Chameleon Skin Wallet by Jim Steinmeyer, Vortex Magic

This is an well made simple wallet that does 4 clean color changes from black, to brown, to green, to red.  It is easy to perform but the wallet cannot be examined.  There are two basic simple moves that are easy to pick-up and they will carry you through to the end.  I think if …

Magic: 1400s-1950s by Noel Daniel, Mike Caveney, Ricky Jay, Jim Steinmeyer

(Be aware that this is NOT the original HUGE (15″ x 10.5″ x 2″) Taschen book on stage magic issued in 2009. It is still a large book though: 13″ x 9″ x 1″. The loss in thickness comes about because it has only English text, whereas the original had text in English, French, and …

Review by Ty Argo for The Conjuring Anthology by Jim Steinmeyer

5 out of 5 Fantastic Collection of MagicIf you’re anything like me, you thoroughly enjoyed Jim Steinmeyer’s series "Conjuring" that appeared in Magic Magazine several years ago. It brought new ideas to the table and put a modern spin on some old classics. Beautiful, motivated presentations and patter that only Steinmeyer could create help bring …

Review by Anonymous for World's Thinnest Deck of Cards by Jim Steinmeyer

5 out of 5 A GREAT yet simple effect!!I’ve had this card effect in my "box of tricks" for many years and it always gets the same reaction from people…a petrified look on their face, and a wide-opened mouth! This effect is simple to do, yet your audience will be amazed at how you could …

A Tribute to Robert Harbin by Jim Steinmeyer

_EF Jim’s two lectures presented to the Magic Circle in London in February 2009. The first discusses Harbin’s contributions to illusions, and his process of creation, including ten guidelines for the modern illusion. The second lecture consists of five Harbin-inspired stand-up tricks with small apparatus. Full color, twenty pages. Contents: Robert Harbin & The Polemics …

Bunko! by Jim Steinmeyer

_EF “Bunko” is a complete close-up routine for magicians, with 8 specially designed bills, photo instructions and two complete presentations. Also comes with complete written instructions by Richard Kaufman. Jim Steinmeyer’s remarkable shortchange effect is a no – sleight, Fully routined mystery: $20 Becomes $19, then $14, then $20…$19 again, and finally $24! For the …

Further Impuzzibilities by Jim Steinmeyer

_EF Jim Steinmeyer’s sequel to Impuzzibilities contains ten new “interactive” effects, including the amazing “King’s Coronation,” an interactive effect suitable for television, video or radio. One effect uses no apparatus, just the spectators’ hands! “The Five Fiends Blackjack” deal is a completely self-working Blackjack effect; the “Thirteen Card Dilemma” is a surprising routine in which …

The Conjuring Anthology by Jim Steinmeyer

_EF A unique collection of magic for stand-up performers, including card effects, small apparatus, diagrams for illusions and routines for old favorites, complete with patter and presentation. Readers of MAGIC Magazine prized Jim Steinmeyer’s many Conjuring articles between 1992 and 2004. Now they’ve been collected in one volume. The Conjuring Anthology is 526 pages, a …

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close