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"Paul Lelekis teaches seven card tricks in his "My Favorites" ebook. At only ten dollars, it may be the best bargain around!" - Wayne Kawamoto

Long-time professional magician, Paul A. Lelekis, has finally released his pet, "go-to" routines that he has used in actual performance hundreds...even thousands of times over the years in many shows and table-hopping in restaurants for decades!

All of these routines are true "real-world workers" that will smack your spectators' right between the eyes. The day before Paul finished writing this e-book, he performed at a large corporate function...

This movie was taken by Ake Hallberg from Sweden. Location is Hyde Park in London during the 1980s. The 8mm film was sent via Ulf Morling to Martin Breese who released it on DVD. You will see two performances of Fred's fantastic Ambitious Card routine together with numerous sleights and color changes. You will also see his incredible Vanish of Coin in tie.

This film is really short but a gem for all who have never seen Fred Robinson perform life. For more on Fred's magic see The Magic of Fred Robinson by Peter Duffie.

1st edition 2006, length 5:48

Stage card magic routines are relatively rare. In this ebook, however, you will find a complete stage card magic act with a lot of surprises and fun. The performer talks about a trip around the world. Six cards are chosen by six members of the audience. The performer then demonstrates how the cards would be found in several countries: China, USA, France, Russia and India.

A great routine packed with mystery, surprise and a lot of fun. Can be worked with the help of an assistant or solo.

1st digital edition 2013, 17 pages.

The Great Card Magic of Nick Trost continues! All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards.

CONTENTS:

• THE OBSERVATION TEST: A very effective trick that makes a great opener. An observation test where the back of the entire deck changes color. [Note that Trost published another trick by the same title. See Cardman’s Packet.
• REVERSED COINCIDENCE WITH ONE DECK: You take one card and a spectator takes another card. The cards are placed reversed in two piles and they appear to be the mates.
• SPECTATOR FINDS THE ACES: A spectator touches two cards at random and on each side of these two cards the four Aces are found.
• ACES FROM NOWHERE: A spectator himself seems to...

All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards.

CONTENTS:

• QUADRUPLE MATCH-UP: A spectator finds the mate of your prediction, say two Kings and he also finds the remaining two Kings.
• ROYAL MATES: You place the four Kings face down on the table. The spectator places the Queens on top and he pairs them all (Clubs with Clubs, Hearts with Hearts, etc).
• DOUBLE POWER POKER: A spectator freely picks five cards out of ten and you still win. Then, he picks the cards while he SEES them and you still win.
• AFFINITY CARDS: Two cards disappear from their original positions and reappear...

This famous book, now republished in three easy to handle ebook volumes. Illustrated with dozens of line drawings by Eric Lewis. The finest coverage of billiard ball work in print, excellent material on coins, and a large number of variety tricks in the Buckingham style and tradition.

Paul Fleming wrote:

The original routines of one of the greatest cup and ball men of all time. Completely revised, edited, amplified and co-ordinated. The whole field of cups and balls in one comprehensive ebook.

Illustrated with dozens and dozens of clear line drawings and written so you can follow the routines with clarity and simplicity. One of the big features is the Double Load used by so many professionals. You will enjoy learning to use your cups and balls with the aide of this great ebook.

Part first released in 1937. 1st edition 1961; 1st digital edition 2013, 74 pages.

Here are two effects that use easy-to-make gimmicks which can be added to your regular deck.

FLASHPOINT is a sensational card routine with a topological flavor. Two cards, an Ace and a King, magically change places. The performer offers to repeat the effect under more stringent conditions. The King is placed on the table and covered with the performer's wallet. The Ace is placed between two blank cards. The Ace is visible through two holes cut in the middle of the blank cards yet, at the performer's command, it instantly and visibly disappears. When the wallet is lifted from the table the...

In 2009, Raphael was working on a two-deck ACAAN (that became the bonus routine of this ebook) when the italian magician Tommaso Guglielmi shared his new creation with me... that was based on the exact same method! He spontaneously gave me the permission to release the basic routine with my name on it and now, more than three years later, I can publicly say that Tommaso is a real class act! Just below is the basic original routine that the both of us devised independently. Ordinary decks. No sleights. Different outcomes at each performance. It is inspired by Cameron Francis' Convergence.

2D ACAIN: Two decks of cards are introduced....

The material contained within this ebook was first released to an inner circle of mentalists at a price exceeding one hundred dollars. In 1980 the material was organised in the form of a booklet and offered to mentalists on a world-wide basis. In order to eliminate the merely curious from its readership, the booklet was sold at a high cover price. Despite this fact, the book sold out completely. In 1985 Martin Breese reprinted it and now it is available as ebook for the first time.

When presented properly this "SECOND SIGHT" test will have the impact of an atomic bomb. There is no doubt that...

A fine side line for the magician, especially a kid performer. This ebook can help put you in the business, increase your income, and insure you a lot of fun. Mr. Kern, who is a magician and clown, has covered every question about becoming a clown whether you do it for fun or for profit.

Contents include: Make up, the 'come in,' two man gags, circuses and parades, clown names, wardrobe, short bits, gags, costume gags, working for children etc. It contains many photographs of working clowns so you can see how the pros make up and dress.

1st edition 1960, 1st digital edition 2013, 44 pages....

This is primarily a mathematical treatment of the faro shuffle. It explores the principles and properties underlying the faro shuffle for decks with different numbers of cards. You will find some effects and routines as well. Foreword by Karl Fulves.

1. Novel Faro Relationships
   • Basic Terminology and Operations
   • For A 52 Card Deck Only
   • For A 51 Card Deck Only
2. Faro Functions
   • Even Numbers Of Cards
   • Up And Down Faro System
   • Unit Shuffles
   • Multiples Of Four
   • Odd Numbers Of Cards
   • Unit Restorations
3. The 32-Card Deck: An Analysis
4. The Principle of Internal Shuffling
   • Controlling...

A new, updated handling of one of John's all-time favorite packet effects, Write You Are. Four amazing climaxes with very little effort and using very few cards. Best yet, all of the cards can be examined at the end of the trick! Check out the video demo!

Ebook features:

• Brand new handling
• The original effect
• Variation by Cameron Francis
• Video demos for all effects

1st edition 2013, 8 pages.

Fred Darevil is a French professional mentalist and magician. Tryptik is a selection of three effects he's been using professionally for several years with success. Originally sold as a printed booklet by Magic Smith, this ebook version has been updated with more photos, new ideas and subtleties.

Larry Becker said about Taxi Gambler: "I like it very much. Your method is very workable. You have created an excellent piece of mentalism for which you have to be congratulated".

Ken de Courcy's no gimmick version of Scalbert's "The Mystery of the Seventh Card".

The perfect telephone test to present under challenge conditions. No Feke's. No Gimmicks. Yet the medium at the other end of the phone unerringly names the thought of card.

Scalbert's "Mystery of the Seventh Card", sold many years ago, was a commercial principle applied to the transmission of a card to an assistant playing the role of a medium, waiting on the end of a telephone. The distinct novelty at the time was the fact that all communication with the medium was done by a spectator. The secret was an...

1 dispensa con le spiegazioni di 8 stupendi effetti + 1 calendario speciale da stampare

Wow, una bellissima opera in due dispense . Nella prima sono descritti ben 8 effetti da eseguire con un semplice mazzo di carte e lo speciale calendario ( nella seconda dispensa) raffigurante una carta da gioco per ogni giorno dell'anno.

I giochi possono essere eseguiti anche ricopiando le carte dal calendario alla propria agenda!

Le 8 routines sono di Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson e dello stesso Aldo Colmbini. Coincidenze, ritrovamenti di carte scelte, la carta che si trova al giorno di nascita...

Qualche semplice palloncino per modellare animali e un mazzo di carte ti premettono di presentare al tuo pubblico una divertente e intrigante routine in cui un palloncino “recita” la parte di un cane ammaestrato.

Il “cane” compie una serie di evoluzioni e di divertentissimi equilibrismi ed infine trova la carta scelta dallo spettatore. Il tutto condito da una serie di gags. Intrattenimento puro per il tuo pubblico…proprio quello che si richiede all’Artista di oggi.

Prima edizione digitale di questo ormai introvabile volumetto.

9 pagine con molti chiari disegni B/N.

3 belle routines che hanno in comune gli stessi oggetti: carte e monete.

La prima routine che fa la parte del leone e da il titolo all' opera è una versione dei "bussolotti " in ben nove fasi eseguita con le carte come "tazze" e le monete come "palline".

L'artista mostra tre carte. Una moneta appare tra due carte e compie numerose 'evoluzioni', penetrazioni, passaggi, etc. Alla fine due monete più grandi appaiono sotto alle carte! Facile da eseguire!

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EFFETTO: Una moneta e coperta con una carta. Tre monete, in una scatola, passano, una dopo 1'altra, sotto alla...

Questa dispensa è dedicata, come si evince dal titolo, esclusivamente a stupende routines con le corde. Circa 40 pagine, 84 splendidi disegni, 9 routines!

Sicuramente Aldo Colombini è uno dei maggiori esperti in campo mondiale dei giochi con le corde.In questa dispensa illustrata con maestria da Tony Dunn, e contenente anche alcune routines di Ronald Dayton, Aldo ci illustra con la solita pignoleria e dovizia di particolari, 9 bellissime routines.

Eccovene alcune:

Tubuloso: Il prestigiatore taglia una corda in due pezzi distinti e poi li lega insieme con un nodo. Egli posiziona...

This is the famous perfected rope routine - three consecutive cuts and restorations - devised by that West Coast Magician, Eric Lewis. Mr. Lewis was one of the busiest magicians in England before he moved to Los Angeles. There he has been very busy editing the Bamberg books of magic, working at the Magic Castle and doing lectures. The Triple Cut Rope Routine uses a number of original and unorthodox moves that end up in a very smooth and convincing trick. A big hit in the Magic Castle and on lecture tours, where Eric has shown it to the most sophisticated and best informed of the magicians. ...

A practical and easy two-way out system.

Janus V3 is a very simple and practical two-way out system. It is impromptu and everything is examinable before and after. It allows you to leave your business card.

To describe it, we can compare it to another system by Scott Guinn called Assertive positive/negative.

• The reader must also know another principle by Max Maven (in Videomind Volume 2) but the method and presentation are completely different.
• It also uses business cards (or jumbo cardboard cards).
• It can be done anytime with no setup. It is impromptu if you have a 'little something' with you (It is not a gimmick, it...

Here is a selection of tricks created by Werner Miller from his ebooks. These are all tricks that can be considered more or less self-working.

CONTENTS:

• THE FRENCH CARD TRAP: Here is a non-sleight-of-hand method of locating up to twelve selected cards.
• 4TUITOUS: A principle that can be used as a simple prediction in its own right, or as a number force in another effect.
• AS EASY AS COUNTING: A freely selected card is revealed in a very humorous way.
• GO WEST: Another funny and very interesting way to reveal a card with messages written on face cards. Just follow them. (For an exploration of this...

Here is a selection of tricks created by Werner Miller from his ebooks. These are all tricks that can be considered more or less self-working.

CONTENTS:

• DIAMOND SPELLER: The thirteen cards of Diamonds are used to reveal a freely selected card.
• FREE CUT DUO: Two spectators pick a card each and lose them in a packet of cards. You reveal these cards.
• FETCH + HOFZINSER: A spectator cuts any amount of cards and selects two cards. The sum of these two cards corresponds to the number of cards cut by the first spectator.
• CAUGHT TOGETHER, HANGED TOGETHER: One card is selected. Two Jacks capture four cards...

Here is a selection of tricks created by Werner Miller from his ebooks. These are all tricks that can be considered more or less self-working.

CONTENTS:

• FLIPDOODLE 1: You use the twelve face cards to produce an astonishing result that finds three of the same suit.
• I'M NOT OGEN: A spectator 'makes up a card combining any two cards. You spell the name of that card and you find it. Finally, you find the other three cards of the same value.
• CHEERS!: You show seven cards with name of drinks on them and a prediction. A spectator selects a drink and you show that the prediction is correct… with a laugh. ...