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Yeh, I'd love to see the second Vernon book too!

Also looking forward to the new Tamariz book which I heard Rafael Benatar is translating.

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Hi Joe,

I am curious about Woody Aragon's use of a magnet. Is this part of the 'Blessed Poker' chapter?

Thanks,

Sam

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Current ebay price is £72 with an hour remaining.

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This ebay sale ends in the next day.
Please take a look if you are interested.

Sam

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Don England's Paradox by Kevin Kelly for sale on ebay.

Book is in excellent condition.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261213819322? ... 1555.l2649

sjrwheeler

I really enjoyed reading that.

thanks,

Sam

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Hi Tom.

Mr Hostler PMed me some detailed and excellent advice, I shall be spending time over the next few weeks working on developing this (and these new eyes).

Many thanks to you both,

Sam

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I only bought this a few days ago on Wednesday, so not long enough to have practiced enough to be sure... but i am struggling with the checking of the deck (to determine whether or not it requires adjustment). Any tips on that Tom? I agree that it seems like it could be incredibly interesting. I jus...

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loved the fact that she laughed while she was in 2 pieces...

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Roberto Giobbi has a product called Ask Roberto Giobbi, its available on Lybrary.com It has 52 questions and Roberto answers each with an essay. question 11 is on the too perfect theory, and along with his own response he included essays by several other people, in the words of the product descripti...

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Hi Max, Thanks for your response, obviously you are right, I guess I should have been clearer. I'd like to think most people would have understood what I meant. For anyone who doesn't: When I say that I don't mind if the method is good, convincing or effective, I was hoping for a method that could p...

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Hello all, I'm working on a little research, I'm looking for any methods to fish for a card from a free choice of any in a deck. The method doesn't need to be good, effective, convincing or deceptive. I've come up with a method to fish for a single card out of a possible choice of four, but without ...

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Can you tell me more about how the scam works? or is it just an attempt to make me feel guilty for taking the ring and give them some money?

I'll check out Gambling Scams, thanks for the tip.

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Hello Everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but: I spent a long weekend in Paris, and after visiting the Eiffel Tower we walked along the river, and when we crossed the bridge there were three or four teams of three card monte hustlers. It was interesting to watch, it was cl...

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Look into the work of Martin A. Nash - he is fantastic, i've seen performances of him very young and much older, he was much more entertaining in the older performances. His magic is fantastic. His books are fantastic and full of useful tips, incredible tricks and sleights (i regret never buying Nas...

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If you happen to have "A Book In English" by Woody Aragon, then there is a fantastic verbal trick in there. Which you won't be able to master in a short period of time, but you could definitely get good if you practice A LOT! other than that, look at Verbal Magic by Juan Tamariz. however.....

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Hello, Just for the challenge I tried to work out a reset to Simon Aronson's Worker Bees. I thought I'd share my result for anyone who might be interested. If anyone has a better way, I'd be interested to hear about it. Prep: You need to mark the 1st (3 diamonds), 13th (2 spades) and 52nd (king diam...

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Thanks Ken

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On page 21 they describe: "To finalize the stack, we do two in-faros(22). If the faros are done correctly, the KS remains the bottom card of the deck." Firstly the book seems to be missing figure 22. Secondly, i thought the top and bottom cards changed during in in-faro. Did he mean out-fa...

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Richard, do you think its ok for a person to sell their ebook to another person?
wouldn't they just keep their own and sell a copy on?

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Hi Jamie,

thanks, i like that a lot, i was pleasantly surprised when i tried it and found it worked. Especially since i did very non exact cuts.

thanks,

Sam

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thanks everyone, this thread has been very useful to me.

Ask Alexander is fantastic...

they say they will ban you if you save or print too many pages, i tend to do most of my reading in my lunch hour at work... does anyone know how many pages are too many?

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Hello, thanks for your replies, Digit: i think wax would be a good way to go. i was looking at a Marlo book the other day, and he suggested the use of saliva, however with an overhand shuffle (as he advises) i was unable to find the stuck cards. so i couldn't make that work. has anyone had any luck ...

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Hello all, I'm working on an effect, and i need to be able to control a card to 26th from the top. the strongest method i've found of doing this is Marlo's Incomplete Faro Control. Alternatively i've used a corner short and riffle forced the 26th spot for the return of a card, but the faro control f...

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Thank you Richard, 10 years should keep me busy!

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I agree, i've only recently subscribed to Genii, and I am particularly enjoying Roberto's column, i've looked at a few in the Ask Alexander archives, however could anyone tell me when Roberto's first column was? I'd like to read them chronologically. I'm also currently enjoying reading his "Ask...

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Hello there, i'm currently working on trying to solve a very specific problem, I'd appreciate any help or advice anyone has. While I'm sure there are better ways to achieve the result I'm looking for, I'm doing this for purely my own enjoyment, however: I need to find a way so that when a playing ca...

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/his book would make a great present for any card magician. One of the best books I've read in years

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haha, good point Lisa.

thanks Joe, good to know i've helped contribute in some small way.

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I use two self working/ semi automatic card tricks. both require a setup however I'm mentioning one of them here because I am aware of a method of doing it without a setup. Mockingbird by Max Maven. It requires a full deck stack, however it is (in my opinion) completely worth it. Mick Ayres publishe...

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Hello, I'm a big fan of Elmsleys work, and my favorite books on magic are the wonderful Collected Works of Alex Elmsley by Stephan Minch. Anyway, i always knew he went to Cambridge University, but i didn't know anything about Cambridge until i met my girlfriend who studied at Kings College. I didn't...

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Hello Richard, thanks for your quick reply. I agree with what you say, but I'm having trouble doing that. I can't tell them that i haven't memorised the cards, i need to be more subtle than that, but i'm struggling to think of any other words to forestall the reaction. However its fun trying to figu...

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Hello everyone, I'm relatively new here, and also a new member to Genii having subscribed Sunday just gone, so far I'm thoroughly enjoying reading some of the very early editions on Ask Alexander! I've downloaded the recent editions onto my ipad but not looked at them yet. I must say that i really t...

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Hello,

did i miss this? or is this something thats still being made?

i'm fairly new to gilbreath but totally captivated by it.

thanks,

Sam

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Take a look at the article on Elmsley at Wikipedia.
it's not very long bio but has some answers you are looking for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Elmsley

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Hello I'm selling a copy of Building Blocks by Luke Jermay which i'm selling here: <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Building-Blocks-Luke-Jermay-Magic-Mentalism-/260733660651?pt=UK_Collectables_MagicTricks_RL&hash=item3cb4efedeb#ht_963wt_1139">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Buildi...

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Hi i have a second copy of Paradox which i am now selling on ebay as well. anyone who is interested please see the link below: <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Don-Englands-Paradox-Kevin-Kelly-Magic-Card-/260735050005?pt=UK_Collectables_MagicTricks_RL&hash=item3cb5052115...

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Hello, I am selling my copy of Paradox on ebay at the moment. See the link and item number below. <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260727632517&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_1304wt_1139">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 304wt_...

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I have a second edition copy of this which i am interested in selling if anyone else is interested? I've posted the book on ebay see the link and item number below. it is a second edition hard cover copy and is signed by Tom. <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...

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