Close-Up Magic

Dan Hauss has discovered a rare piece of strange that brilliantly abuses the laws of nature-allowing you to mysteriously and from a distance stop and start the flow of liquid from an innocent bottle of designer water.

Your spectator actually experiences the entire astonishment in her own hands! You never touch the bottle-or water-throughout the entire effect. All can be immediately examined: the empty bottle, the spectator, you, the water, the street, everything!

Dan Hauss' Flow uses a completely original crazy new principle that will leave you gushing with delight!

Prepare any bottle in under ten seconds
Works with bottled soda, tea, and most other beverages.
No discs or caps used. Nothing to hide, steal or get rid of.
Perform Flow completely surrounded.
Once the effect starts the performer never touches the bottle, the water or the spectator.
Comes Complete with gimmick and an instructional DVD with Bonus Effects.

Running Time Approximately 32min

by Alan Wong

The Collector's Mini Pom-Pom Stick is brought to you by Alan Wong. A personal favorite of his to perform. Easy to work with, colorful, and fun to play with. You can adapt different scripts to suit your own style. Fits into any pocket and fully functional for close up performances. Made of Solid Brass with a gold plated finish. There are four glitter color pom-poms at the ends and connected by nylon strings. You also recieve a custom velvet bag with golden drawstrings to protect the mini pom-pom stick.

Dimensions Approximately 4 1/4" (10cm)

The folding coin has been with us for hundreds of years. Porper brings this effect, the coin in bottle and/or the coin through ring into modern times with a beautiful folding chip. As you can see by the photo there is NO EDGE GROOVE. The chip folds small enough to pass into a glass or plastic bottle or through a ring.

Long off the market, the Locking Card Box has been a classic prop. Leave it to Joe Porper to create a new style that locks and unlocks with little or no effort, but cannot be found out under close examination. Made from aircraft quality alloys and anodized, this is a precision prop for the collector and worker alike. Comes with book "50 Tricks with a Card Box," by Magic Inc.

One of the current "hot" items in coin magic is the sliding shell. Used for effects like 3-Fly and other coins across, Porper created the perfect gimmick, supplied with three routines from one of close-up magic's greats, Mike Gallo.

A rubber ball is magically produced, then vanishes and reappears. One ball becomes two, then three rubber balls. One at a time, the three balls are placed in the left hand. One at a time they travel across and are cleanly dropped from the right hand. This sequence is repeated once. One ball is placed in the pocket and magically returns. This sequence is repeated once. For the climax, all the balls inexplicably vanish!! Here is the real work on the legendary 3 ball routine (a staple for Johnny Thompson, David Roth, Bob Sheets Dai Vernon and many other well known pros). You get four excellent balls, six pages of text and illustration that will allow you to include this classic of magic in your repertoire.

The magician shows a bag that looks similar to any changing bag, but in a miniature size. He shows it's empty and then he produces some silks or whatever he wants! You will also be able to use the bag for disappearances or to change objects, but the best thing is that it can be completely examined!!!

Imagine the following: After performing your favorite pen/pencil through bill effect a wiseguy from the audience shouts out loud: "Hey, do it with MY pen" ...Well, now you CAN!
Effect: A BORROWED bill is folded in half widthwise. Next, a BORROWED pen or pencil is placed in-between the bill, which is clearly shown. Now read this carefully; WITHOUT touching the pen/pencil, It starts to "MELT" right through the fold of the bill SLOWLY and VISUALLY, until the pen/pencil drops in your waiting hand!

Just like "REAL" magic! Everything is immediately handed out for examination!

One by one, three differently colored sponge balls disappear from the performer's closed hand, only to reappear in the spectator's!

Albert Goshman's classic sponge ball routine is simple in effect, but very effective in performance. Comes complete with the necessary sponges and purse frame.

A matchbox flips over on the Magician's hand, then the drawer slides open and a match jumps out and stands on the box!

A Paddle trick with a difference. A paddle has three plastic covers which slide over it, obscuring the body of the paddle from view. Each cover has a large colored spot on each side, one has two green spots, one two red spots and one two yellow ones. The magician pulls the covers off, one at a time, during this he shows both sides of the paddle to be quite blank.
The cover with the two red spots is slid over the paddle to the central position. It is shown on both sides. Next, the cover with the two yellow spots is placed on the paddle. Again, it is shown on both sides.
The remaining cover which has two green spots on it, is picked up and freely shown on both sides. It is slid onto the bottom and again the paddle, now with the three covers in correct alignment, is shown on both sides. "Now", says the magician, "watch the spots jump". Suddenly, with a flick of the wrist, it is seen that two of the spots have vanished from the covers, only the green ones remain. Magician pulls off the first cover. This is shown blank on both sides and underneath it on the paddle are the colored spots. Apparently they have penetrated right through onto the paddle. The second cover is removed. This is blank and it is seen that the red spots have penetrated through and are now one on each side of the paddle:.
The remaining cover still has the green spot in position. Apparently the green spots wont penetrate. The magician removes it and places it aside. Then, as an afterthought, he decides to once again try to cause the green spots to also penetrate. Again, he shows the cover with the green spots, sliding this onto the paddle. Once again, a flick of the wrist and - surprise: - the paddle is blank and all three colored spots have appeared on each side of the small cover. A tremendous off-beat finish. Indeed the spots have jumped but they have jumped all on to one cover: The creation of Ian Adair, and manufactured and marketed by permission with his original routine, this model of Paddle Waggle is handsomely crafted from Acrylic, with plastic covers, and comes to you complete with routine, ready to use.

Many have dreamed of turning worthless metal into gold. In this effect the magician show a brass vial and places some metal filings inside. They are poured out and have now changed to gold. The filings are placed back in the vial where they change to gold nuggets!Precision crafted by Viking magic.

You show your audience a small black plastic tube and 2 silver caps ends absolutely empty. You can hand them out to the audience to examine. You cover each end of the tube with the caps and you place it in clear view. Then you show a silk and vanish it by your favorite method (you can use the Vernet Crystal Thief or the Vernet Universal Pull), and having your hands absolutely empty, very clear uncover the tube to show the silk is there again. You can instantly hand everything out for examination.
Silk Not Included

A small wooden box is displayed along with its loose top and bottom. There are two holes in the opposite sides of the box through which a length of cord or ribbon is threaded. Now a borrowed ring is placed within the box; the ends of the ribbon visible as they hang from the holes in the sides of the box. The lid and base are replaced and the box turned over. Upon removing the lid and base, it is now seen that the ring has mysteriously penetrated the ribbon and is danging from its center. This impossible feat occuring even though the spectator is holding onto the ends of the ribbon!

The box and ribbon may be left in the hands of the spectator without fear of detecting the secret.

Made of beautiful hand-rubbed mahogany. A beautiful effect invented by Massey and brought to life by the craftsmen at Viking Mfg.

You start off with a paddle blank on both sides... then an arrow (engraved and highlighted) appears on one end. The arrow moves to the middle, then to the far end. It's shakenfrom spot to spot, then slid. It multiplies, and even jumps about on its own volition. In one wild sequence, the arrows on the paddle refuse to cooperate and apparently lead one anotherfrom place to place! Finally, the arrow is visibly split in two and the paddle is handed out for examination.
The Amazing Jumping Arrow is destined to become a classic. Crafted from aluminum specifically for this effect, then anodized and engraved, this elegant prop produces a beautifulroutine in which a variety of amazing, amusing visual effects take place - each more incredible than the last.

The School for Scoundrels is proud to present one of the finest sets of shells and peas ever offered to the magic fraternity for the shell game. The Antique Copper Shells, area cast from pewter and then heavily plated in copper for a beautiful finish.

This shell set includes five of our Perfect Peas that are made from injection-molded vinyl. These peas work on any surface, even glass and marble, and never lose their grip. They are made with the color of a real fresh pea, bright enough to show up well against almost any color. Two other matching peas are included that are made from hard plastic, and will not roll out from the shells. These can be switched in for examination if wished. A shot-glass and carrying bag are also included.

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