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The history of the multiplying billiard balls
Where the multiplying billiard balls come from, from de Kolta’s billiard-ball trick in Hoffmann’s More Magic (1890) to August Roterberg’s f…
The history of the multiplying billiard balls
The history of the egg bag
The egg bag from Isaac Fawkes at Bartholomew Fair in the 1700s to Hoffmann’s Modern Magic (1876) and the routines magicians perform today.
The history of the egg bag
The history of the ball and vase
Where the ball and vase comes from, from Hoffmann’s Modern Magic (1876) to the wooden and plastic vases of the 20th century.
The history of the ball and vase
How to do cards to pocket
Learn cards to pocket, the classic routine in which ten cards travel invisibly from your hand to your pocket one at a time.
How to do cards to pocket
How to do the vanishing salt shaker
Learn the vanishing salt shaker: you promise to push a coin through the table, but when you slam the napkin flat it is the salt shaker that…
How to do the vanishing salt shaker
How to do the broken and restored toothpick
Learn the broken and restored toothpick: a spectator snaps a toothpick inside a handkerchief, yet it comes out whole, thanks to a second to…
How to do the broken and restored toothpick
How to do the coin through a handkerchief
Learn the coin through a handkerchief: a borrowed coin seems to melt through the centre of a handkerchief, using one secret fold and no gim…
How to do the coin through a handkerchief
How to do the four burglars card trick
Learn the four burglars card trick: four jacks go into different parts of the deck and end up together on top. Setup, story, tips and histo…
How to do the four burglars card trick
How to do the cut and restored rope
The classic rope that is cut in half and made whole again: what the audience sees, the beginner method in outline, rope to buy, practice an…
How to do the cut and restored rope
