These recordings are personal videos from Dominique Duvivier recorded in January 1991, in which he records various tricks such as "Coins through the table", "Faroleros", "Follow the Leader", "Follow the Leader Back to Back", etc... These exceptional documents, which are provided in three episodes, allow you to see the performance and/or explanation of these routines in their version of the time!  

Card technique: Howard Hamburg explains his personal technique for secretly learning about a spectator's choice of card when he says "Stop" as you riffle the cards. To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

The spectator chooses a card that no one, not even him, looks at; this card is set aside. The spectator now cuts the deck where he wants, and three piles of cards are made up from the cut half. The top card of each pile is shown, these cards are for example three Kings. These cards clearly indicate that the starting card is the fourth King, which is indeed the case. It is therefore the spectator himself who has discovered his own chosen card! To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

From a deck, the magician takes out the four aces. A succession of breathtaking effects then occurs: - The aces are separated by color: two red, two black. The aces change position! - They turn into kings! - The aces reappear, then the packets of kings and aces are transposed. - After some card travels, the four queens appear, then the four jacks. - Finally, the deck splits into two separate packets: the red cards are on one side, and the black cards on the other! A crazy routine! A guaranteed success! To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

The magician shows two decks of cards in their cases: one red and one blue. The blue deck is taken out, the cards are shuffled, a card is chosen and lost in the deck by a spectator in extreme laboratory conditions. The red case is opened, it contains only a piece of paper folded in four, which is unfolded: it has "12" written on it. The spectator counts the cards from the top of the deck: the 12th card is his! To buy: - a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here. - one “Tool” click here.  

"Business Card" is one of the great classics of card magic. The pitch is as follows: The magician shows a piece of paper folded in four that he places in side view on the table: this is his prediction. A deck of cards is shuffled. The deck is ribbon spread face down on the table and a spectator places a business card where he wants it (no force). The two cards on either side of the business card are shown; the prediction is opened: both cards are written on it! A "magic" way to hand out your business card ! In this version, we do the same thing, but without the business card! To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

An impromptu trick with everyday props that can be borrowed: two paper clips and a banknote. The two paper clips will link together in a mysterious way!  

Enter the wonderful world of this expert in close-up and on gambling-related sleight-of-hand and cheating techniques (in particular: second deals, center deals, bottom deals, pass, etc.); he is Steve Forte's best student. Jason England lectured at the Double Fond on 07/11/2010, which you can enjoy in eleven parts.  

This trick is a variation of "The Mystery Card" already described on this platform. Cards are successively selected from a red-backed deck. The magician shows that in his deck, there is a special card, the "Mystery Card", which has the particularity of being the only blue-backed card. The chosen cards and the "Mystery Card" will transform, transpose and mimic each other in a diabolical ballet! To buy: - a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here. - one “Blue and Red Double Back Playing Card” click here. - one “Normal Blue Back Card” click here.  

Frank Chapman's presentation of the famous "Jiffy Coin Trick": « Metamorphosis » (or the "Substitution Trunk") close-up version! One of the coins is enclosed by a spectator in a little bag, which is itself enclosed in a small box, and the whole in a larger box; each of these elements is hermetically sealed by rubber bands. The two signed coins mysteriously change places! Success guaranteed! To buy a “Renelys Box” click here.  

"Who loses wins!", this is the motto that your spectators will not be able to adopt with this trick in the form of a game, where they will never be able to guess how many coins there are under the magician's silk. In coin magic, the use of ancient Chinese coins is oriental, traditional and elegant. An attractive, effective, visual and easy to do trick. To buy “CCS” click here.  

For lack of a pet, Toto is a white bean adopted by the magician! The latter shows a glass filled with white beans. The beans are abundantly shuffled, and despite this, he finds the only bean on which his name is written: "Toto"! Success guaranteed!  

The dream of every magician: to transform matter into gold! The famous “Vanishing Coin in Paper” trick revisited in the time of the alchemists.  

"Nervous Breakdown" is one of Dominique Duvivier's bestsellers: The spectator has a free choice from among the four kings, and it is shown that this king was predicted in advance. The pitch of the trick is the same, but here the choice is not just from among four cards, but from the whole deck. Yes, the spectator chooses a card freely from among the 52 cards in the deck, and this card was clearly predicted in advance! Success guaranteed!  

This trick is a close-up classic. A handkerchief is threaded onto a length of sewing thread. This thread is stretched in front of the magician, one end is held by his foot, and the other by his hand. The silk, placed on top, slides along the thread, but inexplicably obeys the magician's orders: it falls or stops at will! Gaetan Bloom started from the classical process, and applied his "Bloom Touch", which allows you to hand the props out for examination!  

Card Technique: Gives the impression that the entire deck is shuffled, when it is only cut. This false shuffle is very deceptive. It is particularly suitable for tricks using the stacked deck principle. To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.