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Basic, Basic Card Technique (DVD) Richard Kaufman

Let Richard Kaufman, an Academy of Magical Arts Literary Fellowship winner, teaches you the basic card sleights you need to perform most of the good card magic published in the last 100 years:

The Proper Way to Hold the Deck, How to Obtain And Hold Breaks, Double Undercut, Double Lift (2 methods), False Cut (2 methods), Force (3 methods), Overhand Shuffle (Injogs and Outjogs), Hindu Shuffle, Faro Shuffle, Zarrow Shuffle, Elmsley Count, Jordan Count, Hamman Count, Secret Addition (2 methods), False Cut (2 methods), Multiple Shift (2 Methods), Glimpse (2 methods), Top Change (2 methods), Multiple Top Change, Spectator Peek, Side Steal, Bottom Palm, Top Palm

Price: £25

Easy To Master Card Miracles Vol 1-9 - Michael Ammar

Simply the greatest collection of powerful card magic ever. Astonishing and entertaining, this classic collection of card magic is sure to knock you out. Powerful, professional material, so clearly and completely explained that you'll want to perform every effect. Beautiful production quality, a lively audience, and multiple camera angles filming close-up and surrounded will make watching, and learning, fun! World Champion Michael Ammar, a best-selling author, award-winning lecturer, and world-class performer, handpicked each effect. These videos contain the finest magic instruction available teaching some of the greatest card effects of all time.

For full list of effects see here

Price: £25 each or £210 for 9 volume set

On The Pass has been acclaimed as one of the best teaching videos on sleight-of-hand and is the best source for learning one of the more difficult sleights in card magic. Richard Kaufman who is a master of the Pass teaches you everything he knows on the subject. This is the only comprehensive course on this elusive secret of the experts.

Techniques taught: The Classic Pass, The Riffle Pass, The Jiggle Pass, Half A Jiggle Pass, Classic Pass False Cut, The Cover Pass, Herrmann Pass, Merlin's Herrmann Turnover Pass, Jacob Daley's Improved Herrmann Pass, The Double-Lift Shift, Steve Draun's Midnight Shift, The Half Pass and much more.

Routines taught: False-Cut Ace Cutting , A Biddling Vanish, Every Every Where, New Cavorting Aces and Passing Along The Vanishing Aces.

Price: £25

**Daryl's Gold Medal F.I.S.M. Routine** Here, you have the chance to witness the live performance of Daryl's entire gold medal-winning F.I.S.M. Routine. Daryl also demonstrates and explains dozens of additional tips and subtleties he has created and refined over many years to allow you to be the best you can be! And, for the first time ever, Daryl reveals the real work on the most amazing finale to this routine - Daryl's Ultimate Ambition Improved! If you want to do one of the most famous card tricks of all time this is THE DVD!

The Ambitious Card is one of those rare things in magic - a "perfect" effect. It is quick and easy to understand, yet has variations limited only by your imagination. The performance transcends all language barriers and can be as simple or as complicated as you wish. Freestyle routining makes this effect a little like playing jazz - once you have mastered the basic theme, you can weave in and out of it to create a unique and personalized rendition for each performance.

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Price: £25

Ambitious Card (World's Greatest Magic)

Conjuring historians have traced the origins of the Ambitious Card plot back to a French conjuror named Alberti who performed in the early 1800's but the idea of placing a card into the middle of the back and having it return to the top almost certainly occurred to card magicians prior to that. It definitely has intrigued magicians since then as just about every performer with cards since that time has included some version of this trick in their repertoire.

In this volume, you'll meet a variety of performers who have taken this very basic yet magical idea of a single playing card constantly rising to the top of the pack in some very clever and decidedly different directions. For example, David Regal leads off with his routine which transmogrifies an ordinary playing card into a puppy that always responds to the voice of its master. You'll see and learn Harry Lorayne's routine which first saw print in his classic Close-Up Card Magic performed and taught by the man himself. Frank Garcia offers some clever moves that are ready to be implemented into your own routine while Michael Ammar demonstrates a routine that would compliment the repertoire of any card worker. Doc Eason is up next with his take, a high point of his bar set, while Paul Wilson, Al Schneider and the inimitable Tommy Wonder perform and teach their routines which all end up with the card appearing in a totally unexpected and magical place. Finally, Dai Vernon's reminiscence about the origins of his timeless routine from Stars of Magic is the perfect way to round out this Ambitious Card extravaganza.

Price: £15

Daryl does the full monte

To convey the value of the information you are about to learn, we can do no better than to quote the infamous S.W. Erdnase from his classic book, The Expert at the Card Table-"But there is not a single card feat in the whole calendar that will give as good returns for the amount of practice required, or that will mystify as greatly, or cause as much amusement, or bear so much repetition, as this little game; and for these reasons we believe it worth of unstinted effort to master it thoroughly."
You will be expertly taught this amazing effect by none other than Daryl-the World Champion Magician's Magician. Daryl is one of the finest teachers of magic in the world today. He takes you through step-by-step instructions for many different 3-Card Monte sequences and, if you need any further convincing of the astonishing reaction this effect gets, you are also treated to Daryl's live performances of two of the more famous routines. This video is both entertaining and invaluable to anyone interested in magic

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Price: £25

Three-Card Monte - Whit Haydn and Chef Anton

The School for Scoundrels DVD Three-Card Monte contains close to three hours of video on two discs, including fine-point instruction in all the major moves, psychology, and misdirection used in the monte, plus a three-camera shoot on the street of a reenactment of Cracker Parker’s London mob scam, an interview with Gazzo discussing the methods of the London Mob, and actual footage of three-card monte being played on the streets in Khiva, Uzbekistan.

The DVD also contains Chef Anton’s complete presentation and explanation of Three-Card Gold, an excellent, unique exhibition routine created by Chef and Whit Haydn. Also on this DVD are appearances by Gazzo, R. Paul Wilson, and Doc Eason discussing their original handlings of the climax of the monte in exhibition, as well as a unique contribution to the bent corner ruse from Ron Wohl. Whit Haydn demonstrates and explains Bob Kohler’s incredible ending for the monte, called Knifed! In this sensational ending, the performer has the spectator hold on to a quarter of the Ace, and pin the rest of the Ace facedown with a pocketknife. Even so, the Ace escapes. The spectator ends up holding on to a quarter of the Joker, and the penknife is stuck firmly through three-quarters of a Joker! Bob has worked out every detail of this ending to make it practical, certain, and a real killer.

Further, both DVD’s can be opened in a computer as data discs. Inside is found a complete non-printable e-book (.pdf file) version of our most recent edition of the book The School for Scoundrels Notes on Three-Card Monte. This book contains over 160 pages and more than 180 photos and illustrations, and contains a ton of material on the patter, psychology, moves, glossary, history, and application to magic of three-card monte. Most authorities consider this book to be the best resource on the monte to date:

“If you’ve missed anything, I can’t find it! Your historical research is astounding.”-Gary Ouellet

“The School for Scoundrels Notes on Three-Card Monte is the best resource for information on this con that I have ever read.”-Michael Close

“This is the best single reference on the Monte to date.”-Jamy Ian Swiss

Also included on the ROM section of the discs is an historical appendix containing a collection of interesting and printable photos, and long passages from several of the most important primary sources on the monte, including eye-witness accounts of three-card monte being played in the nineteenth century from “Beyond the Mississippi,” and “Wanderings of a Vagabond,” as well as George Devol’s defense of Canada Bill Jones from “Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi,” and Allan Pinkerton’s eye-witness account of Canada Bill in action from “Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches.”

Both the video and ROM portions of the disc are meant to provide the student of three-card monte with the most complete, accessible, and illuminating resource on the game ever offered. Much of the information contained in this set is original and/or unpublished. Whether you are a magician, gambling expert, historian, or hustler—everything you need to become a true “expert” on the game is right here in this two-volume DVD.

Price: £35

By adding another spectator and a few more moves, Richard Turner elevates the Signed Card Routine to new heights. Imagine an effect where two spectator's autographed cards, one from a blue deck and one from a red deck disappear, only to have both cards appear and reappear over and over again. The amazement of the audience escalates with each appearance of a signed card; from the performer's hat, under a mat, from a spectator's hat, a wallet, torn and restored, and from a sealed deck of cards. Titillating as it may already seem the grand finale explodes when the sealed deck is opened to expose the spectator's signed cards -- and it is the same card!!

Richard Turner's startling Double-Signed Card Routine is for the true sleight of hand artist. It can be incorporated into your existing show or utilized as part of a standup act or a close-up routine. In addition to the double signed card routine, Turner reveals his long held secret - Turner's Key Card. With Turner's Key Card, you will be taught how to locate a selected card, by touch only, after a spectator has shuffled it into the deck.

Also Included are recently found photos, letter, and quotes from Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Charlie Miller, Michael Skinner, Fred Robinson, Larry Jennings, and a 1987 interview with Dai Vernon.

Additional Moves Taught by Richard on this DVD include: Turner's Two Finger Bottom Deal Force - Turner's Invisible Bottom Palm - Turner's One hand Bottom Deal Force - Turner's Two Card Display into Gambler's Palm or Full Palm - Turner's Diagonal Palm Shift to Full Palm or Gambler's Palm - Turner's Two Card Spin Around Side Steal, Card to the Wallet - Turner's Gambler's Cop and Hand Wash to Wallet - Turner's Signed Card to a Sealed Deck - Turner's Key Card Twist-out - Turner's Top Palm and Second From Top Palm - Turner's Simultaneous Top and Bottom Palm

Price: £25

Card Warp (World's Greatest Magic)

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It’s been said that Roy Walton invented one of the most original card effects of all time with his Card Warp, and ever since then, magicians have taken this concept to even more baffling heights. How can a flat two-dimensional object like a playing card turn completely over even when folded into another flat object?

On this DVD, you'll learn the secrets to Roy Walton's original two-card brainchild, as expertly performed and taught by Michael Ammar. Then, you'll watch and learn some different and original presentations for the original Card Warp as Scotty York performs and teaches his decidedly adult version and Eugene Burger uses the cards to demonstrate a horrifying history lesson. From there, you'll move on to even more visually amazing versions that use a card and a borrowed banknote, such as Michael Close's Dr. Strangetrick and Howie Schwartzman's Star Warp, as taught by Ammar again. Paul Diamond will demonstrate how to make the face of a deck change when it's wrapped in a bill, even when the spectator holds it. You'll also see and learn Bruce Cervon's Warp II, possibly the most baffling version of Card Warp ever created.

Price: £15

Cards Across (World's Greatest Magic)

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Since the days of David Devant, the idea of magically causing playing cards to move invisibly between two places has intrigued magicians and inspired them to come up with different twists and methodologies. Cards Across, as the basic plot has come to be known, is also of interest close-up and stage performers alike because of how well a strong performance of this trick plays for audiences.

On this volume you'll find some of magic's best performers performing and explaining their own versions of this time-honored classic. You'll find basic but strong handlings from Bill Malone and Michael Skinner to more involved routines with the cards visibly vanishing and traveling twice, such as in Dan Harlan's routine. Bruce Cervon causes two signed cards to travel while in Juan Tamariz's version, cards that were merely thought of move from one spectator's hand to another's. You'll also discover Michael Ammar's routine with sealed envelopes, with two selected cards traveling from one impossible place to another, and Michael Close's hilarious take, where the cards travel from one really impossible place to another.

If you've been looking to add to a version of cars across to your close-up or platform repertoire, this DVD is a veritable embarrassment of riches!

Running Time Approximately 1hr 38min

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In the early part of the 20th century, legendary bar magician Matt Schulien threw a deck of cards against the wall of his tavern and left a spectator's selection stuck in place. Little did he realize that he had created one of the most memorable and dramatic card tricks of all time. Since then, magicians have aimed their sites a little higher – ceilings, to be exact – and have been amazing and mystifying audiences with one of the very few card tricks that has such a huge, built-in "wow" factor.

On this volume, you'll meet five modern-day practitioners who have all made important contributions to the evolution of the Card On Ceiling. Doc Eason shows you how to make this trick play for large groups, drawing in all of the spectators into this very magical experience. You'll learn all of the fine touches in J. C. Wagner's version of the trick that's used by bar magicians everywhere, including Doc Eason. Karl Norman performs and discusses the version that he performed for 40 years at the legendary Forks Hotel and Michael Ammar teaches his take on this classic effect, one that helped to forge his reputation in the world of magic. Lastly, Scotty York, in addition to his very funny and clever presentation of this trick, will demonstrate how to make a gimmick that will enable you to streamline its handling.

See the Michael Ammar card on ceiling wax here

Price: £15

Card To Wallet (World's Greatest Magic)

The card-to-impossible-place plot is almost as old as card conjuring itself with the earliest ancestor of the trick we now call the Card To Wallet appearing as “The Card in the Pocketbook” in early magic literature. Over the next two centuries, magicians devised a myriad of ways to create the effect of a selected playing card appearing mysteriously in the performer’s wallet and in this collection, you’ll find an amazing variety of methods for all skill levels. John Mendoza begins with two selections appearing in the zippered compartment of a wallet that was in plain sight throughout the routine – and there’s no palming involved. Likewise, Alexander deCova has devised a way of recreating the famous LePaul effect of a signed playing card appearing inside an envelope and, once again, there is no palming involved. Michael Ammar is next with an extremely logical approach to the effect as a torn playing card visibly changes into a credit card while, naturally, the playing card is found restored in the performer’s wallet in the space previously occupied by the credit card. Then, Eddie Tullock, the king of trade show performers, demonstrates how to turn a basic card-to-wallet effect into a powerful promotional tool. Dan Fleshman offers his take on the classic Red Hot Momma effect with a socko wallet finish while Alex Elmsley demonstrates a card-to-wallet effect that uses no gimmicked wallets and is virtually always ready to perform. Finally, Eric DeCamps presents his card in wallet routine with three selections that can play in a stand-up as well as close-up situation.

The discovery of a chosen – and oftentimes signed – playing card in the magician’s wallet is a centuries-old crowd pleaser and if you’re looking to add this all-time audience favorite to your repertoire, you won’t find a better starting point than this collection.

Bendix Bombshell (John Mendoza) - Professional Card to Wallet (Alexander deCova) - Card In Wallet (Michael Ammar) - Card In Wallet (Eddie Tullock) - Momma In My Wallet (Dan Fleshman) - Card To Wallet (Alex Elmsley) -Card In Wallet Routine (Eric DeCamps)

If you need a card to wallet then see our range from Jerry O'Connell

Price: £15

All the way from Hong Kong, Zenneth "The Bruce Lee of Card Magic" Kok brings you some of his signature pieces. In this DVD, Zenneth will perform and explain some of his most treasured items in full detail:

Explosion - A blend of three visual effects; Ambitious Card, Inversion and Colour Changing Deck, this routine features Shigeo Futagawa's Elevator Move

Zenneth Alignment Move Workshop - this is a highly versatile move. You will learn details of the mechanism and many applications of this move: The Edge Change, Ambidextorous Sandwich and more...

Jet Twist (Stand up Version) - An impromptu handling of Zenneth's previously marketed item - Impossible Twist. Four Kings turn face down one at a time in a progressively impossible manner, while the Twisting sequence is already a killer, the transformation of the four Aces at the end will render your spectator speechless!

The Cheek of the Monster (Performance Only) - Zenneth's variation and addition to Ray Kosby's The Other Cheek: Twisting, Collectors and Colour Changing Deck.

3 Times 3 (Third Time) - The 3rd Act, a three phases extreme visual manipulation of Ace, 2 and 3 that you can do entirely stand up, this is one of Zenneth's most performed routines.

The 7th Act - This is Zenneth's take on the ReCollectors plot, one of his most treasured mini card acts, a 6 minutes card act packed full of visual effects and the best of all, no preparation is needed.

Price: £20

Bright Ideas - Christopher Williams

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Bright Ideas is a collection of killer commercial card effects. On this DVD you will see Christopher Williams performing the effects in a live situation and get some spectacular reactions with some stunning visual card Magic.

All these routines come straight from Christopher’s working repertoire and have been streamlined to work in almost any performing environment. After seeing a live performance each effect is then individually broken down and explained in full detail in the studio including all the necessary sleights and subtleties that have been developed through countless performances.

Guiltless Aces - From a borrowed, shuffled deck, the Aces are found with just a simple cut. Each phase gets better than the preceding phase with a killer kicker ending! Christopher even closes his act with this sometimes!!!
Las Vegas Jokers - One of Christopher’s personal favourites! Dr Daley’s last trick given a logical performance with a second, killer phase!
CTP - The Magicians pockets are checked by the spectator and found to be empty. Four cards, and only four (which can be signed) vanish one at a time only to appear each in a different pocket. Each vanish and reappearance gets better than the one before. This has caught the attention of several top magicians!
Sightseer - Christopher’s handling of Larry Jennings ‘The Visitor’ effect. The spectators signed selection twice jumps from between one set of Queens between another under impossible conditions, with a kicker final phase!
Oil & Hot Water - A simple, easy to follow Oil and water, with just 4 cards! However at the end, the backs change colour! And then back again! Everything is examinable!
Thought of Cards Across - 20 cards are taken from the deck and 10 turned face up, 10 face down. The spectator chooses which packet they want to think of a card from, and in the same condition, the cards are given to a spectator, 10 cards each. Just a snap and there are now 11 in one packet and 9 in the other. The spectator’s card has travelled across! But wait, another spectator saw a card…no problem! The magician snaps his fingers and another card has jumped across, leaving 12 cards and 8, the second selection has gone across! All done in the hands!

Also includes the following fantastic routines: Triumphant Colour Changing Collectors, Repeat Sandwich, Un-gaffed Entourage & Queens Transpo.

Running Time Approximately 1hr 57min

Dont forget Chris's book! HERE!

Price: £25

“Signature Magicians” Volume 1 ALEX ELMSLEY (2 DVD)

It is not often that one is privileged to sit in on a session with one of the true greats of magic. You are invited to spend over 90 minutes with a man whose work has been revered for fifty years all over the world and acclaimed by the elite of the art, Vernon, Marlo, and scores of others. Alex Elmsley now in his seventh decade but still bristling with ideas and technique that has made him a true living legend. We promise that his experience will last you a lifetime

“Signature Magicians” is a valuable resource series of DVD’s, informal & intimate recordings of workshops and lectures, with unique and informative ‘feedback’ from live audience participation. Two Disc Set: Workshop 53minutes, Lecture 95 minutes

Unfortunately Alex died not long after he shot this dvd so there will be no volume 2...

Price: £30

The Magic of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2

Alex Elmsley is unquestionably one of close-up magic’s modern masters. You probably know him from the Elmsley Count. He has long been recognized as one of the Twentieth Century’s most brilliant innovators of card and close-up magic. This is magic of the highest caliber from one of the greatest minds in close-up conjuring.

Begining with one of the most amazing Ace Assemblies ever concieved, he entertains the viewer and leads the viewer thorough a variety of effects, from deep mental mysteries to close-up levitations.

1002nd Aces - Repulsive Aces - The Elmsley Rising Card - Interview - The Faro Shuffle - Brainweave - Underworld - Interview (More on the Faro) - Collinspell- The Floating Ladies - Cross25

Price: £25

The Homing Card DVD - Greater Magic Library

Here is the eleventh volume from the Greater Magic Library Teach-in Series. This Volume focuses on one of the finest professional card effects of all time, used by professionals around the world! The Homing Card. A wonderful entertaining, mysterious, and comedic effect! Watch the "pros" perform and explain this effect through their own routines. This effect is so stunning when performed properly that you will feel utterly compelled to add it to your act. It is also small enough to carry in your pocket! Learn the routines from Billy McComb, Aldo Colombini, Antonio Ferragut Hurtado, Jim Krenz, and Trevor Lewis. Two Jumbo card versions and three regular card versions. The classic bit of one odd card, (Queen) being eliminated from the others and laid on the table. It then reappears. Time after time, it is disposed of and returns to the fan, to the "frustration" of the performer! Pure magic from start to finish! It's all in the handling!

Price: £20

Highly acclaimed since its release on VHS, magicians have been begging for the Daryl Encyclopedia of Card Sleights to be released on DVD. Wait no longer! Each volume has been carefully chaptered with clear menus to let you jump directly to any sleight or explanation you're looking for!
This 8-volume series is a true encyclopedia that will provide card workers, regardless of their experience level, with all they need to improve their skills and broaden their knowledge base. This is an incredible opportunity to learn about card magic. Rather than how to apply a few moves to a card trick, this series focuses on the technical aspects of card magic and prepares viewers to handles any situation by knowing what secret weapons are available to them. Daryl goes well beyond the mechanical process and you receive the benefits of Daryl's years of experience as one of the best magicians in the world.

For a complete description of Daryl's Encycolpedia of Card Sleights click here!

Price: £25 each. All 8 vols for £190

Master Card Technique Volume 1 (World's Greatest Magic)

In a letter from 1872, Johann Hofzinser wrote, "Card effects are the poetry of conjuring" and long before Hofzinser penned those words and ever since, magicians have been displaying the many wonders inherent in a simple pack of playing cards. There is, perhaps, no tool at a magician’s disposal that is more widely used.

Needless to say, proper technique is the foundation for solid, deceptive card work and on this landmark three-volume DVD series, experts Sepp Holzer and Andy Edmüller have taken the most important concepts in card table artifice and legerdemain and have explained and demonstrated each in excruciating detail. Tight camera work, over-the-shoulder shots and even an angle shot from below through a glass tabletop all work together to make this series one of the most comprehensive card magic reference tools ever committed to video. This is your opportunity to learn (or re-learn!) these concepts, sleights and moves the right way.

FALSE DEALS - The Strike Second #1 - The Stud Deal #1 - The Strike Second #2 - The Strike Second #3 - Push Off Second Deal - The Stud Deal (Push Off) #2 - Dai Vernon’s Second Deal - The D’Amico Second Deal - The Third Deal - The Stud Deal #3

PALMING - The Two-Handed Top Palm - The Clip Palm - The Direct Palm - The Hugard Palm - The One-Handed Top Palm - The Bottom Palm - The Gambler’s Cop - Palm Replacements

FALSE COUNTS - The Elmsley Count - The Jordan Count - The Buckle Count - The Hamman Count - An Easy False Count - Willane’s False Count - The Push-Off False Count - The Braue Fan False Count - The Ascanio Spread

Running Time Approximately 1hr 38min

Price: £15

Master Card Technique Volume 2 (World's Greatest Magic)

BOTTOM DEAL - The Strike Bottom - The Stud Bottom - The Push-Out Bottom - The Sharps & Flats Bottom - The One Hand Bottom

THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE - The Injog Shuffle - The Top Card Control - The Bottom Card Control - The Top Stock Control - The Bavarian Shuffle - The Charlier Shuffle - The Milk Shuffle - The Hindu Shuffle

CARD SWITCHES (hand muckings) - Variations One thru Six

THE SIDE STEAL - Variations One thru Six

OTHER STEALS & CONTROLS - The Clip Steal - The One Card Control - The Two Card Control - The Three Card Control - Rear Palm Side Steal - The Erdnase Shift - The Endifeld Palm - Direct Insertion Steal

CARD PEEKS - Variations One thru Five

Running Time Approximately 1hr 40min

Price: £15

Master Card Technique Volume 3 (World's Greatest Magic)

THE CENTER DEAL - The Stud Center - The Greek Deal

RIFFLE SHUFFLES - The Push Through - #1 & #2 - The Strip Out - The Zarrow Shuffle - A Poker Stack

THE CLASSIC PASS - Variations One thru Five

THE TURNOVER PASS - Variations One thru Nine

MORE PASSES - The Gambler’s Pass - The Table Cover Pass - The Herrmann Pass - The Top Card Cover Pass - The Half Pass #1and #2 - The Charlier Pass #1 thru #3

DOUBLE LIFTS - The Hit Double Lift - The Thumb Count Double Lift - The Push Off Double Lift - The Center Double Lift - Action Double Lift - Small Packet Double Lift - The D’Amico Double Lift

Running Time Approximately 1hr 42min

Price: £15

Daryl Card Revelations (DVD) Vols 1-5

Unless you've been in hidding for the last several years you will know Daryl and his work so you know these DVDs are a must have in your collection. Daryl - World-champion magician and sleight of hand artist extraordinaire brings you the finest methods for revealing previously selected cards. 140 different ways to bring your card routines to stunning conclusions! Daryl has extensively researched literally hundreds of magic books, magazines and lecture notes to seek out and bring you the finest card revelations available. There are a tremendous variety of magical masterpieces here, from easy to more technically challenging, and each is explained step by step in great detail. You'll be amazed at how many of these can be added to your performing repertoire immediately.

For a complete Description of these DVDs Click Here!

Price: £25 each Vol. Special... £120 for all 5 Vols

Secret Seminars of Magic 2- Reveal-a-Card/Card in Wallet - Pat Page

A card is selected, returned to the deck and controlled. Now what do you do? What follows is the difference between a magical moment and just another card trick. Here, Pat Page shares a number of ways to reveal a selected card. Some are humorous, some are dramatic — but all are very magical. What’s more, Pat Page also explains a number of ways to control a selected card to where you need it to be in the deck and some false shuffles to make sure it stays there. You’ll never be at a loss to entertain with only a deck of cards ever again!

Get the whole series of 6 Pat Page DVD's here

Price: £10

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The Real Secrets of Magic Vol 1 - David Stone

Discover the backstage life of a professional magician…

Table-hopping or restaurant magic have NOTHING to do with the kind of close-up magic you might perform for your friends: The professional magician has to entertain people who are not expecting him. He has to use simple and commercial tricks in difficult conditions: Lack of lighting, lack of space, lots of noise…

Besides tricks, David Stone, FISM Award winner 2006, gives you lots of tips for starting your career as a professional magician.

Produced and directed by Jean-Luc Bertrand (No smoking, Mathieu Bich), this DVD offers a new way of learning magic. He found a funny mix between non stop entertaining while teaching magic.

Tricks with: cards, coins, ropes, bottles, glasses, banknotes, napkins, cigarettes, roses, improvised magic, sponge balls…

Watch the trailer...they are not just your regular clips from the DVD...VERY VERY FUNNY! Like watching a proper movie trailer! This dvd is outstanding - "M"

Real Secrets of Magic Teaser

Price: £25

David Stone - Real Secrets of Magic Vol 2 DVD

Make a living with close up magic - the much anticipated sequel.

More tips, advice and 15 routines created by David Stone
Manage the audience - Guarantee your tips - Resell yourself after each show - Develop a strong and commercial magic

FISM Act Story:

- Documentary: 24 Days to Build and Act for the World Championships of Magic
- Making of
- Photo Gallery

Price: £25

The Exciting World of Magic (DVD) Michael Ammar

The amazing magic, performed and clearly explained as only Michael Ammar can-including step-by-step inctructions from the perfect view, isn't the only reason to check out this DVD. Michael also shares his professional advice about all the things he wished he had known when first starting out in magic. This includes insider advice on: buying magic, joining clubs, attending conventions, subscribing to magazines, easy tricks vs. hard tricks, practice, the basic rules-and when to break them!

You'll discover mind reading, magic with cards, coins, sponge, string, finger rings, rubber bands, balloons and more! These secrets give you the power to entertain almost anywhere, almost anytime! You'll be ready to amaze people just minutes after watching.

Price:£25

View Clip of World's Greatest Magic with Everyday Objects

Paper clips, string, napkins, pencils. These are all ordinary objects found in every household. However, it's precisely their familiarity that makes it so impactful when a magician creates an apparent miracle with them.

On this volume, some of the best performers in the world of magic present their favorite tricks with common objects. Dan Harlan, for example, will show you how to present the classic Professor's Nightmare, not with rope, but with ordinary business cards and also how to magically tear open and then reseal a pack of cigarettes. Dan Harlan returns later to perform and teach Starcle, his neo-classic paper napkin effect. Bill Malone presents a wonderful trick with an ordinary book of matches that he learned from the legendary Michael Skinner and Johnny Thompson demonstrates a classic of magic with nothing more than sugar cubes. David Regal and Banachek turn in some great mentalism with business cards while Tom Mullica performs his version of David Hoy's impromptu book test. Tom Mullica is back later with a great party stunt that will leave one spectator breathless and everyone else breathless with laughter. Jay Sankey has some typically wacky effects with items easily found in any home or office while Joshua Jay accurately predicts a random spectator's height with an ordinary tape measure.

Rounding out the package, Joe Rindfleisch shows off his wonderful broken and restored rubber band effect, Fielding West has a phenomenal finger ring vanish, and Jeff Sheridan demonstrates one of his eye-popping creations, a cut and restored string effect that is guaranteed to fool even knowledgeable magicians.

Price: £15

Dinner Table Magic (World's Greatest Magic)

In this volume, you'll learn some of the best magic effects to perform around the dinner table. Experienced performers know that after a meal, everyone is ready for some entertainment and on this DVD, you'll learn some of the most amazing magic ever created that can be performed with items routinely found on a dinner table.

You'll be the life of the dinner party when you learn these after-dinner miracles, many of which can be done totally impromptu. From classics such as Johnny Thompson's version of the Vanishing Glass and David Roth's handling of the Coins Through Table to unusual offerings such as Gregory Wilson's Off Base, a startling broken and restored wine glass effect, there’s a treasure trove of magic offered here that's virtually guaranteed to make you the hit of any gathering.

Running Time Approximately 90min

Price: £15

Fast and Loose DVD (The Endless Chain Scam) - School for Scoundrels

This DVD gives complete instruction in the basic moves and psychology behind the School for Scoundrels approach to Fast and Loose. Added to the DVD version is a great gag ending known as "The Drop Off Knot."

The DVD features two different performances, one by Chef Anton and the other by Whit Haydn.

Find our Fast and Loose Chains here or see Chain Gang

Price: £25

Intro to the Shell Game - Bob Sheets and Whit Hadyn

In November of 2004, Bob Sheets, Whit Haydn, and Chef Anton combined their original methods for the ancient swindle, the Shell Game, and taught this new system to the School for Scoundrels class at The Magic Castle.

This is far more than an introduction to a whole new way of looking at the shell game, and a new system for performing the game that is rock solid, unassailable, and easy to learn.

In this, the first installment of a series of DVD's on the shell game, the beginning student is taught an entertaining beginning routine with patter, the basic moves and approaches to the game that make up the system, and given everything necessary to move from a complete beginner to an intermediary proficiency in the shell game.

These lessons are not just a rehash of what has been published before, but new moves, ruses, and strategies that will change the way the game is played far into the future.

Price: £25

Secret Seminars of Magic 3 - Three-Shell Game/Topit Techniques - Pat Page

The classic swindle of the Three-Shell Game has always held a fascination for the public. On this video, Pat Page teaches you all of the basics, in addition to some more advanced dodges and stratagems, for turning this ancient game into magical entertainment. With nothing more than three walnut shells and a pea—and some help from Pat Page—you’ll soon be convincing everyone that you’re a world-class sleight-of-hand artist!

Topit Techniques - The power to vanish almost any small object right before the eyes of your spectators is now in your hands—and in your coat! In this video presentation, Pat Page introduces the Topit, a highly deceptive magical secret weapon. After going through the basics, Pat Page also teaches many advanced techniques that will have you performing veritable miracles in no time!

Get the whole series of 6 Pat Page DVD's here

Price: £10

Finger Ring Magic (World's Greatest Magic)

In this volume, you'll find amazing magic that can be performed with ordinary finger rings. Almost everybody wears a ring of some kind and because of the value people place on their jewelry, magic with finger rings assures immediate spectator interest. Perform miracles with a borrowed ring and little else — perhaps a shoelace or a wand — and, of course, the knowledge you’ll obtain from the expert performers gathered on this DVD.

From entire routines by creators like Daryl, Mark Leveridge, Dan Fleshman and other artists to quick visual stunners from Gregory Wilson and Al Schneider—and a whole lot more in between — you’ll be performing world-class finger ring magic in no time.

Running Time Approximately 2hr 5min

Price: £15

The Intricate Web of Distraction DVD - Whit Haydn

Whit Haydn is one of the best minds in magic when it comes to routining classic magic. Routines such as Whit Haydn's Four Ring Routine, the Mongolian Pop-Knot, the Teleportation Device, Chicago Surprise, Fast & Loose, and many others have become standards in the arsenals of many top-flight professionals.

The "Color-Changing Knives" is a wonderful close-up item, but until now, it has had several weaknesses in method and presentation. With Whit Haydn's "The Intricate Web of Distraction," these weaknesses are overcome.

This routine is both practical for the working magician and powerful in performance. The patter is entertaining and funny, and yet, because the humor is based on the situation, it easily adapts to the individual style of the performer.

Whit has performed this routine thousands of times in front of audiences at the Magic Castle, Caesars Magical Empire, trade shows, hospitality suites, and cocktail parties. It never fails to enthrall his audience as he wraps them in a web of intelligent humor and amazing prestidigitation.

The DVD shows a live performance of the routine and then every detail of technique and performance is carefully and thoroughly explained. Watching this DVD is like having a personal lesson in magic from one of the best and most entertaining magicians around today.

Price: £25

Chameleon Knives - Joe Mogar

This long-awaited 95-minute DVD finally reveals Joe Mogar's lifetime of knowledge on the development and performance of the Colour Changing Knives! A near-encyclopedic work, it contains 37 moves and 12 routines, including Mogar's Stag Sensation, Miracle Plus Routine, Basic 3 Knives, Hot Rod Knife, Multiple Knife Productions, Jumbo Knife Routine, Knife Routines with Handkerchiefs, and more!

You'll learn the 7 essential moves, 13 color-changes, 4 vanishing-knife moves, 7 switches, and 6 miscellaneous techniques, not to mention Joe's professional applications for the Pocket Pal (a very practical utility device). Among the many moves included are The Master Twist, the Flip, the Twirl and Shake Change, The Mogar Snap Vanish, the Colour Push Change, the Two-Knife Switch, and the Smash Climax. In addition, to make learning these techniques easier, an over-the-shoulder camera view was used for all the explanations!

This Camirand Academy DVD will teach you everything you need to know to practice, perform, and truly entertain an audience with one of close-up magic's most enduring miracles - the Colour Changing Knives!

Running Time 95min View Clip

Price: £25

Chop Cup (World's Greatest Magic)

Ever since the Chop Cup was invented by magician Al Wheatley (whose stage name was Chop Chop, which is where the trick derives its unusual name) in the early 1950s, magicians have devised increasingly clever ways to use it. The basic one-cup one-ball approach to the classic Cups and Balls has held the fascination of magicians through the years most probably due to its devious use of a mechanical principle along with sleight of hand to create an intriguing and compelling illusion. On this DVD, you’ll meet some masters of the Chop Cup, each with their own spin on the trick. There are classicists such as John Mendoza, Danny Tong and Steve Dacri who beguile their audiences with basic but still utterly baffling routines. Then we have rather unique approaches to the trick, such as David Regal, who substitutes the ball with – no kidding! – a toy mouse and later, Gary Ouellet, who performs a beautifully choreographed (to music no less!) routine using a Chop Cup and a matching, ungaffed cup. Finally, we have Larry Jennings who created one of the most original (and most performed) Chop Cup routines ever. Finally, Jim Swain presents his own version of the Jennnings routine with his own singular imprint.

The Chop Cup has been a signature effect for many of magic’s most successful performers and on this DVD, you’ll find marvelous ready-made routines in addition to scores of ideas and stratagems to add to an existing routine.

My Best Friend (David Regal) - Chop Cup Routine (John Mendoza) - The Two Goblets (Gary Ouellet) - Chop Cup (Danny Tong) - Chop Cup (Steve Dacri) - Jennings Chop Cup (Larry Jennings) - The Chop Cup (Jim Swain)

See our selection of Chop Cups here

Price: £15

Magic With Dice (World's Greatest Magic)

No one knows who invented dice though the oldest known dice were discovered as part of a 5000-year old backgammon set. Dice used as conjuring props is of decidedly more recent vintage with one of the earliest records being Hofzinser who used mispotted dice to force a number as early as 1842. However, the allure of these simple six-sided cubes have not escaped the attention of magicians in intervening years.

In this unprecedented collection, you’ll find completely different approaches to conjuring with dice. John Mendoza begins by performing and then explaining Senator Crandall’s classic dice stacking routine. Daryl is up next with a Chink-A-Chink routine that requires only four dice and a cup – a wonderfully visual assembly and no fifth die is required! Steve Dacri also offers a dice assembly routine (and if you don’t know how it’s done, it’s a real fooler) while Mark Leveridge’s Wild Dice is an eye-popping combination of the Three-Shell Game and the Cups and Balls. Daryl follows with the classic Sack’s Dice Routine and if you take the time to learn it, you’ll never leave the house without a pair of dice. Finally, everything you always wanted to know about dice stacking is ably demonstrated and taught by James Zachary. In The Art of Dice Stacking, the video companion to his seminal book, Zack Stacks, you’ll learn how to create a stack fourteen dice high, in addition to dice cup final loads, taking the stacks down one die at a time, and lots more.

Dice are intriguing and romantic props that guarantee spectator interest and these routines represent the best dice magic ever created.

Dice Stacking Routine (John Mendoza) - Four Dice Chink-A-Chink (Daryl) - Dice Routine (Steve Dacri) - Wild Dice (Mark Leveridge) - Sack’s Dice Routine (Daryl) - The Art of Dice Stacking / Zack Stacks (James Zachary)

Price: £15

Fabulous Three Ball Trick (World's Greatest Magic)

A classic of magic for large and small audiences that fits in your pocket.

The Cups and Balls are commonly thought to be the world's oldest trick but, as Johnny Thompson theorizes, perhaps there was one before it just called "The Ball Trick." Certainly, many of magic's legendary names, including Silent Mora, Tenkai, Dai Vernon, John Scarne, Oscar Pladic and others, thought enough of this simple yet baffling plot – three small balls travel from one hand to the other – to put their own individual stamp on it.

On this volume, you'll meet five masters of this celebrated trick and one grandmaster whose work on this plot catapulted it into the rarified air of classic magic effect. Johnny Thompson begins with the classic version made famous by Silent Mora and Fernando Keops follows with Dai Vernon's archetypal method. Gary Ouellet, adding some Slydini-esque touches, demonstrates and teaches a beautifully choreographed routine while Flip offers a whimsical interpretation using aluminum foil balls. Johnny Thompson offers his interpretation of the Dai Vernon routine which serves as the perfect introduction to the Professor himself. Steve Freeman performs the Vernon routine as Gary Ouellet, Michael Ammar and Vernon himself offer invaluable insights into the history and psychology of the Three Ball Trick. Finally, David Roth performs and teaches a variation of the trick that offers some groundbreaking moves to streamline this masterpiece of close-up magic.

The Three Ball Trick is a routine that can play for large and small audiences and can be done virtually impromptu. It's inarguably one of magic's classic effects – and you'll find no better teaching resource to learn this routine properly than this DVD.

Balls & Net – Johnny Thompson
Three Ball Transposition – Fernando Keops
The Three Ball Routine – Gary Ouellet
Asteroids – Flip
3 Ball Trick – Johnny Thompson
The Balls In The Net – Dai Vernon
The Fabulous Three Ball Routine – David Roth

Running Time Approximately 1hr 28min

We have some sets of 4 matching design one inch bouncy balls, (actual colour and design may vary)

Price: £15 or £17 with balls

Pen Thru Anything DVD

It's the perfect carry around pocket effect. But how many things can you do with it? This DVD includes 73 minutes of the best Pen Thru Anything routines from some of the top minds in magic.

Each routine comes complete with, presentation angles, comedy bits, handlings, techniques, and more! This DVD is hosted by Jim Krenz, and you will learn from John Cornelius, Michael Close, Mike Maxwell, James Lewis, and Giovanni.

The "Pen Through Anything" is a prop you can carry with you always. With this DVD, you can greatly increase the "power of the pen!"

Price: £9

The Raven DVD - Chazpro

Detailed, step-by-step instruction for using the Raven with a coat or shirt. You'll learn over 20 effects, such as Shrinking Die, Vanishing Bill, Dime & Penny Transpo, Vanishing Cigarette, Vanishing or Changing a Coin in a Spectator's Hand, Coin to Card, as well as the Empty Hand Move. Simply show your hands front and back, wave one hand over a coin and it vanishes. Show each hand again- front and back!

The Raven DVD is a must if you want to get the maximum potential out of your Raven!

Price: £15

Special buy the Raven and the Raven DVD for £38

The Ninja Rings DVD - Shoot Ogawa

The World's Best Close-Up Linking Ring Routine

When you hear the word Ninja many thoughts enter your mind. Concepts like total precision, unbelievable skill and the ability to do the impossible. The present day Ninjas are the highest caliber Japanese magicians. In 1989 Masahiro Yanagida came to Hollywood’s world famous Magic Castle and performed his fabulous Ninja Rings routine for the first time in America. Everyone who witnessed his performance in the legendary close-up gallery could not believe their eyes. The spectators gasped as they saw the small steel rings melt through each other time and time again. The Ninja Rings is a routine that, once learned, will become a mainstay of your arsenal.

This DVD starts with performances by Masahiro and Keiko. Keiko was the top demonstrator of the Ninja Rings at Wizards Inn. Shoot Ogawa performs the routine before a live audience, then explains each technique in excruciating detail. Nothing is left out. After each technique has been learned, Shoot does the entire routine again, but this time very slowly. This clearly puts the entire routine into the correct order for the student. At every step of the way, Shoot explains every facet in precise detail and includes many tips for proper performance.

Now, even I have learned a few new moves from this... And added them to my routine! - M

Need some "Ninja Rings" you'll find them here

Price: £25

Buy the Ninja Rings and DVD for £50

Flicking Fingers - The Movie (DVD)

Tricks and Fiction from the Road. In October 2002 the ten-man team of Germany's best close-up magicians known as "The Flicking Fingers" set out on a ten-day tour for a number of public shows and convention appearances. Lucky for us, they were accompanied by a professional film crew and the result is The Flicking Fingers Movie-a DVD like no other you have ever seen. Follow the Flicking Fingers on their incredibly entertaining European road