Illinois · Cook County
Magic supplies in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Props, gimmicks and trick decks, posted to Chicago. The same catalogue a working magician would carry, without a counter to stand at.
We post to every address in Cook County and the rest of Illinois — there is no shop floor in Chicago, and no separate pricing by city.
Chicago is big enough to support a real performing scene — restaurant work, corporate functions, private parties — and big enough that nobody will see the same set twice. There is room to be bad in public for a while, which is how people get good.
Most people looking for magic tricks in Chicago want one of three things: something to learn tonight, a gift for someone starting out, or a specific gimmick to finish a routine they already perform. All three are here — self-working decks and sponge balls at one end, shells and stage apparatus at the other.
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Close-up and street magic
Material built to survive inspection from three feet away: sponge balls, cups and balls, chop cups, ring gimmicks and close-up mats. Street and table work is the most forgiving way to get good, because the audience is small enough to restart and honest enough to tell you when it did not land.
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Card magic
Trick decks do the heavy lifting while you learn: a Svengali deck forces a card without a single sleight, a marked deck tells you what they took, and a stripper deck lets you find it blind. Gaff cards, double backers and card gimmicks cover the rest. Most working repertoires are still mostly cards, and most of them start here.
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Starting out in Chicago
The first year is about repetition, not acquisition. Pick one effect, perform it a hundred times for real people, and only then buy the second one. Everything in the beginner collection is chosen to survive that kind of use.
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Magic around Illinois
The midwest is the historic centre of American magic manufacturing — Abbott's in Colon, Michigan has been making apparatus since 1934, and the Get-Together still draws thousands of magicians every August.
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Getting it to Chicago
Orders ship within two business days and arrive in Chicago in roughly 8 to 16 business days. That covers all of Cook County. Everything posts to Chicago on the same terms as everywhere else — free over $75, and no pharmacy counter to stand at.
From the shop
What performers are buying
We ship anywhere in the United States, Illinois included — there is no shop floor in Chicago, just the same catalogue and the same delivery.
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