Show Stoppers with Cards by Hugard and Braue

Your chance to own a bit of history - a book of gems! The card magician's precious effects! Magic so exciting and incredible, the famous Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue labeled them SHOW STOPPERS!

Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue sifted through piles of material for their famous book, "Expert Card Technique." They rejected most of it and kept only the best work for the book. However, to ensure "Expert Card Technique" was a manageable length, they took many of their favorite tricks and compiled SHOW STOPPERS!

SHOW STOPPERS, a fun little 16-page booklet by two legendary magic writers, contains some of the coolest card tricks every published. Inside, you will learn:

The Braue Double Lift!
Allerton's Amazing Aces!
Pockethereal by Stewart James!
10-6-9-4 by Bert Fenn & Neal Elias!
Nailcutting & Nailcutting the Aces by Braue!
Dunbury Delusion by Charlie Miller, the Braue Handling!
Fan False Count by Braue!
Triple Do by Braue!
The Homing Card by Braue!
The Great Trunk Trick by Bob Madison!

You will find SHOW STOPPERS in the library of many great magicians, including the famous Fred Kaps. This incredible booklet contains "The Homing Card," which incorporates Braue's Fan False Count with a baffling plot. Homing Card has been performed on TV from the days of black & white, to color, and now HD!

There are card tricks, and then there are SHOW STOPPERS!

Read my blog post about the book:

Like any other type of magic, card tricks have gone in and out of popular favor. I love card tricks, but as a distributor of magic, I am constantly pitched new products. By 2002, I had seen enough card tricks and was looking for just about anything else.

It wasn’t that I was burned out on card tricks already published, it was that card magicians really weren’t making epic strides like they were in the nineties. Plus, the market wasn’t buying card tricks. I would get calls at the office, “What’s new? And isn’t a card trick?”

Today, however, cards are starting to make a comeback. Card magicians have taken advantage of new technology and reduced modern printing costs, cranking up the gears of innovation once again, producing top-quality card magic. And the best part of all, card tricks are selling!

Still, with all the leaps and bounds forward, one of my favorite card tricks is an oldie – the “Dunbury Delusion by Charlie Miller.”

Few magicians are familiar with the plot, and those who have seen it, probably have no idea where Charlie published it originally. I learned it from a remarkable little booklet called “Show Stoppers by Hugard and Braue.”

The book is very good – filled with so many amazing card tricks – I just had to have a copy for myself. It was long out of print though, so I purchased the rights and brought it back to life for the next generation of card magicians. You can own it now in hard copy or digital format.

The reason I like the “Dunbury Delusion” is both because of Charlie Miller’s streamlined handling (easy for beginners, but strong enough for pros), and the impact of the final revelation. It’s one of those tricks that makes a wonderful performance piece at parties, high-class shows, or even a money-making bar bet. In other words, you can perform for your friend, your date, or the president!

Another thing I like about “Show Stoppers” is it has Frederick Braue’s original handling of his infamous “Homing Card.” Fred Kaps performed Braue’s “Homing Card” so often, he is often credited for inventing it. In fact, Kaps performed it on black and white TV, making it one of the first card tricks ever performed on television.

If you would like to add a couple Show Stoppers to your act, get the book!