An Ace Assembly (which uses a diabolically simple gimmick that you already own); A Card at Any Number (one of the most powerful effects using no more technique than a double lift) and several less well-known routines, including The Cassandra Quandary, The Travellers, and Cards Under a Box. You will also discover an unusual performance of The Reformation, his renowned torn and restored card.
Waving the Aces, Ambidextrous Interchange, Cards Through Jacket and The Homing Card.
Most of the effects will require a considerable amount of practice, so are not recommended for those who are new to magic.
The magician removes what looks like a small, old, leather-bound book from its slip case. The book is opened, and the magician explains that this is a magic book that tells fairy tales by magic.
As the pages are turned, pictures are seen on the pages, but the words on all the pages are the same. That's because you don't have to read the words, as the tales tell themselves by magic. In fact, the pages come out of the book, because even if the pages are all mixed up, the magic will still work and the tales will be told. Within the pages, stories such as "The Three Bears" are discovered.
As the stories are told, the characters appear and disappear, bowls of porridge are eaten and chairs are broken at just the right moments in the story. At the end of the story, (in which, of course they all live happily ever after), the pages are put back into the book cover, and you are all ready to tell the story again, to someone else; or indeed to tell the story of Cinderella...or Jack and the Beanstalk - both of these stories can also be found within the pages of the book and told straight away, without any need to re-set, or rearrange the pages.
Guy Hollingworth's Quartet is a gaffed card with a whole host of uses for visual magic. Comes complete with details of 10 routines, detailing how it can be used to great effect in Twisting the Aces, Underground Transposition, Reset, Assembly, and many more.
This ingenious gimmick not only provides "kicker endings" for many of these effects, but simplifies many of the handlings as well. The booklet contains routines for performers of all levels, from near self-working effects for the beginner, to more challenging ones for the experienced performer.
Brand new Quartet cards, now printed by The US Playing Card Company are available to owners of the Quartet booklet. Suitable for any poker sized pack.
Available in packs of 3
