How to Pick Pockets for Fun and Profit: A Magician's Guide to Pickpocket Magic

by Eddie Joseph, Bruce Fife, Michael Donohue (Illustrator)

In this book you will discover the secrets of picking pockets for entertainment purposes. Written by a professional magician, the techniques are based on elementary principles of misdirection and sleight-of-hand, which can be easily learned by anyone. Anything that can be carried in a person’s pocket can be secretly removed. This book will show you how. You will be able to remove objects from people’s pockets while talking to them and even up on a stage while a thousand eyes are watching you. You will amaze everybody! You will also learn how to remove wristwatches and articles of clothing without being detected. Many excellent effects for magicians. Produces great comedy. Imagine the expressions on the faces of the audience, and your victim, when you remove this boxer shorts! Great stuff!

Genres: Nonfiction

64 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1992