by Ricky Smith | Apr 1, 2013 | Magic News
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...
by Ricky Smith | Mar 21, 2013 | Magic News
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!
by Ricky Smith | Mar 18, 2013 | Gibecière, Magic News, Research
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...
by Ricky Smith | Mar 5, 2013 | Magic News, Playing Cards
Conjuring Arts is very pleased to introduce the culmination of years of research and development. The Erdnase 216 deck. Relatively 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...
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...