Magic History’s Greatest Deal Ever!
All 10 Back Issues of Gibecière: $299! Stuff your stockings with magic history: Get or give all 10 back issues of Gibecière for $299 ($329 Non-Members)! For a limited time, Conjuring Arts is offering a complete collection of back issues of our flagship journal, Gibecière, for the low package Member price of $299, US postage paid. That means nearly 1,900 [...]
Ricky Jay Trapped in an Elevator! With Girls!
Watch as Ricky Jay faces his greatest challenge ever! In this video, he is forced into the harrowing position of having to fend off two vapid women while trapped in an elevator. Do a trick Mr. Jay! Ricky Jay Trapped In An Elevator With Two Stupid Girls from Ricky Jay
Ricky Jay on Funny or Die
Ricky Jay is featured in David Mamet’s “Lost Masterpieces of Pornography”, a video on the Funny or Die website. It features June Crenshaw (Kristen Bell) “known as the ‘sex kitten’ of the Supreme Court”. This video may not be safe for work. Cheers! David Mamet’s “Lost Masterpieces of Pornography” w/ Kristen Bell, Ed O’Neill & [...]
Ricky Jay on 60 Minutes
Ricky Jay is featured on a recent 60 Minutes piece, titled “Scams: Pigeon Fever”, to discuss the nature of scams and human gullibility. Mr. Jay explains why experts in certain fields are more likely to be hoodwinked, demonstrates the blind faith people put in authority, and cautions against anything that seems too good to be [...]
MAGIC, 1400s – 1950s
This book celebrates more than 500 years of the dazzling visual culture of the world’s greatest magicians. Featuring more than 1,000 rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, engravings and paintings, this 650-page volume traces the history of magic as a performing art from the 1400s to the 1950s. Combining sensational images with lucid and incisive [...]
Gibecière Vol. 3, No. 1
The first issue of our third volume includes the fascinating third installment of Mitsunobu Matsuyama’s “An Investigation into Magic in Japan after the Opening of the Country.” This time he is solving the mystery of Soto Sunetaro’s arrival in the U.S.A. and discussing the role that Soto played in the history of de Kolta’s “Expanding Die” [...]
Gibecière Vol. 1, No. 1
The first issue of Gibeciere features several very salient articles as well as introductory pieces by Stephen Minch, the Editor, and William Kalush, the Executive Director. A fascinating article on “The Yawning Mouth”, by Volker Huber, starts the issue. Mr. Huber looks at the origins of the principle and then moves forward to the various [...]
