George Sands

George Sands (1920? - May 16, 2006) began practicing magic at the age of 17 and was an active member of New York City magic scene with the guidance of Dr. Abe Hurwitz, the father of Shari Lewis (and Lamb Chop). George joined the Ledgerdemaniacs, with notable peers such as George Schindler, Frank Garcia, Howard Schwarzman, and Ken Krenzel.

He worked for Tannen’s Magic with Lou and Mike Tannen and at Royal Magic for Morris Fox.

During War World II, George developed his highly successful "Sandsational Rope" routine among other great magical mysteries, all to entertain his buddies in the trenches.

His now classic rope routines "SandSational Ropes" and "RopeSational" have been performed by thousands of magicians including David Copperfield and Dick Cavett, who performed it on the Johnny Carson Show.

He was an author of 17 booklets and was the first person to publish a substantial book on balloon sculpture "The Encyclopedic Balloon Modeling Courses, Volumes 1 and 2" (in 1972 and 1973). His culmination of material can found in his 50 Years Of Magic Series.

George's publication of his routine Super Optical Illusion (in Hugard’s Magic Monthly in June, 1946) was an inspiration for many packet trick that followed where faces and backs change numerous times.