This is one of best and most popular inventions from the prolific American Magician and Inventor: Ed Massey c. 1954. This is the original version sold by Massey, but they were not built by Ed himself, instead he had them built to precise standards by Andrew E. Buchanan Jr., who also supplied the wonderful patter-story …
A classic item from U.F. Grant that has been recreated many times since (here are just a few). There are many uses for this beauty but I do think changing some silks into fruit is a great visual change. Includes: Crystal Silk Cylinder 4 x 11″ yellow silks (one silk is actually 7″) 4 realistic …
This effect and method was invented by George Lorimer and published in the British monthly periodical The Magician Monthly as The Crown Jewels of Crashbania and subtitled: A Regular Royal Robbery (pg. 72, May, 1928). Lorimer’s routine had quite a lot more going on than the eventual dealer versions including: changing the large rubies into …
This was invented by János Bartl from Hamburg in Germany c. 1934, and licensed to Davenport’s in April 1934 to sell under the name Demon Wonder Box. It was marketed in the 8th issue of the Demon Telegraph, a house-magazine from Davenport. In the early version only two sides could be opened. c. 1952 an …
This wonderful and colorful effect was invented by Eric Lewis as Peacock Fantasy and was inspired by an effect written by Larsen and Wright called “How the Finch Got Her Colors” in a 1928 booklet called the L.W. Mysteries for Children. You can read full details of the original Lewis version in his book A …
_EF Magician shows a sheet of newspaper. He visibly cuts a five-inch circle from same from the center of the paper. He shows the piece just cut out, which is perfectly round. He opens the paper, and the cut out portion is square! Full instructions, together with a couple of sample sheets are furnished.
This is a clever little item from the great magical inventor Ed Massey himself. It is not particularly high quality as the boards are made from thick cardboard but the idea is clever and the appearance of the silks is quite a surprise. With a little thought you could probably create some nice patter and …
These were originally invented by Karrell Fox. They were first reelased by Max Andrews in London as their Vampire Snake Bouquet c. 1951. They were then made and sold by Supreme Magic c. 1975. When Supreme closed down c. 1993 Richard Hughes at Hughes Magic took over as the exclusive manufacturer for Karrell and has …
This classic effect marketed by Ken Brooke* is highly sought after by collectors and performers as the effect is very strong. A true magician fooler. It was invented by George Blake c. 1934 as a solution to the problem with the original Ten Card Effect** (from Professor Hoffmann’s Modern Magic pg. 104), whereby the spectator …
_EF This is a compilation of two of John Scarne’s books. Scarne on Card Tricks: Contents: Each trick is numbered. The first number below is the page number, the 2nd is the trick number. 1 Publisher’s Introduction 3 A New Era In Card Tricks, John Scarne, 1950 7 1) Calling the Cards: Spectator points to face …
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