Tannen's Magic
Tannen's Magic was started in the 1920s by Louis Tannen and has been run by Adam Blumenthal since 2010. It serves as a major destination for magicians visiting New York, and as a meeting place for the city’s burgeoning magic scene.
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Published routines with detailed instruction, performance tips, and insights into effects.
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The Invisible Coin
Some of the best tricks can be found in the bottom of your drawer, or in the back of an old catalog, or in a recollection of a Saturday afternoon at a magic shop. They’re not forgotten. In fact, you’d be surprised that those tricks are still as good as you thought they were.
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Aerostatic Milk Bottle
Based on the Stewart James Tip-See Milk Bottle, Hocus-Pocus offers a well-made new version of this wonderful effect. It’s perfect for stand-up or stage, but a close-up audience may be too close.
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The Clown’s Nightmare
Should you really be tempted to buy four unprepared sponge balls for $35? Well, if anyone asks it like that, it sounds crazy. But these neat sponge balls are perfectly suited for Mario Lopez’s great routine, The Clown’s Nightmare.
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The Predator Pack
Predict any freely named card with 100% accuracy and no sleight of hand. A neat way of upping your “Invisible Deck” game.
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Cheater’s Chips
A set of casino-quality poker chips that give the magician an inside edge; a secret hidden in plain sight.
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Omni Air
A solid through solid penetration with some surprises. Everything is visible at all times, and everything is built into a regular card box and the deck inside is a normal deck.
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Liquid Spectrum
Tobias Dostal’s package of special props is a wonderful variation on his Liquify plot, for the magicians who just can’t get enough of the visual liquify phenomenon.
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The $100 Challenge
We gave a young magician $100 to buy some current magic. See what tickled his fancy and what he thought of his purchases.
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Bammo Buddha Time Machine
As part of his continuing “Bammo” series, the prolific Bob Farmer has produced a download document that explains his clever mash-up of the Princess Card Trick.
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Simon Says
This Celebrity Edition of the trick is by Simon Lipkin. It’s very well made and doesn't look like a magic trick at all.
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Three Card Monte Stand
This Jeki Yoo prop is a version of Mike Skinner’s wonderful Three-Card Monte routine.