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Would you believe your eyes if you saw someone concentrate on a borrowed wine glass and, while it stood in total isolation, you saw it visibly bend? This is just one of the amazing marvels that Ted Lesley, German's top professional mentalist and winner of the Psychic Entertainers' Dunninger Award explains in Paramiracles.
Also in the book is how a spoon on the table is made to twitch and wriggle until its handle looks like a corkscrew. How to predict the day's headlines weeks ahead of their occurrence. How to cause a signed playing card to teleport into a sealed and empty envelope, given to an innocent bystander before the card was chosen. This plus 36 other "paramiraculous" items, from full routines to subtle devices! There are 293 pages, plus illustrations and photographs.
ITEM # BK0885 PRICE $35.00
Roy Fromer stood with one foot in the future and the other in the past. While very aware of modern commercial items such as plastic "disposables", he harks back to earlier times. Like others of his generation, he revels in the halcyon days of magic, long before he was born, revealed through antique books, fading periodicals, and stories told to him by older magicians.
Roy retained the language of the young as he reflected in his style and ideas. While at the same time, he placed great value on the time-honored traditions of magic. With this in mind, Roy Fromer chose to "new think" and update The Cups and Balls for the benefit of young and old alike. We know that both beginners and experts will find instructive material in this book.
One of the first tricks a magician learns is "The Cups". It rests on his shelf through the years as the romantic symbol of his being a "magician", and sentimentally as one of his first pieces of "conjuring apparatus". Every trade has its symbolic tools, and its real material, so some magicians pass up the opportunity to "play around" with "The Cups and Balls", but are in awe of the tradition and the nostalgia of the effect. They go on to other tricks, and use "The Cups" as hallmarks on business cards, letterheads, and bookplates. Sacrilege? No, Roy did it himself ... that's how he knew.
So...It is with this in mind that Roy goes back. Buy the old girl a new dress, and return with her to the applause and footlights, the golden days of magic, the performance of "The Cups and Balls".
ITEM # BK0128 PRICE $2.00
DUSTIN' IT OFF by JULIE SOBANSKI AND DEAN MONTALBANO
This book is the first in our magical appetizers series. This series will be dedicated to a set of small “idea” books and single effect manuscripts. The idea is to spark creativity or offer powerful clever thinking in small packets to get your creative juices flowing.
The Complete 10 Minute Guide To Rubber Chicken Soup For The Performer's Soul And Other Ideas To Whet Your Creative Appetite.
In Dustin’ It Off, Julie Sobanski and Dean Montalbano revisit their 1980/90’s Genii column Tarbell Treasures. In that old chestnut, the authors would take an old outdated item from the Tarbell Course In Magic and dust it off with a new twist, idea or presentation. Here, for the first time in once place are many of those routines, plus some new ones never seen before and several articles dedicated to magical thinking.
Please note that the driving intent behind this book is to spark creativity and show you how older effects can be dusted off. An intentional effort has been made NOT to expose or step on the copyrights of D Robbins classic, The Tarbell Course In Magic, so in many cases the methods used in these routines are only hinted at. If you have a good background in classic magic effects, you may already know the original effects these routines spawn from, but if NOT, we strongly suggest you make your FIRST purchase priority to get The Tarbell Course In magic from your favorite dealer to use as reference. Of course it is not necessary to enjoy or benefit from this book, and the free sample on our web site will give you an idea of what to expect- we just want you to get the most Bang for your Buck!
Dustin' It Off features routines based on Rope and Tape Principle, One Ahead, Thumb Tips, Coin Penetrations and so much more. There are children’s routines, bizarre magic, stand up, close-up and more. But more importantly, there is inspiration to encourage YOU to take some old outdated magic, and give it a face lift!
Pages 128
ITEM # BK1231 PRICE $25.00
INSIDE THE HEAD OF DONNY ORBIT by DONNY ORBIT
"Donny Orbit exhibits a fresh approach with his effects. I always look forward to his stuff!" - JOSHUA JAY
Donny Orbit has been cropping up all over the place recently, having effects published in MAGIC, GENII and ANTINOMY and contributing to Nathan Kranzo's 'Moving Tanline' DVD. Full 52 is pleased to announce the release of his first commercial release - 'Inside the head of Donny Orbit!'
6 amazing close up routines from an extremely offbeat thinker. 'Off the wall' plots with a direct and practical approach. Not only is this magic you'll use, it's magic that'll make you smile, shake your head, kick yourself and swear out loud - all at the same time!
“I could try and draw comparisons to other magicians. I could tell you that the material contained within would have been completely at home on the pages of Paul Harris’ legendary ‘Art of Astonishment’ series. I could tell you I’m 100% sure that the name Donny Orbit will soon become synonymous with offbeat, commercial close up but instead, I’ll just let you absorb this collection of weird and wonderful magic, plucked directly from inside the head of Donny Orbit!" - DAVE FORREST from the introduction to this manuscript.
CONTENTS
SUPERMAN - A drawing of a lump of coal is squeezed in the magicians hand where it changes to a drawing of a diamond! The drawing then becomes a REAL DIAMOND!
FUTURE BURN - A spectator chooses any finger on a drawing of a hand. The magician opens a sealed envelope and reveals that he correctly predicted which finger would be chosen. Then he reveals a REAL BLISTER on his own corresponding finger!
SOUPED CAN - Two selected cards are lost into the pack. Both cards are then found through a random number offered by the spectators. The cards are lost for a second time and the spectators proceed to find both cards with the deck in their own hands!
JUST IN CASE - Three cards are chosen and returned to the pack. One card appears under the card case but, it’s the wrong card. With a snap, another card appears under the case and this time, it IS a selection! Then, the first ‘wrong’ card changes into a selection and finally the whole deck appears under the card case except for the final selection!
FOILED - The magician demonstrates how an impression of a coin can be made in tin foil. Then he proceeds to ‘mint’ a second coin right out of the mould! Cautioning that it is a fake he then SCREWS THE COIN INTO A TIN FOIL BALL AND HANDS IT OUT FOR EXAMINATION!
CHERRY THING - The stalk of a cherry is plucked from the fruit and knotted in the magicians mouth! The knotted stalk is then magically re-attached to the cherry and handed out for examination!
Pages 12 - Saddle Stitched
ITEM # BK1310 PRICE $20.00
The Ultimate in Close-up Billet Reading
A small piece of paper is torn from a menu. A participant writes a brief question on the blank side of the paper and folds it. The mentalist uses a deck of cards in their box as a little tray to display the folded paper. The folded paper is returned to the participant. The cards are removed from the box and shuffled by the sitter. She removes five cards and they're returned to the box and put away.
As far as the mentalist is concerned EVERYTHING IS DONE!
The folded paper is burned and the mentalist reveals the spectator's question through his interpretation of the five chosen cards.
The mentalist undetectably switched the paper for AN EXACT DUPLICATE and read the question without any moves. THE SPECIAL CARD BOX DOES EVERYTHING!
Just let the sitter drop her billet on the card box and with it seemingly in view at all times, the billet is automatically switched. As the cards are removed and replaced in the box, you openly read the message!
You learn how to gimmick any card box with a few minutes of work and some basic tools like scissors and glue.
A great feature is that everything resets almost automatically, preparing you for the next table if you do restaurant work. You can tear a corner from a placemat or menu to use a billet, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE DUPLICATE BILLETS PREVIOUSLY PREPARED.
The read can be done completely surrounded and without additional props. No "turning away" or "looking into the crystal". All you need is a box of unprepared playing cards, an impromptu billet and the Rosini Secret!
Pages 24 - Saddle Stitched, Black & White
ITEM # BK1306 PRICE $35.00
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