_EF Three cards are selected by three spectators — the King of Hearts, the Jack of Spades and the Ace of Hearts. When the King of Hearts is placed on the bottom of the deck, the entire deck is now seen to consist of nothing but King of Hearts. Then, the Jack of Spades is …
From Nick Trost’s wonderful Card Magic of Nick Trost and Precursor X (January, 1986). This trick was inspired by Dai Vernon’s “Do as I Do,” which appeared in Hilliard’s Greater Magic (1938). _EF The performer hands a packet of red-backed cards to a spectator while he holds a packet of blue-backed cards. The spectator hands …
This is a version of the Kolar Card Trick invented by Joseph Kolar in the early 1920’s and used by him in his vaudeville act before it was first released exclusively by Thayer Quality Magic c. 1927. It was also published as The Card and Ribbon Trick in Greater Magic (pg 505) and in J.G. …
Below is what Eddie Joseph has to say in the introduction to his “New Premonition” effect c. 1966, which is quite revealing given that his first version of Premonition marketed by Abbott’s c. 1948 itself is basically the same effect and method as Bill McCaffrey’s The Prize Winner c. 1934. This was first marketed by …
This wonderful effect was invented by Al Baker c. 1932 using a simple but extremely effective method. P&L were the first company to manufacture a version of Mr. Baker’s effect and it remained the gold standard for decades afterwards. The method was first described in Greater Magic c. 1938 (pg. 512). and it is also …
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