Monday, April 18, 2016

Can you identify these tricks??

Can you tell me the name or the maker of any of these tricks?  I bought them all as part of a larger magic lot recently and don't have any further information on them.  Any assistance you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

1.   I actually have instructions for this one.  It's called "Cartouche".  Who put it out though? 
**Update: Maybe created by Alan Warner?  It looks a lot like his trick "Enigmatic" 
http://www.ktmagic.com/Auction/APViewItem.asp?ID=6711

 2. There's an inner wall that would allow you to drop something down one of two different interior compartments.

3. These dice are attached to string so you'll always roll a seven.  **Update: Appears to be a copy of Clarence Miller's "Hard Seven"
http://www.martinsmagic.com/allmagic/mentalism/hard-seven-by-clarence-miller/

4. **Update: An early version of Viking's "Chip-Sational"?
https://www.vikingmagic.com/product/esp-chipsational-esp-chips-and-box/

5. Flip the pencils over and they're a different color.  **Update: These have sold on Martinka.  No manufacturer was listed though.
http://www.martinka.com/martinka/auction/APViewItem.asp?ID=11853

6. No idea. **Update: It's "Tele-Vision Box".  Manufacturer unknown.

7. The piece on the left can make coins appear / disappear.  There's a velvet piece that fits into the larger wooden hole, but it's not attached to either ring the way you might expect.

8. It's a multiple outs mental effect, but that's all I know.

9. Identical on the other side, and with a movable inner flap.  Jumbo card size.

10. Can use to add on a few cards.  **Update: It's called "Fatal Attraction - English Card Box" by Viking.
https://www.vikingmagic.com/product/fatal-attraction-english-card-box/

11. There's no shell.  (Maybe the previous owner lost it?)  The red ball fits completely in the lid.
**Update: It's probably a Jam Jar or Marble Vase.  (I still can't figure out how to get the ball to stay in the lid though.)

12. Who put out this very large money printer?

13. Who put out this beautiful three shell game?

14. Very similar to number eight above.  Multiple outs.  **Update: It's called "Ring Of Destiny".  Manufacturer unknown.

15. A beautiful watch box made by who?

16. Another watch box.

17. Any idea who make this?

18.  Is it a spirit lock?  Can't figure out what it's supposed to do.  **Update: This is the "De-Val Master Padlock" by Supreme.

 19. This one really has me stumped.  It's obviously part of a trick, but I'm not sure what.  The only thing I can think of is that it winds a silk or rope.  The spinning motor moves very slowly.
















5 comments:

  1. #13 - I believe the Three Shell Game pictured was manufactured by Karl Norman, lead magician and bartender at Buffalo's Forks Hotel. He gave me a set years ago, minus the box. I believe if you turn the shells over, they have a raised bottom, similar to a Chinese rice bowl.

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    1. Definitely Karl Norman. I also have an autographed box. I love this set. My box is slightly different, but the shells and the peas are the same.

      Tom

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  2. Number 13 shell game was made by Karl Norman I actually have an autograph box

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  3. The last trick you have posted here - the winder - goes with a magic mirror - the winder slowly pulls the silk thru the gimmicked hole in the mirror so you can make it appear as if the silk is vanishing into the mirror without your standing next to it.

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  4. The last trick you have posted here - the winder - goes with a magic mirror - the winder slowly pulls the silk thru the gimmicked hole in the mirror so you can make it appear as if the silk is vanishing into the mirror without your standing next to it.

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