Several coloured wood pencils are given for examination. Behind the performer’s back, one is placed in a small brass tube and the cap screwed on. Bringing the tube to the front, the performer divines the colour of the selected pencil. Made in Japan, there is a label on the bottom of the box identifying the trick as a sample from Ohnishiya Honten, Tokyo. Sample number 8183. Instructions are missing, although the secret is well known to magicians.
Several coloured wood pencils are given for examination. Behind the performers back, one is placed in a small plastic tube and the cap screwed on. Bringing the tube to the front, the performer divines the colour of the selected pencil. The trick may be repeated once everything, including the tube, have been examined. Complete with instructions.
It is impossible to prove the provenance of this item, but I include it here because it is an interesting item in its own right. It came into the Davenport Collection in 1982 as a gift from Norwich magician Harry Carson. Previously it belonged to Dick Ritson, a good friend of Harry’s and a well respected Yorkshire magician and magic historian. History does not tell us why Dick believed it originally came from Anderson (1814-1874).
Two cards of a kind are shown with one placed between them of a different denomination. The cards are turned over and the spectators are invited to pick out the centre card from the backs. They fail to pick out the different card, and the trick ends with three cards of a kind being shown – the different card has completely disappeared. This is a Vampire pocket trick copyright No. 106. Made in England.
The Four Ace plot is well known to magicians. The four Aces are laid on a stand and then have three indifferent cards dealt onto each. One pile chosen by the audience is laid aside. The Aces are caused to vanish from each other pile. Finally the Aces are found in the chosen pile. Complete with instructions. This is a Vampire Series trick made by M. A. Magic Co., London. M. A. stands for Max Andrews.
A card trick with an unusual plot. A blank miniature card is shown and dropped into a small stack of regular sized cards, noting the value of the card which it is dropped in front of, let’s say the Four of Clubs. The magician then SQUEEZES the pack and, when the cards are shown again, the noted card is now blank and the previously shown miniature blank card has now turned into a miniature Four of Clubs. Complete with instructions but missing some of the cards. A Kaymar Magic trick.
This is a ‘Vampire’ trick from Max Andrews. A spectator takes one card from a packet of examined visiting card blanks. On one side of the card a panel is printed together with an image of the Devil himself. The spectator signs his name in the panel, seals it in an envelope and puts it in his pocket. Despite these precautions, the name of any selected card will appear in blood red letters on the signed card. Complete with instructions.
Worn as a buttonhole, it changes colour on the command of the wearer. The YIMKA logo is on the back.
The card has a postcard back which also includes the instructions. The idea is you have any playing card thought of by a spectator. By asking which lines on the postcard contain an image of the card, it is possible to deduce the name of the chosen card.
This is a trick put out by Harry Baron. The performer shows a packet of cards with a picture of the ‘Little Magi’ printed on each one. The Magi is holding two slates. One of the little cards is signed both sides by a spectator, yet a message mysteriously appears on one of the slates. The instructions provide a routine in which the Magi card is placed in an envelope before anyone has seen what is written on it. The envelope is placed in the middle of a pack of cards. When the pack is separated and the envelope opened, it turns out that the Magi has written the name of the card next to where the envelope was placed. Complete with instructions from Penshaw Novelties. Penshaw Novelties was probably a company which Harry Baron owned, or was involved in.
Davenports put out this trick which follows the usual patter line, but which needs no sleight of hand to perform. Complete with instructions.
The performer shows two blue silks and one red. The two blue ones are tied together by a corner and placed over a chair. The performer takes the red silk and vanishes it by their favourite method (!). On picking up the blue silks, the red silk is seen tied the two of them. The main image is an advertisement from a Davenports catalogue.