After a brief introduction speaking about intuition and the possibility of applying it to events of real life, a spectator is asked to shuffle a part of a deck of cards. Then, these cards are dealt in two piles, as if there were two players of a game. The spectator is invited to try to guess the color of the cards in one of the piles, to see how good his intuition is. He ends by guessing around half of the cards colors. Now the magician takes the other pile and proves his intuitive skills are beyond normal guessing all cardss colors without a single mistake.
Second Effect:The magician now refers to the number 7 and what it symbolizes: the seven prophecies, the seven wonders, the seven capital sins. He says he needs to make four groups of seven cards each, so he asks a spectator to remove 28 cards from the deck, one at a time. The magician shuffles the cards and then asks the spectator to riffle shuffle them again. Now the cards are dealt in four piles and the spectator chooses one, getting rid of the others. The spectator takes these cards and fans them so he can see the faces. The magician now starts telling him how many hearts there are, how many clubs, how many picture cards, and finally names all the cards one by one.
The magician asks for the loan of a finger ring, from either a lady or gentleman. lt is quite immaterial if the ring is of unusual design; in fact, it is better if you have a ring of this type offered, so there can be no question of any substitution of the ring. ONLY ONE RING IS USED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS STARTLING ILLUSION.
The magician need not touch the ring at all. He picks up and shows a plastic, ring box. The lid is opened, and it is seen that inside is a velvet-covered foam cushion. The spectator himself can place the ring into the slot on the cushion where it presents an attractive appearance. Immediately, without any phoneylooking moves, the magician closes the box, giving this to someone to hold.
Hands are shown empty, and you pick up and display a beautiful red-transparent crystal, threaded on to a plastic cord. The crystal appears semi-transparent, and hangs in the center of the cord, completely away from the magicians hands. Suddenly, to the amazement of all, the crystal IMMEDIATELY SHATTERS INTO PIECES, and there in the very center, threaded on the cord, is the actual borrowed ring! The spectator who is so closely guarding the ring box opens this up and FINDS NOTHING AT ALL!
Everything can be examined - parts of the crystal, the ring box. NO-ONE WILL EVER DISCOVER HOW THE MIRACLE WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
The above is an exact and true description of the effect. Nothing has been left out. The trick is easy to do, and requires only practice in the handling to enable you to perform it to complete perfection.
Make no mistake. This is a GREAT trick. No replacements are ever needed. You can use it over and over again. Everything is well made of high-quality plastic.
"Would you be impressed if the same card was written on the business card?" asks the performer. The spectator agrees, and the performer turns over the business card to reveal the words, "THE SAME CARD!" ... "actually," says the performer, "the real prediction is written on the back of the money. Turn it over and see for yourself."
The spectator turns the bill over and the words, "Four of Clubs" is written on the bill. The performer calls attention to the selected card in the business card wallet. Taking it out slowly and dramatically, he turns it over to reveal the Four of Clubs! It's the same card indeed!
This beautiful, ingenious piece of close-up mentalism comes to you with the special leather business card holder and detailed instructions. You'll have so much fun with this, you'll never put it down!
Performer claims he will vanish the bottle visibly. He pushes the cylinder down over the bottle making the bottle shrink, till it is completely covered by the cylinder! The cylinder is then turned, allowing the audience to see right through it! Comes complete with the specially made bottle that holds the liquid, the cylinder, a large handkerchief and illustrated instructions.
Shufton's 3D Paradox sends their minds on holiday! Just imagine:
The spectator holds a sealed envelope. A card, freely selected, is signed and shuffled back into the pack. The envelope is opened to reveal a brilliantly colored, beautifully illustrated greeting card! It's hinged open and out leaps a colorful 3D scene in which a smaller envelope pops up! Her brain melts when she removes the contents herself and discovers her own, SIGNED CARD!
This new diabolical take on the impossible location features:
Do it completely surrounded!
A real reputation maker! Finally, a card-to-impossible-location needing no preparation, wallet, palming, swapping, folding, hiding, jackets, pockets or lemons! Fun to perform!
3D Paradox comes in two colorful versions, creating their own possibilities for patter and presentation. The Magician is classically magical with built in humor, and The Guru borders on the mystical for a cosmic journey. Let the evening mood decide which you will use! Never has a greeting card been so deadly!
Expect the highest quality from Shufton Magic.
You draw two identical sets of ESP symbols on a white board which is resting on a stand. Mark one of the ESP symbols on the upper set with a blue dot. You then cover the upper set with a piece of cardboard.
A spectator is now asked to freely select any of the ESP symbols in the lower set and to mark it with a red dot. When the cardboard cover is removed, it's seen that you and the spectator have selected the same symbol!
No forcing involved! Spectator has absolutely free choice.
This effect can be performed using numbers, letters, ESP symbols or even cards. A special living and dead test is also included in the instructions!
But that is not all. The magician can immediately repeat the effect with any object at all that does not weigh more than 2 lbs, 1kg. He does not have to pick up or palm anything, he does not have to touch his body (no, there are no strings stretched across the room either!) or make any new preparations! A member of the audience simply puts any object on the table (a handkerchief, a banknote, a lighter, a pack of cigarettes, a candlestick with a burning candle, a burning petroleum lamp, anything). The magician takes the ring, moves it over the chosen object - and, just like before, it floats in the middle of the ring!
Catalogue talk! you might say, That is just impossible! On the contrary, we say, Of course it is possible. Astor performed this effect any number of times and totally amazed his audiences with it. And you might be even more amazed when we tell you:
Can you imagine a better effect? We can't! You can use any larger ring for this effect and it can be of metal, wood, plastic or just about anything. Of course an aid is actually used; you can easily make it yourself. The richly illustrated instructions explain everything clearly, so that even a beginner can perform this amazing trick.
The trick can be immediately repeated with any object of no more than approx. 2 lbs, 1kg in weight.
This trick contains no gimmick!
3 Keys - One Door
A member of the audience becomes faced with a difficult decision when she must choose between three keys. With a completely free choice, her decision proves to be the very key the performer predicted days before the routine began. A three-out effect so easy and convenient to carry. Unlock the door and enter the next phase.
Arching Key
Under test conditions, an ordinary key is signed/initialed by an audience member. This marked key is then held by the spectator and performer at each end of the key. Without any moves, the key begins to melt and bend in their hands. The signed key is then released and left in the spectator's hand clearly bent down the middle. There has never been a key bend as pure and straightforward as this while held by the spectator no less.
Angel Flight
End your performance with a real crowd pleaser, and one of the most impossible flight effects ever devised. In a blink of the eye, the signed bent key completely vanishes only to be found hanging on the keyring of the performer's keychain. Not a ring flight, but a key flight - which makes sense! The key is 100% on the keychain and is removed by the spectator!
This is truly high caliber material that has bewildered some of the keenest minds in the business. Whether you are a magician or a mentalist, this is a hard-hitting affair that will raise your craft to a higher level. Requires you to supply your own keys, as after each performance you will be giving away a truly memorable souvenir in an impossible condition. Included in the book is a surplus of extra advice and additional performances. Including, a key flight where the signed bent key is found on the performer's keychain that has been in full view on the table the entire routine!
Don't forget the best part. The entire routine is self-contained on the special keychain and is ALWAYS ready to perform without even a moments notice. So the next time someone asks you to show them something, don't just do a trick, put on an entire show!
Mentalism, metal bending and a flight all on one keychain! Archangel is a real world routine you will have with you the rest of your life.
Very easy to learn and perform. Blunt does almost all the work for you! You can use it in trade shows, street magic, or kid shows. The possibilities are endless!
The effect needs a gimmick, and the instructional booklet teaches you in detail how to perform the trick and how to construct the gimmick at home. Get now one of the most original ideas we have ever seen!
8 pages, Color and Black & White, Photo-Illustrated, Saddle Stitched.
Introducing us to his line of Hand-Made, Magic-Themed Sculptures. Here we have a soda can sculpted into a traditional classic magic trick called Card Stab. Own a unique piece of art. Soda Cans may vary.
Introduction by Can Man:
I started carving Can Man in 1994. One day I looked at a can and wondered what could be sculpted out of it. I had seen airplanes molded from cans and thought the soda logos made a very colorful sculpture. However, I wanted to think outside of the box, or can in this case. My first attempt was to cut out a piece from the can that was already in the shape I wanted to see. However, the first attempt came out looking like a very awkward stick figure. In fact, people that saw it had to be told what they were looking at. As I thought about my first attempt, I realized I could cut out a stick figure, keep it attached to the can, and then mold the figure like a child's bendy figure toy. Eureka - Can Man was born.
Dimensions approximately 8 1/2 inch x 2 1/2 inch (21.59 cm x 6.35 cm)
Introducing us to his line of Hand-Made, Magic-Themed Sculptures. Here we have a soda can sculpted into a traditional classic magic trick called Linking Rings. Own a unique piece of art. Soda Cans may vary.
Introduction by Can Man:
I started carving Can Man in 1994. One day I looked at a can and wondered what could be sculpted out of it. I had seen airplanes molded from cans and thought the soda logos made a very colorful sculpture. However, I wanted to think outside of the box, or can in this case. My first attempt was to cut out a piece from the can that was already in the shape I wanted to see. However, the first attempt came out looking like a very awkward stick figure. In fact, people that saw it had to be told what they were looking at. As I thought about my first attempt, I realized I could cut out a stick figure, keep it attached to the can, and then mold the figure like a child's bendy figure toy. Eureka - Can Man was born.
Dimensions approximately 8 1/2 inch x 2 1/2 inch (21.59 cm x 6.35 cm)
A signed card put in the center of the deck jumps to the top of the deck. Explain You don't do magic with a real deck.
Have the spectator hold this deck it's a PIECE OF SOLID BLOCK OF PLASTIC.
This item is beautifully packaged and includes complete illustrated instructions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish!
HOLE IN THE HEAD has been one of the art's most closely guarded secrets of recent times it has fooled, amused and delighted some of magic's biggest names. Using no mirrors or reflective devices and no stooges, HOLE IN THE HEAD is a radical and visual NEW PLOT an exciting piece of street-theatre that simply MUST be experienced live! What's more, it's 100% practical! This is a one person do anywhere illusion.
In effect, the performer gathers a crowd around himself in a brightly lit, sunny spot. Discussing the amazing legend, he offers to open his own Third Eye allowing the sun to shine right through his head. As this would be too dangerous to observe directly, he suggests that everyone focus attention on his shadow. After some concerted effort, a small blob of light appears in the centre of his shadow head. Amazingly, this blob of light then grows larger at his command. To prove that it is no mere optical illusion and that the light does indeed pass through his head, a spectator is asked to wave her hand behind the performer's cranium. Incredibly, when she does this, the actions are reciprocated in the shadow head her fingers are clearly visible in the shadow hole! THE CONCLUSION IS INESCAPABLE THE SUN IS INDEED SHINING STRAIGHT THROUGH A HOLE IN THE PERFORMER'S HEAD! The process is now reversed and the hole slowly closed. YOU CAN PERFORM THIS STUNNER VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE THE SUN SHINES. Complete with bonus handlings and clever ideas by Paul Harris and Michael Weber. YOU CAN EVEN OPEN A SPECTATOR'S OWN THIRD EYE!
"Bravo! Mind expanding magic, in every sense of the word! - MICHAEL AMMAR
"The rumors are true: Ben Harris does have a hole in his head. And it's surrounded by a brain filled with clever ideas, of which this one is delight." - Max Maven
Truly a wonderful thing... a totally original breakthrough plot. - PAUL HARRIS
...situational, astonishing and a devilishly clever piece of magic the best effect I've seen in a long time! - JOSHUA JAY
Something that's never been done before using a method that's never been used before very cool! - RICHARD KAUFMAN
Fooled me... you could probably start a religion with this!" - GARY KOSNITZKY
"Just remarkable, I love it! - RICHARD OSTERLIND
Open your Third Eye and let the sun shine through!
Comes complete with 12 page booklet, DVD.
A deck of cards is shuffled by a member of the audience. You then riffle through the deck and let the spectator say "stop" anywhere they like. They take a look at the card they stopped at and replace it in the deck. You then bring out the "lethal teeth" stating they will find the selected card.
The cards are dropped from the left hand onto the table and with the right hand you reach in with the teeth and attempt to catch the selected card as it drops by, but to no avail. Once it`s obvious that the teeth have failed to catch the card, the deck is given back to the spectator with the request that they find their own card the hard way. When the spectator finds their card in the deck, everyone is surprised to see that the lethal teeth have bitten off the corner of the card! When the teeth are opened the matching corner of the selected card is found!
This specially-designed plastic card stand allows you to secretly add up to eight cards to the deck, and the best part is that the stand does almost all of the work for you! Excellent for:Transpositions Changes Do As I Do Forcing Predictions Comedy Card Magic and much more! Can be used with any poker or bridge sized deck of cards.
Effect includes special Bicycle Brand Cards, plastic wallet, and instructions for three routines!
Comes ALIVE in your hands for many tricks, gags and routines.
The set comes with the white cup, two gimmicks and instructions for about 50 tricks and routines.
Whatever style you use, whatever type of show you do there are tricks included for you!
Mark Mason Original Handling! Using just two rubber bands the magician stretches them into several different shapes. You finish by forming the bands into a Star shape.
Visually one of the bands actually CHANGES shape and becomes an actual STAR shaped band.
This looks FANTASTIC!
Stretch 2 regular rubber-bands into the shape of a star. Visually 1 band changes into a star shaped band. Hand it out for a souvenir.