This is essentially a micro version of Blue Phantom using chips. A chip with a black edge and white center is seen to rise sequentially up to the top. This rare item was created by German magician Erhard Liebenow, who specialized in magic involving chips and was awarded a first prize at the 1973 FISM …
This is essentially a micro version of Blue Phantom using chips. A chip with a black edge and white center is seen to rise sequentially up to the top. This rare item was created by German magician Erhard Liebenow, who specialized in magic involving chips and was awarded a first prize at the 1973 FISM …
If you think that rampant piracy in magic is a new thing, think again. In 1948 William W. Larsen, Sr. (the owner of Thayer Mfg. Co.) took out an impassioned full page ad in Genii Magazine expressing his disdain for the inscrutable magic dealers pirating Thayer’s Prediction Chest (which retailed at the time for $250). …
If you think that rampant piracy in magic is a new thing, think again. In 1948 William W. Larsen, Sr. (the owner of Thayer Mfg. Co.) took out an impassioned full page ad in Genii Magazine expressing his disdain for the inscrutable magic dealers pirating Thayer’s Prediction Chest (which retailed at the time for $250). …
_EF Translated and edited by J.B. Mussey and Fulton Oursler. In a similar fashion to Henry Hay’s Amateur Magician’s Handbook, Ottokar describes many of the essential tricks of magic, providing a good overview to the magic art. There have been many reprints of this book. Lots of diagrams and B&W photos. In this book, Ottokar …
Gambling Collectibles – A Pictorial Journey presents the stories behind the evolution of dice, playing cards, chips, tables and layouts, games, cheating, and more. The informal narrative is designed to be historically interesting, not pedantic, and the research is supported with over 2,600 color photographs of the Steve Forte Gambling Collection, making the work colorful, …
_EF A truly wonderful book and tribute to the incredibly talented and inventive craftsman Clarence Miller. DVD included with demonstrations and discussions by Clarence himself of some of his amazing creations. It was a big help in filling in details of Clarence’s work for my History Project. Contents: i Foreword 1 Introduction 5 PART I …
_EF An essential title for every magician, The Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks is the only book of its kind. Magical genius Stewart James, over the course of 40+ years, compiled three volumes of the Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks. Now, for the first time, these classic works have been collected, newly edited, and combined in a …
_EF Small But Deadly is a reference guide to Packet Tricks that will have you running to your shelf of books to locate many of the references so you can rediscover many of these clever plots. Paul presents a history of packet card magic, with a discussion of many of the major themes, and provides …
_EF Spy Before You Buy was a series of videos released by Howard Baltus of The Trickery and Bob Solari of Bob Solari Magic. Each volume featured full demonstrations of around 100 effects. Their inspiration was Dick Stoner who also had a series of magic demo videos in the 1990’s. Howie and Bob released four …