What a beautiful and effective fooler this penetration effect from the amazing Magic Wagon is! I’m featuring a wonderful video by Simon Corneille because his presentation is the opposite from Magic Wagon’s, but it is the perfect way to perform this miracle!
You won’t be disappointed with this beauty!
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So here is a beauty that is rarely seen by Nick and Rich from the early days of Collector’s Workshop at Misty Morn Farm.
It is the close-up version of sawing a woman in half: Paper Thin Sawing. Performer displays a small business card size portrait of a lady in a red dress. On the reverse side of the card is a woman in a yellow dress. (Call this the “Red-Yellow” card.) He places the card on a small “altar”, covering it with a brass lid. Then, the performer takes a single-edge razor and severs the card. Lifting the lid, the performer displays the two halves. In replacing them on the altar, he inadvertently reverses the halves so that the upper half of the woman’s dress is red and the lower half is yellow. Replacing the lid, the performer utters a magic incantation. Removing the lid, the card is seen to be restored, but in the “reversed” condition. (Call this the “Mixed” card.) The card is left with the spectator as a souvenir.
Comes with generous supply of both normal and mixed cards, instructions and in the original box.
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Everyone knows Mel Babcock is the king of Die Boxes and this could be one of the finest ones I have seen from Mel. Made from American Black Walnut with inlayed Decor and featuring English Walnut top panels.
Highly Recommended for lovers of Die Boxes and beautiful magic!
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Although I love the classic Block Cord effect there is no doubt that some magicians and collectors are just looking for the cool gimmicks. Well this bad boy delivers for sure! It looks like a basic 3″ cube with cord but does not require any moves or sleights to remove the cord. It just comes off precisely when you want it to. Although there is nothing added or taken away and the action is 100% automatic, I’m not quite sure what is going on inside the block – it is a bit like the parting of the Red Sea, one minute there is an opening the next there is not!
The spectator can look fairly closely at the block too and under normal inspection they’ll see nothing. However, if they try the effect themselves they too could inadvertently pull the cord through (although they’ed have to know which angle to pull from). I personally would only let them handle it briefly and would probably perform the penetration under a silk just to add to the mystery, but you certainly could do it out in the open if you desired.
A very clever effect from days gone by.
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I always thought Eric Lewis’ Curious Cubes, made popular by Milson Worth, was an overlooked fooler. When you consider that any face card can be named and the blocks inside the cabinet magically form that card. A few years ago I found a rare version which was sold in Germany and it was a great improvement over the original. The ingenious design allowed you to instantly repeat the effect with a different card. There was also briefly a small version made for closeup that is now extremely rare. The two I’ve had in the past have sold for $500+.
We based this new release on that rare piece of apparatus, but Thomas has improved the mechanics to make the working a breeze. The routine is a baffler. The beautiful little cabinet (about the size of a deck of cards!) is opened to display twelve small blocks which have images of pips or blank white sides. The blocks are dumped out and the cabinet is clearly empty. A deck of cards is displayed and shown to be completely mixed. It’s ribbon spread on the table and the first spectator is asked to simply touch any one which is removed from the spread and shown to them. That is card number one. The performer states that someone might think he manipulated the spectator into choosing that first card, so to make the process even more fair, a second spectator is told to simply name any face card. They do so and that is card number two.
The performer again displays the empty cabinet and the twelve small blocks which he claims have curious properties. The blocks are placed back into the cabinet in a random order—which is evident as they’re seen to be stacked inside with some pips sideways, upside down, etc. The back door of the cabinet is closed. The random stack of blocks is still visible as the front door is closed. Now–the performer tell the audience to witness the amazing properties of the curious cubes. When the door of the cabinet is reopened, the spectators will be amazed to see that the blocks inside have now magically re- assembled to display the value of a playing card. Spectator number one is asked to reveal their selection for the very first time. It matches the image on the blocks!
It’s a baffling revelation … but it gets even better. The cabinet is now turned around and the second door opened to reveal the other side of the blocks which are in a mixed up random order. The door is closed and immediately reopened and the blocks are seen to have once again rearranged magically to form the image of the second spectator’s freely named card!! The blocks are once again pushed from the cabinet which is shown freely. It’s an ingenious routine.
The craftsmanship on the little cabinet (which is only about 4″ x 3″ x 1″), blocks and fakes is perfect. Thomas has improved the mechanics to make operation very simple. It happens automatically. It’s a brilliant design. The look of the cabinet is absolutely stunning. The rich wine color laminate with black/gold trim has the four playing card suits “etched” in white into the front and back doors. It’s a beautiful piece of micro magic that you will perform and fool with. This will be a very limited release because of the precision work involved.
Comes complete with a bonus Mastermind Deck by Chris Kenworthey.
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All modern versions of the light and heavy chest can be improved using Gimpy’s Wonderful Performance Mat – these work really well and not only makes any chest more reliable they also make it seem more impossible because the mat can be moved around even when the chest is “heavy”.
Even without the mat, the instructional video that Gimpy provides with this mat is excellent and filled with useful tips for getting the most out of your chest.
If you have any version of the Bill Tresslar style of chest it will work much better with one of Gimpy’s Performance Mats! Highly Recommended.
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More exceptionally beautiful magic from the talented Michael Baker! These beautiful little boxes might not rival Richard Gerlitz’s masterpiece, but they are still amazing, much cheaper and have a unusual method that I’ve only see on the Lock Nest Boxes by Tom Yurasits.
These guys are also small enough to be used in a formal close-up or small parlor situation with the biggest box rolling in at: 5 3/8″ x 5 3/8″ x 3 1/2″.
Very pretty and functional, you’ll love these beauties!
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The inventor was the German Paul Corduan (17. Februar 1894 – 4. Januar 1961). His stage name was “Doc Corten”. First sold by the German dealer Heinz Jacobi under the name “Corduan-Verwandlungswürfel” (translation: Corduan Change Dice).
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So I’m a huge fan of Stan Watson’s wonderful set of scissors released by Supreme Magic in the 1980’s or maybe even 70’s. Growing up I used to go to the Sussex Magic Circle and I remember when Stan joined the club, he was a real force to be reckoned with. I picked up my set of scissors from Stan directly and have used them ever since. They are perfect. So when I saw this other pair of scissors I was excited as I assumed they were also Stan Watson creations. Sadly I was disappointed.
Stan’s signature is engraved on his scissors, and these are not engraved so I’m pretty sure they are not Stan’s. My guess is Supreme put them out after Stan was not producing scissors for them. If you hadn’t seen Stan’s I’m sure you would love these, but if you have they don’t compare. These are closest in design to Stan’s Cut No Cut Scissors. But the big difference is these Kan’t Kut Scissors don’t cut! That is a big difference.
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These little beauties from Collectors’ Workshop are still the cutest Hip Hop variation I have seen. Designed by Les Smith of Owen’s Magic about thirty years ago, there still has been nothing quite as cute as these little guys. The covers and bases are solid walnut and the gimmicks are well built and function perfectly. Very hard to come by these days and you’ll love them to display in your collection or to show the grand-kids 🙂
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