Better than Twisted Sisters! This is one of my favorite packet tricks of all time! I got my original one from Ron MacMillan in the UK over twenty years ago. Recently, I managed to remake it in Bicycle stock using some cards from Daryl. To my mind it is more impressive than Twisted Sisters (which …
I first read about this effect in Paul Clive’s excellent book Card Tricks Without Skill when I was a 12 or 13. I have used it on and off ever since and although I’ve read over one hundred variations since then I still pretty much perform it the way Curry first described it. There is …
_EF Will Goldston has been writing books on magic for many years. He is probably the most popular of magical authors, judged by the number of books he has written and the extent of their sales; for his writings on the subject now number several dozen titles, and a good many of them have run …
Divided Cards, where the card is misprinted such that when one part is covered the card looks like one value and when another part is covered it looks like another, have been around at least as early as 1593 with Horatio Galasso (see Hofzinser’s Card Artistry pg. 69). But Hofzinser really took their use to …
_EF Running from January 1, 1942 through February 19, 1954, The Phoenix (a Periodical of Stage Magic) features 300 issues packed with magic. Walter Gibson and Bruce Elliott edited the bi-weekly periodical, with Mr. Elliott taking the reins in 1944. Including the indexes, The Phoenix boasts 1,242 pages! It was designed to take the place …
Joe Berg created the first version of the Mento-Card Box c. 1941 from an idea by Harlan Tarbell. In fact it was originally advertised by Joe as: Tarbell’s Unique Card Box. Sometime after 1965 it became known as Mento-Card Box. In The Berg Book it is referred to as Berg’s Unique Card Box. When George …
This wonderful effect was invented by Louis Histed c. 1932. The sole manufacturing rights were granted to Davenport’s c. 1941 but this has not stopped other manufacturers building this over the years. It is often called Sugar and Sand so be wary when doing searches since both titles seem to be used quite freely even …
Joe Berg created the first version of the Mento-Card Box c. 1941 from an idea by Harlan Tarbell. In fact it was originally advertised by Joe as: Tarbell’s Unique Card Box. Sometime after 1965 it became known as Mento-Card Box. In The Berg Book it is referred to as Berg’s Unique Card Box. When George …
This wonderful effect was invented by Louis Histed c. 1932. The sole manufacturing rights were granted to Davenport’s but this has not stopped other manufacturers building this over the years. There was some controversy when this was released (stolen) by Abbott’s c. 1941 as the instructions and adverts said that Dr. H Park Shackleton was …
_EF Enlarge your magic repertoire and amaze your friends with mystifying rope tricks you can easily learn from this legendary encyclopedia of rope tricks for magicians. Containing over 150 tricks, many created by masters of rope magic, this book shows you step-by-step how to perform the best rope tricks ever devised. No matter how often …
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