CARDS AS WEAPONS THROW-OUT CARD PLAYING CARDS
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BASED ON ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL DECKS CREATED FOR THE
WARNER BROS. PUBLICATION LAUNCH OF "CARDS AS WEAPONS"
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We are proud to offer our original, “THROW-OUT CARD PLAYING CARDS”. Throw-out Card Playing Cards are decks of playing cards featuring exact replicas of the throw-out cards of some of the world’s most famous magicians.
Throw-out cards are cards that were usually printed with the performer's picture on one side and sometimes with advertisements, tour dates, playing card backs or other information on the other side. They are the same size and shape as playing cards. They were often distributed by the performer in the course of a demonstration of card throwing.
The original throw-out cards have become highly collectible and many of then quite rare and scarce.
Each card features the face side of from high-resolution scan of the original throw-out card.
DETAILS:
• Easy to shuffle, smooth card stock.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 3.5"; poker size playing cards.
• 52 playing cards plus 2 Jokers per deck.
• Cards come in a clear plastic, two-part box.
These are made of heavyweight stock - 300gsm with a UV Coating and printed in full color. All decks are full poker size 2.5” x 3.5”.
A truly unique item made in the USA!
• Easy to shuffle, smooth card stock.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 3.5"; poker size playing cards.
• 52 playing cards plus 2 Jokers per deck.
• Cards come in a clear plastic, two-part box.
These are made of heavyweight stock - 300gsm with a UV Coating and printed in full color. All decks are full poker size 2.5” x 3.5”.
A truly unique item made in the USA!
This is an original, you will only get it here!
The price is for one (1) deck.
Perfect for the magic professional, amateur or enthusiast. A great gift for the enthusiast and professional alike or for your desk!
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ABOUT CARDS AS WEAPONS
Ricky Jay, the author of the critically acclaimed Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, a nationally known sleight-of-hand expert, movie actor and magician extraordinaire, presents a stylish parody of self-defense books that demonstrates how ordinary playing cards can be used as a means of protection.
Cards As Weapons is a treatise on the art of throwing, scaling, juggling, boomeranging, and manipulating ordinary playing cards with particular emphasis on impressing one's friends and providing a deadly yet inexpensive means of self-defense.
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ABOUT RICKY JAY
Ricky Jay (1948 - 2018) was born Richard Jay Potash and was an American stage magician, actor, and writer. He is considered one of the most knowledgeable and skilled sleight-of-hand experts in the United States. He is notable for his signature card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter.
Jay was born in Brooklyn, New York to a middle class Jewish family. His grandfather, Max Katz, was a well-to-do certified public accountant and amateur magician who introduced Jay to the profession.
At least two of his shows, Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants and On the Stem, were directed by David Mamet, who has also cast Jay in a number of his films. Jay appeared in productions by other directors, notably Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights and Magnolia, as well as The Prestige and season one of HBO's Deadwood as card sharp Eddie Sawyer.
Until recently, Jay had been listed in the Guinness Book of Records for throwing a playing card 190 ft at 90 miles per hour (the current record is 216 ft, by Rick Smith, Jr.). Ricky Jay could throw a playing card into a watermelon rind (which he referred to as the "thick, pachydermatous outer melon layer" of "the most prodigious of household fruits") from ten paces.
Jay had created a consulting firm, Deceptive Practices, which provided "arcane knowledge on a need-to-know basis." His firm's clients were often within the stage, television, and film industries. He worked with libraries and museums on their collections, including the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts and the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, California.
Special Thanks to Magicpedia For Some Biographical Information
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