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This wand offers the ultimate in both finish and looks. Made by Davenports. The body of the wand is made from wood and varnished, to bring out the patina of the grain, and for long service. The ends are of solid turned and polished brass. Approximately 35 cm. long (13-3/4 inches) with brass ends 4/7 cms. (1-7/8th inches) and 12 mm thick this wand is perfect for the close-up worker wishing to present a class setting for his act. The balance of this wand lends itself ideally for the cups and ball routine where the spinning of the wand hides some of the finer sleights and movements.
The most popular magician's table we have ever offered. Made by Davenports to our own design these are solid professional tables with a top hat and cane motif in prismatic and plain heavy duty plastic material it will give you years of service. You really need to see these tables in order to fully appreciate the craftsmanship that has gone into their construction. The finish is excellent and the whole is made from the best quality birch ply and each table is hand finished. The table has been specially constructed so that it folds away quickly after your performance, thus making it easy to transport. The table front is finished in durable yellow formica with the motifs hand mounted onto the formica. Also available under special order with plain YELLOW formica so you can put on your own logo. The table includes a prop shelf and the top is a natural wood finish and varnished with a hard wearing special varnish to give a truly professional look. Measurements (close approximates) are: table height 30" (76 cms) , top 20" x 14" (50 x 35 cms) and shelf 15" x 11" (38 x 28 cms). The shelf is divided in the centre. Please note that £3.00 must be added to the normal postage charge quoted in our Terms and Conditions of sale for the packing and time taken to post a table.
This handy and portable table has a double shelf system under the top. The table dismantles leaving only the front and leg, two shelves and the top, all of which can be assembled in a few minutes. Made from best quality birch ply finished to the front in hard finish poppy red cellulose paint with the top hat in prismatic material and a black cane. The table is approximately 31 inches high (79 cm.), with a sensible working surface top now enlarged to 15-1/2 x 12 -3/4 inches (39 x 32 cms). The varnished, natural wood finished, top surface of birch ply is specially finished in pre-catalysed lacquer varnish and has two shelves 10 x 6-1/2 inches (25 x 16 cm.) underneath for other props, each split into two areas, each 6-1/2 x 5 inches (17 x 12 cm.). Each shelf is designed to slip into the support leg and locked in place with a wing nut and bolt. Please note that £3.00 must be added to the normal postage charge quoted in our Terms and Conditions of sale for the packing and time taken to post a table
Designed in the manner of yesteryear with chrome legs and tripod stand and an elegant black velvet top edged with gold ribbon. It even as a secret well set in the top for dropping loads unseen if required. The top detaches from the supporting legs for transit and the legs can be readily adjusted for height. The top size is approximately 14 inches square. This table represents excellent value for money.
By Roy Walton. One of the acclaimed classics of card magic for the advanced cardician with some 150 card effects with unprepared cards. Although a "self contained" volume of tricks and sleights it has the added bonus for those who are not familiar with a particular sleight of being able to move quickly to the special chapter dedicated to Sleights. This chapter describes how the author himself performs such sleights as The Multiple Shift, The Half Pass, The Weave Shuffle, The Monte Throw, The Turnover Pass, The Second Deal, The Bottom Deal, The Ghost and Jordan Count, The Hamman Count etc. etc. The author, Roy Walton, is one of the world's most brilliant, creative and innovative card magicians. Hard back, 226 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches, over 60 illustrations.
By Roy Walton. This volume follows the highly acclaimed first volume and comprises over 100 original sleights and effects. Davenports have ensured that Volume Two is a perfect match to Volume One and completes over 400 pages of some of the best card effects from a prodigious innovator. This volume has been superbly and comprehensively illustrated by Gordon Bruce one of Britain's most accomplished card conjurors. This work is directed towards the dedicated card magician with a knowledge of sleights and handling. Hard back with gold block lettering, 169 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches, fully illustrated.
By Arthur F. MacTier. Published by Davenports and now recognised as a major reference work. The sub title of this work is "An Anthology of Numerical & Sequential Principles within Card Magic". Discussed are not only all of the classic mathematical principles, 31 in all, used with cards, but also 70 tricks using these principles are included in a novel way. Each principle is explained in easy-to-understand terms, then tricks involving the particular principle are explained in a step-by-step instruction. This is the only book to cover these principles so comprehensively and took years of research. One does not need to be a mathematician to understand and use the principles involved as the author cleverly gives examples of how you can use them without knowing the maths. The tricks are virtually self working yet they involve the best mathematical principles developed. Hard bound with gold block lettering, 301 pages, large format 8-1/4 by 11-1/2 inches.
Invented by Lousi S. Histed and made popular by Ali Bongo this is a super virtually self-working prop with a stunning finish. At each end of the two cords you have different coloured Pom-Poms attached. The pieces of cord are pulled back and forth through the stick proving the cords are unconnected. But then, just to confuse and mystify your audience, you pull one cord out to double its original length making the cord on the other end go up! This goes on and on until the climax when ... unexpectedly you make both cords long, then pull the stick apart ... yes ... apart, to show your astonished audience that the is no connection between the cords. You can now reconnect the stick and start again just to show that you are performing a miracle! Hand made in England by Davenports.
By Lewis Ganson. Also includes "Exhibition Card Fans" We believe this work to be one of the very best on the subject of classic card manipulation, including as it does a comprehensive section on card fans, techniques and methods rarely seen or used today. Here are a few extracts from Paul Fleming's Review. "We have no hesitancy in pronouncing it one of the very best discussions of back-hand card manipulation we have ever seen. If oneÕs knowledge of back-hand work and its possibilities were to be limited to a single source, we should be disposed to vote for Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards. The student is carried smoothly along from the simplest to the more complicated moves of this intricate sleight. To magicians who experience difficulty in building manipulative sleights into finished routines, the half-dozen pages of Section IV will be of much assistance. The author gives three complete series of manipulations, which are followed by several other suggestions for working oneÕs sleights into an effective "act". So far as the material itself is concerned - and especially the section on back-palming - it is of so high an order that we can scarcely conceive of any card manipulator, whether expert or beginner, denying himself the pleasure and profit that a study of this book is sure to provide. Regarding the Card Fan sections. The instructions are so complete and so well illustrated that they should enable the would-be card-fanner, springer, spreader, and catcher to practice to his heartÕs content with every assurance of acquiring the desired skill." Hard Bound with gold foil lettering, large format A4 size on quality paper, 121 pages and 269 illustrations.
A Davenport exclusive and one of the most baffling effects in the history of card magic and it is really weird yet so simple to perform. A single playing card defies all the known laws of logic. The card is folded in half lengthways, so that only the back design shows. The card is then pushed through a cardboard folder and as it emerges from the other side is seen to be now inexplicably face up! The spectators can visibly see that half the card is face up and the other half is face down. The effect is now repeated and the third sequence is an effective finale, that leaves the apparatus in the spectator's hands. The playing card is an ordinary one. No extra cards are used, nor are there any difficult sleights to perform and a patter theme about a 'Time Tunnel' would fit perfectly. The 8 page, A5 size booklet of instructions that accompanies the cards you need is superbly printed on high quality art paper and has a rich red art board cover. This is the original version.
A Demon exclusive so do beware of imitations. Although listed in the Close-Up section it is an ideal prop for stage work. This wonderful prop was used brilliantly by the late George Davenport, known affectionately as Gilly, and comes complete with a comprehensive booklet by Pat Page illustrated by Ali Bongo. This is a miracle and that is all! It's greatness lies in the fact that you simply make things disappear from in front of your audiences eyes! Isn't that what magicians are meant to do! You can do this surrounded by your audience, at a bar, on stage ... simply anywhere anytime! You can vanish anything from a pack of cards to a glass of whisky! Gilly Davenport often made a tumbler full of rice disappear leaving the tumbler empty! For the price it is a wonderful, wonderful prop that will last a lifetime but beware - it does need practice!
This is a COLOURFUL version of Roy Walton's original 'Cascade' where the original routine has been altered to incorporate brilliant colour changes from normal backed cards to quite stunning holographic material backed cards! To the late Terri Rogers must go the credit for the innovation of using cards with a special reflective material affixed which creates a stunning and totally unexpected finale. Taking these things into consideration ' Rainbow Cascade' has become substantially different in effect to the original and is now regarded as a classic in its own right. A degree of basic card skill is required for this effect but the instructions do give full details of the moves involved and these are readily acquired with a little practice. Note that this is an exclusive Davenport item. To see it ... is to buy it ... a miracle! The stock used is the hugely popular Bicycle Poker sized cards. Comes complete with a handsome 6 page, A5 size art paper booklet of instructions. with a distinctive blue art board cover.
One of those lovely Davenport props that are a must in any conjuror's arsenal of props. This is an ingenious wooden case beautifully varnished, open at both ends and hinged along its length so that when it is opened, all sides both out and in may be shown. It cannot conceal anything. That seem obvious to anybody yet ... when the case is closed, immediately from the perfectly empty interior, two good sized silks can be produced. Remember ... the case can be shown empty! It is as ever beautifully made and finished.
A great double-use utility prop that can be used for both a production or a vanish. Made by Davenports, this is hand crafted from the finest birch ply with a natural wood finish and hard varnished with a solid brass knob. This is a prop that will give a lifetime of service and can be used in an almost infinite number of ways. For production, the box is shown to the audience and the drawer pulled out to show that it is empty, then pushed back in. It is then pulled out and now contains a drawer full of silk handkerchiefs or whatever. The vanish is equally astonishing. One can also use it to vanish an item then produce it later or indeed during your performance you continually show the box empty then go back to it and produce an item from it. External dimensions 9-5/8 inches long, by 5-5/8 inches wide and 4-1/4 inches deep (237mm x 143mm x 107 mm)
Beautifully handcrafted natural wood where the patina of the wood grain can be seen and admired under the rich varnish. The effect is stunning. Our boxes are made by our own craftsmen and are as closely made to the original Goldston boxes of yesteryear. You show a box or hat to be empty save for a large die. You take the die out of the box and place it in one compartment of a two compartment wooden cabinet, mentioning that you are going to make the die disappear! When you have placed the die inside, you clearly tip the cabinet, indicating to your audience that the die has slid down to the other side. You open up the original cabinet compartment revealing it to be empty! When your audience shout at you that it has slid to the other side, you tip the cabinet over to the other side, to the accompaniment of another loud clunk and open the other compartment revealing it to be empty. The audience will now be on the verge of lynching you but you can go on milking this effect until you finally give in to the audience and open both doors, plus the rear doors, revealing the compartments and the cabinet to be completely and totally empty. You declare the whilst they were watching the cabinet, you had magiked the die back into the hat! You move to the hat, which must be empty but there for all to see is the die back in the hat. A truly remarkable effect and so simple to perform.
An effect that will always win. You show a red painted natural wood frame which surrounds a glass mirror. You cover it up with a piece of newspaper and then proceed to actually bend the paper in two and therefore the glass mirror! You can even pass a knife through the folded sheet of glass yet you can know the paper and hear the glass noise inside! A miraculous effect. The frame is in a gloss red hard catalytic red spray paint finish for durable service.
A positively uncanny reputation making effect using two 42 cm. lengths. The performer holds the two lengths side by side in one hand and it is seen that at the ends furthest from the performer a length of cord, with a tassel attached passes through the sticks and is affixed to a small ring on the top. The performer explains that by pulling the tassel on one of the sticks, this causes the other tassel to rise up to the stick. Obviously the cord must pass from one stick and into the other, but you now separate them at the outer ends and again pull on the tassel and once again the one on the other stick is drawn upwards. The audience thinks that the sticks must be connected at the ends nearest you and the cord must pass from one stick to the other at this point, but you disprove this by completely separating the sticks and tucking one beneath your arm. When you pull on the tassel this time, the one on the other stick still rises, as if they must in some way be connected, but they aren't! You can even allow the spectator himself to pull on the tassel, the result will be still the same. Little skill is required and the many combinations of moves possible are quite astounding. You can present this as a puzzle or make it a feature in your performance. Hand made in England in Davenports own workshops.
A Davenport World exclusive. A completely new principle is used with this virtually self working prop. A borrowed ring is made to disappear in full view of your audience and is found inside a tumbler of confetti which is locked inside a box in a stand which has been on full view of the audience throughout your performance. The box is beautifully crafted and varnished with a heavy brass hasp and lock. The box is also resting inside a brass handled container, also crafted in varnished wood. When the box is removed from its cradle, it can be shown all round - yet - when it is opened, inside is a glass tumbler full of confetti and nesting inside the confetti is the borrowed ring. Made by, and only available from Davenports, this new effect when recently seen by Jamy Ian Swiss, immediately stated that this effect will become a classic.
