Perspective Pendant by Forum Novelties

You shows six oversized ESP symbol cards and six ungimmicked envelopes. A participant slides each card face-down into an envelope. 

The envelopes are mixed by the participant while your back is turned. One envelope is choses and the card within is turned face-up, and the envelopes are mixed again.

You turn around and deal out the opaque envelopes into a row. Show a crystal pendant and hold it above each card for a moment. Suddenly, the pendant begins to sway over one envelope! When checked, it is indeed the selected ESP card.

History of the Effect:

In the 1980 and 1990's, along with Tenyo and Tricks Co and Rabbit Co in Japan, there was another Asian company bringing neat, innovative magic to American magicians. That company was Kaifu Wang's Black Hat Magic in Taiwan. Black Hat items had the same surprising innovation and magical thinking that the great Japanese companies of that era had. As fans of these companies already know, the magical effects and props somehow mix cuteness (and sometimes goofiness) with diabolical ingenuity, as well as a charismatic, childlike charm. And somehow, this odd mixture results in really interesting and compelling magical props, effects and methods.

Like items from those companies, Black Hat Magic items became difficult to find after the companies ceased production of them.  But in the early 2000's, a company in the USA obtained the rights to produce and distribute many Black Hat effects. They made the props exactly the same, and the instructions and packaging are also the same, save for the distributors name where it once said "Black Hat Magic". Alas, that distributor has long since ceased production of the wonderful Black Hat line now also.

Although not an original Black Hat Magic piece, this remake is exactly the same except for the packaging and instruction sheet logos.  So you can buy with confidence that you are getting some of the great magic of the Japanese/Asian invasion that occurred in magic in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Special thank to The Magic Gadget Site for the history lesson!