Coin of the Realm by Dave Powell

The Cabala effect where a steel ball slowly passes through a solid sheet of glass in a box with holes at the top and bottom was originally made by John Snyder, Jr. and marketed by Thayer’s and Kanter’s c. 1936 and was known as the Steel Ball Through Glass – it came in an Ordinary …

Sword and Brass Block Penetration by Tannen’s

This is an interesting routine for the Matchbox Penetration first created by Jose M. Llacer. I think you can have some fun with the spectator’s ability to not remove the sword from the block, unless they believe in magic 🙂 _EF You present a small velvet bag, from which you take out a miniature excalibur …

On No! (T-166) by Tenyo

This is a very effective finger chopper that looks very good from the front. _EF This looks like a perfect stage illusion done in miniature. It even uses a method that is often associated with stage magic. You display a small box with built in scissors and a tube down the center. You place your …

Fireflower by Kevin James, Collectors’ Workshop

ROMANTIC; MAGICAL; AMAZING and self-contained. May be performed close-up, parlor or stage. One of the truly dramatic moments in Magic comes at the end of Kevin James’ floating rose routine, wherein the rose that has been levitated throughout the performance is suddenly transformed into a real rose and presented to a spectator/assistant. The James method …

Close-up Magic of Aldo Colombini by Aldo Colombini

_EF This book details 60 effects with cards, coins, cups and balls, ring & rope, Oktio coin box, and billiard ball production and including: Never Say Dice, Four Card Display, Ace-embly, Hiccup Coins, Super Link (rubber bands), Hopping Cups and Balls (short routine suitable for table hopping), Back and Forth Sandwich (cards) plus many more. …

Pallbearers Review (Vols. 09-10) by Karl Fulves

_EF In the early part of 1965 my friend Don Nielsen mentioned that Don Tanner was looking for someone to take over The New Phoenix. I wrote to Tanner, saying that 1 was interested in publishing The New Phoenix through issue 400, after which I would start up a new publication. I included a copy …

Top Drop by Ton Onosaka, Shiego Futagawa

_EF The performer offers to demonstrate a “magic spell”, using a set of four cards. Three of the cards have letters on their faces; the fourth card has a contrasting back, and its face remains unshown for the time being. The letters are arranged to spell the word “POT”. The fourth card is turned face-up, …

Space Trek by Supreme Magic Company

What a lovely version of Run Rabbit Run made by Supreme.  Based on my favorite version that I used when I was performing to children in my teenage years. This is well made in metal and will last a lifetime.  I like this smaller size as you can easily handle it with one hand.  I …

Mini Strat-O-Sphere by Gary Frank

Here is a mini version of UF Grant’s Strat-O-Sphere using a clear tube on a base. After playing with the item this afternoon there are two issues that came up that the larger version does not have – in the MAK Strat-O-Sphere version that I had the large balls were fairly light and it was …

Mini Strat-O-Sphere (Revised) by Gary Frank

After playing with the original of this item, I found some light colored blocks and added some stickers and have solved the issues I had with the original version.  I hope you like it 🙂 The original issues are solved by: Replacing the heavy balls by some light foam colored squares. Changing the colors to …

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