Messiah Luthern Child Care Center's Ice Cream Social

I will be performing for the Annual Ice Cream Social

This is open to the public. 

contact the Center for more information.

Messiah Luthern Child Care

1605 vernon Ave.

Park Ridge Illinois 60068

Spring Magic Book sale

Fellow Magicians,

Here is a list of books that may be on your want list. Free shipping to US residents. I do ship worldwide and CC by phone, money order or paypal are accepted. Contact me for more information.

magically,

Mr. Ash

1. Slydini Encores- Dr.Leon Nathanson-$65
2. Funny Stuff (and assorted Mysteries)-Tom Landshaw-$15
3. Paul harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets-$10
4. Close Up Card Magic- Harry Lorayne-$15
5. How to Enetertain Children with Magic-The Great Merlini-$10
6. The Card and Coin Magic of Bobby Bernard-$65
7. Second Time Around-Roy Johnson-$15
8. Sting Shift Handbook of Cons and swindles -Lindsay E.Smith-$15
9. Pink's Magic From Holland- Hugh Miller-$50
10. The Tipnician- Bob Chesbro-$20
11. Pro Control A professional Approach to Card Control- Gary Ouellet-$30
12. Close Up Fantasies Book 1- Paul Harris-$75
13. The Magic of Slydini- Lewis Ganson-$20
14. Card Treats -Jacob Taub,MD-$15
15. The Art Of Eddie Joseph-Hugh Miller-$40
16. Silver Special The Lost Treasure of Roy Johnson (1989)- Roy Johnson-$25(torn DJ)
17. Fantastic Thimbles A New Technique in Thimble Magic-Lewis Ganson-$20
18. The Endless Chain Bead Routines Supreme Know How Series-Tayloy,Ayling, Ganson & Lowe-$25
19. The Art of Stage Hypnotism- Ormand Mcgill-$40
20. Close Up Presentation- John Mendoza-$30
21. The magic Menu The Final Four 61-64-Jim Sisti and Andrew Pinard-$25
22. Carter Beats the Devil-Glen David Gold-410
23. Professional Magic For Children- David Ginn-$15
24. Encyclopedia of Magic(1949)- Henry Hay-$25
25. Okito On Magic -Magic Ink-$75
26. For My Next Trick- Karrell Fox-$45
27. Coin Magic- Richard Kaufman (1981)- $75
28. Classic Sampler- Michael Skinner-$35
29. Gypsy Magic Fortune telling and spells- Patrinella Cooper-$15
30. The Magic of Michael Ammar- Michael Ammar-$40
31. Hugard's magic Monthly Vol. XI,XII and XIII-$50
32. Stars of Magic (Gospel Magic) - Robbins-$25
33. Roger Klause In Concert- Lance Pierce-$40
34. Phoenix 151-200-$25
35. Kouvari's Czardas Monte Find the Red Spot-Patrick Page-$12
36. Max the Magician and Diane-$5
37. The Comedy Act of and by Tom Palmer-$5
38. Dan Garrett's Close Up Connivery lecture notes #1-$3
39. Magic From The Attic- Joe Givan-$5
40. No strings the Art of Close Up levitation- Joy Jensen-$20
41. 13 Steps to mentalism-Corinda-$25
42. Twelve Have Died( Bullet catching)-$300
43. The Magic of Matt Schulien- Philip Reed Willmarth-$25

My new Anti Tax Song

I apologize for not posting in a while. I will begin listing magic books here weekly after the weekend.

I have recorded a new Anti tax song with the legendary Jon langford on Guitar and back up Vocals and Local Guitarist Faris Suqi on Lead.

We will be performing this live on WGN news at the end of the month.

Listen to it here

www.myspace.com/countryashryan

Magic Books for Sale

Fellow Magician's,
Here are some great books that are sure to add to your repertoire. Shipping is free to the US. Outside of the US, shipping cost is based on location. Paypal accepted.
Magically,
Mr. Ash

1. Tony Clark Unmasks Award Winning Dove Techniques-$20
2. Paul Curry Presents- Paul Curry 1974, Softbound. 108 pages-$50
3. Miniature Mysteries With Cards- Barbara Walker 1980 Magic Limited. Hard Bound. 166 pages.-$20
4. My Kind Of Magic-Alan Shaxon 1970 England.HB.77 pages.-$10
5. The World's Best Book of Magic-Walter Gibson 1927 Penn Pub.,HB. 319 pages.-$40
6. The Expositor- William Frederick Pinchbeck 1996 Stevens Magic.HB. 100 pages.-$36
7. The Supplemental OORT-edited by Philemon Vanderbeck-SB-$50
8. Impromptu Card Magic, The World's best collection-Aldo Colombini-SB-$40
9. Paul Diamond's Big Easy Card Cunning-Jon Racherbaumer-SB-$18
10. Illusion F/X, easy to Build Illusions- Andrew Mayne 1997, SB. 58 pages-$35
11. The magic of Allan lambie-Tony Taylor and Mickey Hades 1970 Canada. SB-$15
12. Diamonds From Coal, Cards-Duffie and Robertson. SB-$30
13. Money Menagerie, Collection of wild or strange animals- Sterling Dave. SB-$15
14. Magic Inc. 1969/1970 YEARBOOK- $10
15. Slick Silk Magic- Duane Laflin 1998 Lecture notes-$5
16. Topper's Mad, Mad Magic- Gene Anderson 1974 Magic Inc. SB. 50 pages-$10
17. Showmanship Out Of The Hat- The Great Masoni 1978 Supreme Magic. SB-$10
18. Decennial Prelection- Scotty York. SB. 22 pages-$5
19. Multiple Issues of Houdini Gram by Houdini Club of Wisconsin-$10
20. 12 Issues of Harry Lorayne's APOCALYPSE-$10
21. Sexy Magic- James Hodges. HB-$30
22. Spoof....It's Magic- Ronald J. Dayton 1993. HB.65 pages-$22
23. Spirit Theater- Eugene Burger 1986. HB-$45
24. Close Up Seductions(tourn dustjack)-Paul Harris 1984 Robbins. HB. 152 pages-$25
25. Mendoza Portfolio 1-John Mendoza. HB. 194 pages-$35
26. House Of Cards, The Life & magic of Paul Rosini 1999.HB. 311 pages-$35
27. Baker's Bonanza, The magic of Roy Baker- Hugh Miller. Supreme Magic. HB. 127 pages-$10
28. Mulholland's Book Of Magic- John Mulholland 2001 Dover. SB.329 pages-$9
29. Bell's Book Of Tricks-Patrick Page 1974. HB. 121 pages-$6
30. Hidden In Plain Sight, A manual for Marked Cards- Kirk Charles 2005 Fun, Inc., SB. 136 pages-$10
31. The Stein And Day Handbook of Magic- Marvin Kaye 1973. HB. 308-$20
32. Mind Magic, Extraordinary Tricks to Mystify, Baffle and Entertain-Marc Lemezma 2003 UK.HB-$15
33. Still More Party Pieces- Trevor Lewis 1990. SB. 50 pages-$15
34. Magic On Stage- Wally Reid 1980 Magic Limited. HB. 124 pages-$20
35. Creative World Of Conjuring- John Booth (Inscribed)1990 Ridgeway Press. HB.262 pages-$50
36. Marvels of Mystery- John Booth 1953 Supreme. 4th ed. HB. 146 pages-$25
37. Deck-Sterity- Harry Lorayne 1967 Robbins. 2nd ed.HB.160 pages-$25
38. Encyclopedia of Card Tricks- Jean Hugard 1961 Faber. HB. 445 pages-$15
    

Coin Magic For Sale- Close Up Magicians

Fellow Magicians,
Below are some excellent Coins for Close Up Coin Magic. Contact me if you are interested. Shipping is based on your location
Magically,
Mr. Ash

1. Expanded Coin Fifty cent piece (Sasco)- $22. Effect: Four Coins pass through the table in the fairest possible manner.
2. Gold & Silver (magic makers)-$30. Effect: Show 2 coins. Place them in your hand closed hand. Remove one and place it in your pocket. Open your hand they are both still there! Repeat several times and then finally both coins vanish from your hand!
3. Cigarette Thru Coin Fifty Cent Piece (Sasco)-$25
4. Pen/Pencil Thru Coin Quarter (Sasco)-$25
5. Cigarette Thru Coin Quarter (Sasco)-$22
6. Boston Box-$15. Effect: Spectator places several coins into an open brass box and places the box on left finger tips. He tranfers the box to his right hand. At no time is the box covered with a lid. There is no lid. The coins are visible at all times; yet the coins appear in the left hand and the box on the right palm is completely empty. Also can be used for Coins through the table!
   
7. Opium Coins $25- Effect:Two coins are shown in a fanned position then stacked and aligned. A borrowed cigarette goes through both coins. The coins are allowed to fall into the hand holding them, which closes over the coins in a looses fist. When the hands open the coins have shanged into Chinese coins complete with holes through their centers.
8. EJ's Coin Flight (Sterling)-$20. Effect: four quarters are placed into the coin flight and then under a paper cup. Remove the coin flight with the quarters and drop them into the velvet bag. Inthe blink of an eye the quarters are gone from the bag and back under the cup.
9. Double sided quarter Tails- $6.99
10. Three Coin Con-$15. Effect: Classic three shell game using pennies, nickels and dimes
11. Be Switched Bill trick (George Hample)- $5. The gteatest Transposition of two bills you've ever seen!
12. Currency Miniaturizer (magic Mentor, Sterling)-$10. Effect: A metal disk is placed over a quarter. The disk is lifted and the quarter is half its size! Great for the economic times.
13. Coin Through Coin-$20. Effect: In this pocket miracle, you visibly push a half dollar coin right through the slot in a dollar coin, despite the fact that the slot is clearly too small.
14. The Magic Coin( Tom Craven)-$5. Effect: A Spectator places a coin on several cards that have been laid out. Instruction cards eliminate some cards. The coin though is never on the card to be eliminated. The last instruction card matches the one card instruction left.
15. Okito Box Half Dollar Size- $30
16. Eccentric (Steve Dusheck)-$4. Effect: A penny shricks to a mini penny then visibly changes to a dime!
17. Scotch and Soda (Sterling)-$19. Effect: Place an American half dollar and a Mexican centavo style coin (a copper color coin) in a spectator's hand. Close their hand, reach in and remove the half dollar. Now "invisibly" remove the copper coin. Of course, the spectator will insist that the copper coin is still in their closed hand, but when they open it, the copper coin has, in fact vanished- and has changed to an American quarter!
18. Hopping Half Dollar (Sterling) -$35. Effect: Show two coins, a half dollar and an English penny. Place them in your closed hand. Remove one, show it, place it in your pocket. Open your hand- both coins are still there! Repeat this several times, if you wish. Finally, as a climax, after removing a coin and placing it in your pocket, open your hand- it's empty! Both coins have vanished.
19. Copper Silver Coin (Sasco)-$9. Effect:An English penny is placed in the spectator's left hand and a half dollar in the spectator's right hand. When the spectator opens his hand the half dollar turns into the English penny!
20. George Schindler's Okito Box Routine-$15
21. Crocodile Coin (Gene Poinc, Sterling) -$18. Effect: Magician's third Hand. Superb Utilty coin and clip.
22. The Travellers-$5. Effect: Four Coins travel between your right and and left until they all end in your left hand.
23. Chinese Flashing Coin ( China Blitz)- $20. Effect: Chinese Coin is pplaced on a table. It Is covered with a card and then changes into any other coin of a different currency.
24. Yo Yo Coin- $20. Effect: Show two coins. Squeeze them together along with a piece of string and open your hand to reveal the string coiled around the coins. You then shock them by yoyoing the coins!
25. QT Quarter Transpo ( Magic Concepts)-$25. High quality Brass coin boxes.
26. Heads or Tails (Sasco)-$15. Effect: A quarter is placed in a small metal container, while your back is turned. When it is handed to you, you instantly tell if the coin is heads up or tails up!
27. Coin Dumper-$7.50. Effect: The perfect accessory for anyone interested in coin magic. When in place under the magician's coat, the coin dumper delivers a stack of coins (half dollar size) secretly, swiftly and silently into the magician's hand. Well made from metal, this prop will last a lifetime.

Mr. Ash in the Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-magicshop-western-0916sep16,0,1880166.story

Spiral Bound Magic Books For Sale

Below are some Spiral Bound Magic Books that are sure to add a wealth of knowledge to your act.
Contact me if you are interested.
Magically,
Mr. Ash

1. Darwin's Thumb Tip Thinking- Gary Darwin-$10
2. Colombini's Cups and Balls- Lewis Ganson_$10
3. Newspaper Magic- Gene Anderson and Frances Marshall-$10
4. The Act- Paul Harris-$18
5. Coin Miracles- Dan Fleshman-$15
6. The New Premonition- Eddie Joseph-$5
7. Workers 1- Michael Close-$20
8. Cagey Doves- Tom Palmer-$10 (scribed)
9. Hank Moorehouse Lecture Notes 1980-$5
10. Ten Nights In A Card Room- Stewart James-$5
11. No Moves Magic- Rick Kercher-$10
12. Showmanship Lecture- Max The magician-$6
13. Jeff Bibik 1990 Lecture Notes-$4
14. Call The Doctor- Dr. Doom-$5
15. Elastrix (rubber bands)-Ed Mishell-$9
16. Shuffle Bored- Simon Aronson-$10
17. Major Magic- George Blake-$8
18. Workers 2- Michael Close-$20
19. Gambling Tricks With Cards-Nick Trost-$8
20. The Magic Menu Year One- Jim Sisti-$20
21. Magic For bartenders Encore!- Leo Behnke-$20
22. Framed! The Close- Up Magic Tom Frame- Tom Frame-$15
23. 15 Exciting Minutes With A Borrowed Deck- Eddie Joseph-$5 (torn Corner of cover)
24. Games For The Silly- Dr. Doom-$5
25. Close Up Lecture II- Dan Fleshman-$5
26. Close Up Lecture I- Dan Fleshman-$5
27. Three Miracle Routines-Richard Osterlind-$10
28. Lecture Notes- Bruce Bernstein-$7
29. The Cardician- Ed Marlo-$15