Anthony Owen: Anthony Owen's Secrets
Owen, Anthony & John Lovick: Anthony Owen's Secrets
©2017 Vanising Inc., Magic
Hardcover, no dj, 237 pages
Anthony Owen's Secrets
Image courtesy eBay seller 4don47

Comments: Illustrations by Tony Dunn.

Contents: (courtesy Stephane Labbe and book):

1 Foreword (Andy Nyman)
3 Introduction (Anthony Owen)
5 Interview

12 Chapter 1 Sticky Tricks: using ZIG Changin' Glue or similar
14 SOBW: red and black cards are mixed but separate
26 Lava Lamp (Sebastien Clergue): alterate handling for third phase of SOBW
30 SOBW Further Thoughts
34 Voodoo Tattoo: card selection is found with an initial previously burnt
38 Brainwash: marked and unmarked cards transpose between borrowed deck and wallet
42 Pred-Ikea-ction: chosen furniture card is the only one out of stock
48 Sticky Intruder: the only card dealt face down turns out to have a cross on its face
51 The Light Card: after an Ambitious card routine, a signed blue backed card vanishes to be found as a previously shown prediction card
56 Miracle Monte 2.0 (with Andy Nyman): quick and simple Monte routine with four cards
63 Caravan Travellers: version of Jennings Open Travellers
68 Sticky Blue Danube: two spectators sign both sides of two cards, one card becomes double faced and the other double backed, with the signatures intact
72 Signed Card Anywhere (with John Lenahan): signed card vanishes from deck to be found elsewhere
75 On the Cards: illustrations transpose on two business cards
77 Mark of Death (with John Lenahan): marked selection vanishes from deck to appear in wallet

81 Chapter 2 Sleights and Sorcery
83 The Caravan Move: vanish of face-up card on face-down deck
84 The Caravan Change: as a color change
84 The Caravan Peek
85 The Caravan Sandwich (Roy Walton): effect using the Caravan Move
86 Navarac (Roy Walton): Caravan Move backwards
87 The Caravan Kings (Roy Walton): double Kings transposition
88 Trick Photography (Peter Duffle): Four Aces in pocket change to selection, while Aces are found face up in the deck
91 WSBP - Window Stealing Bottom Palm: bottom palm from the side steal
94 Ambitious Card Finale

97 Chapter 3 Coins
99 The Amazing Karate Pencil of Death: pencil through coin
106 Elevated Matrix: coins collect under one of two cards, but cards never touch the coins

111 Chapter 4 Out of This Chapter
113 Out of This Street: Out of this Word, spectator can shuffle the deck
117 Out of This House: version using regular shuffled deck
121 Out of This Book from the Library: version with a blindfolded spectator and a twist

127 Chapter 5 Cards
129 Holey Security Guards Robin!: selection vanishes from two face up court cards with holes in them and appears reversed in the deck
133 The Miracle Card (with John Lenahan): signed black card replaces another sandwiched and held by the spectator
138 Card-Toon Free (with John Lenahan): version of Dan Harlan's Card-Toon with a kicker
141 The Birthday Deck (with Paul Andrews): selected date card matches spectator's birthday, and other cards shown to be blank

145 Chapter 6 Situational Sorcery
147 Silk Handkerchief to Spectator’s Sleeve: as an introduction
151 A Meal for Monteneuf: knife swallowing with X-ray evidence
155 The Perfect Match (with Marc Paul): signed matches join each other

159 Chapter 7 Mentalism
161 Killer Kombustion (with Marc Paul & Andy Stone): spectators collaborate on the value of a card, and are found correct
165 Re:Monition: thought of card vanishes from one deck to appear reversed in another
175 Number at Card: named selection is not found in deck, but then is found to have the named number on it's back
185 The Natural Lottery: six spectators choose numbers that match a printed lottery receipt

197 Chapter 8 Television Trickery
199 Who Wants to Be a Magician?: spectator wins as ESP game
204 Big Survivor 2: magician predicts who is evicted by the audience
211 Deal Or No Deal: a Just Chance or Bank Nite effect
217 Ring on Notepad: borrowed ring vanishes to be found on the spiral of a notepad
224 Recaffeinated Coffee (with McCahon, O’Connor & Pinner): magician magically transforms a mouthful of coffee back into the ingredients
227 Interactive Magic:
228 - You Couldn’t Planet: magician predicts which planet a spectator ends up pointing to
230 Superstarsign: as above, but with Zodiac signs
232 Cards on TV: a version of the Paino card trick
235 Top Tips for a Magician on Television


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