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DelMagic Special user 719 Posts |
I don't know if I have Stern's spelled correctly. I learned the trick from a fellow magician and the title of it, according to him, was Stern's Diversion. I did not ask for the spelling at the time. In this effect, four blue-backed aces turn face up one at a time while the other 3 are face down. Then, the backs are shown to have changed to red. The faces are shown once more. When the backs are shown again, they have changed to a 3rd color.
I am curious to who this "Stern" person is. (Duke Stern?) Also, was this from a book or a commercial packet effect. I cannot find any info on it. Your help would be most appreciated. John |
Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
John,
It does sound like Duke Stern. You might want to contact Abbott's. Duke Stern was a regular there. At first, it reminded me of an effect from (I believe) Pentagram, but, it seems the two are different. I will have to pull down Pentagram and see. But, I do think Abbott's is the way to go. Another option would be Denny Haney. Denny is a walking encyclopedia of magic. Ahimsa, Vlad |
Domino Magic Special user 999 Posts |
I've never heard of this effect, but I am familiar with the effect "Duke's Dye Version", which is a silk effect. Here's the link it at Abbott's:
http://www.abbottmagic.com/Abbotts-Dukes......ever.htm Here's some more information on Duke Stern: http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Duke_Stern |
PaulGreen Inner circle 1133 Posts |
Hi Everyone,
This was a packet trick from the late 1970's. Ken Brooke sold a version called Another Blooming Trick. The final change was to four different floral backed cards. Norm Schultz had a version called Bac Flips. I think that it was one of those tricks that was easily produced so there were many copies out there. Respectfully, Paul Green |
Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
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On 2010-07-26 11:41, PaulGreen wrote: Thank you Paul. I just looked this up in the book Ken Brooke's Magic Place. VERY nice effect. I should also thank the OP for bringing this to the fore. I think I will have to play with this one Ahimsa, Vlad PS: For those that have it, the reference is "Another Blooming Trick" by Robert Bromley in KEN BROOKE'S MAGIC PLACE. (Tahoma, CA: L&L Publishing, 1994) pp. 17-20. |
Paul Inner circle A good lecturer at your service! 4409 Posts |
Wasn't this just another version of Oliver Mackenzie's Drink Trick" or "Typsy Cards" as it was first marketed under? I have a chapter on it in my book "Small But Deadly" but the effect itself can be found on p.155 of "Ken Brooke's Magic- The Unique Years".
Different backed cards, different punch line at the end, same mechanics. Rob Bromley later released another one under a different title with prism backed cards if I recall correctly. Paul. |
DelMagic Special user 719 Posts |
I am convinced there are multiple versions of the same basic plot though I don't have familiarity with the one's mentioned here. I thought I remembered a similar effect called Flipped Out Fours, but from reading things online it appears to have been just Flipped Out by Ed Hollins. I saw another reference to Back Flips by Sam Schwartz. I am not familiar with that. Unfortunately the "Stern(?)" name used for what I learned doesn't appear to be common. It is still a wonderful effect.
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Paul Inner circle A good lecturer at your service! 4409 Posts |
Ignore my last post. Rob Bromley's prism backed card effect may have been the Mackenzie trick in another form (I had both at one time) but the Blooming trick clearly wasn't. Paul Green put me right, and if the instructions are in the other Ken Brooke book mentioned by Vlad (I don't have that) any of those readers will know that fact.
There were a number of people working on this type of packet trick plot in the seventies. Schwartz, Hamman, Fulves and Trost are just a few. With the exceptions of Emerson and West and Trost stuff, packet tricks didn't get mass marketed in the seventies like they do today. Stern's trick is another that escaped my attention. John, you'd probably like the Sam Schwartz book. Paul. |
Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
The Sam Schwartz book is jammed with great magic. I think it is a definite must have. A lot of people know of Sam Schwartz through his famous Backflip, but, there is a LOT of great magic in this book.
Paul, The Bromley approach to this effect used floral backed cards, hence the name "Another Blooming Trick." However, after having read the routine, any style back of cards can be used which opens up a WORLD of possibilities. The only caveat is that the FACES of the cards must have the same "look", so, mixing Hoyles with Bikes would NOT work. The routine in Brooke's book requires one gaff that just about everybody already has. It seems as though, as you stated, this plot was worked on in the 1970s. Well, there are quite a few of us who aren't old enough to have encountered the plot when it was vogue. It deserves to be resurrected. Frankly I am surprised some unethical companies HAVEN'T re-marketed this effect. Ahimsa, Vlad PS: I still need to get my copy of Still Small But Deadly. Small But Deadly is an invaluable source for packet magic. I do hope you accept PayPal Paul.. credit cards are a PITA lol |
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