The first 24 copies will be signed by Marc Paul himself - so get your order in quick!
This booklet details ALL the effects in Marc's current lecture. Over 30 pages of the most diabolical mentalism that you have seen. Some of which follow Marc's AAA philosophy that they can be done Anytime, Anyplace on Anybody. Other effects for the stage are designed to be "macro effects" that involve the whole audience. You don't have to see Marc's lecture, this is a stand alone book. The explanations are made clear and concise with many illustrations. Here's a sample of some of those effects...
Anytime, Anyplace, Any Book...Book Test
This is THE most direct impromptu book test. You are handed ANY book. You do not need to have seen it before. You DON'T need to look through it and quickly memorize a line. You honestly don't know anything about it. You turn your head away and flick through the pages and ask the spectator to say stop. You stop exactly where they say. There is no force. Give them the book and walk away. You can now tell them the exact words that start the page they stopped on!!!
Direct Thought Projection.
Four spectators are invited to think of different types of thoughts, for example a colour, a number, a letter and a drawing. With no questions the performer reveals exactly what each person is thinking. At no time does the performer ask any questions, nothing is ever written down by the spectators and there is no pre-show work of any kind. This routine is ideal for both small and large audiences.
The £85 Question
Using his skills in body reading the performer manages to correctly assess when a spectator is lying or telling the truth and correctly guesses in which pockets they have secretly hidden a £50, £20, £10 and £5 note. Another routine that can be performed anywhere.
So You Can Read Minds...Prove It!
This is a real money making effect. Imagine this. A potential booker phones up and asks you exactly what mentalism is. You answer their question by doing some direct mind reading over the phone revealing their own star sign even though you have never met them!!!
Plus loads more...
A Professional Magician's Path In The Pursuit Of Creativity
It's here! Barry's greatest assembly of ideas in one location. It is an 8 1/2" X 11" hardbound, gold foil stamped edition and only 1500 have been printed. Each book is signed and numbered by the author. 236 pages with dozens of drawings and filled with ideas, performance stories, marketing tips, performance encouragement, creativity boosters, and magic tricks never before revealed to the magic community.
Includes letters from creative thinkers like Andre Kole, Marshall Brodien, Duane Laflin, Bev Bergeron, Max Howard, David Ginn, Jeff Hobson, Glenn Strange, and many, many others. The foundations of creativity, the process of creativity for the creative story-teller, creative marketing and advertising, the creative inventor, creative encouragement, creative Gospel communications examples, and never before seen magic principles. If you want more out of your magic then you need this book!!
50 usable card tricks you can do and use
156 illustrations by Joe Ferranti
45 tips and hints (plus essay on performing & publishing)
208 jam packed pages - Hardback
Having been out of print for nearly twenty-five years, copies of Earl Nelson's Variations have fetched over $200, and no wonder. Earl has twice been voted Close-Up Magician of the Year at the Magic Castle and today he is the Castle's resident magician. His book of card, coin and finger-ring magic is today considered a classic. Now, finally, Earl's book is back bigger and better than ever. Though it contains all of the original material, Variations Revisited is definitely not a reprint. The original text has been corrected and expanded, there are 270 new, crystal-clear photographs, the new size allows it to lay flat on the table for ease of study and there is an entire section of brand new material. It is here you will find the incredible Miller Variable Placement. Upon seeing Earl perform this versatile move, some of the most knowledgable magicians in the business called it revolutionary.
151 pages, introduction by Dai Vernon, hardbound with a striking dustjacket.
Peek Inside Earl Nelson's Variations Revisited:
Table of Contents
Publisher's Note
Foreword Dai Vernon
Preface Earl Nelson
Section One Cards
Reset Reset
Between Your Points of Departure
Slow Motion Top Change
Color Changing Deck
The Haunted Card
Exploding Aces
Pass the Sandwich
Submarine Sandwich
About Faces Aces
Wrist Turn Bluff Shift
Sleeve Aces
Section Two Cards & Coins
Pretty Good Coins Across
Coined Card
The $1.50 Vanish
Four the Hard Way
Four the Easy Way
Section Three Finger Rings
Clifton's Ring Move
Earl's Ring Move
Impromptu Flying Ring
Section Four Bonus Effects
Hit and Run Aces
The Changing of the Card
Section Five New Material
Miller Variable Placement
MVPalm
Low Fat Sandwich
Inspired by Marnase
Face Up Flyers Re-Blocked
Commentary Why and Why Not
We never dreamed that this book published way back in 1981, written by an unknown author, would become one of the most sought after books in card magic with copies selling for over $200.
Versatile Card Magic has become a bonafied cult classic. Those lucky enough to own a copy of the limited first edition know that Frank's methods are diabolical and the effects created by them are without equal.
Here, at long last, is the much anticipated expanded edition of Frank's book but, like Earl Nelson's Variations Revisited, this is by no means a reprint. The text as been corrected and expanded, there are 283 brand new, crystal-clear photographs and the new size allows it to lay flat on the table for ease of study. The only thing that has stayed the same is the great magic and those famous Jerry's Nugget cards that appear in the photos.
228 pages, introduction by Cy Enfield, hardbound with a striking dustjacket.
Peek Inside Frank Simon's Versatile Card Magic Revisited:
Publisher's Note Mike Caveney
Foreword Cy Endfield
Preface Frank Simon
Part One Versatile Spread Controls
Versatile Outjog Control
Catch the Sandwich
Toss the Sandwich
A.P.E. (Rich Marotta)
Versatile Even Control
The Card that Finds Itself
Cut and Count
Casual Control
The Informers
Versatile Re-Entry Control
You Shuffle as I Shuffle
Odds on Triumph
Handmade Triumph
Part Two Varieties
Benihana Aces
Pirandello False Cut (Jeff Semel)
Pirandello Undercut
About Faces Aces II
Teaser Bluff Shift
Cutiltillusion
The Collectavator
Pop-out Move (Piet Forton)
Ultimate Pop-out Move (Piet Forton)
Keep on Cloning
Topsy Turvy Faro
The Spread Double Lift
Christ-Kardyro Spread Switch
Spread Cull
Quorum Quota
Odd Color Out
Part Three Advanced Versatile Spread Techniques
Versatile Cull Switch
Numerical Affinity
Riff Spell
Classical Slickie
Thinking Touch
Holding Position
Versatile Bottom Reverse
Jim Patton Versatile Bottom Reverse
Spread 'em
Don't Forget to Remember
Versatile Cover Steal
Open Cover Steal
Guesstimation Special
Hot Zinger
Tre Choice
Elevator Sandwich
A Stranger Coincidence
Part Four The Versatile Spread Palm
Versatile Spread Palm
A Parting Shot
