Trick of the Month Club

Trick of the Month Club (T.M.C.) was created by the Thayer Magic Company in 1931. It was advertised as "No Meetings! - No Conventions! - But just plain magical enjoyment and thrills every month"

The "object" was stated as "Founded in the interest of magic, and for the benefit of those who desire to maintain a continued upkeep in the special line of outstanding pocket and impromptu magical effects at a nominal cost."

The twelve people that supplied tricks were known as the Mystic Twelve. They were each given a free membership to the club.

Tricks

A trick was sent every month to members that subscribed for five dollars a year.

Series No. 1:

• A Dead Name Duplication by Theo Annemann (August 1931)
• A Borrowed Cigarette Remade by Al Baker
• The Elusive Joker by R. W. Hull
• Twins by Tom Sellers
• My Torn and Restored Paper Trick by El Barto
• Think Stop by William H. McCaffrey
• A Mental Card Mystery by U.F. Grant
• A New Spirit Message Effect by Oswald Rae
• The Dead Man Walks and The Continuous Chefalo Knot by Dr. Harlan Tarbell
• A Fallacy and a Fag by Delmas W. Jenkins
• Duval's Repeating Silk Vanishing Method by Ade Duval
• The Tale of the Tell by Charles Weller