Hunting Vintage Magic Props

When I have down time when I’m on the road I pop by junk shops and try to find old magic props or unopened bicycle cards from Cincinnati. Usually I don’t find much, but the other day I found a Deland Deck:

delands automatic deck

I also found this lid that looks like the top of a dove pan!

dove pan

The lid was lacking the spring clips inside, so a quick search on Google and I learned it’s the lid from a serving tray. I guess that the dove pan is actually something in real life…well halfway. The metal bowl isn’t something that would have been with it, it would be paired with a flat tray.

I always love finding the real life item that props are trying to mimic!

-Louie

Topical Magic

Right now it a time for topical magic with the current hysteria about the COVID-19 virius. Stores are sold out of face masks and hand sanitizer. Here’s a couple of ideas for someone to run with:Paper tear to face mask (surgicial style): Make like a traditional hat tear Homemade Hand Sanitizer: put ingredients into a … Continue reading “Topical Magic”

Right now it a time for topical magic with the current hysteria about the COVID-19 virius. Stores are sold out of face masks and hand sanitizer.

Here’s a couple of ideas for someone to run with:
Paper tear to face mask (surgicial style): Make like a traditional hat tear

Homemade Hand Sanitizer: put ingredients into a dove pan and out comes a bottle of hand sanitizer

Homemade Hand Sanitizer 2: Pour ingredients into a cup and out comes a bottle of hand sanitizer. Use slush powder.

Would be easy to do…and probably get you some instagram heat. I’d do it, but no where in my town has masks or sanitizer in stock.