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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.^[1]

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
  • 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

Series No. 2:

Series No. 3:

References

1. ↑ The Life and Time of a Legend: Annemann by Max Abrams (1992)