Written by male model/master magician Handsome Jack (with footnotes by John Lovick), this treatise is a rarity in the magic world: it's as funny (and attractive) as it is instructive. Handsome Jack, etc. details twenty stand-up (and close-up) routines with complete scripts, histories, and commentary on their development and performance.In addition to Jack's urbane descriptions, Lovick provides two essential essays on the subjects of scripting and persona.

Show two cups to be empty. Suddenly, one cup becomes full of salt. You display the salt by pouring it from cup to cup. All of the salt vanishes without a trace, and changes into a white silk handkerchief. Real salt magically appears from an empty cup. The salt then vanishes completely and transforms into a bright white handkerchief, making this the perfect trick to perform at a party or for large groups. Background Most props used in magic illusions capitalize on making maximum use of a secret s...

Your audience won't believe it when you slice a borrowed credit card in half! The cut edge of the credit card looks like a realistic, raw cut mark make by a saw. The card's owner may skip a heartbeat! Of course, you magically restore the card before returning it. You will enjoy performing this visually shocking magic illusion to your audiences.

Distilled is a stunning collection of practical, professional effects plucked directly from the working repertoire of Ryan Plunkett, the resident magician at the famous Chicago Magic Lounge. Like a fine whiskey, this remarkable array of effects has been slowly distilled and refined across real-world performances for sold-out audiences six nights a week.Filled with over 300 gorgeous photographs across 200 pages of step-by-step instruction, Distilled is a collection worthy of careful study. As ...

People loved Silent Assistant and it became an instant hit in the magic community. This is because it solves two crucial factors of traditional magnetic rings, opening up a new world of possibilities!In this special set, we have included 2 Silent Assistant Devices and 12 PK Disks.

#1. An ordinary, unprepared rope (you can use your own) is placed inside the Clean-Cut cutting machine.# 2. In full view, with no false moves, the rope is cleanly sliced into two parts. The two pieces of the rope and then cut ends are cleanly visible.#3. Reversing the action, the rope is now openly restored.You won’t believe your eyes when you see this startling magical illusion.

Hopping Half Sun and Moon Copper Silver 

An obviously solid sheet of metal is placed into an open holder. The window cover is closed, the case snapped, and a real quarter falls out of the metal to the table. The case is turned over to reveal that the piece of metal now has a coin sized hole right through its center! And at the end of the trick, everything can be examined: the sheet of metal, the window case, and the quarter.

Looking for the PERFECT card revelation? Look no further!Imagine this, the spectators selects a playing card at random, and with MINIMAL MOVEMENT, the label on the bottle of soda changes and reveals the selected card! The bottle of soda has been in full view this entire time!

Your audience will enjoy this Dr. Sawa creation. Expertly crafted by Ton Onosaka’s Magic Land.The magician brings out a silver bag, from which he dumps two decks of cards, one red, one blue. A card is selected from the blue deck. this card is placed inside the otherwise empty card box. The same is repeated with the red deck and a different card. Now the fun starts……The blue box is tossed into the bag. The performer points out that there is a large blue arrow on the side of the bag, pointin...

Anthology is a collection of books written by Daniel Madison through his ten year career in the magic industry between the years 2000 and 2010. The ebook contains 16 books in their original format.The following books are included in Anthology (all ebooks are also available for individual purchase):The Lecture Collection:The acclaimed lecture collection from 2005 - 2009. One, Two

This unbelievable trick, accomplished by a surprising new principle, has baffled magicians around the world. You can magically alter drawings on the blackboard despite the fact that the board was signed by a spectator - an apparently impossible condition that proves no switches were made. Additional handlings and detailed presentations are included.

1. Show a deck of playing cards to your audience, and invite a spectator to freely select one card. Place that card face-up onto the deck.2. Magically, the card slowly floats upward! You can even remove the card below the floating card, and the selected card remains suspended in mid-air.3. The selected card slowly returns to the deck. You can immediately spread the deck to show the faces of all the cards.

A New Angle is filled with magician foolers, hard-hitting practical effects for laymen, and off-the-wall new ideas to springboard your own creativity. Many of the effects are all three of the above. That's because the authors have dusted off a secret weapon that you probably already have buried in the back of your magic drawer: The Stripper Deck (AKA the Tapered Deck, Shaved Deck, Wizard Deck).Written by Ryan Plunkett and Michael Feldman, photographed by James Murphy, designed by Heather Wood, ...

A rectangular puzzle fits perfectly inside of a frame. The magician adds a new piece and rebuilds the puzzle, yet somehow they still form a rectangle that is exactly the same size, a Perpetual Puzzle. The puzzle still fits perfectly in the frame. When you add another piece and rebuild the puzzle again, the puzzle impossibly still forms the same exact size rectangle, and fits perfectly within the same frame.

After spending a decade producing more than 100 magic books for some of the biggest magicians in the industry, Andi Gladwin is finally releasing his own book. And it is quite possibly the most highly-anticipated book of the year!While Andi has released numerous effects and many popular lectures, this is the first time he has ever compiled his very best card magic routines into one comprehensive magic book. Each of the 16 full routines and 15 sleights featured in this book have been carefully cra...

Aldo likes simple easy-to-do magic that is direct and to-the-point. This is a great collection of forty routines with cards, coins, ropes and rings, balloons, thimbles, something for everyone. Many of the routines are close-up oriented, but you will find unique gems for stage or parlor, too.IntroductionOn The "Professor's Nightmare"Rope Just ChanceVice-VersaUp Your Sleeve!The One In The MiddleBubblesThat Professor Is A Nightmare!Blowing In The WindGongComputer PredictionCatching The WindStabbed ...

The Enigma Pad is a multi-purpose tool for magicians and mentalists that has been secretly used by Paul Romhany for many years in walk-around situations, Television and stage shows. This unique pad has multiple uses; from the most convincing Add-a-Number type routine to a finale for "Which Hand". The Enigma pad has been cleverly designed to look like an ordinary note-pad however it is anything but...The Enigma Pad is small enough to keep in your pocket so you can take it everywhere you go. Fr...

A gradual and miraculous restoration!Visual restoration of a cut-up playing card!From Lubor Fiedler, the brilliant mind behind miraculous effects, comes this new creation that is absolutely unbelievable. Tenyo is proud to collaborate with Lubor to make his latest creation available to magicians worldwide. We believe you'll be surprised by the novel idea and gimmick that make this miracle possible.

In Stanley Collins-Conjurer, Collector and Iconoclast, master historian and author Edwin A. Dawes leads you through the life of happiness and heartbreak of this brilliant magician and collector.A great character of British magic during the first half of the 20th century, Stanley Collins was unique in that his tremendous conjuring skills were allied to high intelligence, musical talent and rapier-like wit. Moreover, in his own elegant style, Collins made important and long-lasting contributions ...