Readers of this catalog know how I feel about Mike Close.
He is a worker like me and whatever he puts out you can be assured that it has been worked out to the nth degree. This item is no exception. I started doing this trick as soon as it appeared in the Workers series. The cards have been reprinted and are available again. Here's what happens...You start by showing nine cards to be blank on both sides. After laying them out in a 3 by 3 pattern you then talk about cloning and introduce a clown card.
Suddenly the cloning experiment goes haywire and clowns start appearing on the blank cards at a startling rate! The action is so visual and compelling to watch that when the spectator finally recovers from the fever pitched action, and looks up at you, they see a clown nose on you!
Apparently the cloning thing has really run amok! If you know my material, then you know how much this resembles the card under the glass. Something happens without the spectator being aware of it, in this case the appearance of the clown nose on your face! I LOVE this trick. It comes with those all important special cards, a special wallet and a clown nose...
Great entertainment value! Not difficult to perform and it resets easy! Try this one you will love it!

This is a trick that I have been doing for years. It is a great walkaround trick and it really gets them rubbing their eyes in disbelief. It is a simple yet baffling trick that has a wonderful kicker to it. Just five cards to carry and it has tremendous audience appeal. One by one four of a kind turn face down in a most visual fashion. Then the backs change color and then the backs turn into miniature eye charts. This is a real crowd pleaser.

This is a bar magician's dream routine! Put a bottle cap into a bottle, take it out, pass it around for examination and then put it back into the bottle. At this point, all is examinable and you can give the bottle away with the cap inside as a souvenir! What a reputation maker! Eric Mead and I have developed some wonderful new moves that make this a killer. You get this Rocky Mountain Magic Routine with the gimmick.
You can practice this immediately if you purchase the bottle with a cap already in it and all the necessary stuff for...

For those of you who are fans of the Three Shell game, these shells are a must. These are produced by a native American and are simply beautiful. The are made of some composite material that will last forever and not crack like real walnut shells. They are hand painted works of art. They come with a supply of peas and a little bag to hold the shells.The turtles are $30 For those of you who collect different styles of shells for the game, these are a must.

Bill did this for me and without asking any questions, he was able to tell me what I was thinking. The effect on me was staggering. I had no clue. It left me laughing and bewildered. I do it all the time these days for my clients and it gets a great reaction. I have the script on my computer so that I can access it immediately and I can perform it whenever I talk to clients. This may be a small package but it packs a lot of wallop in audience reaction.

The Out to Lunch principle is an ingenious method of switching one card for another without detection under close scrutiny. Its origins go back 150 years. The traditional method has a rubber band around the cards that hide a half card. It is a beautiful principle that has many applications. For those of us who occasionally work an upscale crowd, the rubber band seems very...well, inelegant, for lack of a better term. So a few years ago, Greg Wilson came out with the Stockholder wallet. This was a beautiful leather item with a band that accomplished the same purpose as the rubber band. At first, this looked like a solution to the "elegance" question. But no one I know carries a wallet like this, gimmicked or not, for business cards. So it turned out to be a kind of "magic proppy" looking thing. Well, Rocky Mountain Magic has devised a simple, but elegant, stainless steel clip that holds about 6 business cards. This doesn't look like a prop, it looks like what it is...a simple clip that holds a few business cards together. It is a totally innocent looking thing that accomplishes the out to lunch principle perfectly without looking "proppy". This simple prop is available for $15. It doesn't come with instructions. It is assumed that anyone ordering knows what to do with it. The best thing about the Stockholder was the accompanying book that came with it. This book has ideas using the principle that were contributed by some of the greatest minds in magic, Mike Close, Paul Harris, Roy Johnson, Michael Weber, Daryl, Dan Harlan, and others. The good news is that I have unearthed a small supply of these books...they are $25. If you want the clip, too, the price for both is $40

Order this item if you would like to have one of the remaining StockHolder Books. The best thing about the Stockholder was the accompanying book that came with it. This book has ideas using the principle that were contributed by some of the greatest minds in magic, Mike Close, Paul Harris, Roy Johnson, Michael Weber, Daryl, Dan Harlan, and others. For details on the Out to Lunch Clip, see the Clip description in this section!

When it comes to mind-reading, I always play it for laughs. This routine is no exception. Here is an item that I have used for years at the bar. A two-phase, tongue-in-cheek, comedy ESP trick that employs two people but has enough appeal to captivate the entire audience. This can work effectively table:side for two people or for a bar full of people. I have even done this on stage using two people from the audience and it get great laughs while it amazes. It is easy to do so you can focus on the presentation. Packs small and plays big, you get all the lines and presentational tips, the special 2" crystal ball (well, okay, it's plexiglass) and velvet carrying sackŠ