User:Nepomuk/Card Magic
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[edit] References
The Royal Road to Card Magic, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue: classic and inexpensive introduction to card magic.
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, by Jean Hugard: classic and inexpensive collection of card tricks.
Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic, Jean Hugard: classic and inexpensive guide to more advanced card magic techniques.
Card College, volumes 1 through 5, Roberto Giobbi: modern, well regarded series of books with instructions on most card sleights.
Encyclopedia of Card Sleights, volumes 1 through 8 (DVD), Daryl: well regarded DVD course on sleight of hand with cards.
Allan Ackerman’s Advanced Card Controls Series, volumes 1 through 8 (DVD), Allan Ackerman: DVD series with more advanced card sleight of hand techniques.
Dai Vernon Inner Secrets Series, Louis Ganson: excellent series of books by perhaps the 20th century's greatest card magician.
Revolutionary Card Technique, Ed Marlo: excellent book by another legendary 20th century card magician.
Gambling Protection Series, Steve Forte: series of videotapes showing card cheating sleight of hand moves performed perfectly by perhaps the greatest card sleight of hand praticitioner alive. Forte has also written a 600 page book "Casino Game Protection" which is the first encyclopedic textbook (for casino employees) exposing cheating techniques at casinos.
Hofzinser's Card Conjuring, by Ottokar Fischer: volume describing the card magic and techniques of the 19th century Viennese magician Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, perhaps the greatest card magican of all time.
The Expert at the Card Table, S.W. Edrnase (E.S. Andrews?): the classic textbook on card technique, first published in the early years of the twentieth century.
The Amateur Magicians Handbook, by Henry Hay: excellent beginner's guide on the performance of magic in general, including card magic.
[edit] External Links
The Magic Cafe: an online magic forum: [[1]]
Genii Magazine: long running and respected magic magazine: [[2]]
Magic Magazine: newer and respected magic magazine: [[3]]
Cardshark.us: online forum on methods of card cheats: [[4]]
Secret of Magic Web Forum: what the name describes: [[5]]
Steven's Magic: online magic shop where the card magic books and DVD's listed above should be available; there are many other online magic shops as well: [[6]]
