Olivier Bridard offers us different magical ways to determine whether a coin is "real" or counterfeit: by friction, by sound, and by air! To buy: - some half-dollar coins click here. - one Chinese coin click here.  

A card is selected from a deck under laboratory conditions. The spectator immediately counts the cards: there are only 51 left... and it's his card that's missing, even though it was clearly visible in the deck the moment before! This card ends up among the Jokers that had been set aside at the start of the trick! And everything is handed out for examination. A real miracle! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Discover and perform this dreamy, poetic trick with this classic of stage and parlour magic. Balls appear, multiply and disappear at your fingertips. To buy: - Multiplying Balls click here. - one Silk click here.  

The spectator shuffles the deck of cards, which is then ribbon-spread on the table. The magician announces a card "that comes to mind", and asks the spectator to put his finger on top of one card from the spread: this card is turned face up, and is of course the card the magician had designated in advance!  

Dominique Duvivier lectured at the “Mephisto Day” on 10/01/1995, which you can discover in four parts.  

A direct Ace Assembly... with a surprising climax! The four aces are displayed in a row on the table. Three indifferent cards are shown, and placed on top of the Leader Ace. Instantly, the Aces are shown to have gathered together with this leader Ace... and when these Aces are displayed on the table, a King is revealed... the other three cards are then turned face up to reveal a four of a kind in Kings: there are no more Aces, nor any other cards! And the icing on the cake is that these four kings are instantly transformed back into four aces! Everything is handed out for examination... a true miracle! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

An original sponge ball routine: the balls appear, change size, disappear, multiply... and at the end of the routine, the last ball gradually disappears! To buy: - some 1.5 inch sponge balls click here. - some 2 inch sponge balls click here.  

Card technique: How to perform a Slip Cut with just one hand. A technique that you have to practice in order to produce aces and create many other effects during complete routines. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A freely chosen card disappears in full view, and reappears face-up sandwiched between the two red queens in the middle of the deck. The magician performs these two effects a second time, with a different protocol. Everything is handed out for examination... a true miracle!  

Eddy Taytelbaum version of Lubor Fiedler's famous illusion. Where container becomes content, and vice versa!  

Two ordinary matches are gripped by the magician's fingertips. One rests on top of the other. By the power of the magician's thought, the first match mysteriously begins to jump, without the action of any external aid! Extremely intriguing!  

The magician and spectator each choose a card. For example, the magician thinks of the Ace of Spades, and the spectator thinks of the 2 of Hearts. First, the magician magically finds his Ace of Spades... and sends it into the spectator's mind! When the card is turned over, it's now the 2 of Hearts... and the Ace of Spades has disappeared from the deck, since it's now imprisoned in the spectator's mind! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

This parlour/stage routine for all audiences (children and/or adults) will enable you to present a 15-minute magic sketch with a succession of effects following on from one another to form a coherent whole: card chosen, lost and found, prediction, torn and restored card, object in a balloon. A delight for your audience. To buy: - Red Jumbo decks click here. - Sculpting ballons click here.  

Card technique: With this technique, you'll not only be able to perform a double lift, but you'll also be able to transform the card shown into another in the same move. An instant transformation that's as visual as it is powerful! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A trick as poetic as it is spectacular. A paper ball wiggles magically in the air at the magician's command. The effect is mind-boggling! To buy some Invisible thread, click here.  

In 1995, Dominique Duvivier organized the landmark Mayette Days magic convention at the Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione. He booked many of the "giants" of stage and close-up magic, both French and foreign. Among them was Derek Dingle, an American magician who revolutionized close-up magic in the twentieth century. An unrivalled technician (coins, cards, etc.), Dai Vernon and Time Magazine called him "the greatest sleight-of-hand magician in the world". You're in for a treat with excerpts from his exceptional lecture, complemented by a few excerpts from table hopping magic during the dinner show. Not to be missed!