_EF Internationally respected as a prolific inventor and master of every magical subtlety, Eddie J q e p h has revealed hitherto EXCLUSIVE SECRETS in a book that will make you jump with joy! Effects that bewilder and delight audiences are not easy to find, yet in this BIG volume, they abound in a staggering …
_EF You hold a Domino in each hand . . . One has White Spots, the other Red Spots. The hands are closed and held well apart …When they are re-opened the Dominoes are seen to have Changed Places! This is repeated, with the same startling result! Now you hold both Dominoes in one hand …
Eddy Taytelbaum specialized in high-end micro magic back in the late 1960’s and 70’s. He was the inspiration for today’s micro magic Master Alan Warner amongst many others. Unlike most of the craftsman on this site Eddy worked with plastic, but his works are so beautiful they are eagerly snapped up by collectors worldwide. In addition to the magic on this site, You can find a tribute site to Eddy built by Ariel Frailich here.
The original Vampire Block was created by Ben Wallace, see here for more details. This version was first released by U.F. Grant and invented by Daniel A. Brock III and though the effect appears to be the same as Ben Wallace’s earlier Escaping Vampire the method is quite different. _EF This version from Mak Magic …
_EF If you were one of the fortunate ones to have seen MARCONICK do his act or lecture when he visited us from Holland you know how clever and entertaining his magic is. In this book he reveals some of his innermost secrets, 400 photos and illustrations throughout this 200 page book will thrill you …
What a great set of slates these are! There are four slates here and each slate has three different flaps: A standard flap. A flap with the corner cut away. A flap with a red bicycle back on the other side. They are well made and strong but still very thin and fit neatly in …
_EF from the intro, “Most of the material in these pages was originally published in three separate volumes under the title ‘Dunninger’s Popular Magic’. These books were published by Mr. Hugo Gernsback, one of the world’s outstanding scientists and inventors. Some contributors to the original ‘Popular Magic’ publications were: Al Flosso, Dr. Jaks, Dr. Joseph …
Below is what Eddie Joseph has to say in the introduction to his “New Premonition” effect c. 1966, which is quite revealing given that his first version of Premonition marketed by Abbott’s c. 1948 itself is basically the same effect and method as Bill McCaffrey’s The Prize Winner c. 1934. This was first marketed by …
This is U.F. Grant’s wonderful and overlooked Improved Proxy Substitution Chest. The original version released c. 1946 used just a single chest, but an improved version was introduced c. 1966 using two chests. This is the latter kind. It doesn’t look very much when you get it but it is a very convincing transposition that …
_EF Lives and methods of eight magicians including Robert Houdin, Herrmann the Great, Chung Ling Soo, and the Great Raymond. Contents (Chapters only, numbers are not page numbers): 1 Robert Houdin 2 Professor Anderson 3 Herrmann the Great 4 Kellar 5 Chung Ling Soo 6 Thurston 7 Houdini and Hardeen 8 The Great Raymond Publisher: …