The Genii Forum

I think that I have finally found the routine executed by Kurtz so many years ago: it is by Dai Vernon and Arthur Findley and it can be found on MAJ ('Crossed Destinies', March 1987 issue). Believe me, this is a masterpiece.

Mr Lorayne why the Hundred dollar book is not available as an ebook?

I am in Brazil and I happen to meet people who really believe in spiritism (Kardec) or voodoo and this kind of things. I would like to present a couple of effects about this lines only to tell them later on that are just tricks and see their reactions. Unhappily I have nothing of this kind in my rep...

Here you can see the presentation:

https://www.stevensmagic.com/shop/nemo-1500-ken-brooke/

Rather than gaffed cards I would include cards with an antique look, useful in many effects and not that easy to come by.

Does someone know why only 50 drawings out of the 101 appearing in the EATCT have a copyright notice under them? I think the reason is the cost of the copyright. If this were the case it would be very interesting because the copyrighted images could be regarded as a clue to the sleights that Erdnase...

Zig Zagger wrote:Just noticed the little irony that Torrini was supposedly a noble man by the name of de Grisy - and this thread was started by degrisy!

Well, I chose this nick exactly because Count Edmond de Grisy started Robert-Houdin to magic!

Thank you. Where can be found this information?

Somebody knows the title of the two-volume set on magic that Robert-Houdin received by mistake instead of the two-volume set of books on clockmaking that he was willing to buy? Thank you.

I am following this discussion about Erdnase and there is something I want to emphasize though I'm not a great student of the matter: everyone says that the real Erdnase definitely wanted to hide his identity and for this reason he resorted to various clever stratagems, but then the most popular the...

He should visit La porta magica (only between 16.00 and 19.30):

http://www.laportamagica.it/home.asp

Interesting is the article 'Speaking Volumes' by David Regal on Genii, June 2002.

David Lederman was one of the earliest experts in micromagic. He carried a 45-minute closeup magic act in his pocket. See magicpedia: http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/David_Lederman Now I would like to know if someone can describe this close up act from the pocket or at least recall the effec...

absolutely right on answers over questions. I once did a q and a for a very friendly group. I had never felt comfortable doing that type of routine but knew I had nothing to lose. After a few readings I tried to move on and they protested, they wanted more. I claimed it was too hard to determine th...

At last I have found the source: Robert A. Nelson - The encyclopedia of mentalism and allied arts, chapter XVI Office clairvoyance, The medium's miracle table.

In the middle of the last century a table was developed to help mediums to learn what a spectator wrote on a plain sheet of paper while set against the tabletop. Robert Nelson briefly described it in one of his many books, I read it many years ago, but now I do not find it. Can anyone help me to tra...

I recall that more than twenty years ago Gary Kurtz showed me, before one of his conferences, a coin across routine that was oustanding, very clever, without suspicious moves, very fluid and visual. I do not recall if it was done with 3 or 4 coins, but I am quite sure that one of the coins passed fr...

I purchased a pdf book today using PayPal without a problem. Happy to know that you could complete the payment. Mine is refused for security issues: I first tried to buy something about one year ago, without success; every now and then I have tried again always with the same negative result, also n...

Richard Kaufman wrote:The "worst site on the net"? I don't think so.

Yes it is, a site where they sell items that you cannot buy.

Someone tried to buy from Abbott's Magic from their site? I would like to get an inexpensive but interesting pdf booklet for immediate download but, for some reason, the payment via paypal cannot be completed and if you try to get in touch with them they simply ignore your request. To me it is the w...

Thank you, these links are very useful.

That is what I meant. If such a book does not exist someone should write it: to me it would be both fun and aducational as it would represent a reference and a solid foundation for further research.
Someone knows if there is a site on the internet listing the classic effects of card magic?

Classic to me is a standard effect, one that has many variations, like the four aces, but also like reset or wild card or even out of this world, open prediction, any card at any number, kolossal killer...

Of course I own many of your books (and Giobbi masterwork), but to me none of them can be considered an anthology of CLASSIC effects with cards. They can be considered antologies, but in the sense that they are a mix of original effects, variations on classic effects, moves etc. by different authors.

I would like to know if there is a source of classic effects with cards, maybe with history/origin along with method, because I am tired to read twists and variations when the original is not described. I only know the dvd serie by Michael Ammar, but I would prefer a printed source. Thank you, Roberto

I would consider the eleven card trick (Paul Harris) or the Homing Card (Fred Kaps)