Sideshow by Joshua Jay -- puzzling magical dimension defying quickie!! TMGS

Description

*****  Well, THE MAGIC GADGET SITE wants to THANK all our customers who have suppported TMGS for over 10 years!!   And if you are new to TMGS, you can learn more about any of our items and our fast, friendly service by visiting THE MAGIC GADGET SITE eBay store.  Share the magic!           ******
This visual and puzzling quickie should sell for more.  But I think when manufacturer (Murphy's Magic Supplies) contracted to make it for Joshua Jay, they thought it would be the next Wild Card, Color Monte or Card Warp, so they made a gazillion of them.  And so when Sideshow, although an excellent packet effect, failed to take the magic world by storm, Murphy's cut the price.   And yet, it still remains relatively under-appreciated and underperformed.
But TMGS wants our customers to know about it and to get it, so here it is at a great price.
Sideshow seems less a magical effect, than (maybe) an optical illusion.  In the end, the spectator will wonder what exactly they just saw.  But Jay is savvy enough to add a strong and very magical kicker to the routine, so it both puzzles and mystifies.   It looks like this:
The magi shows a packet of cards that have large bold numbers on them.  The numbers count the sides of each card.  "The first card, for example, has four sides.  Look,"  The magi shows a card with a numeral one on it, then truns it over to show a Two, then turns it again to show a Three, and turns it again to show a Four.   "The next card has three sides".   Again, the magi shows a one on a card, a two on the other side, and turning it again, shows a Three.  "The next card has two sides."   He shows a one on one side and a Two on the other.   "That leaves me just two more cards to conclude my Sideshow."  He puts the last two cards between the spectator's palms and then says, "let me show you the card with just one side".    He slides out one of the cards, which has a numeral one on it.  Turning it over, it is blank.  "See, only one side!"   To end, he asks the spectator if she has ever seen a card with Zero sides.  She opens her hands and finds the last card is completely clear -- "It has no sides at all!"
Sideshow is easy to do (after a few hours of practice to get the routine down) -- just a couple of well-known sleights.  It has a big discrepancy in that you initially show four cards, and end with five.  but this is not really necessary.  If you adjust the set-up slightly and do a Hamman count at the start to show five cards, you can do the routine as written  and will start and end with five cards.
The whole thing takes about two minutes to perform.  A quickie, but one your audience will remember.   Should be (or more), but get it here for this crazy low price.
Brand new and unused, with instructions.
+++++++++++
*****   Yes, we will combine multiple eBay wins into a single shipment to help lower the overall  shipping costs.  We hold eBay wins for up to ten days if you are still bidding on other TMGS eBay auctions.  Standard rule will apply -- highest quoted shipping cost, plus 50% of the shipping quoted on each additional eBay item.
You can also combine eBay wins with purchases from THE MAGIC GADGET SITE eBay store to leverage postage costs.   Postage for your entire shipment will be quoted when all items are combined. packed and weighed.    Rest assured, we at TMGS dislike high postage rates as much as you do, so we will work to keep them as low as possible.    ********
(Note:  apologies to International bidders, but the US Postal service has raised rates on January 27th this year, particularly for International shipments.  Our shipping charges have been adjusted to reflect this.  We are still committed to keeping shipping costs as low as possible, and will always combine multiple ebay wins into a single shipment to save you postage costs!)
Powered by
eBay Turbo Lister
The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.