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You will find that some of us who are labeled as negative will take time to talk to those really willing to learn. Also take the time right now and go to Magician.org and magicsam.com. Those are the websites for the IBM and SAM. There you will find local clubs and or magicians in your area.

Adam Willber talks about it some in his Worker Part 1 video. When he does it he just talks over it. The effect he uses it for is Boxer whis is one of three card to impossible location I do right now. The other two are clarity box and FOB.

There is a book from the 1880's called Sleight of Hand by Sachs. It is still around as a paperback. In it there is an effect where a slip of paper is torn or cut into the shape of a butterfly.It then takes off and flies above you hands. i'm sure it can be done with a leaf as well.

No no no just not no but hell no. It's not your effect. There is a thread here http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?40450-Magic-effects-and-copy-right talking about Teller from Penn and Teller in a lawsuit with someone selling a version of his effect even though the methods are different...

That fact that you even have to ask others mean you already know it is not a good idea. It's a quick way to lose something that right now you have to get onto a waiting list just to buy.

I know. Like half my formal close up set and my parlor set are my own stuff. The rest is either some commercial effects and stuff from books printed before the 1950's. I even have a whole parlor act that is from a book printed in the 1880's.

I'm just going to throw this out there. You know these guy have a team of magician behind them and many times they are original effects that are not for sell right?

it's a full 25 hours not once a day. So you will be able to spin again around 10pm tonight. Check the time your email came in to konw what time for sure.

Really need to know what you know already and how long you have been at this. Also pick up the Jamie Grant book The Approach

Maybe who ever wins it can give it to Ricky Jay so he can see it again since he was the one who built it.

The bikes are the normal cheap cards

I use plain old run of the mill bicyces. I get them at Sam's Club 12 decks for $14. On top of everything else make sure you hands are clean and dry, but remember these are made out of paper they wear out.

Above all else timing. The version of the french drop that Vernon teaches in The Magic of Dai Vernon. Also a great effect to learn a ton of great basics is the Cups and Balls. You learn palms steals vanishes misdirection audience management timing.

It is these reasons I keep pushing Steal like an Artist on creative types. It talks about how you learn from your heroes. Like a family tree of your style. It's an $8 book that the guy has put a great deal of it up on his website for free.

IT breaks ver times doesn't matter if it is a reel or a loop it will break.

The one odd thing i saw was the year's worth of cards was only a gross. That might get me three months in the busy season.

Doesn't matter you only get one spin a day and he used his. He will have the one for the second effect tomrrow. Now if he doesn't have his token tomorrow that is a different issue.

Oooh a game I love games I'll go. I'm 34 and I own the following books... Books on Magic... Animated Miracles by Mesika Vortex by Stone Flashpoints by Marlo Mnemonica by Tamariz Gen Grant's Manual of Magic by Grant Safety Pin Trix by Andrus Silken Sorcery by Hugard 50 Tricks with a...

There have been more than a few threads here where people post their "new" effect or move only to be told that it was from the 1890s to today. That someone else has been doing it for decades only to have them say well I still came up with it. Well Teller of Penn and Teller sued someone for not...

I can tell you now to save your money on that one. You want something like looks like super powers look in Magic and Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers. There is a strong man effect in there.