John Mendoza

John Mendoza
Born	John Frederick Mendoza 1947 USA
Died	July 29, 2020
Notable works	cups and balls with large Nut finish
Known for	Card tricks
Categories	Books by John Mendoza

John Mendoza (b.1947-d.2020) took over Gene Devoe's Magic Den in downtown St. Louis and moved it to Maplewood, Missouri. John traveled the world doing card tricks and cups and balls.

Biography

He is noted as the person who knows the most about vintage magic apparatus and can be seen selling on Ebay and his own list of vintage magic items.

Manuscripts

• Mendoza Series of Personal Instruction (1980)
• No. 1: H.A.M. (Harris-Ackerman-Mendoza)
• No. 2: A Reading
• No. 3: A Minor Triumph
• No. 4: Multiple Spellbound
• No. 5: Miller (?) Wild Card
• No. 6: Nelson's Drunken Shuffle

Marketed Tricks

• The Mendoza Cups and Balls Routine (1971)
• Automatic Deck (1973)

Books

• The Book of John (1978)
• Close-Up Presentation (1979)
• John: Verse Two (1980)
• Don England's T.K.O.s (1981)
• The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 (1983)
• The Excellence of Dan Fleschman (1983)
• The Right Stuff (The Magic of Chris Kenner) (1985)