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R3 - The Ultimate Ring and Lace Routine by Rene Perdigon
 Rene
developed and refined this fantastic routine over the course of hundreds
of performances. Each phase of the effect not only builds on the previous
step, but sets up the new one, leading to an incredible climax! If you
take the time to learn this effect, you will have a powerful routine that
will be highlight of your act.
$20.00
Rainbow Deck Book by Randy Wakeman
 A
must have for all card magicians! This 47 page booklet is packed with
great routines such as.. A Backward Effect, Spectral Clock, The Real Color
Change, Rainbow Twist, Fiction Prediction, Marlo's Rainbow Deck, The Upturned
One, Prismatic Pack, Icing On The Case, These Cards Are Marked, Flashbacks,
Randy's Rainbow, Sleightless Switches, and Ned The Philosophical Lemming.
Book $ 10.00
Rainbow Deck $ 20.00
Ramblings & Revelations-Thoughts on the Art of Mentalism by Andy Leviss
 In
his uniquely casual style, mentalist Andrew Leviss shares insight into
some of the most important aspects in the field of mentalism. From choosing
material to deciding how to present it, interacting with audience members
to how to answer challenges, Andy addresses some of the most important,
yet often overlooked factors in becoming a successful mentalist. Rather
than just offering a formula to follow, Andy poses questions that every
mentalist should ask themself. He suggests some possible answers, but
leaves it to you to make the final choices which best suit you. There's
no easy way to become a great mentalist, but with Andy's advice you'll
definitely gain the upper hand in your journey! Readers of the online
magazine Visions have been raving over Andy's "Shared Thoughts" column
since August, 2000, writing time and again to praise his insightful advice
and casual, conversational writing. In addition to a number of brand new,
never before published essays, Andy's gone back and re-edited, revised,
and in some cases totally re-written all of the "Shared Thoughts" columns
to date and included them in this book. If you've never read them before,
this is a great way to catch them all in one place. If you have, you'll
definitely want to see Andy's latest takes on these subjects. If you've
ever even considered doing mentalism, then this book is for you!
$ 18.00
Random Acts of Magic by David Acer
Prepare to be intrigued, delighted, elated – Random Acts of Magic
is an inspired and inspiring collection of more than 60 brand new, bread-and-butter
goodies, tightened and refined over thousands of shows, lectures and television
appearances! You’ll find astonishing tricks with cards, coins, markers,
cell phones, matchbooks, matches, receipts, elastics, bottles, balls,
bills, wallets, ties, spoons and finger rings, plus anecdotes, road stories,
and the first 12 hilarious, thought-provoking essays from David’s column
in Genii magazine! Plus much more...
$45.00
Randy Wakeman Presents by Randy Wakeman
 ·
37 Great Routines · Over 150 Pages Of Top-Notch Close-up Magic · Fully
Illustrated · Film Laminated Dustjacket · Acid-Free Paper · Quality Magic
That You Can Do · A Quality Book That Will Last "Not only do you get performance-proven
magic, but you also receive the presentation and routining that make many
of these routines blockbusters. Sound like an exaggeration? See for yourself!"
- Frank Garcia
$ 35.00
Rants
into Raves Manuscript by Kenton Knepper
Rants Into Raves has been called one of Kenton's finest works to date.
This manuscript reads like an in-depth course in the practical working
of art, influential psychology, meaning, and creating a fanatical following.
In a series of essays penned by Kenton for his own personal use, Kenton
reveals his innermost thoughts on celebrity status, moving an audience,
reciprocity, associations and expectations, and much, much more. Rants
has become the perfect companion book to Wonder Words Volume Two, and
Wonder Words Volume Three. For anyone who has the Wonder Words series,
this manuscript is a must. For those who don't have Wonder Words yet,
this manuscript is complete in itself. The insights presented will make
your mind whir with excitement and awesome possibilities... BE WARNED:
While only 28 full size pages in length, most people cannot read but four
or five pages in a sitting! This material is that powerful. Put these
concepts into action, and you will understand why Kenton calls this incredible
work "Rants INTO RAVES"! Your audience will be raving about you too!
$18.00
Rants 2 by Kenton Knepper
The much anticipated sequel to "Rants Into Raves" is finally here! Rants
2 is everything its predecessor was and more. When you are done reading
this manuscript, you will have a much greater understanding of yourself
as a mystery performer. Your strengths and weaknesses will be exposed,
and through this self exploration, you will come out a better performer.
$15.00
Rara Avis (Jack Avis) by Anthony Brahams
 Sixty
Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis! After Jack's death
in 2004, 28 notebooks were discovered among his vast collection of manuscripts,
books and other publications that contained his collected thoughts over
the past half century. Some original, some of his own handlings of effects
of his friends, some sleights, some tips and ideas but all bearing the
stamp that earned him a world reputation for simple, baffling, natural
magic. This new, important volume contains much of Jack's original thinking
and ideas as well as rare photographs and notes from throughout his sixty
years in magic. If you are a serious card person, close–up worker, historian
or a magic enthusiast you will want to own this valuable record of the
work of a man who devoted every moment of his spare time to the pursuit
of magic at its highest level and is honored wherever a deck of cards
is shuffled. Pages 220 - Hardbound
$51.00
Re-Attached by Lance Ackerman
 It
is a torn and restored card routine which is very practical and easy but
REALLY HITS HARD!!!. EFFECT :The magician takes a deck of cards, lets
the spectator pick a card and gives it to the magician; and they can even
sign it if they want . The magician then takes the card, rips it into
4 pieces and slowly, one by one, the cards morph back into place as they
started out even before they were ripped. At the end of the routine, the
dents are visually ironed out and, in the spectators hands, is their signed/unsigned
card perfectly normal. It has been reviewed by professional magicians
and, believe it or not, they say its as good as torn and restored routines
can get. It is a booklet with 30+ pictures FULLY describing what has to
be done and with different angles. This is definitely one of the BEST
Torn and Restored routine/effect out there.
$15.00
Readings
for the Magician by Kenton Knepper
 Finally!
So, you want to begin sneaking a bit of mentalism and maybe even a few
readings into your magical work? Kenton Knepper's Readings for the Magician
will show you exactly how to reply to, "Hey, can you tell me my fortune?"
in a powerful and entertaining way (without memorizing anything). With
a blend of totally new material, improvements on past work and twists
galore, this booklet will allow you to do what you have been wishing to
do. If you've ever wanted to add a touch of readings to your magic, don't
pass up Readings for Magicians. Staplebound, 20 pages.
$ 20.00
Real Mental Magic by Ormond McGill
 Ormond
McGill explores the realm of Mental Magic. Each chapter is a lesson, through
examples, on the basics of learning how to read minds though contact and
non-contact methods. There are instructions on Hypnotism and Mind-Over-Body
magic, Developing Your Clairvoyant Talent, and the Art of Psychometry
(reading the past of objects). One chapter concentrates on training the
memory for Master Memory Demonstrations. Using the methods detailed in
each chapter, the final result is The Real Mental Magic Show, presented
at the end of the book complete with patter. Each chapter is comprehensively
annotated and referenced for further study into this fascinating phenomenon.
$45.00
Real
World Magic by Jerry MacGregor
 Don't
just dream about performing in the real world, Turn your dreams into reality!
Jerry MacGregor (co-author of the Restaurant Magician's Handbook) draws
on a lifetime in the theatre to offer more than 300 pages packed with
information to help you succeed! Including.... · Insights into staging
and movement · Wisdom on using words effectively · Tips on selecting,
rehearsing, and creating a routine · Entertaining a workable routines
drawn from the working repertories of more than a dozen professional magicians.
Whether you work close-up, stand-up, on the stage or on the streets, you'll
discover the secrets of success on a book that's been described as invaluable
for those longing to take a step up in their performance. Featuring routines
by....
$ 48.00
Really
Haunted Trick Manuscript by Doug Edwards
EFFECT: A deck of cards is genuinely and openly shuffled. An absolutely
free selection is made and returned to the deck in a completely fair and
aboveboard manner. No breaks are held and the cards are even spread on
the table showing no apparent control. The deck is gathered up and the
upper half moves eerily and mysteriously revealing the selected card!
$ 15.00
Recycling
the Magical Way by Michael Rappa
 Are
you interested in increasing your booking potential? If you are, this
book is for you. Within these pages you'll learn the secrets of turning
trash into cash, as award-winning professional magician Michael Rappa
shares his valuable routines from his educational and entertaining Environmental
Magic Show. Recycling The Magical Way is packed with fun-filled commercial
routines using standard magic effects to promote the concept of recycling
as an alternative to waste disposal. You'll Get All This And More: · Complete
scripts for routines designed to help educate children of all ages about
the importance of recycling, energy conservation, and the value of good
environmental habits. They'll learn what they can do to help save the
environment, while being entertained with memorable magic. · Michael's
sample booking letter. Make this letter your own and watch your bookings
soar. · Examples taken directly from his recycling activities study guide.
Learn how to enrich any educational program with these examples. · Tips
and ideas to help the reader develop their own routines. This must-have
book is perfect for entertainers desiring to do more school shows, educational
enrichment programs, Earth Day celebrations, recycling drives, and more!
Whether you're interested in developing a new program, or simply want
to add an educational message to strengthen an existing one, you'll find
Recycling The Magical Way offers a wealth of information with an original
topical approach.
$ 15.00
Reflecta-Thot
2 by Ken Driscoll
 Ken
Driscoll has modernized and perfected this classic Larry Becker mentalism
effect. Ken has made the effect a little more commercial for the walk-around,
close up, and platform performer. He combines both classic patter from
Becker, as well as his own suggestions, leaving the performer with several
options for a great performance.
$15.00
Reparation
by John Lovick
 Guy
Hollingworth created an absolute sensation when his incredible torn and
restored card routine, The Reformation, was show on national TV. The routine
was available only from Guy and in a very limited edition. In fact, by
the time the TV show aired, the effect was off the market completely.
In addition, The Reformation is extremely difficult to perform. Prior
to Guy's routine, David Regal had published a one-piece-at-a-time full
card restoration in his book, Star Quality. California magician, John
Lovick, has combined the best ideas from both routines into The Reparation.
What he has created, is a routine that looks as good as The Reformation
but is much easier to perform. As a point of interest, both Guy and David
have seen The Reparation and give it their full approval! The effect could
not be more straightforward. A card is selected from the deck. The spectator
signs the card. The signed card is torn into four pieces. Then, one piece
at a time, the signed card is restored! The restored card is left with
the spectator as a souvenir. It is a fantastic routine. The Reparation
is a reputation-maker. It is not self-working, but is well worth the effort
to learn!
$ 15.00
Restaurant
Worker's Handbook by Jim Pace & Jerry McGregor
 Make
Money Doing Restaurant Magic! Jim Pace makes a very successful living
performing Restaurant Magic Now, in his Handbook for Restaurant Workers,
Jim shares the secrets that have taken him years to learn In this extremely
informative, 150 page book, Jim teaches you everything it takes to become
a successful restaurant entertainer! 28 Informative Chapters... ·How to
find places to work ·How to approach a restaurant ·How to get the job
·How to keep the job ·Pricing your services ·Creating your act ·What kind
of material to perform ·Keys to working tables ·How to handle different
clientele ·Secrets for increasing income ·How to promote yourself ·Contracts
& More! In addition to invaluable information on becoming a successful
restaurant entertainer, Jim also parts with his own pet routines, including
"openers", "strong middle routines", and "closers!"
$ 29.95
Restless
Plots
$ 49.99
Revelation by Dai Vernon
 This
is not a reprint of our 1984 edition of Revelations, Dai Vernon’s legendary
annotations for The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase. This new,
over-size book was triggered by the discovery of more than 160 long-lost
photographs of Dai Vernon’s hands that were taken in 1961 specifically
to illustrate this manuscript. It is as close as you will ever get to
a personal session with the Professor. Includes: A facsimile reproduction
of the entire, original typed Revelation manuscript. The entire text of
The Expert at the Card Table with Vernon’s annotations inserted at the
appropriate places illustrated with the newly discovered photos. Plus
more than 100 pages of added material including Vernon’s explanation (with
photos) of Topping the Deck, Walter Scott’s Second Deal and Double Belly
Cut, the Ping Pong Shift, The Hop, Allen Kennedy’s legendary Center Deal
and more. 392 over-size pages with a beautiful dustjacket. The book itself
measures 9 by 11.5 inches with 392 pages and a beautiful dustjacket designed
by Michael Albright. The book is bound in green cloth and stamped with
copper foil.
$65.00
Revolutionary Card Technique by Ed Marlo
 Here
it is-the legendary Ed Marlo's entire "Revolutionary Card Technique" series
all together in one volume! With over 500 pages, more than 1000 illustrations
and 14 chapters covering all aspects of advanced manipulation, this is
the most complete single reference book on card magic available. It was
a classic in its time and is still an essential volume for any serious
card worker's library. Newly edited and illustrated for clarity and ease-of-use,
the wealth of information contained can elevate your card work to new
heights. Contents: * Preface by Bill Malone * Introduction by David Ben
* Cardician Marlo by Frances Marshall * Acknowledgements * Detailed Contents
* I. Miracle Card Changes * II. Action Palm * III. Fingertip Control *
IV. The Side Steal * V. The Tabled Palm * VI. The Faro Shuffle * VII.
Faro Notes * VIII. Seconds, Centers and Bottoms (Part One) * IX. Seconds,
Centers and Bottoms (Part Two) * X. Seconds, Centers and Bottoms (Part
Three) * XI. The Multiple Shift * XII. Card Switches * XIII. Estimation
(Part One) * XIV. Estimation (Part Two) * Index Hardbound with dust jacket,
538 pages.
$70.00
Rice's
Encyclopedia of Silk Magic
Volume 1-3 by Harold. R. Rice
Volume 4 by Mark Trimble
Encyclopedia, and one of the greatest magic texts ever produced. It is
a beautiful production with elegant hand lettered text, and hundreds of
clear illustrations in each volume. Although allegedly an encyclopedia
of silk tricks, this Encyclopedia also covers all types of conjuring props,
making it an Encyclopedia of interest to any magician. Each volume has
over 350 effects, over 520 pages, and from 1800 to 2100 illustrations.
The 4 Volumes have a total of 1854 pages, and several thousand illustrations,
plus a very comprehensive index of over 30 pages covering the entire Encyclopedia.
One of the finest set of books (both for production and material) any
magician could have in his library.
Volume
One has 10 chapters, covering the Story of Silk, Dyeing your own Silks,
Methods of Folding Silks, Single and multiple Silk Productions with or
without Apparatus, Vanishes, Changes and Transpositions.
$ 45.00
Volume
Two with 7 Chapters covers Penetrations, Color Changes, Silk Dyeing
effects, Reel Magic, Reel-less Magic, and 20th Century Silk effects.
$ 45.00
Volume
Three in 8 chapters covers Sympathetic Silks, Blendo Effects, "Naughty"
Silks, Silks and Eggs, Soup Plates, Candles, Openers, Jap Box, and apparatus
props.
$ 45.00
Volume
Four , written several years after the original Rice publications
contains modern adaptations and variations of all the effects published
in the first 3 volumes, bringing this set up to date.
$ 45.00
Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic on CD-Rom 1-4
 The
best silk magic in the world is now yours - on CDRom! Over 1500 pages
of Francis Martineau's hand-lettered text; thousands of beautiful Illustrations.
If you are interested in Silk Magic at all (and what magician isn't?),
the secrets of Silk Magic, past and present will be found covered in every
detail in this wonderful four volume set. Volume One- First published
by Harold Rice in 1948, it took eight years to prepare. It contains ten
large chapters including The Romantic Story of Silk; How to Dye Your Own
Silks; Methods of Folding Silks; Production Mthods (with and without apparatus;
single silks and quanity productions); Vanishes; Changes; and Transpositions.
The entire volume was hand lettered and illustrated by Francis Martineau.
Over 1800 beautiful Illustrations! 520 pages. When first published, Volume
One received both the Sphinx and Genii awards for Best Book of the Year.
Volume Two- Five years of dedicated work resulted in the publication of
the second volume. It contains 7 chapters including Penetrations; Color
Changes; Silk Dying; Reel Magic; Reel-Less Magic; and Twentieth Century
Silks. Once again, hand lettered and illustrated by Francis Martineau
with more than 2100 Illustrations. 387 effects! 533 pages. Volume Three-
Nearly ten years after the publication of Volume 1, Volume Three was ready!
This volume contains 8 chapters of solid silk magic. Includes Sympathetic
Silks; Blendo Effects; Naughty Silks; Silks and Eggs; Soup Plates and
Silks; Silks and Candles; Openers; and the Jap Hank Box. As in the first
two volumes, Volume 3 is hand lettered and illustrated by francis Martineau.
513 pages. Volume 4- Thirty years after the publication of Volume 3, Volume
Four was published! this volume contains nine chapters of solid silk magic
plus an extensive index of all four volumes. Chapters include The Harold
Rice Story; Volume One Revisited; Volume Two Revisited; Volume Three Revisited;
Silk Loads and Steals; Silk Magic for Children; Silk Magic of Warren Stephens;
Romantic Story of Silk Revisited plus the index by Chapters, Contributors,
Effects and Subjects! Written by Mark Trimble, The Encyclopedia of Silk
Magic, Volume 4 took more than two years to produce. Hundreds and hundreds
of illustrations.
$40.00 CD-Rom
Richardson, Barrie - 7 Modest Miracles You Can Do Lecture Notes
$15.00
Richardson, Barrie - Concepts & Deceptions Lecture Notes
$20.00
Richardson, Barrie - Subtleties, Boldness & Misdirection Lecture Notes
$20.00
 Richey
Technique Revealed by Docc Hilford
The Masterpiece That Built An Empire Reverend Dr. Patrick Richey built
an empire with a single technique for answering his audience members'
questions, whether in private readings for a single sitter or on stage
for hundreds. Although his presentation was roughly copied, the secret
method was kept from others until he revealed it to Docc Hilford before
his death and now Docc is spilling all the beans! With this ingenious
technique the questions are never even written by the participants, but
each is directly answered-you could even seal the answers in envelopes
for the sitter to take home and read later, with specific names, dates
and answers. Staplebound, 35 pages.
$ 20.00
Rimshots by Harry Lorayne
$ 25.00
Ring
Link by Barry Govan
 This
is a fooler! (It fooled Aldo!) You borrow a finger ring and show a rubber
band. The ring penetrates the band in a clear magic manner! The ring is
seen spinning on a SINGLE strand of the band! So real that you have to
break the band to free the ring! In booklet form with 16 professional
illustrations. Use any rubber band (#16 seems to work the best for us).
$ 10.00
Rings
In Your Fingers by Dariel Fitzkee
 A
complete text on methods, mechanical devices, moves, techniques, figures,
artifices, routines, etc., for performing one of the great classics in
the repertoire of magic. It includes modern improvements, suggestions
and ideas, together with routines eliminating the use of the key. Methods
- Ring Sets - Special Rings - Arrangements - counts - Substitutions -
Special Keys - Linking Methods - Figures - Routines. 7 Methods of Counting.
10 Substitutions and Exchanges 9 Methods of Simulating Linking and Unlinking
14 Linking Methods 35 Figures and How To Make Them. The Cross, The Seesaw,
The Opening Rose, The Chair, The Stirrup, The Mask, The Ball and 28 Others.
Methods of Concluding the Routine 21 Routine Outlines, Employing Keys.
4 Keyless Routines Many Suggestions and Ideas Pages 120 - Hardbound
$25.00
Ripped & Repaired trick booklet by David Forrest
A new approach to the T&R plot A corner is cleanly and fairly torn from
a selected card. (It really is!) The magician claims that he can restore
this card to its former glory with the aid of a very special and ancient
and magic-endowed instrument of necromancy. The spectators clutch their
handbags to their faces and peek through the gaps in their fingers. The
magician goes to his pocket and produces....a stapler! He talks half the
audience out of leaving before re-attaching the torn corner with the stapler.
The "restored" card is signed by the spectator as proof that this miracles
was witnessed by human eyes. A man in the back row cocks the hammer on
a large handgun, a woman in the front is picturing the magi with an axe
in his liver....before things turn violent he gathers everyone around
close and with a gentle rub (ooh!) he visually heals the torn corner and
hands out the card ford inspection, there is nothing to find, just the
two staples which once held the card together!
$16.00
Rising Card Book by Jon Jensen
$ 20.00
Road
Warror
$ 20.00
Roger Klause in Concert by Lance Pierce
 This
book presents the routines and concepts of Roger Klause, noted performer
and teacher, with clarity and detail. With special attention paid to the
construction and principles of magic, Roger can show you how to raise
your level of performance and further your craft. Within these pages are
symphonies with coins, rings, bills and keys - both close-up and parlor
- with concise explanations of how and why. Effects included are, The
Miser's Cornucopia; Smokeless; The Sponge & Sleeve; The 100 Bill Change;
The Torn & Restored Bill; Even Money; Cheque; The Chimerical Bill; Billusion;
The Operator; The Soft Double; Double Down; The Breakout Display; The
Automatic Block Transfer; The No-Count Zarrow; The Bluff Bluff Pass; Framed;
Going South; Triple Play; The Bantam-Weight Card; Turnabout; What's Good
for the Goose Is ...; The Chinese Quartet; Red & White; Through the Looking
Glass; and Ringmaster. Hardbound, 288 pages, over 375 photographs.
$ 39.95
Roger's Thesaurus by Roger Crosthwaite & Justin Higham
 Top-notch
card material from some of the world's best magicians, including Jack
Avis, Gordon Bruce, Peter Duffie, Cy Endfield, Trevor Lewis, Simon Lovell,
Edward Marlo, Chris Power, Roy Walton, Herb Zarrow and many others. Hardbound,
256 pages, 75 tricks, over 90 original sleights and subtleties, nearly
260 illustrations, over 30 photos.
$ 39.95
The
Rosini Secret by Docc Hilford
 The
Ultimate in Close-up Billet Reading Effect A small piece of paper is torn
from a menu. A participant writes a brief question on the blank side of
the paper and folds it. The mentalist uses a deck of cards in their box
as a little tray to display the folded paper. The folded paper is returned
to the participant. The cards are removed from the box and shuffled by
the sitter. She removes five cards and they're returned to the box and
put away. As far as the mentalist is concerned EVERYTHING IS DONE! The
folded paper is burned and the mentalist reveals the spectator's question
through his interpretation of the five chosen cards. The mentalist undetectably
switched the paper for AN EXACT DUPLICATE and read the question without
any moves. THE SPECIAL CARD BOX DOES EVERYTHING! Just let the sitter drop
her billet on the card box and with it seemingly in view at all times,
the billet is automatically switched. As the cards are removed and replaced
in the box, you openly read the message! You learn how to gimmick any
card box with a few minutes of work and some basic tools like scissors
and glue. A great feature is that everything resets almost automatically,
preparing you for the next table if you do restaurant work. You can tear
a corner from a placemat or menu to use a billet, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE
DUPLICATE BILLETS PREVIOUSLY PREPARED. The read can be done completely
surrounded and without additional props. No "turning away" or "looking
into the crystal". All you need is a box of unprepared playing cards,
an impromptu billet and the Rosini Secret! Pages 24 - Saddle Stitched,
B&W
$35.00
ROUTE 1 by David Forrest
Any Card at Any Number! Effect At the beginning of your card set you display
a blue backed deck and place it into your pocket for later. You then remove
a red deck and blow everyone away with all your hottest stuff. Just before
you end you suggest an experiment, a long shot if you will. Something
that, should it work will guarantee many a sleepless night. You ask a
spectator to just THINK of ANY CARD. Then you ask them to just THINK of
ANY NUMBER between 1 and 52. The choices are written on the back of a
Joker and left in plain view for all to see. You propose that you will,
through shuffling and cutting, position the card they thought of in the
exact position they named. They seem unimpressed. That’s when you ask
them to think back to the blue deck from way back before any of this began.
That deck is removed and handed to a spectator. She counts cards to the
table face up, one for each number. Everyone holds their breath as the
last card is reached. When it is turned over…it is the thought of card!
Want to hear the best news? ROUTE 1 is almost completely SELF WORKING!
The 14 page ROUTE 1 manuscript describes the simple construction of a
gimmick that does virtually NOTHING while at the same time, it does absolutely
EVERYTHING!! No memorized decks, in fact no memory work at all! No indexes!
No palming or in any way adding cards to the deck! The spectator counts
through the cards Deck is normal, no duplicates or gaffed cards! No cards
left in the case! No near misses! Literally ANY card! Genuinely ANY number!
100% guaranteed to work every single time without fail!
$22.00
Routined Manipulation Comb 1 & 2 by Lewis Ganson
 the
best manuals of manipulative magic. with routines of famous magicians
like Jack Chanin, Gerald Kosky, Elmsley, Fred Kaps etc.
$ 15.00
Routined
Manipulation Finale by Lewis Ganson
$ 20.00
 Rovi:
The Story of a Man and His Magic by Rovi
The authorized book of Rovi's life, philosophy and magic. A fascinating
story with over 50 tricks including the much-requested "Cowboy Trick."
Wonderful effects for a variety of skills. Many sleights are thoroughly
explained and discussed, including Rovi's fabulous forces, pass, side
slip, peek and top change. Many of these ideas are appearing in print
for the first time.
$ 40.00
Roy Benson By Starlight by Levent and Todd Karr
Roy Benson was a legendary performer: a brilliant magician whose ingenious
techniques baffled his peers, a superb manipulator, and a daring comedy
magician considered far ahead of his time. In Roy Benson by Starlight,
you can finally learn his most sought-after secrets. The book includes
over fifty incredible effects and sleights, including the famous Benson
Bowl Routine, Long Salt Pour, Billiard Balls, Linking Rings, Miser’s Dream,
card moves, coin effects, stage magic, close-up, and comedic routines.
You'll also learn from Benson’s essays on presentation and showmanship
and the complete text of Benson’s lost book The Second Oldest Profession
and his scarce Benson on Magic booklet. Roy Benson by Starlight also features
a complete biography of Roy Benson and an entire section on Benson's teacher,
Nate Leipzig, with twenty Leipzig effects, Leipzig's autobiography, and
dozens of rare Leipzig photos. Pages 800
$150.00
The Royal Road To Card Magic by Hugard & Braue
 This
classic book could be the most difinitive ever written for the serious
beginner who wants to learn professional card magic. The book takes you
step-by-step through all the basic card sleights with card effects applied
to each. The easier sleights discussed first, with a gradual introduction
to the more difficult moves and tricks towards the end of the book. A
book everyone must have in their library. Hardbound, 302 pages.
$ 9.99
Wilson,
Paul - Royal Road To Card Magic Vol.1/2/3/4/5 DVD's - Complete
Set
 If
you are seriously interested in learning card magic, there is no better
place to start than The Royal Road to Card Magic with R. Paul Wilson.
For more than half a century, Jean Hugard and Fred Braue's landmark book,
The Royal Road to Card Magic, has been a touchstone for all who love and
endeavor to perform great card magic. Because of its building-block style
of teaching sleights followed by tricks that utilize those sleights to
reinforce the lesson, it's been called by many the greatest self-instruction
book on magic ever written. Now for the first time on DVD, expert card
magician R. Paul Wilson accompanies you down this time-honored path to
show you, in crystal-clear digital clarity, every important sleight and
effect from the Royal Road to Card Magic in the precise order it appears
in the book. Thus, this video study guide has the potential to take you
from beginner to expert - and you can learn at your own pace. What's more,
Paul Wilson has added his own valuable insights and updates to the classic
Hugard and Braue text, making this Royal Road a not-to-be-missed journey
to becoming an accomplished entertainer with nothing more than a deck
of ordinary playing cards. Since its initial publication, The Royal Road
to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue has been regarded as
the most complete course in sleight of hand with playing cards ever written,
teaching essential sleights from the Overhand Shuffle to the Pass and
Palm. Each chapter explores a new sleight followed by several tricks using
what the student has already learned—tricks that, incidentally, include
many of the best card effects ever created. Many of today’s finest magicians
began with Hugard and Braue’s classic book, including world-renowned card
expert R. Paul Wilson. On these DVDs, Paul guides you along this Royal
Road, demonstrating the sleights and effects from the book along with
many important touches from his own repertoire. Paul guides you effortlessly
through each chapter, using clear and concise instructions combined with
multiple camera angles. He also performs most of the tricks in the book
for an informal audience, allowing the student to see each effect before
learning it. This DVD series is a complete course in card magic that expands
and updates the material from The Royal Road to Card Magic with new effects,
improved methods, and advice from many of today’s finest exponents of
card conjuring. If you follow this course from beginning to end, learning
each sleight before moving to the next chapter, you will soon be on your
way to becoming an excellent card magician. "I have always loved the title.
The image of a road succinctly conveys the valuable idea that the study
of card magic is a journey, not a quick fix. And, by defining that journey
as being royal, the issue of worthy respect is immediately established."
- Max Maven "The Royal Road to Card Magic holds a special place in my
heart, as it is the very first book on magic that I picked up from the
Larchmont Public Library as a young teenager. I must have renewed it dozens
of times. It is this book that opened the entire world of sleight-of-hand
magic to me and thus, changed the course of my life!" - Paul Cummins "Some
books bury themselves in your soul and stay there forever; Royal Road
is such a book. I am relieved that I am not the only one who is influenced
so deeply by a 'beginner's' book. The writing and selection of material
are first class. My magic still reflects its teaching." - Steve Draun
"The Royal Road to Card Magic is the first book on card magic I ever read,
and one of the best. I regularly give it to people who tell me they are
interested in learning magic with the pasteboards. A person could become
a professional by just learning the wonderful things within this book's
covers." - Jim Swain "The Royal Road to Card Magic was my first magic
book and the only book I ever learned from cover to cover. I guess that
says it all. I still use many of the techniques I learned from it, and
even published my 'take' on a couple of effects." - Martin Lewis "The
name of this great book sums up the enjoyable, thoroughly engrossing and
never-ending quest that is the study of card magic. Whenever I crack open
the cover of my copy, I'm reminded of the many hours of pleasure I've
had in poring over this, one of my first card books. While Braue collated
much of the material, it was Hugard who gave the descriptions life. His
succinct and charming style, with its genteel approach to card magic,
has been extremely influential-setting the standard for magic authorship
in the 2oth century. As an Australian, it gives me great pleasure to see
Hugard honored with this series-I'm sure it will guide many future magicians
onto that fabulous Royal Road." - Andrew Wimhurst "Whenever someone asks
about learning card magic, The Royal Road to Card Magic is one of my first
suggestions. It is one of the first books I had when learning magic and
I spent many hours as a teenager with book in front of me and a deck of
card in my hands." - Paul Gertner "The Royal Road to Card Magic remains
as one of the great books on card magic for both the beginner and well-seasoned
card magician. It is an absolute must-read for anybody who is serious
about card magic." - Simon Lovell "R. Paul Wilson teaching the Royal Road
is one of the very best ways to learn card magic. The production values
are superb! This is the best DVD course on card magic available today!"
- Bill Malone Paul Wilson has performed card magic since he was eight
years old and hasn’t left home without a deck of cards since! Now a world-renowned,
award-winning magician, Paul is respected not only for his creative approach
to magic but also for his remarkable skill with cards. He is a regular
performer at the Magic Castle in Hollywood and has traveled the world
performing and lecturing on sleight of hand. Paul has also authored fifteen
booklets and manuscripts on his magic and has also produced five instructional
videos of his work. Paul now works in film and television. His credits
include technical advisor and second-unit director of the movie Shade,
producer of A&E’s Mondo Magic, co-producer and star of Court TV’s The
Takedown, producer and star of the BBC show The Real Hustle, and technical
advisor on the movie Smokin’ Aces. The Royal Road to Card Magic remains
one of Paul's favorite magic books and he continues to use the tricks
and sleights it contains to this day. In this course, Paul guides you
along the Royal Road with clear, concise instructions, multiple camera
angles, improved methods and invaluable advice from one of today's masters
of the art. For anyone who wants to learn card magic, this course amounts
to over eight hours of private instruction. If you follow the course from
beginning to end, learning each technique before moving on to the next,
by the end, you will be well on your way to becoming an excellent card
magician. VOLUME 1 Introduction Overhand Shuffle Hand Position Execution
Controlling the Top Card Controlling the Bottom Card Top Card to Next
to Bottom and Back The Run Injog Double Undercut Control Retaining Top
Stock Full Deck False Shuffle Topsy-Turvy Cards Poker Player’s Nightmare
Pocket Discovery Telepathy Plus Thought Stealer Pinkie Does It A Card
and a Number Riffle Shuffle Intro Refinement Retaining the Top Card Retaining
the Bottom Card In the Air An Instinct for Cards Ultra Card Divination
Flourishes Intro Ruffle Spread and Turnover Springing the Cards Waterfall
Shuffle The Fan One Hand Fan One Thumb Fan Bonus Material VOLUME 2 The
Glide Intro The Glide Glide Refinement Design for Laughter Observation
Test Glimpse Intro & The Bottom Card Glimpse The Top Card Glimpse #1 Gray’s
Spelling Trick Key Card / Undercut / Card Under Do As I Do The Three Piles
The Twenty-Sixth Card Meeting of the Minds Non Poker Voice Sliding Key
Card Bonus Material VOLUME 3 Palm Intro Top Palm 1 Holding Card / Holding
Deck Multiple Top Palm Palm Glimpse Replacing Top Card Refinement Card
in Pocket Now You See It Gathering of the Clan Spring Catch Piano Trick
Back Slip Intro Back Slip Lightning Card The Tantalizer Under Your Hat
Overhand Shuffle 2 Intro Overhand Break Control Overhand Lift Shuffle
Lift Shuffle Force Spread & Break Holding a Break Spread & Break Control
Refinement Obliging Aces Leapfrog Spectator’s Card Poker Puzzle False
Shuffles and Cuts Intro Optical Shuffle Charlier Shuffle False Cuts Palm
Cut An Incomprehensible Divination Circus Card Trick Blackjack Detective
Bonus Material VOLUME 4 Double Lift and Turnover Refinement Double Lift
Glimpse Reverse Rapid Transit Ambitious Card Throughth and Consequences
Insidious Dr. Fu Lui Tu The Pass Intro Pass Technique Refinement Roy Walton’s
Pass at Red Kangaroo Card Righting a Wrong Blindfold Pack Double Speller
Color Change The Changing Card Self Cutting Deck A Pretty Cut Pop-Up Card
Charlier Cut Acrobatic Aces Reverses Intro First Method Second Method
Third Method Fourth Method Reversed Location Tipsy Turvy Double Reverse
Mentalivity Mountebank Miracle Bonus Material VOLUME 5 Hindu Shuffle Control
Hindu Force Hindu Glimpse The Step Natural Injog All Change Here Classic
Force Intro Now You See It One Hand Force Bottom Force Two Card Force
Riffle Break Force Sliding Key Force Double Lift Force Cut Force Justice
Card Trick Fours of a Kind Pulse Trick Top & Bottom Changes Intro Top
Change Refinement The Changeling Bottom Change Arrangements Jacks Wild
Think Stop Reds & Blacks Matching the Cards Platform Intro 3 Cards Across
Ladies Looking Glass Paul’s Tips Bonus Material Beautifully encased in
one fold-out keepsake package! Disc 1 Running Time Approximately 1hr 52min
Disc 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 25min Disc 3 Running Time Approximately
2hr 8min Disc 4 Running Time Approximately 2hr 11min Disc 5 Running Time
Approximately 2hr 13min
$79.95
Hunter,
Rudy - Royal Road To Card Magic on 4 DVD's
 The
Classic Course In Card Magic, Royal Road To Card Magic, comes to you in
this 4 DVD Set! You will learn the basics and then get into the advanced
moves and tricks making you a Royal Card Performer... "A first in Magic,
Magic Makers is grateful to bring this 4 DVD SET to the Magic Fraternity...
" - Rob Stiff Royal Road is a classic in magic that every magician has
started with! Now complete the experience and learn first hand from the
best instructional DVDs on card magic. The Royal Road To Card Magic belongs
on every magician's shelf. " - Marty "Martini"Grams
DVD ONE
OverHand Shuffle Controlling A Selected Card Controlling The Top Card
Controlling The Bottom Card Retaining The Top & Bottom Cards Top Card
Next to Bottom & Back The Injog Retaining Top Stock Topsy-Turvy Cards
Poker Player’s Picnic Pinkie Does It Riffle Shuffle Riffle Shuffle Retaining
Cards At The Top Retaining Cards At The Bottom Riffle Shuffle In The Air
An Instinct For Cards Ultra Card Divination Flourishes Displaying The
Top Card The Ruffle The Click Spread & Turnover Ribbon Spread Ribbon Spread
On A Bare Table Thumb Fan One Handed Fan Pressure Fan Springing The Cards
Waterfall Shuffle Throwing The Cards The Glide Design For Laughter Observation
Test The Glimpse Bottom Glimpse I Bottom Glimpse II Bottom Glimpse III
Top Card Glimpse/Fan Peek
DVD TWO
The Key Card Key Undercut Key Undercut Shuffle Marking The Cards Sneaky
Overhand Shuffle Key Card Marks Do As I Do The 26th Card Sliding Key Card
The Palm Top Palming A Single Card Palming Multiple Cards Replacing Multiple
Cards Palm Peek Grab Bag Card Piano Trick The Backslip Backslip Force
Backslip #2 Spring Catch OverHand Shuffle 2 Injog & Break Holding A Break
Overhand Break Control Overhand Lift Shuffle Spread & Break Control The
Sevens Getting The Sevens To The Top
DVD THREE
False Shuffles & Cuts Optical Shuffle Charlier Shuffle False Cut Retaining
Top Stock Retaining Bottom Stock Palm Cut Willis Kenny’s False Shuffle
Double Lift & Turnover Double Lift Ambitious Card Dr. Fu Liu Tu The Pass
Mechanics Of The Pass Rudy’s Handling Of The Pass Riffle Pass Spread Pass
Spring Pass Righting A Wrong Kangaroo Card Misc. Flourishes Color Changes
Side Steal Side Steal In Depth Double Color Change The Changing Card Self
Cutting Deck A Pretty Little Cut Pop Up Card Charlier Cut The Reverses
First Method Palm Reverse Third Method Double Reverse
DVD FOUR
Hindu Shuffle & Controls Hindu Shuffle Control Hindu Shuffle Force Hindu
Force Natural Jog Ewephindit Classic Force One Hand Force Sliding Key
Force Slide Out Force Cut Force Pulse Trick Top & Bottom Changes Top Change
Top Change Byplay & Card To Pocket Bottom Change Top To Bottom Change
Arrangements The Selective Touch Think Stop Reds & Blacks Platform Tricks
Everywhere & Nowhere Enlarging & Diminishing Cards Everybody’s Card Three
Cards Across
$69.00 complete set of all 4 DVD's
Triple Classic CDRom w/Bobo's Modern Coin Magic, Hugard & Braue's
Royal Road to Card Magic & Annemann's Practical Mental Magic
 Three
of the greatest books in magic on one CDRom! Three classics and all time
favorites in cards, coins and mental! You get Bobo's Modern Coin Magic,
Hugard and Braue's Royal Road To Card Magic and Annemann' s Practical
Mental Effects all on one CD-ROM. Three great books at one incredibly
low price! "The Royal Road to Card Magic" continues to this date to be
one of the best books for beginners for card magic with routines used
by some of the top card workers in the world. Bobo's "Modern Coin Magic"
is one of the all time best books on coins and goes far beyond the beginner
level. Even advanced coin workers are using it all the time. It is as
well regularly recommended and appears frequently in various lists of
'best magic books ever'. "Annemann's Practical Mental Effects" is a compilation
of the best effects published in the Jinx, the most important magazine
for mentalists. Highly respected professionals such as Max Maven praise
it and recommend it. The CD works on both PC and Mac. You get our HTML
collector edition as well as the PDF version of each of these three ebooks.
You can print them out or transfer them to your PDA. This is an ideal
present for somebody who wants to get started in magic.
$ 20.00
S.S.
Adams High Priest of Pranks & Merchant of Magic by William Rauscher
 Samuel
Sorenson Adams' world was filled with tricks, jokes and magic. His unusual
company, known worldwide as S.S. Adams, has plied its trade in pranks
and tricks since 1906. Adams was born May 24, 1879 in Denmark and his
family immigrated to the United States in 1884. Through years of hard
work, innate sense of his marketplace and how best to sell his products,
Adams became this nation's Number One High Priest of Pranks and Merchant
of Magic. In this book, William V. Rauscher tells the story of Adams'
entrepeneurship, his ceaseless efforts, and eventual financial rewards.
Woven throughout the story is the tale of a lonely man who accumulated
wealth but disowned his family and who left a legacy of nonsense products
that are still sold today. Numerous photographs, catalog reproductions
and illustrations provide the reader with a visual tour of this unique
old-time magic and novelty company. "Rauscher has captured the history
of a company that is surely a part of Americana. This book is a nostalgic
and delightful journey for all of us who remember our magic tricks and
joke items labeled S. S. Adams." -John Calvert
$ 40.00
S'Komplimentary Mentalism by Stephen Skomp
 This
is a book of ten clever ideas for the mentalist looking for something
different, with easily made props or ordinary objects. If you would like
to predict the outcome of a news event before it happens, this book tells
you how. You will find variations on proven effects, including Mental
Epic effect using cards without the usual gimmicks. Some of the other
effect are: Jumping Business Card Prediction; Telephone Test; The Mental
Marriage and Pre-meditated Prediction.
$ 15.00
Safety Magic For Children by Karl Wagner
 This
may be the most important book to be published on the subject of magic
for kids. All of the effects deal with safety at home and at play. Many
standard tricks are given new meaning, and new effects are also included.
Great ideas for school and safety shown shows.
$ 35.00
Salutations to Robert-Houdin - (HB) by S.H. Sharpe
 In
all of history, no single magician has been as important in the development
of today's magic as Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin. He is credited with many
landmark developments that have formed the basis of today's parlor, stage
and platform magic shows. This book started in 1955 as a small prospectus,
for the purpose of 'Introducing Houdini versus Robert-Houdin, The Whole
Truth'. It was out on hold when The Magic Wand ceased publication. In
1967, it began a six year serial publication in The Linking Ring. Now
it has been updated, with added material and revisions, and is presented
in one monumental book, complete with index.
$75.00
Same
Both Sides by Lloyd E Jones
 A
Unique Book of Card Tricks Excerpt from Foreword by Lloyd E Jones "The
problem of what to do with playing cards that are the same on both sides
has bothered me or should I say, intrigued me for nigh thirty years. Very
little has been written on them and most every magician has them in his
paraphernalia but not in his working group of tricks. You'll find these
cards, which I have shortened to S.B.S. or SBS (same both sides) in the
double face decks of U.S Playing Cards. One is in the FA-KO deck and I
was delighted to learn that in England an entire deck of them can be obtained
(International Magic Studio: Ron MacMillan). Currently they seem only
to be had in Bridge Size although years ago, the Poker Size was obtainable.
As you'll note in the pages that follow, I asked (in THE BAT) in 1944,
what could be done with them and received no response. I did work out
a trick of my own and followed it with another when the FA-KO Deck was
first marketed. On receiving a quantity of the old style cards from Theron
Fox, I again asked (this time in S.O.B. jr - The Song of Bat, jr.) what
could be done with them an to my surprise receive not only a lot of answers,
but as you'll read some very fine tricks! So, this is one of the charms
of MAGIC - most anything when studied can be developed in many ways, And
a little research will discover tricks using the basic principle. I doubt
however, that Jack Potter has a section in his Monumental Master Index
to Magic In Print a section on same both sides cards! But I'll not make
the mistake that Ted Anneman did and state that this is all that can be
found on the subject that this is all that can be found on the subject.
But I seriously doubt that another book such as this will ever appear.
Pages 43 - Saddle Stitched
$10.00
SANCTUM Card Through Window. Miniaturized.
 Effect
A card is chosen. A corner is torn off. The corner penetrates the cellophane
of the card case. The clever gimmicks contained within will allow you
to cause one torn quarter from a chosen card to penetrate the cellophane
on your card case. The cellophane is shown to be free from tears or slits
and there is clearly nothing underneath. A card is selected and a corner
is torn off and placed on top of the deck. The case is slowly passed over
the torn corner where upon it disappears. The case is slowly turned over.
There, under a large black 'X' lies the torn quarter! The case, complete
with cellophane and corner still in place, is immediately handed out for
examination. Bicycle gimmicks included. Practically self working, only
basic card skills required. 4 page full color instructional panphlet included
also
$22.50
Sanders,
Richard - Close-Up Assassin Book and Video
 For
20 years, he has quietly forged a reputation in magic’s underground, publishing
only sporadically in such respected magazines as The Magical Arts Journal,
New Directions, Genii, The Magic Menu and France’s Arcane. Now, for the
first time ever, he reveals some of his most cherished secrets... TRIDENT
SUGARLESS BILL: The magician gives a spectator a sealed pack of gum, compliments
of the establishment. Later on during the show, a $20 dollar bill is borrowed,
folded into a tiny bundle, then enclosed in the magician’s fist. Upon
opening his fist, the bill is seen the have changed into a piece of gum!
The spectator breaks the seal on the pack of gum in his possession and
removes the first piece. Upon unwrapping it, it is seen to be his very
own bill! BEHIND MY BACK: The magician turns his back to the audience,
then holds a deck of cards behind him, such that someone can peek at a
card without his seeing. They do so, whereupon he snaps his fingers, then
spreads through the deck (still behind his back!), showing the selected
card to have vanished! He turns around slowly, revealing it to be stuck
to his forehead! SOUR DOUGH: A small, green silk is rolled into a ball,
and in the blink of an eye, it changes into a fresh lime! The lime is
then tossed out into the audience, whereupon the magician borrows a bill
of any denomination. The bill is signed, then promptly vanishes at the
magicians fingertips! Taking the lime back from the audience, he cuts
it in half, showing the signed, borrowed bill to be stuck inside! MY CUPPED
HANDS RUNNETH OVER: 4 (and only 4!) ungimmicked coins travel one by one
from the magician’s hands to a spectator’s, with the last coin travelling
in an impossible manner right through her closed fist! And so much more!
LIME RICHIE, SKINNY KRESKIN, TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY II, etc... 10 full-scale,
devastating new routines from one of Canada’s top performers, plus dynamic
new techniques and cunning gimmicks designed for real-world use. Set include
a video and a book of 84 pages, written by David Acer and lavishly photo-illustrated
with over 160 photographs. Plus included is a professionally produced
companion video featuring performances of all the material in the book,
and, as a bonus, Richard’s beautiful handling for The Belanger Cigarette
Thru Quarter, as well as performances of his best-selling tricks “Three
Ropes and a Baby” and “Picture This”.
$ 40.00
Sankey,
Jay - 2003 Lecture Notes
 Didn't
have a chance to catch Jay on his most recent lecture tour? No problem,
you can still get the notes. Jay's 2003 notes contain: * They Know * Under
the Influence * Bullet Proof Coins Across * Re-Enactment * $100 Top Change
* Dowsing * New Arrivals * Drawing a Blank * Echo 14 pages, staplebound.
$ 15.00
Sankey, Jay Amazing Tricks Lecture Notes
 10
Killer Effects from Jay Sankey Includes: * Unscrewed-a borrowed bill is
torn in half and then completely restored! Extremely practical method.
* Forbidden Fruit-a stick of gum transforms into a selected card! * A
Short Fuse-the most visual "fusion" of two cards ever! Has to be seen
to be believed! * Voodoo-an ingenious application of the Mercury Card
fold. So clever, it's just not fair! * The Changeling-a super visual transposition
of two marked quarters! Jay does this all the time! * Revival-the magi
brings a burnt-out light bulb back to life! It's alive! Staple Bound,
24 Pages
$ 15.00
Sankey, Jay - Cardtoons
 Jay's
one-panel cartoons have been featured in Cracked Magazine, appeared on
Nobleworks greeting cards, and even inspired a series of specially produced
television spots on "The Comedy Network" in Canada! Now, due to popular
demand, 240 of his funniest cartoons are available in a single volume!
Perfect for anyone with a dark and twisted sense of humor! Coil Bound,
60 Pages
$ 15.00
Sankey, Jay - Memorable Images Lecture Notes
 One
of Jay's "earliest" sets of lecture notes. Including: * The Tragicomic
Keys-two keys change places in a series of startling moments! * The Price
of Admission-an astonishing torn & restored movie ticket. A real magician
fooler! * Sugarless Gum-a gum wrapper comes to life and wraps itself around
a chewed lump of chewing gum! * A Match By Any Other Name-an offbeat routine
with a book of matches and a burnt matches!
$ 15.00
Sankey, Jay - Sankedelic Lecture Notes
 The
notes from Jay's 2001 lecture tour! 9 honest-to-goodness miracles with
cards, borrowed bills, sugar packets, credit cards, finger rings and even
a chop cup! Including: * Raising Sugar Cane-the cleanest torn & restored
sugar packet in the world! * Pandora's Envelope-a signed card VISIBLY
appears in an ingenious envelope you can make yourself! * Chop Cup Subterfuge-you'll
add this immediately into your chop cup routine! * Stuck-Up-a selection
appears between two stapled cards. A much improved Sankey "classic". *
Extended Credit-a borrowed credit card is snapped in half, then restored!
Virtually self-working! * Sweet Bread-a bill and a sugar packet change
places in the spectator's own hand!
$ 15.00
Sankey Pankey by Richard Kaufman & Jay Sankey
 Sankey
Panky contains the kind of close-up magic that'll knock your socks off.
It's ingenious, it's startling, it's innovative and it's all the creation
of Jay Sankey. Written and illustrated with pictures that seem to move
in the style for which he is world famous, Richard Kaufman once again
brings you the very best close-up magic created. Just how clever is Jay
Sankey you ask? Suppose... * you could magically toss a deck of cards
inside a balloon and pluck the signed selection from within * you could
devilishly cause the date on borrowed, signed quarter to jump back thirty
years-ten years at a time! * you could visually cause four widely separated
coins to skittle across the table in full view as if possessed and and
assemble without cover of any kind! * you could absolutely devastate an
audience with the 37 effects and routines in this book. Wouldn't you buy
it in a second! Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 122 Pages
$ 35.00
Sankey,
Jay - Secrets of Professional Comedy
 This
48-page booklet contains the hard-earned secrets from long-time professional
magician and comedian Jay Sankey on how to: * Write and Deliver Jokes
* Deal with Nerves * "Connect" with an Audience * Develop a Unique Character
* Produce a Killer Promo Package * and much, much more!
$ 12.00
Sankey, Jay - Tricks of My Trade Lecture Notes
 9
Sankey gems from one of his most popular lectures. Including: * Bingo-a
mentalist trick with a bingo card and dabber utilizing a brand new principle
in magic! * Bloodhound-a quarter "tracks down" a selected card in eye-popping
fashion! * The Pen Is Mightier-the trick Jay always uses to deal with
"difficult" spectators! * Guaranteed-a "real world" card transposition
you will really use! * Special Delivery-a crazy visual card to envelope
effect! * Saved By the Bell-a reputation-making effect with a borrowed
cell phone & a pack of cards.
$ 15.00
Sankey Unleashed by Jon Racherbaumer
 Jay
Sankey creates and performs some of the world's most original magic. Sankey
Unleashed, his newest book, is a testament to Sankey's unmatched creative
abilities. The book features and astonishing 81 creations, making it a
mother load of magical miracles. In addition to powerful, direct card
and coin magic, Sankey Unleashed details the work on tricks with keys,
balls, pens, eggs, books, pencils, business cards, billiard chalk, markers,
credit cards, and even tomatoes! With such a wide assortment of materials
and such a staggering number of tricks described - at every skill level
- Sankey Unleashed truly contains something for everyone. Highlights include:
Nightcap - After signing his name on a card, the spectator tries to put
the cap back on the marker, only to find that it is now a solid, cylindrical
tube! Back in Time - a seemingly ordinary pick-a-card trick becomes a
time traveling experience. A reality-shaking effect for the lay-public,
and incredibly easy to do. Stretching It - in which a borrowed finger
ring is visibly stretched to three times its length. It then visibly shrinks
back to normal, and is returned to its lender. Leaving Home - a modern
classic, and one that comes as close to real visual magic as possible.
Spectators witness the magician visibly plucking a house key off the center
of a loop of cord. Just as easily, and perhaps more visually, the key
is thrown back on to the cord! These brief descriptions barely scratch
the surface. Jam-packed with magic that you will do, Sankey Unleashed
is an incredible value. Written by Jon Racherbaumer, illustrated by Earle
Oakes. 8.5" x 11", hardbound. 192 pages.
$45.00
20 Years of Magic by Jay Sankey
 A
coil-bound collection of Jay's most popular lecture notes over the last
20 years! Featuring over THIRTY routines from his notes, "Memorable Images,"
"Tricks of the Trade," "Amazing Tricks," and "Sankadelic Magic." Much
of the material has never appeared on video or in print.
$20.00
Satori - Making Contact
The real secrets of contact mindreading! Satori is an award winning
magician from Germany. This is one of the clearest & most thorough teachings
on this subject. Learn how to "read" people, locate hidden objects, etc.
Contact Mindreading is as close to real magic as it gets.
$ 25.00
Scams & Fantasies with Cards by Darwin Ortiz
 Scams
& Fantasies with Cards is destined to take its place alongside these others
as a modern classic. In this new, hardbound 235-page book he reveals thirty
of his finest card creations yet. Highlights include: * Great new work
with a memorized stack. Not just mental effects, but commercial and mind-blowing
effects accomplished with your favorite memorized stack. * Darwin considers
The Zen Master one of the most powerful effects he has ever created. *
The Color of Money pushes the classic “Follow the Leader” to a new level
of impossibility and impact. * If you never liked Oil and Water, Ultimate
Oil and Water will make you a believer. A show-stopping effect that earns
standing ovations. * In Impossible Conditions, cards turn over while in
a spectator’s hands, cards transform while in a spectator’s pocket, and
cards travel to your pockets under the closest scrutiny. * Totally original
presentations ranging from the humorous to the suspenseful to the dramatic
and poetic. Darwin has also created some of the world’s strongest gambling
routines and in Scams & Fantasies he shares some of his best yet. Imagine
allowing the spectators to thoroughly shuffle the deck, then immediately
dealing yourself a royal flush (Raw Deal), or producing any poker hand
requested (Shark Attack), or dealing out four pat poker hands (Déjà vu
Poker), or four perfect bridge hands (The Professional). For the more
formal occasion, there is God of Gamblers, a demonstration of false dealing
that takes the concept into the stratosphere. Throughout, Darwin provides
psychological insights, presentational angles, performing tips and suggestions
based on his extensive experience performing these effects for real audiences.
The plots, presentations, methods and handlings are all designed for maximum
audience impact. Impossible effects, entertaining presentations, rock-solid
construction and performing wisdom combine to produce a must-have book
for all lovers of great card magic. Scams & Fantasies concludes with a
new essay on magic theory that shows once more why Darwin Ortiz is the
most thought-provoking writer in magic. Hardbound, 235 pages, 135 high-quality
line drawings by Tony Dunn.
$ 40.00
Scarne on Card Tricks by John Scarne
 This
marvelous treasury of card magic presents the exact details of 155 professional
card tricks-none of them requiring sleight-of-hand dexterity-assembled
by the world's number-one wizard, John Scarne. An authority on gambling
and card tricks, Scarne won renown for teaching professional gamblers
how to sharpen their skills and avoid being fleeced. For this collection
of mystifying and effective maneuvers, he assembled an exciting series
of original effects and classic card tricks, reworked to eliminate the
need for sleight-of-hand. Simple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate
Houdini's "Card on the Ceiling," Blackstone's "Card Trick Without Cards,"
Carlyle's "Piano Card Trick," Milton Berle's "Quickie Card Deal," and
dozens more. Also included are Scarne's "Drunken Poker Deal," "Knockout
Card Trick," and others from his repertoire-tricks that have fooled some
of the world's leading magicians. Scarne presents all the tricks with
advice on accompanying patter, offering helpful suggestions about the
kinds of words and gestures that give performances a professional gloss.
Anyone can learn these tricks, and this single volume contains everything
a would-be master of card magic needs to know. Paperbound, 308 5 3/8"
by 8 1/2" pages, fully-illustrated.
$ 10.95
Scarne's Magic Tricks by John Scarne
 Make
broken objects whole again! Float a table in mid-air! Have solid objects
vanish and the reappear! Read people's minds! Induce a hypnotic trance!
All these and many other classic tricks are within your grasp when you
follow the directions in this amazing book by one of the greatest magicians
of all time. Author John Scarne has selected 200 astounding deceptions
that can be performed without prior skill, training or special equipment.
Drawing from his won extensive repertoire and those of other great artists
of intrigue, he explains the secrets behind a variety of illusions that
can be carried out in any situation - from a large stage to a small room
- using only common, easily obtainable props. Such feats as the Talking
Mirror, the Dollar That Wouldn't Burn, Hypnotic Rigidity, and scores more
have been reworked to eliminate the sleight of hand found in most tricks.
Streamlined and simplified explanations will have you dazzling and delighting
family and friends after only a brief practice session.
$ 9.95
Scatter
Thought Off-Center Tear by Richard Stride & Alan Wassilak
 When
Richard Stride and Alan Wassilak's "Scatter Thought" first hit the market
in 1988 with a limited print run of 150 copies, it quickly sold out and
generated quite a buzz within the mentalism community. Copies of the first
edition have recently been valued at well over twelve times its original
retail cost. After seventeen years, the Pseudo-Psychic's Off-Center Tear
still stands out as a unique and unsurpassed solution to the problem of
divining a spectator's hidden-from-view thought, suitable for both the
working professional and the serious amateur in any performance venue.
Celebrated professional mentalist Richard Stride's masterpiece of creative
thinking, which is the core of the manuscript, builds on concepts pioneered
by Richard Osterlind, Ray Hyman, and others. It is believed by many to
be the simplest, most elegant, effortless, and deceptive handling ever
devised for a center tear variation, allowing for an angle-proof glimpse
of the spectator's written thought while in the act of nonchalantly tearing
up the folded paper. There are no steals, no need to burn or discard the
torn pieces, no awkward peeks, and no difficult or suspicious moves of
any kind. Witnesses will swear that the performer never even looked at
the paper as he nonchalantly destroyed it. In addition to the easy-to-follow
step-by-step illustrated instructions for accomplishing this revolutionary
handling of a fundamental psychic entertainment tool, "Scatter Thought"
offers several novel suggestions by both Mr. Stride and by noted magic
illustrator Alan Wassilak (with a guest appearance by writer/innovator
Larry White) regarding presentation of the Off-Center Tear for stand-up
routines, walkaround performances, and pre-show preparation. A brief history
of the classic Ovette/Annemann center tear is also included in the text,
with suggestions for further reading.
$25.00
School Fundraiser Courses by Cris Johnson
 "Professional
magician Cris Johnson brings 15-plus years of experience to his red-hot
School Fundraiser Course!" School assembly magicians know that performing
magic in schools is a fun, profitable way to make a TON of money. Now,
Cris Johnson has figured out an easy way to TRIPLE or QUADRUPLE the already-hefty
profits in schools! How? By performing big money-making school fundraisers!
School budgets are getting cut all the time...fundraisers traditionally
involve selling candy bars or gift wrap--BORING! With Cris's System, schools
AND magicians both make a TON of money with this easy-to-use, fill-in-the
blanks Fundraiser System! Cris's System gives you several money-making
components to make this a truly easy turn-key business! Check out everything
you receive: * The Main Manual - This BIG book walks you through the whole
System, leaving no stone unturned. He covers the psychology of how to
book the show, how to make it easy for schools to use the System, how
to construct a good show, how to work with your clients, how & why it's
easy to customize everything for their use, and so much more! Everything
is explained: Letters for booking the gig, telephone scripts for incoming
phone calls (NO cold calling!), display fliers, letters for kids to take
home, a complete outline of Cris's show, how to maximize profits with
concession & product sales, follow-up, and much much more is covered.
* The BIG Materials Manual - actual copies of Cris's sales letters, souvenir
booklets, coloring sheet for kids, fliers, morning announcements, virtually
EVERYTHING he's created is at YOUR disposal. He gives you EVERYTHING,
copyright-free, meaning you don't have to create anything! * Materials
CD - All of Cris's Microsoft documents are here on CD, making integrating
his System into your computer EASY! Just slide this puppy into your computer,
change his show info to yours, and you're DONE! It's that quick & easy!
* School Report - A 17 page report that you send to schools once they've
booked you. This Report walks them through all the fliers & materials
to get your clients excited about all the money you'll raise together!
* Backdrop Report - Learn how to build a good backdrop frame that's portable,
easy to set up, and CHEAP! Build a frame for less than $10...most good
frames cost around $200 so this is GOLD! * Source Report - a white-hot
source for mailing lists, giveaways, Cris's effects that he uses in his
shows, and more! You won't have to worry about where to get anything!
* Fast Start Report - A quick, 5 page report that gives you the quick
details of what steps to take to make this System earn BIG money for YOU!
Get in one of the most profitable markets for magicians today - start
doing School Fundraisers and make $$ Big Money $$ !!" [Fund raiser] This
HUGE set includes: 1. "The Mega Money-Making Profit Collection of Fliers
& Other Sizzling Materials" - GBC bound book 2. "The Mega Money-Making
Profit System For School Fundraiser Magicians" Manual - GBC bound book
3. The "How To Use Phantasms Productions..." School Report - GBC bound,
white paper, 17 pages 4. "Fast Start" Report - 5 green or blue pages,
stapled 5. "How To Build A Backdrop Frame" report - Yellow/orange paper,
5 pages, stapled 6. "The Source Report" - 2 pink pages, stapled 7. "The
School Fundraiser Video" - video in white sleeve 8. "Fundraiser Materials
CD" - CD, w/ white label
$150.00
School Show Presentations 1/2/3 By David Ginn (includes audio tapes)
$ 35.00
Scissorless Rope Routine by Vito Lupo
$ 15.00
Scripting
Magic by Pete McCabe
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