Alexander de Cova

Recently I found again a performance clip of Spain’s great Camillo Vazquez. Still think this routine has ‘something’. Some lovely […]

When I saw this, I only asked myself: “Is anybody out there actually performing it?” I mean, sure, there went

Finally, here is the full version of my switching concept, using an unprepared glass box (you could even use a

This seems to be a long forgotten, wonderful coin vanish. What I really like with it is the concept behind.

When two magicians in Vienna try to set a stage for video takes, it looks like this. At that time,

Well, a move that is a lifetime commitment. The move that separates the ‘boys from the men’. Here is how

I can’t remember how long I do this routine. And how I simply love it. Every time, when I wanted to

On this video you will see my good buddy Alaisdair McCova perform his handling of a Scottish variation of a

For many years I was referring to this as a variant of the ‘Zarrow-Shuffle’, until Karl-Heinz Ritter from Munich corrected

Here it is—just for the record. I developed this in 1985 (I have witnesses). Mike Porstmann was instrumental in it

This is my all-time favorite universal switch for coins. It is a workhorse, that you will take to your real

Just a reminder to not forget this stunning and fun-to-do technique. I use this all the time when working at the