Gambling Collectibles – A Pictorial Journey presents the stories behind the evolution of dice, playing cards, chips, tables and layouts, games, cheating, and more. The informal narrative is designed to be historically interesting, not pedantic, and the research is supported with over 2,600 color photographs of the Steve Forte Gambling Collection, making the work colorful, …
5 out of 5 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 …
5 out of 5 This is really a simple and useful switching stand for Jumbo cards. It can be used for a clean Four Aces effect or for the transformation to any desired set of a few cards. According to Verrall Wass (Tomorrow’s Devant, The Sphinx, August 1944, pg. 154) this effect was actually invented …
_EF For decades people have been begging for, and have repeatedly asked me, “Where is the Charlie Miller book?” Where indeed ? It’s been under your nose for 40 years, in the pages of “Magicana” where Charlie published an enormous amount of his own repertoire. Not just stuff he noodled together the night before, but …
_EF Ten years after Approaching Magic, his top-selling book was released, now comes Interpreting Magic by David Regal. Over 60 routines for close-up, parlor & stage. Over 500 pages. Over 1,000 photographs. 30+ conversations with artists, inventors, and contributors to the magic craft. Introduction by Michael Carbonaro. “Here’s the bottom line. If this book only …
5 out of 5 This effect is one of Tommy Wonder’s most amazing achievements and truly one of his signature pieces – it is Tommy’s version of the Oswald Williams Hold-up premise*. There have been a number of versions of this effect over the years by various builders, but this one, by Ken Winters, is …
This document traces the origins of The Wandering Mummy that Magic Collectors and Craftsmen around the world are so fascinated with. It would not have been possible without the generous help of fellow Mummy enthusiasts, craftsmen and historians: Alan Warner, François Danis, Olaf Guthling, Lorenz Schär, and Chris Wasshuber. Ian Buckland has also been instrumental …
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Slate of mind was created by U.F.Grant c. 1949, and it was later improved by Aldini. Grant was influenced by Dr. Jaks’ Supersonic Card Prediction. This is Richard Osterlind’s high end version, it is not as pretty as Carl Williams’ paddle version but it is still one of the best looking and smoothest versions produced. …
Boy what an amazing resource Jim Kleefled has created here 🙂 It is filled with pretty much every lock trick you can think of and tons more. In addition to reading about amazing props and locks, I love how it has lots of historical tidbits to really immerse yourself in the history of this fascinating …
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