This short but sneaky version of the Cups and Balls is a good way to get acquainted with the essential handling and presenting of this classic of magic.

Although the following is designed as an introduction to Cups and Balls for the student of magic, it is a complete and audience tested performance piece as well. Ron Bauer has used this act since the very beginning of his magic career, and it is as amusing to the public now as it was back then. You can use it sitting or standing. With the main version of the trick, you never go to your pockets. And, that's just one of the reasons the angles used are so safe.

Although this technique takes more than a dozen pages to explain, this entire presentation runs fewer than two minutes. It's slick and quick. You'll have a lot of fun performing it.   And, your audiences will, too.

Cups and Balls Principles Covered:

	Secretly Substituting a Duplicate
	Keeping a ball hidden in a cup as you place it mouth down onto the table
	Applying a rhythmic pattern for style
	Occupying the holdout hand to avoid suspicion
	Surreptitiously making the final load (Innovative Approach)

  

This is a comprehensive depiction of Don Alan's theories, handling, and presentation of the Chop Cup. It's his way of doing it, not merely a replication of a single performance. THE REAL WORK on how Don loaded, got the laughs and set up for doing his classic routine. This is the first time all the subtle work has been published.  The 28 pages, with fabulous photos and drawings of "The Complete Don Alan Chop Cup" is all you could ask for and MORE.
 

Card to Wallet by Edward Marlo $20

  

Edward Marlo's Card to Wallet manuscript, originally released in 1961, is one of the most exclusive Marlo items ever. So rare is this private monograph that even many Marlo students were not ever aware it even existed.

Card to Wallet contains Ed Marlo's ideas with hip pocket wallets and you'll find the applications discussed by Marlo to be more practical now than ever. More important still are the concepts outlined by Eddie, which can be applied to many different wallets currently in use, and for routines with other objects as well.

The loading techniques and routines described in this booklet have withstood the test of time and are worthy of your own personal study and adaptations. It stands as testimony to the brilliance of Eddie Marlo that these ideas were developed by him over forty years ago, yet some have only recently been employed by others. If you love "Card To Impossible Location" tricks, this is a must for your library!

 

For The Entertainer II now with DVD $30

revised and expanded edition for 2007 USA and UK  tour

  

Newly revised lecture notes with more graphics and photos and almost 90 minutes recorded of in depth explanations on DVD so these notes are stand alone, not just lecture notes. The lecture has been received worldwide.  Included is Craig's Ultimate Card control, which has fooled some of the best, and is easy to master.  The real work on the card rise with Craig's horizontal tabled addition that has to be seen , and finally an easy way to tie the loops, with illustrations you can understand. The memorized deck for the forgetful, any card called for .  New section on PK effects, including a spinning knife that defies the methodology.  Some ground breaking work with Corner Shorts, and a killer version of the Rising Cards including how to tie the loops. All this an more.  The DVD alone should cost more but also come with a 40 page spiral bound manuscript.

Kenton's Little Book of Wonders by Kenton Knepper $20

  

About 60 pages packed with original Kenton material never published before. Here are some of Kenton's cherished secrets such as his work with The Hoy Deck which sent mentalists reeling recently. This 5 1/2 X 11 inch booklet has more truly creative and honestly practical effects than most books three times its size.

EVERYTHING you enjoy can be found here. Close-up, mentalism, stand-up, weird magic. Plots never considered previously, and wild takes on a few forgotten classics. Here is a taste:

Pop popcorn in your hand - Spectators HEAR it actually popping!

Learn of Kenton's O.K. "Okito" box which uses hinged lids and mini-mint boxes. Yes, HINGED on lids as an Okito Box. This will create a new revolution in the Okito Box tradition.

Don't just melt a spoon - squish the bowl like it were putty. Is it putty? No! The bowl while seemingly molten instantly becomes solid again and the hands are seen empty. NOT like anything you have seen before. This is different.

Props are taken from a large Altoid type box, as the performer displays his unusual abilities. BUT, the box instantly seals itself shut with tape, postage stamps and more in a split second and in full view. The tape must be removed before the box can be opened to once again show all the props inside (including a borrowed item). This is impossible to describe and weird to experience!

A key chain with a light is held over a spectator's hand. The spectator attempts to light it with her mind. That never happens. But what does happen will surprise you and your spectator for some time to come.

There is MORE in this little booklet to be sure. Any one of these effects could have been marketed on their own, as many are doing with manuscripts these days. But Kenton, as he begins to wind down his writing for performers, wanted to cram as much as he could into one little booklet. That he has certainly accomplished.

Several secret groups were privy to small portions of this work last year. Each commented on how these methods were going to change their own methods, effects and presentations. Each group noted that at least several likely instant-classics were contained in this booklet.

This is truly a Little Book of Wonder which you can't afford to miss, and at a special price to top it all off.

  PK Magic by Chuck Leach $10

 

Previously available in two separate volumes, all of the material is now available in a single publication. PK Magic contains valuable information for anyone interested in Psychokinetic (moving objects without the use of physical means) effects. The first section contains over 30 routine ideas using props you can easily make yourself plus lots of tips on how to conceal magnets and additional presentation pointers.

The second section offers over 40 new trick ideas, tips and routines-puzzlers, psychic effects, levitations, bar stunts and more, plus a special section on using the Micro 5 magnet concealed on your wrist. Staple bound, 39 pages.

 

Animated Miracles Lecture Notes $20

 

 The inside work on using invisible elastic Loops

*** 10 Dynamite Routines! ***

· Animated Fork - A fork is placed on a table and mysteriously moves.
· Phenomenon Fork - A fork is placed on a hard surface and begins to spin rapidly as the magician waves his hand above it. It stops and spins in the other direction. As soon as it stops it can be picked up for examination by the audience.
· Falling - An object is placed on the table in front of the performer. Passing his hands around it, he makes it fall.
· The Floating Card - The magician, holding a deck of cards, takes one card with his right fingers and causes it to remain suspended from his thumb. He slowly removes his hand away and the card remains floating in mid-air.
· Jumping Fork From Glass - The magician performs a little concerto with a fork on the rim of a wineglass. The fork is then placed into the glass. The magician conducts the fork, waving his hands over the glass. The fork begins to slowly climb out of the glass and suddenly jumps out, dramatically falling down to the table.
· Mystery Glasses - A pair of sunglasses is placed on a table. Mysteriously they stand up on their own and, in some cases, the frame-arms fold shut.
· Self Revealing Card -A card is freely selected and returned to the deck. The deck is squared and placed on any surface. The magician waves his hands some distance above the cards and the deck mysteriously separates. One card pops out of the deck. It is shown to be the selected card, and all may be handed out to the audience for immediate examination.
· Matchical Magnetism - A match held by a spectator visibly jumps to join another match in the magicians hand.
· A Touching Trick - The magician causes someone to feel he has been touched without any apparent contact. While the eyes of the audience are on him, and while his own eyes are closed, a spectator feels that his hand has been touched. The audience can plainly see that the magician did not touch the spectator.
· The Floating Ring - The magician borrows a ring and displays it on his finger. The ring is suspended from his finger. The finger is moved away and the ring remains floating in the air totally unsupported. The magician plucks it from the air and hands it immediately back to it's owner!

 

Ron Bauer Teach In Series

If you want to be a better performer, read this.

Ron Bauer has created something everyone who is serious about magic and performance needs to study and own.  This is truly the 21 Century Tarbell Course in Magic and Performance. Each unit is a complete treatise on effect, performance and staging.  Reading them all will only make you a better performer.  Fully illustrated in color.  A wonderful series you should not pass up. Some great effects to add to your arsenal, but even more importantly, skills and tips you should not pass up.

	Gadabout Coins Revisited by Ron Bauer		Sudden Death Gypsy Curse by Ron Bauer
	Feminine Side by Ron Bauer		Butch, Ringo and The Sheep by Ron Bauer
	Horn Swoggled Again by Ron Bauer		Owed to Poker Dan by Ron Bauer
	Dixie by Ron Bauer		The Cursed Ring by Ron Bauer
	Fair and Sloppy by Ron Bauer		Left Handed Deck by Ron Bauer
	Mechanical Deck by Ron Bauer		Bar Bill Stunt by Ron Bauer
	Cut Up Card Trick by Ron Bauer		Four Squares and A Knot by Ron Bauer
	Siamese Goose Egg Bag by Ron Bauer		Time Machine by Ron Bauer
	Second Finger Top Deal by Ron Bauer		Xerox Money by Ron Bauer
	Think of a Card by Ron Bauer		That's The Spirit by Ron Bauer
	Finally Aces by Ron Bauer		Hat Trick by Ron Bauer
	Worn Out Deck by Ron Bauer		Sneaky Nudist Rides Again by Ron Bauer

Self Working Series by Karl Fulves $8 each volume

	Self Working COIN MAGIC
	Self Working HANDKERCHIEF MAGIC
	Self Working MENTAL MAGIC
	Self Working CLOSE-UP MAGIC
	Self Working ROPE MAGIC
	Self Working TABLE MAGIC
	Self Working PAPER MAGIC
	More Self Working CARD MAGIC