_EF To complete a trio, Third Dimension offers more of the same ingenuity and clever adaptations. Several mental items are included in the book, and the ‘stand up’ performer working for small groups or caberet will find much from which to choose. In the field of close-up magic, Roy Johnson excels and teh reader is …
_EF (Zigby7): Illustrations by Dennis. A selection of practical, entertaining magic designed for the stage or cabaret, close-up or off-the-cuff impromptu occasions. He covers cards, how to build a magic table, a terrific sponge ball routine, coin routine, a great hanky routine, etc. Roy makes his magic entertaining, not just a puzzle and he shows …
Read a great article by Nick Lewin about Roy Johnson here. For me The Dunbury Delusion of Chapter five was almost as important to me as Paul Curry’s Out of This World. It was one of my favorite routines for years, and I think high time I brought it back into rotation! _EF Illustrated by …
Peak Ken Brooke Entertainment! This is one of those items that does not appeal to magicians as much as to some of them it seems obvious. But performed correctly to lay people it is a real surprise. It is easy to do and you get a good supply of cards with the routine. Ken Brooke …
What a great set of slates these are! There are four slates here and each slate has three different flaps: A standard flap. A flap with the corner cut away. A flap with a red bicycle back on the other side. They are well made and strong but still very thin and fit neatly in …
This was a popular item of Scotty York’s in the early 1970’s. I have also included a letter from Fred Kaps with his routine (dated April 1972), and a full write up of Kaps’ routine by David Kendall called Goldfinger 2 that appeared in Genii (Magicana, May, 2013). I would love to have the time …
5 out of 5 The Conway Cigarette Case is based upon the effect The Card and Cigarette Case by American Close-up Magician Bert Allerton in his book The Close-up Magician c. 1958. However, Bert Allerton’s idea used an ungimmicked Cigarette Case. Pat Conway created the perfect gaff to make the case still look normal, but …
5 out of 5 What an adorable version of the classic Thieves and Sheep or Cops and Robbers theme by the great German craftsman Tony Lackner, routined perfectly by Eckhard Boettcher. This is a good time to remember the producers of magic – so often we think of the craftsmen who make these wonderful effects, …
Jack Avis originally created Poker Pot c. 1967. Louis Gaynor has recreated Jack’s idea and produced this wonderful version. _EF Jack Avis took two classical principles and by blending them together has produced a clean cut magical effect for performing what is known as “CHINK-A-CHINK.” The box removes the need for shells or “extra units” …
_EF Made exclusively for Stevens Magic by RNT II. Considered by many as the best chop cup ever made. Professional magic for the professional magician. If you’ve seen Paul Daniels perform and use Ken’s cups you then know the potential. Ken’s excellent routine is a composite of tidbits from Larry Jennings and Roy Johnson and …