Last update: Lee Jacobs Productions out of
business; Added Philip Sweeting's U.K. bicycle card blog and shop;
Updated 09 Nov 07 Added Tirofog
Update 23 Oct 2007 Added Scott F.
Guinn; David Acer's sites
| General Magic Information, Forums, Reviews, etc. | |
| http://allmagic.com | Richard Robinson's Allmagic: The Magic Show information and instruction site |
| http://magic.about.com | About.com pages on Magic. Includes beginner information, where to buy, tricks, reviews, etc. |
| http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/searchbook.php | Denis Behr's well done magic book table of contents database |
| http://ww.coinmagic.com | The Coin Purse Forum. Good forum focused on Coin Magic |
| http://www.bicycle-cards.co.uk |
Philip Sweeting's Blog on
Bicycle Card availability in the U.K. |
| http://www.coinvanish.com | Dan Watkin's coin magic site; tons of great review (also listed below for Dan's products!) |
| http://www.cupsandballsmuseum.com | Bill Palmer's Cups & Balls Museum site with tons of pictures and information about the cups and balls |
| http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi | The Genii Magazine discussion forum w/Richard Kaufman |
| http://www.escamoteurettes.com | John Le'Blanc's Magic Blog |
| http://www.thelearnedpig.com.pa | Marko's The Learned Pig Project is a free site (registration required) offering public domain texts in electronic (HTML) format. (*recommended*) |
| http://www.linkingpage.com | The Linking Page with links to many, many magic sites, dealers, and so forth |
| http://www.magicbooks.be | Book TOCs and discussions forum (back open!) |
| http://www.magicbunny.co.uk | Magic Bunny UK Magic Forum |
| http://www.themagiccafe.com | The Magic Cafe Forum: excellent! |
| http://www.magichat.co.uk | Ed Jellard's Magic Hat: articles, tricks, and more. Some sections require registration. |
| http://www.themagicmuseum.com | Richard Mendez' The Magic Museum. Photos of classic magic |
| http://www.magictalk.com | MagicTalk: Great online bulletin board for discussion of anything magic, EXCEPT secrets! Also has fantastic Magic Reviews section. |
| http://www.magicvideodepot.com | Tons of downloadable magic performance videos by many contributors (must join) |
| http://www.mylovelyassistant.com | Review site with tons of information |
| http://magicreviews.tripod.com | Harvery Nerzof's Magic Reviews site; download them all as a PDF file |
| http://www.online-visions.com | Online-Visions magic magazine. Editorial, commentary, and more. Great stuff! |
| http://www.qualitymagicbooks.com | Book information and Reviews |
| http://www.clarkwirthlin.com | Clark Wirthlin's great photos of his Chop Cup collection
(color knives, & more) |
Shopping Recommendations: My first recommendation is to try and find a good local shop near you. Sometimes prices will be a little higher than mail order, but overall this is worth it. You can see stuff demonstrated, you can see what you are buying, and if you develop a good relationship with the owner, he or she can let you in on good deals, let you weed out the good stuff from the junk, and so forth. It generally costs more to run a store front than just a warehouse (or garage!) and a web page. However, many magicians don't have stores local to them, or the local stores aren't very good, or they just don't carry what you are looking for.
This listing (in somewhat of an alphabetical order) does not represent every good shop, and note that some listings are here for the sake of the reference pages and I have never shopped there.
| Magic Shops | Shops I personally recommed are noted by (***). |
| http://www.a1magicalmedia.com | A-1 MagicalMedia Videos, Books, and more |
| http://www.threeshellgame.com | Absolutely Magic (Andrew
Pinard). La Maggiore resin
shells & 3 Shell Game items |
| http://www.abbottmagic.com | Abbott's Magic Company. A "Classic" Magic dealer with a huge
catalog |
| http://www.abebooks.com | Abe Books Search Site. Search tons of used book dealers. |
| http://www.davidacermagic.com |
David Acer's Catalog of books,
DVD, and lots of info, videos, etc. |
| http://www.adessoverlag.com | Bill Palmer's shop for Cups & Balls and unique magic |
| http://www.theambitiouscard.com | Frank Starsinic's The Ambitious Card. Leather Chop Cups, etc. (***) |
| http://www.ammarmagic.com | Michael Ammar Magic. Products by Michael and others, shows, tips, and a chat room. |
| http://www.carlandrews.com | Carl Andrew's page with his book and video offerings |
| http://www.chefanton.com | Chef Anton's and Whit Haydn's School for Scoundrels Store |
| http://www.dannyarcher.com | Danny Archer Magic |
| http://www.show-bizcentre.nl | Arjan's Magic Shop, Netherlands. Some unique items. |
| http://www.leeasher.com | Lee Asher's page. Catch 33 Monte and more. |
| http://www.barrysmagicshop.com | Barry's Magic Shop, Wheaton, MD. Front for a great brick
& mortar shop. |
| http://www.kbmagic.com | Keith Bennet's Magic (U.K.) Cups, leather
Wallets, cards, etc. |
| http://www.bicycletricks.co.uk |
Philip Sweeting's small site for
Bicycle Card Gaffs in the U.K. |
| http://blackfoxtradingandmagic.com | Black Fox Trading and Magic: American Indian shells for Three Shell Game and more |
| http://www.martinbreese.com | Martin Breese International: UK magic, Digital Gen on CD, and more |
| http://www.magicshop.com | Brad Burt's Magic Shop, San Diego, Califonia. Provides good advice. |
| http://www.bradburybooks.com | Bradbury Books & Beyond, Another great source for used books |
| http://www.coreyburke.com | Corey Burke's magic: Sense notes, PAYphone DVD, etc. |
| http://www.camirandmagic.com | Camirand Academy of Magic, Canada. Carries Gary Ouellet's material and unique items |
| http://www.cardsbymartin.com | Cards By Martin (Neil M. Lester). Custom gaffs for card effects. |
| http://www.carneymagic.com | John Carney's Site (Carnycopia book, vids, more) |
| http://www.mcmagicwords.com | Mike Caveney's Magic Words (Linking Coathangers) |
| http://charliesmagic.com | Charlie's Electronic Magic Shop; great site for discounted books/videos (***) |
| http://www.chazpro.com | Chazpro Magic. Manufacturer, General Magic shop. (***) |
| http://www.coinvanish.com | Dan Watkin's CoinVanish products |
| http://www.dougconn.com | Doug Conn's site for his books; products |
| http://www.johncornelius.com | John Cornelius Magic: Pen Through Anything, Fickle Nickle, etc. |
| http://home.comcast.net/~crosewl/ | Crosewl Magic: Renaissance Faire, Custom Wood products (***) |
| http://www.thecuckoosnest.com | The Cuckoo's Nest. General site, good selection of wallets. |
| http://www.fasdiu.com | Paul Cummins Site: From a Shuffled Deck in Use |
| http://www.dananddave.com |
Dan and Dave Productions: Dan
and Dave Buck's magic |
| http://www.foolersdroolers.com | Daryl's Fooler's Droolers Magic store. |
| http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk | Davenport's U.K. Publishers and makers of magic since 1898 |
| http://www.daytonamagic.com | Daytona Magic. Large Florida dealer, manufactures some items. |
| http://www.deandill.com | Dean Dill's magic: Dean's Box, Dean's "O" Kito, more |
| http://www.dennymagic.com | Denny & Lee's Magic Studio. Manipulative magic, new/used books. (***) |
| http://www.diamondsmagic.com | Diamond's Magic; Excellent Book/Video prices (***) |
| http://www.doceason.com | Doc Eason's Rocky Mountain Magic. Videos, manuscripts, and more. |
| http://www.stevedraun.com | Steve Draun's magic; source of the Real Man's Wallet |
| http://www.magicstor.com | Dr. Bob's Magic Shop. Cards, Coins, Videos, books, and custom magic. |
| http://www.el-duco.se | El Duco's Magic Supply |
| http://www.di-design.nl |
Dutch Illusion Design. Mostly
illusions, but also Giant Linking Rings |
| http://elmagicshop.com | Earth's Largest Magic Shop (ELMS). Newsletter provides blunt reviews. |
| http://listings.ebay.com/pool1/listings/list/all/category14012/index.html | E-bay used and new magic listings. Buy with caution! |
| http://www.elmwoodmagic.com | Elmwood Magic of Buffalo, NY. Nice, large general magic shop. |
| http://www.emagictricks.co.uk | Emagictricks general magic shop (brick & Mortar and Internet) in the U.K. |
| http://www.empiremagic.com | Empire Magic. Good, general
magic shop: |
| http://www.fabricmanipulation.com | Fabric Manipulation: Egg Bags and more by Lynetta Welch |
| http://www.professionalmiracles.com | Cody Fisher Magic, featuring Cody's DVD & specialized products |
| http://www.colinrosemimc.co.uk | Colin Rose M.I.M.C Five of Hearts Magic Productions: Quality wood products |
| http://www.diefertigenfinger.com | The Flicking Fingers: "The Book, or Don't Forget to Point", and lecture notes |
| http://home.earthlink.net/~fantastikm/fantastic_news.htm/magic_products.htm | Gary Frank's Fantastic Magic Company, Inc.. Color Knives, etc. (***) |
| http://www.industrialstrengthmagic.com | Tom Franks Phoenix Cups & Balls |
| http://www.eddiegibsonmagic.com | Eddie Gibson's unique coin magic |
| http://www.andigladwin.co.uk | Andi Gladwin's specialized books, and downloads (U.K.) |
| http://www.paulgordon.net | Paul Gordon's own card effects, more. Nice site. |
| http://www.scottfguinn.com |
Magic of Scott F. Guinn -
downloadable e-books, more |
| http://www.trickster.com | Hades Publilcations. Lots of unique books.. |
| http://magicfact.com | Hank Lee's Magic Factory; Huge store! Good service and carry about everything! |
| http://www.magicbookshop.com | H & R Magic Books; Great used and new books and lecture notes. (***) |
| http://www.kainoaland.com | Kainoa Harbottle's coin and card magic products |
| http://home.earthlink.net/~harlinmagic/harlin.htm | Dave Harlin's Omega Ring and more |
| http://www.harriesmagic.com | Harries Magic. Makers of quality Cups for the Cups & Balls |
| http://www.hocus-pocus.com | Hocus Pocus Magic Shop, CA. Large shop. |
| http://www.hottrix.com | HotTrix Magic. Sprizzer, RinKey Dink, Automatic Thimbles, etc. |
| http://www.houdini.com | Houdini's Magic Shop. General shop, features inexensive locking ring set. |
| http://www.houseofenchantment.com | Jay Leslie, chop cups, ring & string, more |
| http://www.internationalmagic.com | International Magic in the U.K., founded by Ron MacMillan of "Symphony of the Spheres" |
| http://www.isawthat.com | I Saw That! Canada. Book reviews, original magic, and more (***) |
| http://www.bobjamesmagic.com | Bob James Magic Shop. General Shop. |
| http://www.jbtv.co.uk | JBTV United Kingdom; Mark Mason's creations and much more |
| http://jcrmagic.com | JCR Magic, San Antonio, Texas, general shop |
| http://www.jedinat-zaubershop.de | Christian Jedinat Magic and Juggling: good video demos in this German shop |
| http://www.joethemagician.com | Joe Jesse's Home page & Jumbo Coin Magic, Extreme Koin magic |
| http://www.joyalstack.com | Martin Joyal on the Memorized Deck, plus new and used books |
| http://hometown.aol.com/bkingmagic/ | Bob King's Magic. Many unique items. |
| http://www.kevking.com | Kevin King: Money Morph, etc. |
| http://www.klamm-magic.com | Klamm Magic, features ropes, linking rings, and other unique items, Gospel magic |
| http://www.bobkohlermagic.com | Bob Kohler Magic. Small shop features unique line of quality products |
| http://www.roykueppers.com | Roy Kuepper's World of Magic Site: custom coin boxes & apparatus. Canada |
| http://www.toddlassen.com | Todd Lassen's quality custom coins |
| http://www.llpub.com | L&L Publishing. Videos and effects. Excellent catalog. |
| http://www.leirpoll.com | Jarle Leirpoll: Pocket Power, videos, essays, and more. |
| http://www.loomismagic.com | Dennis Loomis products, DVD's and the Riser/Loomis Micro-chop cup (***) |
| http://www.lulu.com | Self Publishing e-Book & Printed Book Service, has a few Magic e-books |
| http://www.lybrary.com | Lybrary (Chris Wasshuber): e-Book site with many excellent offerings (***) |
| http://www.markleveridge.co.uk | Mark Leveridge Magic (U.K.) Unique products, downloadables |
| http://www.magicbox.uk.com | MagicBox UK: nice general magic site |
| http://www.magicbyenigma.com | Chastain Criswell's Magic by Enigma: Tag, Deface, Lecture Notes (downloadable) |
| http://www.magic.org | The Magic Depot. General Magic, downloadables, and more (***) |
| http://www.themagicedge.com | Magic Edge: Scott
Hollingsworth's
Magic Catalog Under Construction
Mar 08 |
| http://bigduck.tripod.com/stagetrickscom | Magic-Ian's Catalog Pages. General magic, e-Bay auctions |
| http://www.magicinc.net | Magic Incorporated. Good general magic, great book catalog. (***) |
| http://www.magicjax.com | Magic Jax; Ron Jaxon's unique magic products; e-books |
| http://www.magikraft.com | MagiKraft Magic featuring magic by Martin Lewis |
| http://www.magicmakers.com | Magic Maker's Costumes. General shop,
carries Indian cups & balls. |
| http://www.magicmax.com | Magic Max. Large dealer and sells some exclusive items |
| http://www.magicmethodsonline.com | Jerry Mentzer's South Carolina magic shop |
| http://www.mhmagicmagazines.com | MHMagic Magazines: used magic magazines and auctions |
| http://www.magic-mill.com | Millard Lichter's site & his FunTASTIC Knife Routine |
| http://www.magicpitch.com | Magic Pitch: Distributor for Gazzo and Gary Animal Street Magic, cups and balls |
| http://www.magicproshop.com | Peter Whiteman's General shop, free shipping |
| http://www.magicsale.com | Magic Sale. General shop. Has three sets of brass three shell game cups |
| http://www.magicsojourn.com |
Magic Sojourn: Brick &
Mortar Shop in Bristol, PA |
| http://spoonermagic.com | Magic Spoonerisms. Bill Spooner's publications and offerings |
| http://www.themagicwarehouse.com | Magic Warehouse. Carries wallets, more. |
| http://www.wildcolombini.com | Aldo Colombini's Wild Colombini site (formerly MammaMia Magic) |
| http://hometown.aol.com/disneywld/Page1.html | Chris Manos Magic. Chain of Chance, Police magic. |
| e-mail whm@earthlink.net | William H. McIlhany, P.O. Box 7486, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, (310) 275-3194, (310) 205-7952 (FAX). Rare video footage including Don Alan's Magic Ranch, Houdini, American TV Pioneers, Milbourne Christopher, and more. (***) |
| http://www.midwestmagic.net | Tim Felix' Midwest Magic, IL; General Shop |
| http://www.closeupjm.com |
Justin Miller's Close Up Artist:
products, DVDs, Lecture Notes and more |
| http://www.miraclefactory.net | Todd Karr's The Miracle Factory; publisher of Roy Benson by Starlight, Al Baker, more |
| http://www.joemogar.com | Joe Mogar's Magic Stars Color Changing Knives, Thimble Magic (***) |
| http://www.morrisseymagic.com | Morrissey Magic: manufacturer of Cups and Balls and other magical items (Canada) |
| http://www.skeltontribute.com | Tom Mullica Supplies, including the famous Mullica Wallet |
| http://www.newyorkcoinmagic.net | New York Coin Magic: Seminars plus products by Roth, Gallo, others |
| http://www.nnmagic.com | Nielsen Magic; Posters, Vanishing bottles, etc. |
| http://owenmagic.com | Owen Magic Supreme, makers of high quality and expensive apparatus |
| http://www.jacksdeck.com |
Jack Parker's Card Magic: Jack's
Card magic products |
| http://www.penguinmagic.com | Penguin Magic general dealer; excellent video demonstrations, free shipping |
| http://www.lancepierce.com | Lance Pierce: Professional Entertainment Series |
| http://www.porperoriginals.com | Joe Porper Originals: Cups, Linking Rings, Okito Boxes, more |
| http://www.mallofmagic.com | Mike Powers Mall of Magic: Boston Box routine |
| http://www.professional-magic.co.uk | Paul Howard Pro Magic Catalogue U.K. |
| http://www.proline-magic.com | Cliff Wiggs' Proline Magic: Makers of nice Linking Rings |
| http://www.rarmagic.com | RAR Magic of the U.K. Carries lots of wallets and other items. |
| http://www.rfaproductions.com | RFA Productions Wallets, Channel One magazine. |
| http://www.richbark.com | Geo. Richbark & Co. Illinois, Manufacturer of
small to stage magic. |
| http://www.rnt2.com | Rings 'N Things II Cups and Balls, Chop Cups, Magic Wands, etc. |
| http://www.jamesriser.com | James Riser Magic: Manufacturer cups & balls, more plus lots of info (***) |
| http://www.ronjo.com | Ronjo Magic. Large dealer and manufacturer. |
| http://www.jeffscanlan.com | Jeff Scanlan Site: Universal Thimble Set, Eugene
Burger's
Thought
Sender... |
| http://www.schoolcraftprecisionmagic.com | Jamie SchoolCraft's Precision Magic: custom coin work |
| http://www.sherwoodmagic.com | Brett Sherwood "World's Most Beautiful Cups" |
| http://www.shufton.com | Steve Shufton: Floating Match, Okito Box, DVD |
| http://www.gmrcreations.com/bob/ | Bob Solari Magic Shop. Unique items, Chop Film Cannister |
| http://www.stevensmagic.com | Stevens Magic Emporium. Quality company with excellent catalogs. (***) |
| http://www.stolina.de | Stolina Magie (German) Some unique products... |
| http://www.tabmantables.com |
Tabman's Magic Tables and other
custom magic (Casino Chip magic) |
| http://www.toddstrong.com | Todd Strong's Perceptual Motion. Dice Stacking and Juggling |
| http://www.tannens.com | Tannen's Magic. Old supplier, large warehouse. Carries some hard to find items. |
| http://www.tirofoginc.com |
Tirofog Inc.: Magic shop also
manufactures Eggs-Actly eggs and a few other products |
| http://www.thetrickery.com | The Trickery. New Jersey general magic shop |
| http://www.trickshop.com | The Trick Shop. Features downloadable e-books. |
| http://www.diamond-jim.com | Diamond Jim Tyler's Website, features extracts from Pockets Full of Miracles book |
| http://youdomagic.com | Dan Turcotte's You Do Magic e-books and video downloadables (***) |
| http://tvmagic.co.uk | Marc Paul's TV Magic (U.K.) General shop |
| http://www.ustmagic.com | U.S. Toy Magic. Carry some unique magic |
| http://www.cupsandballs.nl | Van Dokkum's Cups and Balls site. Quality cups, wands, linking rings (Netherlands) |
| http://www.vernetmagic.com | Vernet Magic, manufacturer's of multiplying balls, TTs, etc |
| http://www.vikingmagic.com | Viking Manufacturing. Carries Collector's Workshop items as well. |
| http://www.visualmagicshop.com | David Evangelista's Visual Magic Shop: Magnetic Hold Out and other unique items |
| http://www.alanwarnermagic.com | Alan Warner quality custom wood products |
| http://www.whenyouwishmagic.com | When You Wish Magic and Collectibles: hard to find lecture videos & more |
| http://www.rpaulwilson.com | R. Paul Wilson's Inner Secrets: Books, Videos, Downloadables |
| http://www.wizardcraft.com | Wizard Craft, a whole line of magic, carries O'Connel wallets from London |
| http://www.woodencigars.com | John Rogers Wooden Cigars; custom cigars of wood and magic effects |
| http://www.mymagic.com | Meir Yedid Magic, carries and produces effects, videos, etc. |
| http://www.shaunyee.com | Shaun Yee's Magic (Italy) |
| http://frankzakmagic.com | Frank Zak's Lecture Notes and products |
| http://www.jimzeemagic.net | Jim Zee's Magical Enterprises. Dice Stacking, Okito Boxes |
| Christian Sites: | These sites either specialize in Gospel Magic or at least carry some Gospel Magic products. |
| http://www.axtell.com | Steve Axtell's puppetry page with a few illusions |
| http://www.beebepublications.com | Carries Berg's "Sermons in Chemistry" |
| http://www.kidhelper.com | Creative Children's Ministries: with downloadable Object Lessons |
| http://www.fcm.org | Fellowship of Christian Magicians organization home page |
| http://www.ginnmagic.com | David Ginn's books and more for the Gospel Magician |
| http://www.laflinmagic.com http://www.lockfamilymagic.com |
Duane Lafliln Magic. Gospel Magic Author. Sales now handled by Lock Family Magic. |
| http://www.larocksmagic.com | La Rock's Fun & Magic; General magic and a decent Gospel Magic selection |
| http://www.onewaystreet.com | Children's ministry with puppetry & illusion |
| http://www.gospelmagic.com | Doc Haley's Gospel Magic products |
| http://www.illustratedillusions.com | Eric Reamer Gospel Magician with illustration ideas |
| http://www.daytonamagic.com/Main-Pages/gospel.htm | Daytona Magic carries some Gospel Magic |
| http://www.vanishingrabbit.com | Brent Smith's The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop in Alberta, Canada. Small shop, some Gospel Magic |
| http://www.tricksfortruth.com | UK Gospel Magic site with active forum |
| WholeSale Dealers | |
| http://www.ezmagicrobbins.com | D. Robbins Inc., Wholesale Distributor, also handles Sam Delal (Electrofun, India) imports |
| http://www.funinc.com | Fun, Inc. Magic Wholesale Distributor (operates Royal Magic and Hampton Ridge lines) |
| http://www.magia.com.ar | Bazar de Magia: Argentina |
| http://www.funtimemagic.com | Funtime Innovations Private Limited (formerly Electrofun Magic); manufacturer and distributor in India (Sam Dalal). D. Robbins distributes their stuff in the USA. |
| No Website | Johnson Products, Inc. Machine shop, manufacturer of coin gaffs, Cups & Balls. PO Box 734, Arcadia, CA 91006 |
| http://www.magiccity.ws | Magic City |
| http://www.makmagic.com | MAK Magic wholesale distributors (also handles Mark Mason's JB Magic line from U.K.) |
| http://www.magicmakersinc.com | Magic Maker's Inc. Makes some good stuff but also some "knockoffs" |
| http://www.murphysmagic.com | Murphy's Magic Supplies: Wholesale Only |
| http://www.sankeymagic.com | Jay Sankey's Distribution site with newsletter |
| http://www.sascomagic.com | Sasco Magic: wholesale manufacturer of over 150 coin gaffs and tricks |
| http://www.showbizmagic.net | George Schindler's Show Biz Services: several unique items |
| http://www.sterlingmagic.com | Sterling Magic wholesale manufacturers of coin gaffs |
| http://www.tangomagic.com | Tango Magic of Argentina: wholesale coin tricks and color changing knives (knives discontinued) |
| http://www.udaysmagicworld.com | Uday's Magic of India |