[MyMagic] Wooden Trays

Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,156
November 29, 2023

When I was a kid magician I bought a Multiplying Coin Tray, and later a Multiplying Card Tray. Except for their size and the materials they were made from, they worked the same way.

They had a secret compartment which held extra items. When you dumped what was on the tray it automatically loaded what was in the compartment. The tray could also be used to switch items especially examined items for gaffed ones.

I recently came across some nice wooden trays made for coins that are ridiculously inexpensive.

I also just received another shipment of the coin sets that continue to sell out. If you were trying to get an Obake Quarter Set or the Dual Position Triple Split set. They are back… for now.

►Wooden Coin Tray:

The coin tray which is also known as a Multiplying Coin Tray is an ancient magic prop that has been manufactured for more than a century by many different magic companies.

This is a small, handy version that is around 3.5-inches round, made of wood, and can hold coins as large as two half-dollars.

The basic routine has your spectator put a small number of coins on the tray and when you dump them into your fist (or your spectator’s) they double in quantity.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Obake Quarter Set:

Kries is best known for his exceptionally powerful magnetic coins that can be used for some incredible seeming magic. The coins are so strong that they can attract each other through your hand, a deck of cards, or even through most tables.

“Obake” means ghost in Japanese, and this “ghost” coins set allows you to do some clean and impossible looking routines that cannot be done with other similar gimmicks.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Dual Position Triple Split:

Triple Split sets of thin magnetic coins have become very popular and have apparently been invented or at least popularized by Johnny Wong. They have also replaced the use of shells in many routines.

What Ted Bogusta created is a magnetic system he calls Dual Position which uses specially designed and manufactured magnets that allow the magnetic coins to overlap without aligning. This system allows you to place the overlapping coins in your hands, on the table, or even in the spectators hands.

The coins are also a little thicker than most which allows them to be shown as full sized coins as opposed to shims.

Watch and buy: HERE

►BACK IN STOCK:

►Black Cowhide Coin Wallet:

This is a beautiful and extremely well-made leather coin wallet that can hold more coins than it appears that it should. It can easily hold up to four dollar-sized coins or six half-dollar-sized coins.

The overall size is 2.25” x 2” when closed. It is made of fine soft leather with a lining.

Get one: HERE

►Longitudinal Axis Penetration:

This is a great idea with a well-made prop you can carry with you.

Show a clear plastic case that can hold two US bills (any denomination and they can even be borrowed). You place the two bills side by side and then fold the case in half. Once folded the bills are seen overlapping as you point out a slit on both sides. Using a borrowed credit card, or your own, you can now visually push that card right through both bills apparently ripping them. But when the bills are removed from the case they are undamaged. And best of all… everything is examinable before and after the performance.

Watch and buy: HERE

►OUR LATEST RELEASE:

►Quadruple Spellbound:

Originally created in the 1970s and first published in the 1980s, this was one of Simon Aronson’s favorite routines, that he always carried with him and performed often.

The basic effect: You show an American half dollar. You wave your hand over it, and it changes into a Japanese coin with a hole through it. Wave your hand over the Japanese coin and it changes into a copper English penny. Wave your hand over the penny and it changes into an African coin with a hole in it. As a finale, the African coin changes back into the American half dollar.

In addition to the custom-made set of gaffed coins you also get a video tutorial with Simon Aronson performing and explaining his original handling, Meir Yedid teaching his versions of the Quadruple Spellbound, and Sol Stone teaching his Patriotic Poker Chips.

Watch and buy: HERE

►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

►Sunday Dec 10: Spinnato’s Comedy Magic Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE

To view all my upcoming appearances go: HERE

Stay happy, Meir

PS: After making the Coin Tray trailer I wondered if it could convince magicians who already own one want to buy another?

“The object in performing tricks is not to display skill, but to mystify.”
…Walter Gibson (Howard Thurston 200 Tricks You Can Do, 1926)