This is Supreme Magic’s version of the Jack Hughes’ Teleflash effect c. 1951 and is featured in World of Magic – Vol. 2. It is one of the nicest effects I’ve seen from Supreme and this copy is in excellent condition even though it is 32 years old. The mechanism Works perfectly with a number …
_EF A rarely seen item from the great German master Tony Lackner. It is one of Tony’s larger pieces and a really perfect version of Jack Hughes’ Card Go. _EF The vanish of the 45 RPM Record is so clean your audience will be amazed.
This type of sleeve production box called the N.M.C. Breakaway Box was first introduced by the National Magic Company c. 1939. Harry Stanley and Jack Hughes both probably built by Jack Hughes put out a similar box too c. 1946. But I have few other details on this particular model. _EF Here is positively the …
If you enjoy number predictions like Jack Hughes’ Fantastic Figures of Foo, Babcock’s Psychic Arithmetic, or Gerlitz’ Modern Math, then you’ll absolutely love this beautiful piece of imported micro magic. There’s an added twist to the second phase of the routine which would fool those “in the know”. _EF You display a small stand with …
In 1939 the Englishman Harry Leat invented what became one of the best and most enduring children’s effect of all time: Run Rabbit Run. Like the Die Box, with which it bears some obvious similarities, it has inspired craftsmen and dealers ever since. This is the version of Run Rabbit Run I performed in my …
Jack Hughes manufactured this item in 1947 when he was in partnership with Harry Stanley at Unique Magic Studio, London. Robert Harbin had approached Jack with a basic design which was very ‘rough and ready’. Jack made several improvements to the original design and produced a very attractive prop which worked very well indeed. Only …
Variations of the Final Card effect have been around at least as early as 1945. Abbott’s released The Last Card devised by Roydon c. 1945 and Jack Hughes produced his improvement c. 1946. I found an advert from the Gamages Catalog for Final Selection c. 1960. This method/refinement for this version was invented by the …
What a clever and clean take on Jack Hughes’ Card Go premise. This really is a surprise beauty built by Alan Wright for Supreme Magic based on one of the earliest ideas from The Great Norman. The Great Norman’s real name was Norman Hazeldene and he grew up just outside Manchester in Stockport, Cheshire, England. …
The original Up, lift (not Uplift as it was subsequently spelled) was invented by the great British Inventor J.F Orrin and it appeared in The Magic Wand, March 1945. It was improved by Jack Hughes c. 1947 as Orrin’s Stream-Lined Uplift and is found in his World of Magic Vol. 2. This version, perhaps the …
This wonderful effect was invented by Edwin Hooper and released by Jack Hughes c. 1953. This version was released by Supreme Magic under license from Jack Hughes c. 1968. It is a really well made prop when Supreme used to make good quality wooden props and this still looks amazing all these years later. The …
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