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THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon
THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon

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THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS - Dai Vernon






THE PERIPATETIC WALNUTS

EFFECT: The props used are common, yet interesting in combination: three walnuts, a clear drinking-glass, a saucer and an empty can. The glass is placed mouth down on the saucer and covered with the can. Then, one by one, the walnuts vanish from the hands and appear under the glass.

The mystery is deepened in that it seems impossible for the nuts to be placed under the glass by stealth: Such an action would be betrayed by some sound as the nuts hit the glass or the saucer.


METHOD: This fine trick was invented by Mark Jacobs and was planned for release as a commercial item in 1940. Mr. Jacobs intended to sell the trick as a two-page manuscript. He sent samples of the manuscript to select magic-dealers to get their response to the item before advertising it. This method of product testing was a common practice at the time. Apparently, the reaction was not favorable and the manuscript was never released. Yet Milton Kort, who worked for Sterling Magic at the time, recognized a good trick-despite its marketability-when he saw one. He put "Mark's Modernized Cups and Balls" into his repertoire.

Around 1950,


Mr. Vernon stopped in Detroit to lecture. While there Mr. Kort performed the Mark Jacobs trick for him. Mr. Vernon admired it and asked permission to perform it. Whatever permission Mr. Kort was capable of granting he gave.


Through Mr. Vernon's performance of the trick it became identified with him. Because of this, and because it is so little known, the trick will be described as Mr. Vernon performed it. The body of the trick is still very much Mr. Jacobs. However, small changes in the handling have been added by Mr. Vernon, giving it his distinctive touch.


You will receive:


***The Vernon Chronicles Volume 2 which contains the Dai Vernon routine and instructions. This book also contains dozens of other amazing magic effects taught by one of the greatest magicians of all time.


*** High quality bottomless glass (these are no longer made and very hard to find!) this bottomless glass is brand new mint condition and also comes with instructions for other ideas and other effects.


***A custom-made latex walnuts that is extremely light. It is hollow and can be used for many other applications!!! These are made from SOFT latex,

NOT hard plastic!!!!!! (Again, these are nearly impossible to find, and I just purchased all of the remaining stock that they had from Spain)


With these special gimmicks provided, you can also perform the “nutty surprise” routine by Pete Biro, which can be seen here:


https://youtu.be/0AAc6PVfn4c?si=XvGGsmpYqNj297mD


Here is some of the amazing magic that you will learn from the book that you will receive:

 

Contents

  • Foreword – Bill Larsen
  • Introduction – Bruce Cervon
  • Author’s Introduction – Stephen Minch
  • Vernonana Historical Photography Portfolio or Rare Vernon Memorabilia – Robin Young

Chapter One: Lost and Found Department (card effects that revolve around finding a selected card)

  • The Challenge Locations
  • The Bridge
  • The Dual Crimp
  • The Scrape
  • The Wallet Punch
  • Dual to the Death
  • By Any Other Name
  • The Slap Trick

Chapter Two: The Garden of Forking Paths ( card tricks in which the final effect varies depending on choices made by the spectator)

  • Aces to Order
  • Out of Sight and Mind II
  • Four Options
  • Two-Six-Four Royale

Chapter Three: From Silks to Nuts (effects that do not involve playing cards)

  • The Tale of the Treasury-Worm
  • The Daivergent Silk
  • The Twirl Link
  • The Threadborne Link
  • The Peripatetic Walnuts

Chapter Four: Formal Exchanges (card transposition effects)

  • The Trick that Cannot be Reconstructed
  • The Loving Couple
  • Al ‘n’ Dai at the Hop
  • A Reblocking of “The Jumping Jack”
  • Out of Uniform

Chapter Five: Card Ciphers (card tricks that make use of counting or numbers)

  • The Rendezvous Force
  • Why am I Here?
  • Frisbie Saunders’ Location by the Numbers
  • Affinities
  • Packet Calculator

Chapter Six: Singular Events (effects that can’t easily be placed in other categories)

  • The Intelligent Leaper
  • Driven to the Depths
  • The Corsican Climbers
  • Punched in the Face
  • Out of Touch
  • Sans Index
  • Vernon on Edward G. Brown’s “Poker Hand Mystery”
  • Aces by Proxy
  • The Third Color
  • Tour Through the Outback
  • The Top-Stock Riffle Reverse
  • Larry Jennings’ Eidetic
  • Commanding the Colors
  • It Stands Alone
  • The Silhouette Change
  • A Face in the Night

Chapter Seven: Sorted Affairs (card tricks with pre-prepared decks)

  • A Sticky Solution
  • It’s a Snap
  • Vernon on Gilbreath
  • Nerves on Edge

Chapter Eight: New Wine from Old Bottles (previously unpublished effects by some of the magicians Vernon admired)

  • Max Malini’s Hypnotic Gaze Divination
  • Nate Leipzig’s Two-Deck Transposition
  • Leipzig on the Collins Ace Trick
  • Henry Christ’s Vanish for the Collins Ace Trick
  • Henry Christ’s Spell Detector
  • The Christ Ace Trick

 


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