Best Card Magic of Charles T Jordan by Darin Martineau
Best Card Magic of Charles T Jordan by Darin Martineau - 18 Video Downloads
Learn 18 Incredible New Close-Up Card Miracles!
Includes:
Color Divination
Bewildero 3 by Darin Martineau
Divino
New Double Prediction by Darin Martineau
Houdini Card 1 (based on Jordan's The Presto Pass)
Houdini Card 2 (inspired by Jordan's The Presto Pass)
The Quadruple Coincidence by Darin Martineau
The Hofzinser Card Problem Solved by Darin Martineau
The Fabulous 4 Aces with Royal Flush finale
Reset with Backs by Darin Martineau
New Twisting Finale
Card Printing Artistry by Darin Martineau
Jokers Wild by Darin Martineau
Jokers to Aces by Darin Martineau
New Technicolor Oil & Water by Darin Martineau
These are Magician Foolers!
About Charles Thornton Jordan:
Charles T. Jordan was an incredible Card Magician and prolific magic creator that created many great card routines and sleights that magicians still use today.
He was born in Berkeley, California on October 1 1888.
His Dad was Charles Renalt Jordan; a wholesale supply manager and chicken farmer, and his Mom was Mary Louise (Thornton) Jordan.
He had a younger sister, Margaret Louise (1891-1959).
When he was 10 years old, he saw the famous Master Magician Harry Kellar perform, which inspired him to develop his own card tricks.
He self-published Thirty Card Mysteries in 1919. In it, he described "The Jordan Count", and "The Gray Code",
two incredible methods of false counting cards.
In 1920, he self-published the five-part Ten New Prepared Card Tricks series, with contributions from Thomas Nelson Downs.
In 1935, he was contacted by Theodore Annemann, who wanted to publish a collection of his work.
Many of Jordan’s tricks were later collected and published by Karl Fulves.
Jordan met Bob Madison (mayor of Santa Rosa, California) in 1908 who gave him his first lessons in sleight of hand at the age of 19.
Later, Jordan began to work out his own and soon began publishing and selling the tricks and pamphlets which made him famous.
Family members said he was inventing an average of ten tricks per week.
Jordan moved to Penngrove, California where he worked as a chicken farmer for many years. He also designed and built large radios.
In 1919 he published a book on card magic entitled Thirty Card Mysteries.
In it he described a new sleight which became known as the Jordan Count, a method of false counting of four cards and for secretly altering their order.
In 1920 he published 5 booklets with over 50 card effects of his own invention.
He continued publishing until 1923 when he lost his interest in magic and turned his studies to radio and soon began to manufacture sets.
During the 1920s and 30s, he was a champion of puzzle contests, often published in newspapers, winning many cash prizes.
Jordon, with coworkers, entered and won contests making tens of thousands of dollars yearly.
Charles Jordan never performed in public and his fame was based mainly on his publications.
In 1935 he was contacted by Theodore Annemann who wanted to publish a collection of his work.
However, the series was abandoned shortly after.
Lloyd Jones also tried to contact Jordan to express his desire to publish Jordan's works in book form,
but Jordan passed away before he could find him.
Jordan sold his collection of magic books to Earl F. Rybolt in 1943.
Jordan never performed in public. He died in Vallejo after a long illness.
Jordan died in Petaluma, California after many years of illness. Interment was in Cypress Hill Cemetery in Petaluma on April 24 1944 (age 55).
Charles T Jordan's books:
Thirty Card Mysteries (1919)
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks (1920)
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks (1920)
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks (1920)
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks (1920)
Ten New Pocket Tricks (1920)
The Sign of Exceptional Magic by Charles Thorton Jordan (1935)
(This periodical was released by Ted Annemann. The plan was to publish some 350 original tricks by Charles T. Jordan)
Charles T. Jordan Collected Tricks by Karl Fulves (1975)
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks by Karl Fulves (1992)
He also had many of his card tricks published in magic magazines such as:
THE BAT #56 MAGIC TRICKS MAGAZINE - AUGUST 1948
The Bat # 9 1944, Jordan Memorial Issue, page 45. magic tricks magazine
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