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Annoated
Magic of Slydini by Lewis Ganson
 Long
unavailable, Lewis Ganson's The Magic of Slydini is, perhaps, one of the
most influential magic books ever. Many of its routines have now become
classics in magic, including Flight of the Paper Balls, Helicopter Card,
Coins Through The Table, Slydini's Knotted Silks, The Paper Balls in the
Hat and others. In this brand new edition, Slydini has some additional
things to say about his creations. Some time ago, Dr. Gene Matsuura went
through the text of Ganson's book with Tony Slydini and took careful notes
as Slydini made valuable additions and observations. The Annotated Magic
of Slydini presents every word of Lewis Ganson's original text, printed
in black, along with Slydini's additions and corrections, printed in blue,
making this an invaluable and essential work even for those who own the
original book. Hardbound with matching endsheets, foil-stamped cloth cover,
striking full-color dust jacket, 312 pages.
$ 59.95
Art of Close-Up Magic Vol. 1 by Lewis Ganson
 Here's
something really unusual... a book on close up magic that contains NO
CARD TRICKS ! This timeless material finally gets the treatment it deserves!
The greatest collection of close-up tricks ever assembled between two
covers, and Volume one doesn't have a single card trick! Volume One's
opening chapter, The Presentation of Close-Up Magic, embraces the whole
approach to close-up performance. Hundreds of original illustrations by
Dennis Patten. The host of internationally-famed star contributors to
Volume 1 includes-Dai Vernon, Slydini, Ross Bertram, Edward Victor, Dick
Zimmerman, Peter Warlock, John Ramsay, Ray Hafler, Jack Ganson, Horace
Bennett, Rink, Bento, Ken de Courey, Arnold de Seiver, Fred Kaps, Eddy
Taytelbaum, Alan Alan, Phoa Yan Tiong, Fred Lowe, Niberco, Al Spackman,
Roger Klause, Frederica, Roger Crosthwaite, Douglas Francis, Norman Gilbreath,
Glen Gravatt, Faucett Ross, Bob Ostin, Bob Driebeek, Hubert Lambert, Orlando
Bagly, Elmer Deffenbaugh, Val Andrews, Norman Rhodes, Ken Brooke, John
Bragoli. Hardbound, printed on acid-free paper, matching endsheets.
Volume 1 $ 39.95
Art
of Close-Up Magic Vol. 2 by LEWIS GANSON
Nearly 300 fully illustrated pages packed with the kind of magic everyone
loves. Close-up with everyday items. Coin Tricks, Silk Magic, Sponge Ball
Routines, Rope Tricks, Linking Rings Routine, Gambling Routines, Cut and
Restored Silks, Paper Clip Tricks and its all in one very exciting book.
Volume 2 $ 35.00
Bauer,
Ron #1 Gadabout Coins Revisited
 From
the man who needs to carry three lucky coins! A whimsical rationalization
for carrying three half-dollars. With them, you win an intellectual battle
with your audience by using repetition against them! (Of course, you don't
reveal there's a battle until you prevail!) Learn how to build to a climax
and set-up the payoff so it comes as a complete surprise.
$ 10.00
Bauer,
Ron
#12 Paul Chosse's Bar & Bill
 From
the man who will tip his hat, but not his thumb! The old "dollar bill
stunt" of folding and unfolding a dollar bill to turn it upside-down gets
surrealistic when the magician defies certain secret rules of Origami,
which temporarily turns the carefully creased currency inside-out! BONUS:
Features Mike Powers' Inverted Bill, so you don't need a Mismade Bill.
36-page staplebound booklet.
$ 10.00
Bauer, Ron #18-Xerox Money
 From
the man who believes that he can actually get something for nothing! Has
Xerox secretly invented paper that copies without a machine? And, is it
so good that you can print your own money? It sure will look like it when
you illustrate the consequences of crossing Technology with Petty Larceny
and Unabashed Greed. There's even a moral to the story...sorta. Includes
Everything Required
$ 10.00
Bertram On Sleight of Hand by Ross Bertram
 Ross
Bertram has a lifetime reputation as a sleight of hand performer, with
the most natural moves of anyone in that field. In this 255 page book,
all large size pages, there are numerous photographs on almost all pages,
passing on to you the methods of this expert. The first chapter is on
Coin Magic (Part one) with a dozen tricks and routines, followed by a
second chapter on Coin Magic, with thirteen tricks, and a third, with
ten tricks and routines. Chapter 4 is on T. Nelson Downs and the great
coin routines he used, including the Miser's Dream and the Coin Star.
Chapter 5 contains eighteen manipulative effects in Card Magic, with the
next chapter concentrating on "Palming", with eight methods and versions.
The Ten Kai chapter includes 23 items, reflecting his fine work. In chapter
8, David Drake profiles Bertram in "Interlude with a Craftsman and a Pioneer".
Eight items, including the Card and Wallet, are in the General Magic section.
The Welcome Mat chapter gives all the details on the Bertram close up
mat and servante, as designed and used by him. An entire chapter is devoted
to ten "One Hand Cuts", and another to routines from magicians Bertram
admires The final chapter on Tips 'N Hints covers a great many things
that go towards making a fine technical performer. There is absolutely
no chaff in this book--all the moves and effects are audience tested over
the years by Ross Bertram himself. You will find no "cute" tricks to amuse
you momentarily and then forget. You will find no impossible or unusable
moves or ideas. What you will find is a vast treasure of experience, talent,
and magical entertainment! Over 850 photographs and illustrations, provided
by Mr. Bertram and his wife, Helen. Additionally, the text is easily read
and understood. As you study this book, you will learn more than just
tricks--you will learn the art of magic! Possibly the most important book
on sleight of hand in the last 50 years, the chapters found here will
treat you to the very finest in COIN, CARD, and GENERAL, CLOSE-UP, MANIPULATIVE
magic. The most extensive examination of the "Tenkai Palm" ever in print!
Introduction by FR. CYPRIAN. Effects by some of Ross Bertram's friends:
EARL RAY WILCOX, FAWCETT ROSS, TREVOR LEWIS, PETER WARLOCK, and more.
You will revel in the imagination of a magical genius and be taught the
true secrets of magic! 255 pages, professionally typeset 8.5"x11" pages,
beautifully hardbound and dustjacketed.
$75.00
Best Of Slydini (Set of 2) by Karl Fulves
 Two
large hard bound volumes. Volume 1 has 108 pages of text, and volume 2
has 901 photographs to supplement the text. These volumes are a unique
learning experience for the Magic of Slydini, acknowledged as one of the
greatest masters of close-up magic. Master any of these routines, and
you will have a repertoire that will serve you for a lifetime. 15 Chapters
cover magic with cards, coins, cigarettes, paper balls, etc. The main
feature is the presentation of the routines, which lifts each effect into
the miracle class.
$ 55.00
Buffaloed by Jim Buffaloe
 The
new 220 page hardbound book on the magic of Jim Buffaloe. Although a general
book on close-up magic, the majority of the book is dedicated to coin
magic. Routines, productions, concealments, Platform and stage routines,
etc. Also included are routines for general magic and children's magic.
$ 45.00
Classic Coin Tricks by T. Nelson Downs
An Unabridged Reprint of "Modern Coin Manipulation"
 The
art of the coin trick is one of the fundamentals of legerdemain, and T.
Nelson Downs was an unparalleled master of the craft. In 1900 the self-proclaimed
"King of Koins" published an extensive account of his new and original
coin sleights and tricks, "Embracing Every Sleight and Subtlety Invented
and Known." That rare volume is now reprinted here. It features detailed
explanations and diagrams of numerous feats with coins-most prominent
among them the author's world-famous original creation, "The Miser's Dream,"
a much-imitated act climaxing in the production of a shower of half-dollars.
In this complete manual of the art of conjuring with coins, Downs shares
his secrets for scores of "fakes" and sleights, including passing a coin
through the bottom of a hat, the money-producing cigarette, the mysterious
claret glass, the crystal coin ladder, the obedient coins, and many more.
He also offers a wealth of suggestions for stage "business" involving
handkerchiefs, goblets, hats and other props, as well as helpful tips
on presentation, patter and other techniques. By following the clear,
concise instructions in this book, both professional and amateur magicians
can expand their sleight-of-hand repertoires to include a host of baffling
and amazing tricks sure to dazzle and delight any audience. What's more,
this volume offers a superb introduction to the wit and artistry of one
of the acknowledged masters of the field. Paperbound, 272 5 3/8" by 8
1/2" pages, 150 illustrations.
$9.95
Coin Vanish by Dan Watkins
 Early
in 2002, Dan Watkins added a few short video clips to his site showing
some of the routines contained in Coinvanish. The response was overwhelming
and magicians around the world demanded to learn how these effects were
done. Well, here they are...and it was worth the wait! Coinvanish contains
10 professional sleights and effects intended for those ready to move
beyond the basics of coin magic. Contains: * The Back Thumb Palm Retention
Pass - your audience clearly sees the coin get tossed into your left hand,
then see your right hand empty and yet the coin vanishes! * The Middle
Finger Backclip - Dan gives a full description of this utility sleight
along with many references to other sources * Wiped Clean - a "hand washing"
technique to show both sides of your hands to be apparently empty. * Coinvanish
Trio - Show your hands empty, magically produce three coins and then vanish
them just as amazingly. * Sleight of Elbow - A coin appears from your
left elbow, vanishes into your right, appears out of your left, and then
vanishes completely into your right elbow. * King Midas Spellbound - A
quadruple Spellbound routine with gold, silver, copper and brass coins.
Squeeky clean! * Lightning Copper/Silver - The performer displays a silver
coin in the left hand and a copper coin in his right, and somehow change
places! Quick, visual, no gaffs! * Penetrating Okito & Beyond - The performer
shows a small brass box to be completely empty, puts the lid on top and
produces four half dollars! The box is placed on the back of his hand
and the coins pass through the box and his hand, leaving the box empty.
The box with the coins are again placed on the back of his hand and this
time the box and the lid pass through, leaving just the coins! * Jumbolaya
- After a one coin flurry routine, the coin grows to a jumbo size, appears
and disappears, penetrates body parts, and magically disappears once again.
* Double Take Transposition - A spectator is given a silver coin to hold
and the magician holds onto a copper coin. With just a wave of the hand,
the coins change places! The effect is then instantly repeated and everything
may be examined. Combbound, 24 8.5" by 11" pages, fully photo illustrated.
$ 20.00
Coin Magic by Richard Kaufman
 Back
in Print! Richard Kaufman's comprehensive book of coin magic is finally
back in print! This 266 page hard-bound book has an incredible amount
of coin moves and routines from some of the biggest names in magic. David
Roth, Edward Marlo, and Slydini each have their own section of this masterwork.
Each effect and routine is explained in exhaustive detail along with beautifully
clear illustrations by Richard himself. If you are a coin magician, or
an aspiring coin magician, you need this book. This collection of coin
material will take your act to the next level.
$50.00
Coins on the Edge by Kainoa Harbottle
 Kainoa's
COINS ON EDGE is 114 spiral-bound pages of secrets featuring painstakingly
posed, black and white photographs fresh from the underground, including:
Another Flipping Three-Fly A no-gaff version of the (now) classic Three
Fly plot performed with all new sleights that use nothing but edge grip!
The arrival of the last coin in the fan (done with your palm towards the
audience) looks impossible but will surprise you with its simplicity.
This trick alone is worth the price of the book! Sneeze Guard Quite literally
the quick and dirty way of producing four coins when you want your audience
to remember you (and not inspect your coins). Delayed Expectations A series
of blunders makes the magician magically lose all four of his coins. But
when he finds one he suddenly finds them all, in a version of “The Free
and Unlimited Coinage of Silver” for real world workers. Punctuated Equilibrium
Coins Across This routine rejects the dictates of the oppressive Right
to Leftist regime by exploring a world where coins are free to travel
in whatever direction they want--two, or even three at a time! Shrug off
the oppressive yoke of linearity and take a walk on the wild side. Deja-Flew
Why not do the best part of any coins across TWICE?! Make the coins appear
in your audience’s hands when they’re least expecting it and then offer
to repeat the effect under test conditions! Do all these exclamation marks
make you interested?! Why not!? Flying Wombat Every felt like doing a
vanish that looks like the Raven but requires nothing other than the ability
to Mutobe palm a coin? Me too. This vanish will make you feel like you're
doing real magic without the need for wires, trapdoors, or secrect assistants
named after flying creatures. Beijing Trio Kainoa’s handling of Curtis
Kam’s “Beijing Coins Across” from Palms of Steel II, featuring the “Ouch”
Change—a transformation of a coin from Silver to Chinese that looks oh
so simple but will hurt you as much as it hurts your audience! You’ll
recover, but they won’t be able to find their pants! But that's not all.....
While the routines listed above are meant to wet the appetites of the
neophytes, the real value of Coins on Edge stems from its definitive system
of sleights all designed for manipulating stacks of coins just inches
from your audience’s entertainment-starved faces, including: * The Action
Steal * X for X X-Change * Edge Grip to Edge Grip Transfer * Edge Grip
to Curl Palm Transfer * Drop Transfer * Drag Transfer * Edge Flip Steal
* Edge Flip Placement Additionally, there's three new handlings of the
Steeplechase Discrepancy, including the "One-Handed SD" and the "Non-Discrepant
SD." And the last but not least addition is some copper/silver work using
edge grip featuring two versions of the "Edge Grip to Edge Grip Change"
(yes, that's right...yummy pain), one of which was created by none other
than Jonathan Townsend!
$35.00
COINsomnia
by Bill Citino
The Random Conjurings of a Sleep Deprived Mind Contents Include: "Money
Doesn't Grow on Trees.." The perfect opener for a restaurant/strolling
situation. The magician produces three coins, one at a time, from the
sleeves. As the third coin is produced it suddenly vanishes along with
the other two coins. The coins are then produced once more. This routine
is quick, visual, and easy to do! "Almos Frame-ous" (2 versions) A purse
frame production like none other! this one must be seen to be disbelieved...The
productions are like nothing that has been seen before! "I. T. H. C. A."
If you have to ask what it means..You haven't seen it done! "That's Impossible!"
Just like the title says...this one happens all in the spectator's hands.
In fact the transpositions happen three times, each time getting better
and better. "Comin' Outta the Box" If you've liked what Roth has done
with the Okito box, then you'll love this routine. An "Out with Four"
type routine where four coins are placed inside and magically come out
one by one, each time getting more impossible and more VISUAL! "3 Coins
Hangin" (2 Versions)-Featuring "3 Coins outta Nowhere" production Three
coins are magically produced out of thin air. After this happens the magician
offers to explain how the trick was done and goes on to visibly "hang"
each coin in the air, after turning the coins invisible of course. After
each vanish the hands are seen empty and that there's nothing hiding.
Once all are "hung" the magician produces the coins again one by one.
"Hangin' Coins Worldwide" An international hanging coins plot where American,
British, and Chinese coins are magically produced, vanished by being hung
in the hair. and then reproduced. "The 5th Dimension" Bill's signature
routine...A deadly combination of a purse frame production and wild coin
effect. Add a story with an emotional hook and you have this routine.
AND MORE!!!! 13 Items Total - 3 Utilities, 8 Effects, and 2 Alternate
Handling "I have quickly read Bill's book COINsomnia (It is a quick read)
and I was left with a feeling that some of you older magicians might just
miss out on a very fresh book with nice twists to familiar plots. We older
guys tend to keep with the things we use already. I am happy to have read
it. There are not many things that make me want to 'Bust out the coins'
and start practicing. A couple of routines from this book did just that.
Thanks Bill....I think. Magicians...young or old, it is time to buy a
new book!" -Jim Pace "Bill Citino is a rare breed. He is true student
of magic who cares about paying homage to the great practitioners that
came before us. He has taken the time to research the history behind the
slights he uses and this dedication shows in his magic. Real world workable
Coin Magic is rare these days and bill is offering you some real world
stunners." -Nathan Kranzo "Bill's book COINsomnia is a breath of much
needed fresh air. His work is so well thought out and every move planned
that you would think a composer wrote them. I am so pleased by the reactions
that I am getting after performing the magic in these pages! If you want
to fool the heck out of your audiences and you want some killer material
to add to your arsenal, then you must pick up COINsomnia by Bill Citino!"
-Corey Burke "'Kid tested, mother approved.' Magic that's guaranteed to
blow any lay audience away!!! Great work Bill!" -Eric Jones "You're going
to have a lot of fun with his stuff..." -Marc DeSouza (from COINsomnia
Foreword)
$30.00
Cointopia by Kainoa Harbottle
 The
Fingertip Muscle Pass. You guessed it, a Muscle Pass done at your fingers!
It adds a really wonderful moment to any coins across or even the highly
overdone Three Fly routine! Surprised a lot of people at the Coinvention
Routines Include: Upside Down Spellbound! Why do Spellbound right side
up when you can do it upside down, both quickly and cleanly?! Slapping
Mutobe The magician shows four coins in his hand. With a quick clapping
motion the coins are gone. Another clap and they instantly return. It
really looks like real magic. Wolverine Slash your audience's perceptions
with a dizzying production of eight coins from the folds of your flesh.
'Nuff said. And SIX additional techniques that either expand on or were
held back from Coins on the edge!
$25.00
Complete Works of Derek Dingle by Richard Kaufman
 Time
Magazine has called Derek Dingle "...the greatest card manipulator extant,"
and from his television appearances with Tom Snyder, Dick Cavett, Barbara
Walters, and Mike Douglas to his many contributions to Genii, Apocalypse,
The Pallbearer's Review, Epilogue, and Innovations he has consistently
proven Time to be correct: There is no one else like Derek Dingle. There
are over 120 items with cards, coins, and cigarettes in The Complete Works
of Derek Dingle. This is his first book in over a decade, and it's really
two books in one. While containing the sixty or so classic routines, which
have already appeared in print, most of which he has substantially improved
(the originals unavailable in out-of-print magazines), it also has about
sixty never before released sleights, effect, and routines. This book
is hardbound and is 219 pages long. Like all of Kaufman's books this is
a quality publication, which will make a great addition to your library.
$55.00
Daryl - 3
Fly II
 Professional
Fingertip Coins Across EFFECT: With sleeves rolled back, the magician
cause three coins to travel invisibly from the fingertips of one hand
to the fingertips of the other hand. This is Daryl's professional handling
of the Fingertips Coins Across effect. No sleeves, no pulls, shells, hooks
or magnets. You finish clean, everything may be examined and you are automatically
re-set!
$15.00
w/DVD $20.00
David Roth's Expert Coin Magic by David Roth and Richard Kaufman
Learn Coin Magic from the man Dai Vernon said, "...has an amazing ability
when performing with coins. He is truly a genius." Sections: * Magic in
the Hands * Coin Box Magic * Magic at the Table Expert Coin Magic is 369
Pages, Hardbound and Fully Illustrated "To
the very best of my judgment, David's ideas and execution far surpass
any one of them. I feel quite certain that if they could witness his performance,
they would be not only astounded, but realize that they had seen the master.
This book most lucidly explains his diabolic methods, and he most generously
divulges two of his very favorite effects. These up to the present were
strictly 'sub rosa.' I only wish that when I was young I could have had
a book of this quality to learn the true art of coin manipulation." --
Forward by Dai Vernon
$ 65.00
DesTROYers
by Troy Hooser (Hardbound, Includes Index and Fully Illustrated, 167
pages)
 The
Superlative Magic of Troy Hooser
Straight from the Underground and Into Your Repertoire
Troy Hooser has long been one of the magic underground's best-kept secrets.
DesTROYers is your chance to finally learn all of the details and subtleties
to Troy's high-impact, visual and audience-tested routines previously
known by only a few top professionals. Written by Joshua Jay and generously
illustrated by Tony Dunn, all of the routines have been meticulously explained.
Here's just a short preview of what you'll find inside:
Produce a real bottle of wine...close-up
- Visually
change the color and design of a card...twice
- Cause
three Chinese coins to visually melt through a ribbon one at a time
- Direct
and new methods for Coins Across, Coins through Table, Card to Box and
many others
"When Troy performs, it looks like real magic! I admire and respect
Troy's creativity, subtleties, misdirection, and routine construction.
I'm thrilled that Troy has decided to share several of his most valuable
secrets." - Daryl
"I'm really sorry to see some of the best underground material surface
for everybody's eyes. Troy has been one of the best-kept secrets in
magic for years. I've been using these routines in my professional shows...they
kill!" - Bob Kohler
"Troy Hooser's sleight of hand with cards and coins is something everybody
needs to experience." - Gary Plants
"Material so fresh it should be kept refrigerated." - Steve Beam
"Must reading for the close-up worker." - Tom Craven
$
35.00
Dusheck's Coin Magic
 Every
trick in this handy, hard covered volume is worth ten times the price
of the book. Author and magic trick inventor, Steve Dushek has put together
a wonderful array of new ideas with coins, also utilizing other everyday
props and instructions for creating your own trick coins.
$25.00
Folding Money Fooling by Robert E. Neale
 How
To Make Entertaining Novelties From Dollar Bills Would you like to learn
how to easily fold amazing origami models, and then entertain with them?
Robert E. Neale's Folding Money Fooling contains 13 easily constructed
models, all using paper money. Robert's verbal and pictorial descriptions
make learning every detail of these models easy. From Robert E. Neale's
Preface: "This book contains twenty new and novel models that perform
in these amusingly unexpected ways; all are folded from dollar bills.
They are created for adults, but many will entertain children-especially
the finger puppets in Puppet Poetry and the tale illustrated with many
different shapes in A Boy's Modest Adventure. A rabbit pops out of a top
hat in Bunny Bill, a model popular among magicians." Chapter Listing:
* Actions An Economic Comment Fluttering Butterfly Puppet Poetry Billfrog
Pearching Parrot Heart Homily Crane in Flight A Boy's Modest Adventure
* Puzzles Crossed Doubly Seven Clever Bills Hyperflex Baffling Bill Braid
* Tricks Stretch A Bill Presidential Portrait Wormo The Contrary Ones
Snake Basket Pyramid of Immortality * Rabbit Redux Bunny Bill Oakes' Standing
Bunny Harris' Bunnies
$ 40.00
Frog Tales by Robert E. Neale
 How
To Fold Jumping Frogs From Poker Cards and do Five Tricks with Them...
Finally, a complete treatise devoted to the charismatic card frog fold
by its creator, origami master and acclaimed magician, Robert E. Neale.
Dozens of dynamic illustrations by Earle Oakes make learning the fold
and the accompanying tricks a delight. Softcover, 36 Pages
$ 15.00
Hatching
by Nefesch
 Suppose
you could take an egg (Which CAN be borrowed- though where the heck are
you going to borrow an egg.) and a coin (which can be borrowed and more
likely.) and have both of them marked by a spectator. You then cause the
coin to magically penetrate INSIDE the egg. A small hole is chipped in
the egg, big enough to pour out some of the egg goo, but small enough
that a coin, which will be found INSIDE the egg, cannot escape. Spectator
can look inside the hole and verify they see the coin AND their mark.
Spectator can reach through the hole and grab the coin with tongs or tweezers
and pull it out THROUGH the shell themselves AND can immediately verify
that it IS the same coin they marked earlier. No tricky sleights. Yes,
there is a gimmick which you will have to create, but this takes less
than 10 minutes once you have the knack, and many can be made at once
and saved. You receive a manuscript giving you two versions of this effect,
one totally impromptu, and another which thoroughly explains the gimmick.
All this is a nice 45 page booklet, complete with over 50 illustrational
photo's.
$25.00
Heads
Or Tails by Gary Kosnitzky
 From
the book's introduction: "Imagine being able to toss a spinning coin high
up in the air and possess the uncanny ability to predict whether it will
land on heads or tails side up. Are you able to foretell the future? What
if you can toss a coin in the air and make it land face up on any side
the spectator wishes. You may even let the spectator catch the coin themselves.
Do you have super human powers? My aim in authoring this treatise is to
explain and teach you how to do just that. I call this method of tossing
a coin so that you have complete control over its outcome, the Controlled
Coin Toss. The act of tossing or also known as flipping a coin to make
a determination has been around for well over a thousand years. The ancient
Romans played a game called "navia aut caput" (ship or head). Most likely
it was named this because ancient Roman coins usually had a ship on one
side and the profile of the head of an Emperor on the other side. I would
not be surprised if there was a Toga-clad gambler back then who was employing
the Controlled Coin Toss to cheat at this game. The origins of this method
to control the outcome of a coin toss are shrouded in obscurity by the
mists of time. Only a small number of Mathematicians, Gamblers, and Magicians
have any knowledge of this technique. Fewer yet can actually do it well.
It is really not very difficult to do once you develop the knack. Like
anything worthwhile mastering it will require some practice." - Gary Kosnitzky
Done well, the Controlled Coin Toss is simply mind boggling! While the
gambling possibilities are obvious, the magic routine possibilities are
virtually endless! Learn how to perform and perfect this awesome trick
today!
$10.00
Knucklebusters Vol.1 by Reed Mclintock
 Why
just do coin tricks, when you can perform what looks like real coin magic?
While the routines contained in Knuckle Busters 1&2 by Reed McClintock
do take quite a bit of practice to proficiently perform, they also happen
to be reputation-making coin routines. Designed for the working professional
and the experienced coin magician, both volumes of Knucklebusters contain
three professional routines specifically for dedicated and skilled magicians
who are willing to put in the time and practice it takes to perform first-rate
coin magic.
Volume One
contains: * Scotch and Soda for Real * 4 Co-Pro * Timing
$ 15.00
Volume Two
contains: * Three with CSB * Ninth Dynasty * Seven the Hard Way
$15.00
Volume 3
Contains: * International Fantasy * The International Dissolve * International
Hanging Coins
$15.00
Volume 4
This manuscript is designed for the working pro and the experienced coin
magician. Volume Four of “Knuckle Busters” contain four professional routines
specifically for dedicated and skilled magicians who are willing to put
in the time and practice it takes to perform first-rate coin magic. The
fun and visual “Neverland Coin Production” is very direct and guarantees
gasps from your audience. There is also a pretty flourish at the end.
“New World Chink-a-Chink” is an effort to take the classic “Chink-a-Chink”
off the table and put it into the hands, enabling the magician to perform
this effect in any walk-around situation. Curtis Kam offers “No One to
Four”, a fun, visual and startling effect. Following the theme of “Knuckle
Busters, Volume 4”, this is a four (or eight)-coin production. “The American
Dream” is a close-up “Miser’s Dream” with meaning and purpose. This effect
ends with an amazing tribute to the American spirit.
$15.00
Knuckle Busters volume 5 by Reed McClintock
These are true reputation makers. This manuscript is designed for the
working pro and the experienced coin magician. Volume five of Knuckle
Busters contains three professional routines specifically for dedicated
and skilled magicians, who are willing to put in the time and practice
it takes to perform first-rate coin magic. If that sounds like you, then
you are exactly who this booklet was meant for.
$19.95
Knuckle Busters volume 6 by Reed McClintock
Volume six of Knuckle Busters contains three professional routines specifically
for dedicated and skilled magicians, who are willing to put in the time
and practice it takes to perform first-rate coin magic. If that sounds
like you, then you are exactly who this booklet was meant for.
$19.95
Kort
by Milt Kort
Milt Kort is a legend of sorts: a magician who has seldom traveled outside
the Detroit area, who rarely performs at magician's conventions or lectures,
yet a man whom the professionals and greats in magic came to see; men
like Paul Rosini, Dr. Daley, J.B. Bobo, Charlie Miller, Cardini, Dai Vernon,
and many more sought out Milt Kort and shared secrets with him. But why?
Milt was a pharmacist by trade, not a professional magician. The answer
lies in the word love. It was his great love of magic that drew magic's
greats to him. Magic has been Milt's abiding passion since childhood,
and he always did it for the love of it, for the fun of it, not for the
money or the fame in it. Anddun and mystery are what his book, Kort is
about. Well, there was one other reason they came; Milt often fooled them
with devishly clever tricks of his own invention. These tricks are in
great part what Kort is about. They all fall within the realm of close-up
magic, Milt's main love, and they use such mundane items as playing cards,
coins, dice, balls, razor blades, eggs, handkerchiefs, pens and toy elephants.
What happens with those items, though, is anything but mundane. Using
skills and techniques mainly in the range of the average close-up enthusiast,
Milt Kort offers 46 of his most baffling and entertaining tricks and routines
to his fellow hobbyists and lovers of magic. Professional magicians can
use Milt's magic too - but there is one rule, Kort's First Principle:
Have Fun! KORT is 376 pages in hard cover copiously illustrated by Sandy
Kort.
$ 40.00
Kurious Kard Book by Jerry Andrus
 This
combo book offers two of Jerry's classics in one volume. Kurious Kards
is a fascinating exploration into fancy and unusual displays that can
be accomplished with a deck of cards: Water Falls, Multiple Water Falls,
assorted ribbon spreads and more. This is the material that Jerry performed
on the Omni Magazine television program. One can build an entire act around
this material, or utilize some of these presentations for magic routines.
Jerry lists many ideas for using these displays in magic effects to dramatically
reveal a card. (For example, A card is selected, signed and lost in the
deck. The magician interweaves the cards and performs an impressive double
water fall with the cards with the backs towards the audience. At the
sudden finish, the performer is left holding the selected card, face towards
the spectators.) As usual, Jerry offers a wealth of tips and ideas in
this book. Five Dollar Tricks offers five Andrus routines with dollars
(coins and bills). He also explains some coin moves and a single and multiple
coin holder. If you have not exploited coin holders, you are missing one
of the more useful and powerful accessories in magic. One of the effects
in this book is Double Dollars, where a borrowed dollar bill is shown
on both sides, then folded into a cone, at which time the magician pours
a half dollar (or dollar) coin from it. The bill is unfolded, shown around,
then refolded into a cone and another coin is produced. Three coins are
produced and the bill is returned to the lender. Between these two books
is a wealth of unique Andrus magic knowledge that every lover of magic
will find value in.
$ 20.00
Magic
& Methods of Ross Bertram
 This
beautifully illustrated book is filled with magic for the serious magician.
Not only does the author teach his routines via words and crips, photographic
illustrations, but he also explains the routines of past magical greats.
You will even see photos of original props of the kings of magic. The
first two chapters contain 31 excellent coin tricks and additional material.
The third chapter contains 8 brilliant card tricks. The fourth chapter
contains 6 expert gambling sleights and other information. The fifth
chapter contains: The Salt Trick * The Broken and Restored Cigarette
(5 versions!) * The Bill in the Cigarette * The Bill Tear * The Egyptian
Ball * The Egg Bag * The Ring in the Box * My Favorite Drink * My Rope
Tie Routine * and even a paper cutting effect! The sixth chapter is
a treatise on sleeving. The seventh chapter covers FRANCIS CARLYLE's
famous Blindfold Act and The Cups and Balls. The eighth chapter contains
six of the best effects and secrets of PAUL FOX. The ninth chapter contains
great magic by T. NELSON DOWNS, DANNY DEW, HOWARD HUNTINGTON, EMIL JARROW,
MAX STERLING, and HARRY SCHILLING. Finally, the tenth chapter contains
many informative and important bits of magical information. A variety
of good material are here to please all readers! Ross Bertram has drawn
on his good friends DAI VERNON and FAWCETT ROSS for assistance, contributions,
and advice. DAVID DRAKE has contributed a short but complete biography
of the author. Many stories of the adventures and mishaps of well-known
magical figures are included. This is truly the best in variety magic
with an emphasis on coin work. Over 400 photo illustrations by Mr. Bertram
and his wife, Helen, are used to explicitly portray every detail of
the text. 163 professionally typeset 8.5"x11" pages, beautifully hardbound
and dustjacketed.
$50.00
Magical World Of Slydini by Karl Fulves
 Two
large hardbound volumes, Volume 1 with 101 pages of text, and Volume
2 with 1321 photographs. This is the second set of the Slydini work,
identical in format and teaching clarity to the first. Besides close-up
magic with cards, coins, sponge balls, etc., this also covers conjuring
and platform items with rope, newspaper, silks, linking rings, etc.
Excellent material for the performer who wishes to have a reputation
as a magic artiste.
$ 65.00
McClintock, Reed - International 3 Fly Notes
$ 10.00
McClintock, Reed - Knucklebuster Lecture Notes
$ 10.00
Miser's Miracle by Jerry Andrus
 EFFECT:
The performer shuffles a deck of cards and two are selected by a spectator.
Both of the performer's hands and both sides of the cards are shown.
Without any further manipulation the cards are placed face to face and
a silver dollar emerges! The performer rolls up his sleeves, shows his
hands empty and the process is repeated. He then tears one of the cards
in half, showing both sides of the pieces and his hands and once again
a silver dollar slowly emerges from the two halves! Taking one of the
halves, the performer tears it in two, and again shows his hands to
be empty and both sides of the pieces of cards. The two pieces are placed
together, and again a silver dollar emerges! Thus you have very fairly
produced four silver dollars with the last one coming from between two
pieces of card that are smaller than the dollar itself!
$ 15.00
The
Mis-Made DOLLAR BILL with permission from JAMES LEWIS WRITTEN BY JOHN
LOVICK
 Imagine
borrowing a one-dollar-bill and with just a few simple folds transforming
it into an impossible condition – a Mis-Made Dollar Bill with the corners
in the center and the center in the corners. The spectators may thoroughly
examine the bill – frozen in this impossible state – as there is no
glue, tape, or other adhesive. This strange Mis-Made Dollar Bill is
genuine, 100% U.S. Currency. This is the original, genuine, and only
authorized version of the Mis-Made Dollar Bill. Includes: One expertly
manufactured Mis-Made Dollar Bill made using the careful guidelines
of James Lewis to ensure the highest quality product. Thorough instructions
with 39 step-by-step illustrations. An easy and effective handling of
the bill switch. Extra tips and ideas. A brief history of The Mis-Made
Dollar Bill. This is the original James Lewis Mis-Made Dollar Bill.
$15.00 includes bill
Modern
Coin Magic (Paperback)
$ 12.95
Modern
Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo (Hardbound)
 A
modern treatise of ways to conceal, produce, alter and multiply coins
from the empty hands, being hte first complete explanation of methods
for doing so since 1900. THE MOST COMPLETE MANUAL OF COIN MAGIC EVER
PRODUCED. Bob's Modern Coin Magic brings a new form of entertainment
to the magic world. Coin magic can be performed any time, anywhere,
on the spur of ht emoment. With Bobo's basic knowledge and kno-how,
the best feats of the world's expert coin workers can be yours. This
is the new, revised and greatly enlarged edition of Bobo's seminal text.
Hardbound, 544 pages, 422 tricks and sleights, 669 illustrations. A
Magic Inc. publication.
$ 39.99
Muscle
Memory (With DVD) by Dennis Friebe
This manuscript has a unique look unlike any ever published. Listed
below is excellent material that has been tested and proven to work!
Anabolic - The empty right hand produces three coins one at a time!
NO gimmicks or extras. Tricipital - Three fly with ONLY THREE coins.
NO gimmicks or extras. Atrophy - It's a classic twist of the old 2-in-the-hand
1-in-the-pocket. NO gimmicks or extras. The material in this manuscript
is intermediate sleight of hand. 10 hand drawn illustrations assist
in learning these amazing illusions. This is a must-have for working
Magicians! Running Time Approximately 19min
$15.00 w/DVD
On Card & Coin Handling by Larry Jennings
 Larry
Jennings On Card And Coin Handling received rave reviews for both its
top quality content and production. Since then, it has been in print
continuously one of the top sellers ever produced for the magic industry.
A classic! This book contains 20 of Larry's routines ... his best creations
... powerful examples of Jennings' magic ... a treat no serious magician
can miss. This beautiful material is not published in any other Jennings
book! The material in this book is geared to all skill levels. Most
effects can be done with just average skill, however, some take advanced
technical ability, but others are self-working! Everything is fully
explained in this 67 page spiral bound book with clear text and top
quality line drawings. Take A Look... Twenty-Two Cent Trick, Coin Cut,
Coins Across, Coins Through Table, Look - An Illusion, Numerical Aces,
Where's the Discrepancy?, Challenge Cards To Pocket, Immediate Side
Steal, Follow The Leader, Color Changing Deck, Between Your Palms, Blank
an Blue, Chop Cup, And Many More!
$ 15.00
Professional
Close-Up of Curtis Kam by Jerry Mentzer
 Innovative
high-tech close-up magic! Included are: Twisted Trio: A multi-phase
visual fantasy with coins based on Gary Kurtz¹s seminal 'Trio', specifically
designed to showcase 'The Twist'. More than just a move, 'The Twist'
is a revolutionary new coin technique that will allow you to produce,
switch, change, split, or shuttle a coin secretly from hand-to-hand.
Kamnibal Cards: A highlight of Curtis Kam's professional act. At the
climax, the Missionaries reappear; the Cannibals vanish, and the audience
goes home happy and amazed! Also: Greensleeves, A Girl's Best Friend,
Ring, Ring & Rope, Shrink A Card, Coercive Purse, Framed Wild Pocket,
Chink-A-Chink, Coffee and Dough, and many other audience-tested routines.
Nineteen routines. Hard bound, size 8 1/2 by 11 inches. 110 pages, with
149 illustrations.
$40.00
Profiles in Coinage by Scott F. Guinn
 Entertaining
and Commercial Coin Magic for Real World Performances Scott Guinn makes
his living performing for laymen and it shows in the construction of
his routines and his choice of material. Scott knows from first-hand
experience what will "play" and how to squeeze the most entertainment
and amazement possible from any routine. Whether you're just starting
out in coin magic or you're already a seasoned veteran, you will find
material in Profiles In Coinage that you will enjoy performing as much
as your audience will enjoy watching! Includes coin magic with straight
coins, gimmicked coin sets, shells and more. Comb bound, 133 pages,
photo-illustrated.
$ 25.00
Self-Working Coin Magic by Karl Fulves
 92
Foolproof Tricks Money and magic! A combination that never fails to
attract attention. With this helpful and revealing book, even novices
can astound friends and relatives with mystifying magical feats requiring
little more than common coins and paper currency. Written by one of
today's foremost authorities on self-working magic tricks (those that
need no special dexterity or long hours of practice), this how-to book
features an impressive array of 92 simple-to-do tricks sure to dazzle
any audience. Clearly worded instructions and 251 illustrations show
beginning as well as veteran conjurers how to pluck a seemingly endless
number of coins from the air, make a coin penetrate a tabletop and perform
psychic tricks with coins and bills. "Quick Print" lets you apparently
print a genuine $5 bill on blank paper, while "Bunco Bills" takes the
audience behind the scenes to expose the methods of the shortchange
artist. Other intriguing illusions include "Metal Bending," "Tower of
Nickels," "Balancing Act," "Thru the Ring," "Immovable Object," "Sealed-Box
Mystery," and dozens of other phenomenal tricks. No previous experience
is necessary to perform these tricks and apart from the required currency,
most call for nothing more than a few easy-to-find items (tabletop,
cup , handkerchief, playing cards, etc.). Almost all can be mastered
in a short time. Paperbound, 148 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 251 illustrations.
$6.95
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic by Karl Fulves
61 Foolproof Tricks For magicians wishing to start a magic act with
a dramatic visual effect, there is no better choice than a handkerchief
trick. In fact, such airy bits of baffling illusion are among the most
graceful and sophisticated tricks in the magician's repertoire. This
book is a treasury of handkerchief tricks that are easy to perform.
Karl Fulves, one of today's foremost authorities on "self-working" tricks
(i.e., tricks that do not require special feats of dexterity or long
hours of practice), has collected 61 of the finest self-working handkerchief
tricks and presented them in this easy-to-follow, well-illustrated guidebook.
After a brief introductory chapter describing necessary materials and
helpful hints on handling the "tools of the trade," the author proceeds
to the tricks themselves. Over 500 clear illustrations and step-by-step
directions show you exactly how to execute such "sleights of silk" as
making handkerchiefs appear (and disappear), penetrating handkerchiefs
with solid objects, cutting and restoring handkerchiefs, creating animated
figures and performing a variety of combined card and handkerchief tricks.
Newcomers to this mystical art will quickly learn techniques for these
astonishing illusions: Threading the Needle Houdini's Coat Freefall
Paper Bag Vanish Switch over Decapitated Knot He Found It! Crazy Compass
Silk from Silk Pop Up The Mouse Spooky Spoon Produce a Wand Zombie Card
Rise and 47 more! No previous experience is necessary and most tricks
require only a simple handkerchief. A few use uncomplicated apparatus
constructed from cardboard or paper. Almost all can be mastered in a
short time. With this book and a little praactice you'll soon be dazzling
friends and relatives with an impressive array of handkerchief hocus-pocus.
Paperbound, 192 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 509 illustrations
$6.95
Stand Coin Coin Power
$ 25.00
Signed Bill in Borrowed Cigar by Robert Olson & Jon Jensen
 Borrow
a bill of any denomination and have it signed. The bill instantly vanishes
from your fingertips. A cigar is borrowed and ripped in half. A bill
is taken out and unrolled, revealing their signed bill.
$ 15.00
Stars of Magic Book
 168
large pages, 340 photographs, 36 complete routines by world famous magicians
like Dai Vernon, Scarne, Slydini, Dr. Daley, Ross Bertram, Carlyle,
Horowitz etc. Outstanding collection of sleight of hand routines. This
is a collection of the manuscripts originally published individually,
at a price several times this hard bound and complete collection.
$ 25.00
Street
Cents by Andrew Gerard
 The
performer gives a spectator his/her business card folded up and asks
them to place it in their pocket for later. Then a game of "which coin
in the hand" is played 5 times in a row and a score is kept of the spectator's
hits and misses. The performer asks the spectator to remove the business
card that’s been in their pocket all along. They open it without the
performer ever touching it and it matches their score! Bonus routines
and notes: NON Cents - Impromptu Street Effect - The magician/mentalist
reaches into his/her pocket and pulls out a closed fist announcing it
contains 3 coins and asks a spectator to play a little game of imagination.
The spectator is asked to name a coin, and ANY coin they name the magician
will pull out of his hand. After the coin is named and removed, the
magician announces the game wasn’t fair, opening his hand showing it
completely empty! No shells No pulls No magnets Perform in a t-shirt
Nothing to add, steal away Only ONE coin shown Different outcome every
time! Chair Cents - a routine idea for stage (this idea is worth 5 times
the price for a working performer)! You will love what Andrew Gerard
has done with this gimmick.
$25.00
SWITCH
- Unfolding The $100 Bill Change by John Lovick
 Few
objects that magicians conjure with stir the imagination the way proper
currency does. Money never goes out of style. Imagine being able to
increase a dollar's value a hundred-fold. In the 1970s, a handful of
American magicians encountered an Eastern European circus performer
named Vlado, who stunned them all by doing just that! Vlado never published
his revolutionary bill change, but variations quickly spread throughout
the world of magic. Today it is a close-up standard, known as the $100
Bill Switch. For three decades, magicians have been exploring new and
different applications of this versatile technique. Changing $1 into
$100 is only one of countless possibilities. The switch can be combined
with items like the mis-made bill, used for transpositions, torn and
restored routines, bill to impossible location effects, and much, much
more. SWITCH collects the best work on this subject from magicians around
the world. In addition to a thorough description of the original handling,
more than twenty variations are meticulously taught using hundreds of
crystal-clear line drawings. Some variations use a thumbtip and others
don't, some use fewer folds, and one uses no folds at all! There are
instantaneous and visual transformations, multiple switches, a one-handed
change, palm-up handlings, and more. In addition, SWITCH contains over
60 complete routines as well as sleights, subtleties, utility moves
(such as bill productions and vanishes), a definitive history of the
bill switch, performance theory, presentation ideas, and several routines
that don't even involve money. Plus, for the very first time, Vlado,
the inventor of the $100 Bill Switch, emerges from the shadows to tell
his own story in a revealing interview. SWITCH is not just a book of
close-up magic - a majority of these items can be performed in a cabaret
or stage setting. With contributions from more than 70 magicians in
11 countries, this is probably the largest single volume in magic literature
devoted to one principle. Thirty years after its remarkable arrival,
SWITCH brings the bill change up to date and into the future! MONEY
CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! SWITCH includes: The original handling of the
$100 Bill Switch - as performed by the inventor - described for the
very first time. More than twenty variations - some use a thumbtip and
others don't, some use fewer folds, and one uses no folds at all! Instantaneous
changes, multiple switches, palm-up handlings, a one-handed change,
bill productions & vanishes, visual transformations, and more. Sleights,
subtleties, utility moves, performance theory, presentation ideas, and
a definitive history of the bill switch. More than 60 close-up and stand-up
routines, each described in meticulous detail with over 700 illustrations.
The routines include Transpositions, Bill-to-Impossible-Location plots,
Torn & Restored effects, and several routines that don't even involve
money. Pages 346
$50.00
The Tarbell Course in Magic Vol. 1-8
 The
Tarbell Course (in 8 volumes), is perhaps the most comprehensive course
in magic ever produced, covering everything from intimate close-up magic
to large stage illusions, with over 8000 illustrations and 4000 pages.
Tarbell Course Vol. 1
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 2
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 3
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 4
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 5
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 6
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 7
$ 25.00
Tarbell Course Vol. 8
$ 30.00
These
Damn American Coins by Matt Colman
 Three
coins, two hands and a camp little purse. First off, three coins drop
to the table. Counting the three coins...you realize one has vanished
in mid air...It has penetrated the purse! Open up the little purse to
find the first coin! The excitement doesn't stop there! Oh no baby.
After the bewilderment of how the hell that happened, the magi tries
to repeat it, this time not through cheap imitation leather, oh no he
means business...this time through solid wood! Two coins are rubbed
on top of the table the hand is removed and shown one has gone. It has
melted through the table! The magician losing his sanity over the damn
American coins tries it one more time. One coin rubbed through the table,
the last one can even be signed! It's gone! The other hand goes underneath
and plucks the last coin out from under. The purse is placed on the
table. "A miracle" they all shout. It's all over. Just then the magician
seems to lose his balance as the coin purse he's resting on vanishes
from under his hand! It's melted through the table too! Pages 7 - Spiral
bound
$15.00
Triple Your Money by Rocco Silano & Joe Pon
$ 5.00
The Unexpected Visitor by Douglas Brewer
(Perfect bound with illustrations by Tony Dunn, 85 pages)
Coin Magic for the Walk Around Performer
 Douglas
Brewer was the 1998 SAM Close-Up Champion, and the coin magic routines
featured in this, his first book, are fast-paced, resetting, and within
the handling abilities of the average coin worker. Just about all of
the routines can be done with little or no table space. Included on
each routine is Doug's patter and step-by-step illustrations.
- Captivating
- A three-coin production using your pen and its cap. The routine
is the epitome of simplicity (with a gaff that you already own) doing
most of the work for you. It's the perfect way to begin your coin
act.
- EZ
Triple Wildcoin - This is as easy as it gets. It's two coins changing
TWO TIMES with very little work. It starts with two half dollars magically
changing to English pennies. The pennies are placed in a coin purse
and when dumped out, they become Chinese coins!
- Backhanded
- A coin matrix with three coins (from 3 different countries) and
a single playing card. The vanishes are extremely clean and rely heavily
on the use of sound. The backfire at the end is quite a kicker.
- The
Famous Three Coin Trick - A multi-phase smorgasbord of coin magic
using only 3 coins! With only three half dollars and a coin purse,
this is about the strongest opener you could ever perform. Each coin
vanishes, is immediately reproduced, and then vanishes again only
to jump INVISIBLY back to the purse where they started.
-
Sounds Familiar - A coins across routine in the spectator's hands
that ends on a one-two punch. Uses English pennies and a single Chinese
coin simple and memorable.
- Chopped
Taters Doug's only non coin routine is chop cup routine for table
hoppers packed with comedy and surprises. It's got it all a mini
cup (that fits unobtrusively in you pocket), and a cute mini potato
finale that'll make them cheer. A restaurant worker's dream!
- The
Hook Revisited An even simpler version of the Jennings classic.
Three coins are hung invisibly in the air. The hands are shown fairly
after each vanish and you end completely clean after the last coin.
There's no handwashing, sleeving, or lapping and you can do it surrounded.
- Three
Across the Fly - A dual phase coin routine that kicks off with Three
Fly and ends with a crisp new Coins to Pocket routine that's candy
for the eyes.
- Down
Spout - One of the easiest, no stress coin-in-bottle routines you'll
perform. It plays huge because of how fair it appears.
- The
After Dinner Trick - A small thimble sized cup plays host to a vanishing
act as half dollars mysteriously vanish from it and appear in your
empty hand.
$ 20.00
Unexplainable
Acts by Gary Kurtz & Richard Kaufman
Gary Kutz is a dancer/choreographer, poet, and consummate artist. He
approaches magic with the intent to create an artistic mood, to give
his audience his brand of magical theater. This oversized, hardbound
book contains 21 of Gary’s best effects. Among them is “CIGAR” Gary’s
handling and performance of a torn and restored bill. Excellent close-up
magic. Written and illustrated by Richard Kaufman.
$ 30.00
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