If you were secretly given a playing card that had the genuine signature of someone in your audience, and no one knew or even suspected it existed, would you have a use for it? We thought so. And what if the method for obtaining this signed card happened to be an incredibly strong, 100% practical card effect? And what if the only props you needed to do all this were playing cards and a normal marker? No expensive or soon-outdated high-tech. And what if this utility principle and trick came with ...

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.

As the tale goes, the hobos of the Great Depression used to spend excruciatingly long hours, or even days, about trains moving from one place to another. They would bide their time by carving their signature imagery into the famed "Buffalo Nickels", turning them into exclusive works of art to be traded, and more importantly, recognized for their craftsmanship and prestige within this subculture. The Hobo Nickel originators are now famed for creating, not just a modified coin, but an exclusive, s...

Collection of close-up magic by an international group of magicians. There are no numbered chapters, but chapters are broken up by magician.

This visual trick is as visual as it is baffling!Cover the dice with a small tube, yet when you lift off the tube, the number of dice grows and grows until you have double the number you started with.A surprising gimmick that is built into the tube makes this startling effect possible.

The book contains 93 pages and takes virtually every Al Koran effect as performed on TV. It analysis the effect and the method, then provides the exact words of patter as used by Al Koran.There is a listing of all the books in Al Koran's library by Terry Seabrooke and Jack Avis contributes material on Al Koran. Al Koran is introduced by Goodliffe and Billy McComb also provides a comprehensive article on Al and his lifetime.

Karl Norman’s 40 Years at the forks written by Anthony Brahams and Mike Porstmann.Covers 21 years at the Forks Hotel (1971-1991) Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic.This book was published in 1995 and a few copies have been found!Karl Norman has been a resident magician at the Fechter Forks Hotel for 30 years. Here is a collection of some of the greatest close-up magic of all time direct from Karl Norman’s repertoire. Just look at the contents of this book: Think Of A Card P

Take sixteen road-tested, audience-proven routines from one of the funniest magicians on stage today, combine with nine essays, hundreds of stylized color photos, fresh & original art, and a worker's perspective on the way to make your work your own, and what do you get?Offbeat.

Have you ever thought of getting into coin magic but were put off by all the hard coin sleights that comes with it?Well, RPR Magic Innovations has now solved that problem. Introducing the Gripper Coins. The Gripper Coins are Hand Crafted by Master Craftsman Roy Kueppers and use a space-age silicone band embedded into the edge of the coin which prevents it from slipping in just about any palming position you decide to use. Roy personally makes these silicone bands. For the beginner coin workers, ...

In this fascinating magic trick, you, the performer, will be able to present a mini version of the grand buzz-saw illusion, slicing 10 cigarettes in half and restoring them magically. Just learn the simple handling and in a few minutes you will even fool yourself.

#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.

Print cards like magic!Although the blank cards never leave your sight, you can print designs on them just like magic! A clever gimmick built into the props allows you to perform this amazing transformation. In addition to printing playing cards, you can also print birthday cards that contain a personalized message. This incredible effect is fun to perform and perfect for parties and larger gatherings.

The printing press of your dreams!Rub a blank sheet of paper, and instantly transform it into a genuine currency note! With the enclosed prop, you can apparently print money without any effort at all. Yes, the money at the end of this trick is real. A pocket printing press that your audiences will admire with envy and delight!

The Card to Wallet effect is one of the strongest possible close-up effects with cards. Properly performed, it is incomprehensible to spectators. Ungimmicked wallets are featured in one large chapter of the book. Other chapters are devoted to many of the fine gimmicked wallets available including Himber Wallet, Mullica Wallet and LePaul Wallet. Methods described range from those requiring virtually no skill to more advanced methods that require familiarity with basic card handling methods.

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 ...

The magician twists a string of beads together to create a toy poodle. This 

In effect the liquid in the glass visibly diminishes from a glass full, to a fraction of the original contents. This is under your control the entire time. Great for magicians, ventriloquists, puppeteers, comedians, etc.This is VERY easy to learn!

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, ...

PLAYING CARDS - BUSINESS CARDS - NOTES - THUMB TIPS - BILLETS - MOREReveal thought of playing cards, star signs, predict the future and more.24 outs - One either side

Show four coins, and allow your spectator to secretly choose one. With your back turned, have him insert the coins into four separate frames. When you peer through the Mystic Scope, you can instantly divine the chosen coin. In another presentation, ask a spectator to secretly write down a friend's name on a slip of paper. Let others peer through the Mystic Scope, and they'll be able to reveal the chosen name. This presentation is great for parties. At the end of your performance, nobody else wil...