This is Ed Massey’s beautiful and original creation Buried Treasure c. 1957, built for Ed by Larry Hess. In 1960 another effect with a refined method, but same basic principle, called Nest of Bean Boxes and later also called Buried Treasure was created by Arturo (Glenn Babbs) and marketed by U.F. Grant (c. 1960) and …
Richard Himber’s Thought Control is an idea that has been copied many times over the last 65+ years since it’s release. But the original still provides one of the cleanest methods to have any card freely chosen and then have the prediction handed to the spectator for them to open. This is made from “Cashmere …
Joseph Kolar invented what became known as The Seven Keys to Baldpate effect c. 1927 when he introduced it at a Thayer Night in Chicago. It was popularized and named by Annemann in his book The Book Without a Name. Kolar’s method involved the switch of a key, and since then it has had many …
This effect was invented by Jack Hughes c. 1955 and it is described in his book World of Magic Vol. 1. This version was likely built by Abbott’s but it could have been someone else. _EF A three-sided frame is displayed. It has two hinged doors which are opened. It is fitted around the waist …
_EF For some reason roughing fluid gets a bad rap, yet some of the most amazing card tricks can be created without any sleight of hand by employing this principle. This little booklet by Joe Berg an Al Adini details a total of seven different decks you can make with a can of this magic fluid. …
This style of Die box with two doors in the front and two doors in the back, is often known as the English Die Box as it was popularized by Will Goldston and others in England in the early 1900’s. This looks very similar to Die Boxes made by Davenport’s in the 1950’s and on …
The Travelling Blocks, Baffling Blocks, or ABC Blocks began life as The Filtering Block Illusion manufactured by Floyd Thayer c. 1929 and invented by William Wisnewski c. 1928. It has been a popular item with many craftsmen and dealers ever since including: Conradi-Horster, Okito, Abbott’s, Mel Babcock, and Viking Mfg. This set was built by …
This effect was invented by R. N. (Norm) Menge and sold as the Egyptian Water Box by Norm’s business partner U.F. Grant c. 1955. Later that year, in the UK, Harry Stanley sold the same item and renamed it Neptune’s Chest. It is a wonderful production item that can produce and vanish items including liquids …
Joseph Kolar invented what became known as The Seven Keys to Baldpate effect c. 1927 when he introduced it at a Thayer Night in Chicago. It was popularized and named by Annemann in his book The Book Without a Name. Kolar’s method involved the switch of a key, and since then it has had many …
A Tricky Tray was invented by Oswald Rae and described in his book The More You Watch (c. 1938). However, although it is a switching tray it is not the same as Ken Allen’s prop called Tricky Tray that was released 16 years later (C. 1954) and sold in two versions: the standard Tricky Tray …
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