Two other recent releases are 'The Last Trick of Dr. Jacob Daley' & 'Chicago Opener'. 

As one goes through the literature of magic, the name of Dr. Jacob Daley crops up quite frequently, particularly in reference to card magic. Dr. Daley was a New York plastic surgeon but also an avid amateur magician who was skillful enough to keep company with many sleight-of-hand legends of the era, including Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Al Baker, and many others. Also a brilliant innovator, Dr. Daley’s original tricks appeared in Stars of Magic, Annemann’s Practical Mental Effects, and many conjuring periodicals. One of the tricks he was working on before his sudden and tragic passing in 1954 at the age of 56 was a transposition of the red Aces with the black ones. He had demonstrated this idea for Dai Vernon who then immortalized it after Daley’s passing in The Dai Vernon Book of Magic as The Last Trick of Dr. Jacob Daley.  This DVD has versions of this classic trick by the following...

Dr. Daley’s Last Trick – Bill Malone

The Last Trick of Dr. Daley – Daryl

Weighted Aces – Gregory Wilson

Intuition – Dan Harlan

The Last Trick of Dr. Daley – Michael Ammar

Dr. Daley’s Last Trick – Martin Nash

 The Chicago Opener The card trick popularly known as Chicago Opener had its origins in an effect invented by Al Leech that was originally called Hot Card Trick No. 1 and then later rechristened Red Hot Mama. The trick became immensely popular and many working performers immediately added it to their repertoires, notably Frank Everhart and Jim Ryan, who each sometimes get credit for its invention (Everhart’s version was published in a Frank Garcia Book as Chicago Opener and Ryan’s as Red Hot Mama in a book on Ryan’s magic by Phil Wilmarth.)

Despite its muddled origins, it remains one of card magic’s rare effects – an astounding miracle that is relatively easy to perform. What the audience sees is that the magician causes a freely-selected card to change its back color (say from blue to red), which is then tabled. The performer then claims to be able to repeat the effect and a second card is selected. This second attempt fails – no second red card is found – but the performer makes good by turning over the first red card and showing that it has now magically changed into the second selection.

Mind Reading Magician – Bill Malone

The Dumbest Casino in the World – Michael Close

Bluefield Debut – Michael Ammar

Bluefield Debut 2 – Michael Ammar

Chicago Opener – Daryl

Momma in My Wallet – Dan Fleshman

Red Hot Mama – Michael Ammar