To all my terrific customers! Just got this note from our pal David Oliver. I am asking every one of you as a favor to one who has always been a friend and mentor to all magicians, Denny Haney, to please do what you can to help one of the few truly great magic storesContinue reading “Magic Shop Needs Help”
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Cheating at Cards
From our very good friends at the Library of Congress, a .pdf facsimile of Harry Houdini’s personal copy of The Expert at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase. [Erdnase, SW. Artifice Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards. Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1905] Continue reading “Cheating at Cards”
Royal Road
So there you are, with that new copy of The Royal Road to Card Magic that you found under the Christmas tree (or that old copy that you found in your stuff and dusted off because you’re finally ready to get serious about learning magic). Lots of tricks in this book. Lots of good stuff. Continue reading “Royal Road”
Setting a Magic Set
So, for some wild reason, you feel the need to put together a magic kit for someone you really like. Rather than going out and laying down a couple of bills on an “executive magic kit” (as you can find various places), here’s what I’d do: In A nice leather briefcase, put: A copyContinue reading “Setting a Magic Set”
Where I’ll Be This Weekend
I ll be at the Nashua, New Hampshire Winter Holiday Stroll. Look for me (and other members of Granite State Magicians) at 30 Temple Street, Main Floor, on Saturday the 26th from 7:10 to 8:10 pm.
JAMES D. MACDONALD 