Tricks: Close-Up Magic

This book is full of routines and ideas for the Hot Rod. Enough material to keep you busy for a long time. Written in easy to understand language. 32 pages.

A stick containing 6 different color gems is shown on both sides. Spectator selects a color and instantly all the gems on both sides become the chosen color. A popular trick!

Available with a clear or black rod

Perfect for parlor and stage performers, the Hummingbird Reel is used to make silks, dollar bills, and other lightweight objects fly into your hand from up to 20 feet away!

It's the world's smallest electronic reel; only 1 1/2 inches long by 1/2 inch in diameter! Precision machined from brass, the Hummingbird Reel houses...

The performer removes a small brass paddle which has three small rubber bands around it covering three hypnotic circle designs. He shows both sides to be blank, and then he places a penny under one of the rubber bands. The performer shows that another penny has appeared on the other side! This is repeated with two more pennies, making...

The Magician states that for his next trick, he will need three balls. Suddenly one appears in his right hand and two in his left. After allowing the audience a chance to examine these, two balls are placed into a spectators hand, the third vanishes.

The Magician now places two balls in his hand, one in his pocket. Opening his hand,...

This large rabbit make a great finale to your sponge ball routine. Matches the rabbits shown above but thisone is 5 inches long and 3 inches tall.

Imagine a standard Schlage house key that you can link to another key, put on or take off a string held by a spectator. Crafted by Joe Porper to precision standards, no matter how close anyone looks at the key they can't see any gimmickry. Use it for Mike Close's Ring Fright routine, or anything your imagination dreams up with...

Imagine a standard Schlage house key that you can link to another key, put on or take off a string held by a spectator. Crafted by Joe Porper to precision standards, no matter how close anyone looks at the key they can't see any gimmickry. Use it for Mike Close's Ring Fright routine, or anything your imagination dreams up with...

This is a marvelous creation from the fertile minds of Jim Swoger, Jay Leslie and George Robinson. A golden skeleton key (24K gold plated!) is displayed at the fingertips. The bit or tang at the end of the key is caused to move around the shaft of the key. Then the bit is slid the length of the key towards the bow or handle, where it remains...

Close-up Master Henry Evans strikes again with this clever effect that happens right in the spectator's hand! Several rubber bands are dropped into hand of the spectator. The spectator is instructed to close their hand and in an instant the magician has the spectator open the hand to show that all the bands are now linked in a continous...

A borrowed ring is placed over a brass skeleton key. It is impossible for the spectator to remove the key because both ends of the key are wider than the diameter of the ring. They won't figure out you even got the ring on in the first place, but you can just as easily take it off.

A small box with 2 doors on the front and 2 on top is shown The doors are opened and inside is a die. The die is removed and placed inside a borrowed hat or small box. The spectators are told to keep track of the die.When asked where the die is they will naturally say the inside the hat. The die is removed to show they are indeed correct.Next,...

The No 2 Pencil has been featured on national TV. It'sfunny and a great natural prop to carry around with you. It's always ready to go and resets instantly! As you can see from the images, the No 2 Pencil is a visually striking animation from start to finish as the 'No 2' symbol on a pencil disappears, reappears, and then...

An improved version of a classic trick.

The spectator is shown six cards. Unlike older versions of this trick, BOTH SIDES of the cards are freely displayed.

Using the cards and a the magician's superior mental ability, it is a simple matter to tell the spectator their age, how much change they have in their...

A metal nut is threaded on a large metal bolt and dropped into a tube.

The tube is given a shake. Next you open the tube and dump out the contents.
Mysteriously, the nut is no longer threaded on the bolt!

Everything can then be completely examined.

The "Pagoda Box" is an Asian Influenced version of the Delta Ring Box. Same great quality, but with additional decorative wood features. High Gloss Finish. This is a true work of art you will be proud to add to your magic collection.

You show a glass with a piece of rubber sealing the mouth. The rubber is fastened with a rubberband so nothing can get in or out. On top of the piece of rubber are two coins. A spectator chooses one of the coins. The other coin is removed and the spectator is instructed to push down on the remaining coin with their finger. Amazingly the...

In the first routine explained by Tony Lewis the pips on four aces completely vanish from the cards and turn into sponge pips. Other routines are explained. Whether you learn the clever routines tought by Tony or not you'll love the terrific props which can be incorporated into your own sponge routines. You get two of each pip (clubs,...

The Viking Ring Casket has been copied, but not equalled. Precision machining makes this one of our finest pieces.

A ring is borrowed then caused to vanish. A spectator has been given a small brass container to hold. When this container is opened she discovers her missing ring!

You'll marvel at the ingenuity and design...

The magician displays a matchbox.

On command the drawer of the match box RISES UP!

With a few magic gestures it slowly sinks back into the box. This can be repeated as often as you like.

A wonderful, intriguing story of the infamous Count Cagliostro is presented in true bizarre fashion.
A small skull, a keepsake from the estate of the Count is used to relate a strange ritual in which the skull magically frees itself after being bound by two silken cords.

You are supplied with all the props necessary to perform...

The magician shows his audience a vibrantly colored feather, and attempts to balance it on the back of a playing card. He succeeds!

But then, the real magic happens: the feather seemingly controlled by the spirits, rises to a vertical position on the back of the card, and begins to twist, twirl and dance! It moves back and forth...

A string is threaded through a brass nut and both ends are held by a spectator. The nut is covered with a handkerchief and the magician reaches under and removes the nut. Well made!

Magician holds a closed match box by the sides. On command the drawer rises out of the box.

A new twist on a genuine classic of magic "The Ash Trick," has been performed regularly for many years by magicians all over the world.

This new system, replaces the ashes, with clearly stamped images. This system allows for specific images to be stamped on the spectators palm at will. The system includes five custom images...