Jumbo Sorcerer’s Surprise by Wild Magic, Paul Curry

This is based on Paul Curry’s Swindle Cut which is detailed in World’s Beyond (pg. 245) under A Swindle of Sorts and originally appeared in Paul Curry Presents c. 1974. In the 1990’s Al Lagomarsino created a version with Tarot cards called: Tarot Surprise and it appears in Tannen’s Catalog #18 c. 1995.  Wild Magic …

World’s Beyond by Paul Curry

_EF Paul Curry is a name to conjure with. If you have ever been fooled by his “Out Of This World” then you know his mind works on another plane. Very few effects remain as strong as this effect, even after fifty years and the plethora of variations spawned indicates how much his thinking has …

Tarot Surprise by Al Lagomarsino, Tannen’s, Paul Curry

This is based on Paul Curry’s Swindle Cut which is detailed in World’s Beyond (pg. 245) under A Swindle of Sorts and originally appeared in Paul Curry Presents c. 1974. Tarot Surprise appears in Tannen’s Catalog #18 c. 1995 and was created by Al Lagomarsino. _EF Two identical sets of Tarot Cards are displayed. Each …

Ultissimo by Tannen’s, Paul Curry

Ultissimo was first built by Merv Taylor c. 1946 for Thayer Quality Magic. devised by Maury Kains, based upon Paul Curry’s amazing Touch.  Paul Curry was not credited by Maury Kains, and Mr. Kains did make some improvements, but the method and basic effect is clearly derived from Touch c. 1937. Here is Paul Curry …

Special Effects by Paul Curry

_EF This was originally a softbound book released by Paul Curry which has been bound in Hard cover either by the previous owner or Mr. Curry.  My guess is that it was bound by the previous owner, and it was originally issued as a softbound by Paul Curry in 1977. Contents: 1 Half Gone 4 …

Magician’s Magic (Dover) by Paul Curry

_EF I read this book initially over 25 years ago, and remembered to this day the story that Mr. Curry relates about the time Winston Churchill was late for a War Cabinet meeting because he was busy watching a magician perform “Out of This World”. But this book has so much more than Curry’s most …

Magician’s Magic by Paul Curry

I read this book initially over 25 years ago, and remembered to this day the story that Mr. Curry relates about the time Winston Churchill was late for a War Cabinet meeting because he was busy watching a magician perform “Out of This World”. But this book has so much more than Curry’s most famous …

Out Of This World by Paul Curry

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 …

Art of Astonishment – Vol. 3 by Paul Harris

_EF The Complete, Ultimate Paul Harris Collection. This three-volume set of books contains all of Paul`s classics, updated and refined, as well as 73 brand-new creations! All in all, these books contain over 900 pages of Paul Harris including a ground-breaking essay discussing the feeling of astonishment as our natural state of mind. There are …

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