Clatter Box by Jack Hughes

Jack Hughes invented the Clatter Box c. 1949 and it appears in his World of Magic Vol. 2.  It has been copied without permission by many magic dealers throughout the world over the years 🙁 The original Clatter Box was quite small and was made of metal. Jack changed the style of the box several …

Snake Basket by Jack Hughes

Russell Swann introduced and probably invented the Snake Basket c. 1939.  Jack Hughes released his amazingly inventive Snake Basket c. 1949.  That was about forty years before Collectors’ Workshop created their wonderful Khyber Kobra.  But what is really amazing about the Jack Hughes Snake Basket is how much action he gets from it with zero …

Snake Basket by Jack Hughes

Russell Swann introduced and probably invented the Snake Basket c. 1939.  Jack Hughes released his amazingly inventive Snake Basket c. 1949.  That was about forty years before Collectors’ Workshop created their amazing Khyber Kobra.  What is really amazing about the Jack Hughes Snake Basket is how much action he gets from it with absolutely zero …

Clatter Box by Jack Hughes

Jack Hughes invented the Clatter Box c. 1949 and it appears in his World of Magic Vol. 2.  It has been copied without permission by many magic dealers throughout the world over the years 🙁 The original Clatter Box was quite small and was made of metal. Jack changed the style of the box several …

The Giant Dwarf by Supreme Magic Company, Jack Hughes

The Giant Dwarf was created by the legendary British Inventor, Craftsman, and Dealer: Jack Hughes based upon a Len Belcher idea with a routine by Sydney Sterk. This is Supreme Magic Company’s version. _EF A Dwarf is sitting on top of the Castle in which he lives, when a fierce Giant makes his appearance. Declaring …

Visible Sawing In Half (Bow Saw Illusion) by Jack Hughes

A number of names have been mentioned as to who originated this brilliant illusion. Plans were published in the ‘Harbin Book‘ but Bob only laid claim to having improved the original apparatus which he purchased from Hamleys in Regent Street, London. Two years prior to this, Abbotts in the U.S.A. had already been selling a …

Norman’s Think-A-Bell by Jack Hughes

The Great Norman (Norman Hazeldene) invented an effect called Norman’s Exclusive Triangles and Jack Hughes created his version with his own touches and this is the result. It appears in World of Magic – Vol. 2. _EF Six wooden cut-out bells, each of a different color, are displayed and a spectator is allowed an entirely …

Clock Off (Ku-Bof) by Jack Hughes

This was developed when Jack Hughes was working with Harry Stanley (as Jack Hughes and Harry Stanley in Peckham, London SE15) c. 1947. Jack built two versions of this item the more traditional Ku-Bof and this one with the Clock face called Clock Off. It is featured in his World of Magic Vol. 2. It …

Visible Coins in Glass by Abbott’s, Jack Hughes

Jack Hughes, the legendary British Inventor, Craftsman, and Dealer who invented many staples in magic that we take for granted today (including: TV Card Frame (1936), Attaboy (early 1930s), Clatter Box (1951) and many more. He also invented the first visible coins to glass c. 1937, way before Copenetro, even though when Bob Kline introduced …

Attaboy (Early Version) by Abbott’s, Jack Hughes

The legendary British Inventor, Craftsman, and Dealer Jack Hughes invented many staples in magic that we take for granted today (including: TV Card Frame (1936), Coins in Glass (before Copenetro) (1939), Clatter Box (1951) and many more. He also invented this beauty, Attaboy, c. 1937. This version was manufactured c. 1946 by Abbott’s in Colon, …

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