This effect was first invented by James Lucier as The Cockeyed Skeleton In The Closet and described in Genii October 1949. The effect was also released c. 1949 through Sedghill Industries as The Scrambled Skeleton with credit also going to James Lucier. There have been many versions of all shapes and sizes ever since. This …
The Cabala effect where a steel ball slowly passes through a solid sheet of glass in a box with holes at the top and bottom was originally made by John Snyder, Jr. and marketed by Thayer’s and Kanter’s c. 1936 and was known as the Steel Ball Through Glass – it came in a Ordinary …
_EF The second Dean of American Magicians, Frederick Eugene Powell sketched what he called the Mysterious Cabinet in his journal dated in the early 1870’s. The cabinet utilized the principle known as black art giving the appearance of an empty cabinet. This principle has been used in many effects, from square circles to professional stage …
5 out of 5 Annoyingly Beautiful!Dave Powell makes some of the most amazing collectible props available today. This new Art Deco version of his previous Steel Ball Through Glass is a case in point. It is truly a work of art. It is about as small as you could ever imagine it and has a …
_EF “I love effects like this… where the spectator can see something truly impossible, and then gets to take it home with him!” – Michael Ammar “Excellent!” – Jean Pierre Vallarino One of the best principles in magic is that of the impossible object. You take something normal and bring it to an impossible state…and …
This is an update to Marc’s OddBall here, which of course is based on Max Maven’s Kurotsuke (even if it is not credited). _EF A selection of small white balls and one single black ball are shown to the audience They are dropped singly into an opaque bag, which is then shaken by a spectator …
This is the third version of John Kennedy’s amazing Mystery Box which won Trick of the Year 1997 in The Magic Menu – and could have being doing so for many years since if I had a vote! It is still my most popular close-up effect of all time. Many people thought this was a …
_EF An impressive tome on everything you would ever want to know about the Ten Card Poker Deal meticulously researched and described by Bob Farmer. Contents: PART ONE: THE TEN CARD DEAL . 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION .. 3 THE BASIC PRINCIPLE .. 3 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 5 REFERENCES .. 6 HOW TO READ THIS BOOK 6 …
This is a very solid Wrist Chopper from George Richbark very similar to the Mikame Craft Arm Guillotine. _EF The mechanism is straight forward and classic (based on the Ed Massey invention Finger Guillotine c. 1941) and allows for a carrot to be placed beneath the arm when the chop is made. It looks very convincing. …
Copenetro is Bob Kline’s masterpiece and although there have been many versions from numerous manufacturers over the years, none have come close to Bob’s original version. None, until my good friend George Robinson at Viking produced his own version. George’s version looks beautiful, works perfectly, and is the first really worthy successor to Bob’s own. …
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