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• The Awful Truth
• A Number and a Name
• About Face
• In Conlcusion
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• The Knockout Count
• Pocket Change
• The Prophetic Pair
• Stop, Look, and Think
• The Future Deck

1st edition 1941, PDF 16 pages

I have brought some of the plots and patter, up to date...but in no way have I changed the bare essence of the effects or plots. Every magician who wishes to perform and entertain with a deck of cards must know the classics of card magic. It is that simple. If you don't know the classics...you will be floundering like a fish out of water - and the spectators will know it.

There are some who will say, "Oh, I don't use cards in my magic!" and that is a sad thing. There are many easy-to-do...

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Coin Section
  • Single-Handed Vanish of Four Coins: especially for use with the Hughes' Coin Tray
  • Disappearance by Misdirection: of a single coin
  • Flying Coins: coins are dropped into a folded handkerchief and vanish
• Card Section
  • Something New in Top Changes
  • Leading Them up the Garden Path: using the Top Change
  • Everybody's Card: top change and dealing 2nds
  • All Change: Card A is placed on the table, Card B inserted to middle of deck. Card B is found on top of the deck, Card A in the middle, and the card on the table is a 3rd card
  • Vanishing Faces: cards appear...

These two funnymen have combined to present twenty-six effects, bits, and gotchas for magicians and mentalists to liven up your act. The various items used include money (bills and coins), cards, cigarettes, cigars, and rope. Especially good is "It's a Matter of Money," which is based on an Annemann principle but uses money instead of cards. It's one you will want to put in your act right away.

Here's a look at the table of contents:

• Elusive Bill
• The Invisible Rope
• Don't Waste It
• Snakes Alive
• Anyone Have a Ten?
• It Slipped In
• Holding the Bag
• Optical Delusions
• Turn-Over
• Pipe Dreams
• Banker's...

Close-up magic tricks for everyone - from cards to general close-up

This ebook is filled with various commercial close-up tricks and routines that have been tried, tested and performed for live audiences over many years. These are practical and commercial effects that will appeal to the working magician whose focus is on captivating and entertaining his audience.

You will find a mix of old and new items, original tricks, twists on old routines and ideas to tweak those close-up effects gathering dust in your cupboard.

For the card magicians, you will find sensational routines, such as...

This ebook contains excellent variety for magicians and mentalists of all performing capabilities and experience levels. The effects and routines include apparatus tricks, mental stunts, spirit writing, predictions, magazine and book tests, thumb ties, and tricks with cards, silks, coins, cigarettes, billiard balls, sponge ball and a terrific rope routine.

Paul Fleming wrote:

A very easy to do routine in which a black card repeatedly flies from hand to pocket leaving spectators amazed again and again, despite the performer trying to simplify things. All can be examined.

Imagine deliberately counting five cards....four of which are red with only one black. Each and every card is called and shown - without a single false move four cards are tossed to the table and the black card is seen to have vanished. It is reproduced from the pocket. Now Imagine that you can do it again and again each time eliminating one red card to make it easier for the public to follow the...

The three routines described in the PDF are:

JASPER, THE MYSTICAL SNAKE: A cute effect involving a bunch of cards with different colored circles and a card showing a picture of Jasper, the mystical snake. The card having Jasper's picture on it is initialed on both front and back by the spectator and the circle cards are also thoroughly mixed by him. The spectator after mixing the different colored circle cards selects 2 of them and Jasper is able to reveal the chosen colors but in a dramatic manner. As a climax, all the other cards having other varying colored circles on them turn blank....

The original Prophecy Move in Bill Simon's book Effective Card Magic has been a favorite with magicians since its publication. The spectator places a business card or playing card between two cards at a random position somewhere in the middle of the deck. The move forces the top and bottom cards of the deck. A myriad of variations and tricks with the sleight have surfaced through the years.

The author first describes his version of the move. This in-the-hands handling accomplishes the move using natural movements in spreading the cards. Neither hand turns over when performing the sleight as in the original version. Gerald...

The Bammo Gridlock Dossier is a deep-dive examination into the use of matrices and grids in magic and mentalism. There has never been a book like this one and it is more than just a collection of methods: new and cutting-edge effects are included.

If you are a mentalist, you need this book.

If you are a magician looking for the latest mental effects, you need this book.

If strange effects with Tarot cards, mystical rune stones, pentagrams and playing cards fascinate you, you need this book.

If you find interesting the works of Max Maven, Karl Fulves, Simon Aronson, Sam Schwartz, John Bannon and others in the...

He was born Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia in Steubenville, Ohio. Leaving school after the eighth grade, he learned as a teenager how to perform card tricks like three-card monte and to gamble using cards and dice. His mother, disappointed in how he was making his money, encouraged him to take up magic instead. He soon started making money at card tricks.

Scarne became quite an expert at tricks and games of all kinds. Articles were written about him in various magazines, and he was hired as a consultant or advisor by various companies. He wrote 15 books on magic, gambling and games. He served as a technical advisor in the 1973 motion picture, "The Sting",...

DOORWAY TO A DIFFERENT DIMENSION: A trapdoor in a playing card has strange powers.

STRINGS ATTACHED: A Matrix-style/Coin Assembly routine where you destroy the gimmick right in front of the spectators and they never have a clue!

GYPSY FORTUNES: Prove the Fortune Telling Cards right when the volunteer gains and loses money.

LIVEHYPNOTIC: Two routines for Liam Montier and Steve Dela's “LIVESTRONG REVELATION” prop.

STICKMEN AND STONES: A guilty party is found through ancient means.

LOST DOG: A very commercial routine that plays well for stage.

LOW TECH...

The impression pad you do not need to open after the spectator has closed it.

These are instructions on how to create your own pads, however you do not need any great DIY skills to construct it. This ebook contains

• Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to turn a regular notepad into an Image-Grabber
• Instructions on how to use the Image-Grabber
• Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions for secretly switching the notepad (method can be used for decks of cards)
• Telephonic Test: A spectator writes a private letter. You call a third person who has never been physically in...

1. ... Number 2 - August 1904 - 12 pages
907. Frank C. Meislahn - photo & biography
908. Up to His Reputation - re: Harry Houdini- Lossong
908. A Clever Wizard - Re: T. Nelson Downs
909. Palming Off the Chosen Card
909. New York Notes
909. Modern Optical Illusions - Edmund H. Wilkie - continued
910. An Additional Effect for Rising Cards - R.E. LeRoy
911. Boston Items - news - W.D. Le Roy
911. Philadelphia Notes - news - James Barton
911. S.A.M. Official Column
911. Notes from Seattle, Washington - Dr. Emil Bories
912. London Notes - news - Neil Weaver
912. Eastern Jottings
912. F. W. Conradi - photo & story

917. Mahatma - Volume VIII, Number 3 - September...

1. ... is only an actor playing the role of a magician
2. Gilbreath Principle
3. Too Perfect Theory
4. How many effects?
5. Creative Process
6. Bottom Deal Applications
7. Philosophy of Magic
8. Trick That Can't Be Explained
9. Origin of Display Pass
10. In Spectator's Hands
11. Vernon's Travellers
12. Effect Categories for Cards
13. Why do Magic?
14. Ten Best Card Effects
15. Practice
16. Best Self-Working Card Trick
17. Starting with Card Magic
18. Tabled Faro/Riffle Shuffle
19. Delayed Setup
20. Program Construction of an Act
21. How to Prepare for a Competition
22. Dirty Cards
23. Constructivism
24. Favorite Card Routine
25. Favorite ESP Card Trick ...

Le testament de Jérome Sharp was the third of a series of five books where Henri Decremps (1746-1826), a Frenchman who had studied law, physics and music, would expose the secrets of Italian conjuror Giuseppe Pinetti (1750-1800) as the result of a challenge. The most famous book of the series is La Magie Blanche Dévoilée (1784).

Le testament de Jérome Sharp is the book that contains by far the largest section devoted to card magic. Several facts make this book of outstanding interest to the students of card magic. First, the section devoted to cards is quite large and more comprehensive than any other...

He is usually seen with a pack of cards stuck to his hands, lost in the world of magic creation...

Matthew would like to thank Mr. Mike Reed for inspiring his first interest in magic.

John currently resides in his hometown of Woodstock, Illinois, where he spends his summers performing for audiences all over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. If you find yourself in one of John's classes at his high school, you'll likely see him nearby with a pack of cards, surrounded by a crowd of stunned spectators.

John's performances of various effects have been featured on personal web sites and newsletters by such magicians as Cameron Francis and Paul Gordon.

Some of his greatest influences in magic over the years have been Cameron Francis, Dave Forrest, Paul Hallas, Aldo Colombini, and Paul Gordon (to name a few).

Its unique lay-flat binding assures that you can open your printed issue flat on your table while your hands hold cards, coins or other props. It makes reading and studying effects from the magazine a lot more enjoyable. The binding is the most durable and long lasting glue binding in existence today. It costs us a lot to produce the magazine this way but we are convinced you will appreciate our high quality...

1. ... Assassin! - interview
52. The Rebirth of the Hofzinser Commoration Ring - article by Wittus Witt
54. One Night in Rio ... - Chris Dugdale talks about his recent performance in Rio
58. Reviews
    • Bulletproof - Andy Nyman - book
    • Insight - Peter Eggink - effect DVD and gimmick
    • Blockbusters With Cards - Paul Gordon - DVD
    • 4D Surprise - Tenyo - effect
    • AIR - Almost Impromptu Riser - Dave Forrest - downloadable video
    • Cloud Money - Tenyo - effect
    • Beyond ESP 3 - Michael Murray - effect
    • Ghost Lamp - Tenyo - effect
    • The Big Book of Rising Cards - Claude Klingsor - book, PDF e-book...