by Ricky Smith | Feb 27, 2013 | Magic News, Playing Cards, Research
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...
by Noah Levine | Feb 27, 2013 | Articles, Exhibitions, Magic News
Imagine a magician who drops coins into an ACME style portable hole only to remove them from a bagless change purse; or who ties a Japanese coin to a string and uses a paper fan to make the coin fly like a kite on a beach. Or imagine a magician who can pour the sound...
by Noah Levine | Feb 13, 2013 | Ask Alexander News, Magic News
We are always looking for new ways to make Ask Alexander (our two and a half million page database) more accessible and easy to use. Here are two new projects that will make you want to go and play on Alex right now. Instant Translation One of the library’s...
by Ricky Smith | Jan 29, 2013 | Magic News, Playing Cards
Introducing Legends, one of the most beautiful decks ever printed. Conjuring Arts is very proud to be helping to introduce a new era in quality playing cards. For the last few years we have produced a great number of different decks and, in addition to creating new...
by Ricky Smith | Dec 7, 2012 | Magic News
The holidays are upon us, and we have the gifts and packaging necessary to create a truly magical holiday season! Exquisite, robust wrapping paper and elegant ribbon for your packages. Luxurious boxes for playing cards and extraordinary notebooks. We think you will...