hillcountrymagic
$14.99
Condition: Very Good
Released in 1974 by the Pacific Game Company (under its Pleasantime Games division), The Private Decks of a Professional Magician is a vintage commercial card magic set packaged as a specialized collection of trick decks and gaffed card effects. Designed to bridge the gap between simple novelty toys and genuine magic performance, the set contained multiple individual instruction booklets alongside custom card packets—such as Svengali or stripper deck configurations, blank-faced cards, and gaffed mechanical setups—enabling amateurs to perform seemingly impossible locations, transpositions, and mentalism without needing extensive sleight-of-hand practice. Produced during the 1970s boom in mass-market hobby magic, this boxed set remains a nostalgic item for collectors, offering a turn-key look at how mid-century novelty companies marketed professional-level card secrets directly to consumers.
