The Gold Standard

What is The Gold Standard? It is an 18k gold-plated tie tack or lapel pin that does something special with great economy: a card is returned to the deck, and an instant later it is seen impaled on your tie tack. You can pull on the card, and spin it on the post. Best of all, when you remove the card from the tie tack, there is a hole in the card!

The card can be signed. The effect can be performed at any time in your act, with a deck in play. And it doesn't have to be a playing card. The Gold Standard can just as easily cause a signed bill to become impaled, or a business card - imagine handing out your card only to discover it pierced by your tie tack. When you remove the card, there's a hole running through it. You can then give that potential customer your business information with a permanent reminder of the effect he just witnessed.

This is an elegant quality prop, custom designed from the ground up, with attention to detail.

"The effect is visual, it’s memorable, and easy to carry with you to use at a moment’s notice. " -Rolando Santos, Linking Ring Magazine

"The fact that you can perform this three times in front of the same audience, we have a winner." -Steve Hignett, Reviewer
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"This is a solid (gold!) release from Regal. It is pretty easy to do and is more or less instant reset (he does it 3 times in his set as a running gag). The effect is very strong and visual. The props are extremely well made and classy in a slightly retro way." -Philip Sweeting - bicycle-cards.co.uk, Reviewer
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"The Gold Standard is truly a “gold standard” effect." -John Teo, NingThing.com
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"This is superb and I am heading to my closet and pulling out that tie which has not been worn for a long time." -The Magic Portal, Reviewer
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"David Regal is magic royalty and pretty much anything he puts his name on is going to be “gold.” – This one, doesn’t disappoint." -Magic Orthodoxy, Reviewer
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