tube And Ball Mystery
• Aces And Kings Transposition
• Knots And A Ring
• The Sympathetic Matches
• Unique Production Box
• A Coin Sleight
• A Bran To Rabbit Box
• The Magnetic Dish Of Water
• A Neat String Tangle
• Another Coin Sleight
• Rope And Rod
• A New Slate Idea
• Rope, Rings...

Here are ten fun-to-perform mysteries from arguably the best magical artist and instructor on the planet. Easy enough for the beginner, the varied routines will entertain any audience, regardless of the performer's skill level. Despite the title, you'll find yourself using one or more of these stunts wherever people gather: at the dinner table, at your favorite watering hole, at parties, or at get-togethers with friends and family. Each effect is painstakingly illustrated in Doc Tarbell's famous style, making them fun and easy to learn and perform.

Originally published in 1930, after the...

• The Spirit Guide
• A Paddle Routine
• The Impromptu Rising Card
• The Elongated Cigarette
• New Rising Cards
• Flip Flap
• The Tell Tale Scytale
• The Ribbon Pyramid
• Two Silks Vanish
• Off And On Again
• Change Over Cards
• The Jumping Ring
• The T.S. Find The Lady
• Winged Cigarettes
• On Again - Off Again
• Balls And Pillar
• An Old Trick Simplified
• The Winner
• It's Just Chance
• The Name On The Slate
• Living And Dead

• The Flying Coins
• Ball Production For Club Workers
• Thimble Production
• Choice Restored
• The Web Handkerchief Production
• Black Art Milk Vanish
• A "Stag" Party Pack
• Tele - Refreshment Bar
• The Hoop Un-Looped
• The Surp-Rising Cigarette
• Which End?
• Finding A Card At Any Number
• The Girl Behind The Door
• Silk Sympathy
• Bar And Chains Escape
• Sleight For Gloved Workers
• The T.S. Sack Escape
• Date Plus Your Age
• Lay-Out Speller
• A Mental Tip
• Entertaining With Words
  • (1) Marriage And Divorce
  • (2) Lazy Bones
  • (3) Backwards And Forwards
• Effective Four Ace Trick
• Leap Year Card Trick

From the preface:

• Through The Eye Of A Needle
• Repeat Torn Paper
• The Restored Spill
• Sex Detection
• Number Prediction
• Dictionary Test
• A Sliding Card Frame
• The Rising Cards
• A Card Flourish
• A Colour Force
• A Different "Pick-It-Out" Trick
• Burnt And Restored
• Blendo
• Word Magic
• Four Colour Change Pencil
• Copper To Silver
• Hand To Hand
• Coin From Smoke
• A Deceptive Coin Pass
• Passe Passe Coins
• The Separated Coins
• Penetration
• Coins And Papers
• Rising And Revolving Candle

From the foreword:

• Foreword
• A Production Box
• Coin On Knife Or Sword
• From Match To Match
• "Give Me A Light, Please"
• The Haunted Chair
• A Magnetic Pencil
• The Floating Paper
• Spirit Rapping
• The "Finder" Pencil
• The Cork Returns
• A New Changing Or Producing Canister
• Calendar Book Test
• Novel Book Test
• A Flower Growth
• Liquid Transposition
• The Ghost Taps
• "Mystify Yourself!" Ribbon And...

From the preface:

• PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
• INTRODUCTION
  • The Wizard's Table
  • The Wizard's Dress
• THE LATEST SLEIGHTS
  • The Latest Methods employed in the Money Trick, explaining the Improved System of Palming, the Bamboo Stick, and other New Inventions.
  • A Dozen Half-Crowns Produced...

Continuing with even more pro-quality close-up and platform effects, here's a worthy second volume of Berland's exclusive magic. Long out of print, this collection includes several miracles that Berland sold separately through magic dealers the world over.

Partial contents:

• A Blockbuster Opening - A very colorful and surprising "Opening Trick" that can be performed under any conditions.
• Routine for the Coin Through Borrowed Handkerchief - A handkerchief is apparently cut and restored. Also included is a variation of the trick in which a leaking fountain pen adds a hilarious comedy situation. ...

A most practical and visual restoration. This is a visual trick that will leave your spectators totally speechless. Gum Pack looks like real magic. Best of all, the gimmick is always ready to go at a moment's notice.

• good angles
• easy to make
• easy to perform

1st edition 2021, video 8 min.

This is not a lecture - it is a clinic.

This is one of the first magic videos Martin Breese released. It was produced by Duncan Trillo and features Bobby Bernard teaching a number of great close-up moves and effects. Compared to today's slick videos this is a minimalistic low budget production. Occasionally you can even hear cars and traffic noises in the background. But what it lacks in slickness it has in spades in terms of teaching value for the magician. Bobby Bernard was a legendary magician and as this video demonstrates also a great teacher. I could watch him all day.

• Introduction by Bobby Bernard ...

A practical guide to the invention of tricks plus newly created tricks.

"I must say that I was prepared to dislike this book ... Wilker's discussion, however, is so pleasant and unassuming that one can hardly disagree with him. In part, this is because Wilker seems to recognize the inherent problems in stating hard and fast rules about creativity and so limits his conclusions accordingly." - Stephen Hobbs

From the Preface:

As previously recounted, I've been making notes and sticking Post-its in all my books for decades, so I still have hundreds of great tricks book-marked, annotated, and logged. The first two Hidden Gems ebooks proved far more popular than I could have reasonably expected, so here we are with Volume 3 and another 100 great tricks that most of us have sadly forgotten about.

These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry, I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation,...

More excerpts from my notebooks, listing fantastic tricks that have caught my eye over the years. The first three Hidden Gems ebooks have been very, very popular so here we are with Volume 4.

These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry, I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation, but never the method. Most are in books that you already own (or should!), some are in magazines that you can easily get access to and the odd one or two entries will send...

More excerpts from my notebooks, listing fabulous tricks that have caught my eye over the years. The first four Hidden Gems ebooks have been incredibly popular so here we are with Volume 5.

These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry, I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation, but never the method. Most are in books that you already own (or should!), some are in magazines that you can easily get access to and the odd one or two entries will send you...

From the introduction:

This rare booklet contains some real gems. The routines are described concisely and with lots of clear photos.

• Introduction
• Fooling with Hoola Fooler
• A Ring and some rope
• Matched Up
• Card Production
• Phoa Yan Tiong's Cut and Restored Handkerchief
• Coin Manipulation
• Eddie Wards Card rise
• Quick Tricks
• Malini's Vanish of Note from a Handkerchief
• An effective routine for Equally Unequal Ropes
• Giant fans

• Preface
• The Vanishing Fan
• The Fountain Of Fire
• New Candle And Handkerchief Illusion
• New And Novel Watch Manipulation
• A New Impromptu Card Trick
• New Handkerchief Illusion
• Novel Transformation Of A Billiard Ball To A Bouquet
• A New Vanish For Coins
• A New Tub For The Production Of Live Stock
• Soup Plate And Handkerchiefs
• The Great Slate Mystery
• An Improved Coin Holder
• A New Card Trick
• A New Coin Trick
• Novel Change Of Handkerchief To Streamer
• Sensational Flag Production
• Anti-Gravity Ball
• New Card And Bird Trick
• Latest Omelette In Hat
• Billiard Ball Manipulation
• A Few Wrinkles ...

Under the title Presto Magic & Mystery, Heritage Films released a series of fifteen 8mm films (these are silent films) with magic performances during the 1950s/60s. This compilation includes eight of the fifteen films. They are:

• Ken Brooke performing the floating pencil and a sponge ball routine (original #10).
• Fred Lowe performs a safety pin routine, a burnt and restored handkerchief, and a cigarette and liquid-filled glass production.
• Ken Brooke, channeling Tony Slydini, performs the paper balls and hat routine and finishes with a four paper ball assembly using two hats.
• Fred Lowe performs a four ace production,...

This is volume 2 of the 8-volume Collected Magic Series.

• Compilers Preamble
• "Jack Sheppard" A Mysterious Release
• The Enchanted Fan
• "Shades & Shapes" A Pretty Effect with Silks
• "The Zodizignz" An Ancient Oracle
• The "Debur" Afghan Bands
• "The Red Hand!" A Perpetration
• An Ingenious Hat Load
• "A Means to an End"
• The Elusive Stop
• Another Ingenious Hat Load
• The Diving Ball
• The "Regimental" Effect
• "Woolly Wizardry''
• On Card Levitations
• An Easy Hat Production
• "Dissolving Silk"
• The Bretma "Glasgow" Tray