Deceptive Practice Locations!
View Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay in a larger map Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is going to shortly be released in a number of cities! Check the map to find the location nearest you to make sure you don’t miss this extraordinary look into the life [...]
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
We are exceptionally pleased to have the opportunity to notify you of the pending release of Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay at the Film Forum in NYC. For fans and students of magic, this is a must see and will probably sell out quickly. Get tickets right away and view the [...]
The Ultimate Sphinx Only $49.99 Postpaid in the US!
In the history of magic magazines The Sphinx is special. It was one of America’s first and lasted for 50 years. The Sphinx was indisputably the greatest American magic magazine during our Golden Age of magic. The material, history and general gossip about magic from 1902 to 1952 is astounding and cannot be found anywhere [...]
Conjuring Arts Featured in the Wall Street Journal!
Conjuring Arts is very pleased to have been featured on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal! Please pick up a hard copy or read the article on line. The online version features extra content including audio and video!
Gibecière Vol. 8, No. 1
Gibecière Vol. 8, No. 1 It’s kind of a big deal. Our 15th issue of Gibecière is our biggest issue ever! As with some previous issues of our journal, we are once again very proud to deliver a long lost manuscript that sheds refreshing light on our history while also unearthing some forgotten treasures. The [...]
Discovered! Bee 216…Erdnase?
Recently one of our board members found what might be the only existing example of the Bee 216 deck. This was printed by the New York Consolidated Card Company for a very limited time around the year 1900, and although the back design appears in catalogs and illustrations, no other complete deck is known. What [...]
Complete Mahatma Magazine!
Complete MAHATMA Magazine! A complete file of Mahatma Magazine on CD. This is a newly scanned, COLOR, fully text-searchable edition of magic’s first magazine, published from 1895 to 1906. Over a 1000 pages. Valuable biographies and hundreds of historic illustrations, presented in easy-to-use PDF format. This can cost as much as $30 elsewhere! for $14.99 postpaid ($19.99 for [...]
Gibecière Vol. 7, No. 2
Welcome to the 14th issue of Gibecière (Vol. 7, No. 2)! We have just received an advanced copy and are expecting to have them in the office and shipping out to current subscribers around July 18th! This issue features a number of glorious articles, as well as Stephen Minch’s excellent “Pocket Notes” and a robust addition [...]
La biblioteca digital de ilusionismo
Our dear friend the brilliant magician Luis Piedrahita recently told us about La biblioteca digital de ilusionismo (Digital Library of Illusion) – a fascinating digital resource for magicians and scholars. At the moment, this library offers access to 62 fully scanned volumes divided into categories: Card Magic, Mentalism, Prestidigitation, White Magic, Magic History, and Scientific [...]
Genii Magazine and Ask Alexander Research Contest!
In honor of Erdnaseum and the collaboration between Genii Magazine and Conjuring Arts, we are offering a contest to subscribers of Genii Magazine. The prize is two decks of cards, and the joy and frivolity of searching through Genii on Ask Alexander! These decks will be shipped post paid anywhere in the world. The challenge [...]
