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Magic Inventors Bobo, J.B., The New Modern Coin Magic ©1952, Carl W. Jones, © 1966, Magic Inc. Illustrated by Nelson Hahne, edited by John Braun |
| Page | Name or Description | Inventor |
| vii | Preface | |
| xiii | J.B. Bobo: biography by John Braun | |
| xvi | Acknowledgements | |
| xvii | Prologue Of Coins and Conjuring: the use of coins in magic | |
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Chapter I: Coin Concealments | |
1 |
The Classic Palm | |
2 |
The Edge Palm | |
3 |
The Thumb Palm | |
3 |
The Downs Palm | |
4 |
The Finger Palm | |
5 |
The Front Finger Hold | |
5 |
The Back Palm | |
7 |
The Back Finger Clip | |
8 |
The Back Thumb Palm | T. Nelson Downs & J.B. Bobo |
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Chapter II: Basic Technique | |
10 |
The Bobo Switch | J.B. Bobo |
11 |
Utility Switch | |
12 |
One Hand Switch | |
12 |
Shaw Judah Coin Switch: using a glass | Allan Shaw & Stewart Judah |
14 |
The Click Pass: an audible false transfer | Chester Woodin |
15 |
The Paul Morris Click Pass | Paul Morris |
16 |
The Coin Flip | |
17 |
Change Over Pass: showing both hands empty | |
18 |
The Bottom Steal | Paul Morris |
19 |
Producing a Coin from a Spectator's Clothing | |
20 |
Taking Advantage of a Fumble | |
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Chapter III: Coin Vanishes | |
22 |
Standard Vanish: hand to hand vanish | |
23 |
Simple Vanish: starting in palm position | |
23 |
Over the Top | |
24 |
The Tunnel Vanish | |
25 |
Thumb Palm Vanish | |
25 |
Drop Vanish | Milton Kort |
27 |
The Bobo Coin Vanish: a retention of vision vanish | J.B. Bobo |
28 |
The Slide Vanish: a retention of vision vanish | John Mulholland |
29 |
The Illusive Coin Pass: a retention of vision vanish | T.J. Crawford (from Greater Magic) |
30 |
A Coin Vanish: a retention of vision vanish | Dai Vernon (from Greater Magic) |
32 |
The Pinch Vanish: for small coins | |
32 |
Gone | Bill Simon |
34 |
The New Era Coin Go | Jimmy Buffaloe |
35 |
The Flyaway Coin | Frank Garcia |
36 |
Behind the Back | |
37 |
The French Drop (Le Tourniquet Vanish) | |
38 |
The Reverse French Drop | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
39 |
The Elusive Silver Dollar | Al Saal |
40 |
The Wrist Watch Vanish | Royal H. Brin, Jr. |
41 |
The Pulse Trick | Glenn Harrison |
42 |
The Cranium Vanish | Wallace Lee |
43 |
Vanish with the Aid of a Handkerchief | |
44 |
The Heads and Tails Vanish | H. Adrian Smith |
45 |
Vanish for Several Coins | |
46 |
A Trio of Vanishes: Three variations of the Tunnel Vanish | Ross Bertram |
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Chapter IV: Complete Coin Vanishes | |
49 |
The Bobo Complete Coin Vanish | J.B. Bobo |
50 |
Complete Thumb Palm Vanish | |
50 |
Knee-zy Vanish | |
50 |
Sucker Vanish | |
52 |
Pocket Vanish | |
53 |
With a Handkerchief Number One | |
55 |
With a Handkerchief Number Two | Jimmy Buffaloe |
56 |
With a Handkerchief Number Three | Milton Kort |
57 |
In a Spectator's Pocket: several methods | Method C - Wallace Lee |
59 |
Bluff Vanish | |
59 |
Sucker Bluff Vanish | Milton Kort |
61 |
The Coin Fold | |
61 |
The Envelope Vanish | |
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Chapter V Quick Tricks | |
63 |
Through the Leg: two methods | |
64 |
Rubbed Through the Leg | |
65 |
Through the Pocket: several methods | Method C - Dave Coleman |
66 |
Through the Hand: three methods | A) Clyde Cairy C) Ross Bertram |
68 |
Through a Handkerchief | |
71 |
Double Penetration | Jimmy Buffaloe |
73 |
Pants Leg Miracle | Jimmy Buffaloe |
73 |
Half Dollar to Quarter | Milton Kort |
75 |
The Charmed Coin | |
75 |
The Coin of Metamorphosis | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
78 |
Coin to Key | J.G. Thompson |
80 |
Change for a Half | |
80 |
Much from Little | John Braun |
81 |
The Topsy Turvy Coins | Karrel Fox and Roy Kissel |
82 |
The Impromptu Mint | Jimmy Buffaloe |
83 |
Smart Coin Trick | Frank M. Chapman |
85 |
Impromptu Version | J.G. Thompson, Jr. |
85 |
The Switchover | Jimmy Buffaloe |
87 |
The Appearing Half | Jimmy Buffaloe |
88 |
Coin Production from Two Cards | |
90 |
The Touch of Midas | Cardini |
92 |
One to Four | Cal Emmett |
93 |
One to Six | Jack Chanin |
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Chapter IV Cuffing | |
96 |
Dr. E.M. Roberts' Method | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
98 |
Louis Tannen's Method | Louis Tannen |
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Chapter VII The Art of Sleeving | |
100 |
Delayed Action Sleeving | |
100 |
Improved Method | |
101 |
The Pumpkin Seed Vanish | |
102 |
Reverse Pumpkin Seed Vanish | Ross Bertram |
102 |
The Catapult | |
103 |
Judah Method | Stewart Judah |
103 |
A Unique Sleeving Move | Ross Bertram |
104 |
The Throw | J.A. Bowling |
105 |
Kort Method | Milton Kort |
106 |
Kirk Stiles Method | Kirk Stiles |
107 |
A Method of Sleeving One of Several Coins | Milton Kort |
107 |
Dr. E.M. Roberts' Method | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
111 |
Loading: loading the sleeve to start clean | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
112 |
Switching: methods of switching coins | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
112 |
The Sleeve Pocket | |
113 |
Tricks Using Sleeving | |
113 |
Penetration | |
114 |
Migration | |
115 |
Transposition | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
117 |
Devaluation | Harold Agnew or Ishida Tenkai |
118 |
Inflation | |
118 |
Transformation | |
119 |
Variation: using the pumpkin seed vanish and various objects | |
120 |
Dime and Penny for the Wiseacre | Al Saal and Milton Kort |
121 |
The Vagabond Coins | Milton Kort |
123 |
Splitting the Atom | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
124 |
Change for a Dollar | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
124 |
The Stratosphere Quarters | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
125 |
The World's Fastest Coin Vanish and Reproduction | Dr. E.M. Roberts |
127 |
Die to Dime | Kirk Stiles |
127 |
Almost a Transposition (Three Versions) | A) Stewart
James and Milton
Kort C) Milton Kort and Robert Ungewitter |
Page |
Chapter VIII Coins Across | |
129 |
Copper and Silver Transposition | Milton Kort |
130 |
Copper and Silver Transposition:Second Method | Stewart Judah |
131 |
Copper and Silver Transposition:Third Method | Arthur Punnar |
132 |
Copper and Silver Transposition:Fourth Method | Ross Bertram |
134 |
Guess Which Hand | C. James McLemore |
139 |
Quarter and Half Dollar Transposition | L.L. Ireland, Glenn Harrison, and J.B. Bobo |
142 |
The Curious Nickel | Thomas H. Bearden |
143 |
Two Pennies on the Leg | J.G. Thompson, Jr. |
144 |
The Inseparable Pair | |
146 |
Coins in the Teeth | |
146 |
The Drop Pass | Jimmy Buffaloe |
147 |
The Hippity Hop Half | Jimmy Buffaloe |
148 |
Rapid Transit | Royal H. Brin, Jr. |
149 |
Winged Silver: Two versions | Nelson C. Hahne |
152 |
The Flying Eagles | |
153 |
Variation on The Flying Eagles | Señor Mardo |
153 |
Three and Three | |
154 |
Chinese Money Mystery | |
156 |
Frank Drobina's Coin Routine | Frank Drobina |
160 |
Four Coins to a Glass | Arthur Buckley from T. Nelson Downs |
163 |
Second Version of Four Coins to a Glass | |
164 |
The Traveling Centavos: another coins to cup | J.B. Bobo |
168 |
Miracle Coins to the Pocket | Glenn Harrison |
Page |
Chapter IX Coin Classics | |
171 |
Coin Through a Ring: 2 versions | |
174 |
Silver or Copper Extraction: 3 Methods | A) Stewart Judah B) Orville Meyer |
178 |
Copper Penetration: follow up to Extraction. | |
181 |
The Expansion of Texture - Expanded! | Robert-Houdin, L'Homme Masque, Dai Vernon |
182 |
The Gadabout Coins: Two in the hand, one in the pocket with coins | George F. Wright and J.B. Bobo |
184 |
The Three Coin Trick: Three versions. | Milton Kort |
186 |
The Bent Penny | |
187 |
Silver Extraction | Dr. Boris Zola |
188 |
The Ghost of a Coin Second Method by Wallace Lee | B) Wallace Lee |
190 |
Coins Through the Table: Four Versions | A,B,C) Han Ping Chien D) Stewart Judah |
193 |
The Magical Filtration of Four Half Dollars : Two Versions | A) Al Baker B) Frank Garcia |
197 |
The Sympathetic Coins: Coin assembly or matrix | A,B ) Yank Hoe B2) Al Saal Stratagem D) Stewart Judah |
201 |
The Coin Roll: flourish | |
202 |
The Downs Coin Star | T. Nelson Downs |
204 |
Roll Down Flourish with Four Coins | T. Nelson Downs |
205 |
Downs Eureka Pass | T. Nelson Downs |
206 |
Eureka Routine | Arthur Punnar |
207 |
Rattle Box Routine | Stewart Judah |
208 |
Thieves and Sheep | Milton Kort & Stewart James |
210 |
Just Pretend | Stuart Cramer |
213 |
The Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver | An itinerant Viennese conjurer, as reported by T. Nelson Downs |
214 |
Coins and Cards | Glenn Harrison |
Page |
Chapter X Coin Boxes | |
217 |
The Okito Coin Box | Okito (Theo Bamberg) |
221 |
Coins Through Box and the Hand | |
221 |
Okito Box, Coin and Handkerchief | |
223 |
Routine with an Okito Coin Box and a Silk | Jack Chanin |
224 |
Silver to Copper with the Okito Coin Box | Dr. Carl L. Moore |
224 |
The Half Dollars and the Okito Box | J. Elder Blackledge |
230 |
The George Boston Combination Coin Box | George Boston |
231 |
Copper and Silver Transposition with the Combination Coin Box | |
231 |
The German Coin Box | |
233 |
The Paul Fox Coin Boxes | Paul Fox |
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Chapter XI Trick Coin Trickery | |
235 |
Squeeze Play | Stewart James |
236 |
Jimmy Valentine Picks a Lock | Stewart James |
237 |
Money Paper | Stewart James |
238 |
Almost a Transposition | Stewart James |
239 |
The Homing Coins | Al Caroselli |
240 |
The Circus Trick | |
241 |
The 16 cents Vanish | |
241 |
85 cents Through the Table | Rolland Hamblen |
243 |
Copper and Silver Transposition: Four Methods | D) J.G. Thompson |
245 |
Presto Chango | Thomas H. Bearden |
246 |
The Inferior Coin | Milton Kort |
249 |
Thieves and Sheep | Lillian Bobo |
249 |
In and Out | Hen Fetsch |
250 |
Up Their Sleeve | Hen Fetsch |
252 |
Buddha's Coin | Hen Fetsch |
253 |
The Stack of Quarters: Two Methods | Nate Leipzig |
256 |
The Hook Coin (Hoo Coin): Described | |
258 |
The Magnet: hook up to vanish a steel coin | Milton Kort routine |
Page |
Sundry Gimmicked Coins and Tricks Therewith | |
260 |
Nickel to Half Dollar | |
260 |
Liberty Head Half and U.S. Penny | |
261 |
The Ring Coin | T. Nelson Downs |
262 |
Short Changed | Gene Gordon |
263 |
The Marksman | Jimmy Buffaloe |
264 |
The Squirting Nickel: tips on use | |
Page |
Chapter XII Shell and Folding Half | |
265 |
The Shell Half | |
265 |
Mystery with a Half Shell | |
266 |
How to Make Money | |
268 |
Three Questions | Dave Coleman |
268 |
Coin Through a Glass | |
270 |
Perfected Coin Through Handkerchief | Jimmy Buffaloe |
272 |
25 cent and 50 cent Transposition | Dr. Carl L. Moore |
273 |
The Peregrinating Halves | |
276 |
Coins Through the Table | Milton Kort |
279 |
The Protean Coin | Milton Kort |
282 |
The Sympathetic Coins | Milton Kort |
285 |
The Modern Miser | |
286 |
The Folding Half | First described in Modern Magic by Professor Hoffmann |
286 |
The Half Dollar in the Bottle: Two Methods | A) Ralph De Shong B) Stewart Judah |
289 |
The Magic Mint | |
290 |
Biting a Piece from a Coin: Two Methods | A) Gene Gordon B) Tom Hollingsworth |
291 |
Coin Through a Card | Dave Coleman |
Page |
Chapter XIII Stage Coin Magic | |
294 |
A Comedy Coin Routine | Dave Coleman |
298 |
Coin in the Banana | |
299 |
Coin in Ball of Wool and Nest of Boxes | Rolland Hamblen |
303 |
Flight Three | Glenn Harrison |
Page |
Chapter XIV The Miser's Dream | |
306 |
Discussion of various versions | Robert-Houdin, Compars Herrmann, T. Nelson Downs |
308 |
T. Nelson Downs' Original Version | T. Nelson Downs |
316 |
Production of any Number of Coins at Finger Tips | T. Nelson Downs |
316 |
To Pass a Coin Through the Knees | T. Nelson Downs |
317 |
The Elusive Pass | T. Nelson Downs |
318 |
New Change-Over Palm | T. Nelson Downs |
318 |
Downs' New "Click" Pass | T. Nelson Downs |
320 |
Downs' New Fan Pass | T. Nelson Downs |
320 |
The Downs' Eureka Pass | T. Nelson Downs |
320 |
The "Turnover" with Forty Coins | T. Nelson Downs |
321 |
To Palm and Make the Pass With Forty Coins | T. Nelson Downs |
322 |
The Miser's Dream | Glenn Harrison |
326 |
The Miser's Dream | M.S. Whitford |
329 |
A Miser's Dream Routine | Jack Makepeace |
330 |
Perpetual Coins | Harry Bernard |
Page |
Chapter XV The Stanley Collins Section | |
332 |
T. Nelson Downs | Described by Stanley Collins |
332 |
William J. Hilliar | Described by Stanley Collins |
333 |
L'Homme Masque | Described by Stanley Collins |
333 |
Allan Shaw | Described by Stanley Collins |
333 |
Owen Clark | Described by Stanley Collins |
334 |
Charles Morritt | Described by Stanley Collins |
336 |
Three Coin Monte | Described by Stanley Collins |
337 |
The Jumping Sixpence | Described by Stanley Collins |
338 |
The Esscee Half-Crown and Wafers Trick | Stanley Collins |
339 |
Two Heads and a Tail | Described by Stanley Collins |
340 |
The Esscee Front and Back Manipulation | Stanley Collins |
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Chapter XVI Routines | |
341 |
No. 1 With a Single Coin: Through the Hand, Through the Handkerchief, Vanish | |
341 |
No. 2 With a Single Coin: Producing and vanishing a coin around the Knee | |
342 |
No. 3 With a Single Coin: Handkerchief production, penetrates, through the ring, vanish | |
342 |
No. 4: C/S routine (C/S coin) | |
343 |
No. 5: Two Copper, One Silver and handkerchief | |
343 |
No. 6: Nickel to Half and English Penny, and Routine #4 | |
344 |
No. 7: C/S Transposition, finish with #4 | |
344 |
No. 8: Half to English Penny, Through the Pocket, Through the Leg, Vanish | |
344 |
No. 9: How to Make Money, Ghost of a Coin, back to silver, etc. | |
345 |
No. 10: Mystery with Half Shell, Quarter and Half Dollar Transposition | |
345 |
No. 11: One to Six production, Three and Three coins across, Inseperable Pair, vanish | |
346 |
No. 12: Double Penetration, Click Pass, Inseperable Pair, Coins in the Teeth, Vanish | |
346 |
No. 13: Touch of Midas, Sympathetic Coins, Coin Through a Ring, Vanish | |
346 |
No. 14 : Dice Cup, 5 halves, Silver Dollar. Touch of Midas or One to Four, Traveling Centavos, Through the Pocket, Tunnel Vanish, Gadabout Coins. With variations | Milton Kort |
348 |
No. 15 Too Many Coins: Flying Eagles, Winged Siver, Magical Filtration of Four Half Dollars, Click Pass, Inseperable Pair, C/S Tranposition, Vanish | Milton Kort |
349 |
No. 16 : Expanded Shell, Five halves, Boston Box, Lippincott Box | Rolland Hamblen |
350 |
No. 17 : Specious Specie: Liberty Head Half, C/S, Shell. Full two part routine | J.G. Thompson Jr. |
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Chapter XVII Lessons In Coin Magic | |
354 |
Tools of the Trade | |
355 |
Technique | |
356 |
Change In a Spectator's Hand | J.B. Bobo |
357 |
The Come and Go Coin | J.B. Bobo |
359 |
The Goshman Pinch | Albert Goshman |
361 |
The Instantaneous Coin Change | Howard Schwartzman |
362 |
Impossible Marked Coins Transposition | Albert Goshman |
363 |
The Tenkai Pennies | Ishida Tenkai |
364 |
Copsil | Edward Marlo |
367 |
Copsil II Standup Version | Edward Marlo |
368 |
Alternative Stand-Up Ending | Edward Marlo |
369 |
Psychological Coins Through | Slydini |
371 |
Stand Up Coins Across | C.L. Schmitt |
373 |
Penny and Nickel Transposition | Herbert G. Zarrow |
374 |
A Trio of Vanishes - The Placement | Milton Kort |
375 |
A Trio of Vanishes - In the Well | Milton Kort and Dave Hertzbert |
375 |
A Trio of Vanishes - Under the Thumb | Milton Kort and Hugh MacLean |
376 |
The Cartwheel Sleight | Kirk Stiles |
377 |
Progressive Production | Bob Carver |
378 |
Coins from Silk | Jack Chanin |
379 |
The Six Coins In Goblet | S. Leo Horowitz (Mohammed Bey) |
382 |
Kort's Fourth | Milton Kort |
383 |
Motile | Dr. Jacob Daley |
386 |
The Waiter's Tip | Silent Mora |
387 |
Silver Lining | Milbourne Christopher |
389 |
Dollar Flight | Glenn Harrison |
389 |
Stand Up Coin Opener | Royal H. Brin, Jr. |
390 |
Frank Ducrot's Coin Fold | Stewart Judah |
392 |
Handkerchief Coin Vanish | Eddie Joseph |
393 |
Al Leech's Coin Trick | Al Leech |
395 |
The Great Purse Game | Al Baker |
397 |
The Passe Coins | John Brearley |
Page |
Chapter XVIII Selected Coin Tricks | |
399 |
Passing the Buck | Thomas James Osborne |
404 |
Bobo Variation of above | J.B. Bobo |
405 |
The Mexican Gadabout Coins | Milton Kort |
406 |
Mexican Gadabout Coins - Second Version | Milton Kort |
406 |
Nuts to You | Jerry McDermott |
407 |
Rip-o | Jack Chanin |
409 |
Vanishing Coins and Purse | Glenn Harrison |
410 |
Follow Up Effect | |
411 |
Chinese Money Trick | Silent Mora |
412 |
Pouring Pennies Through a Table | Mike Rogers |
413 |
The Seven Penny Trick | Terry Lynn |
414 |
The Runaway Coin | John Giordmain |
414 |
Penny Prestidigitation | John Braun |
416 |
Dollar to Dollar | Jack Chanin |
417 |
Stewart Judah's Half Dollar Vanish | Stewart Judah |
419 |
Thumb Tax | Howard Schwarzman |
420 |
Wanderful | Howard Schwarzman |
420 |
A Wanderful Production | Howard Schwarzman |
422 |
Rising Coin Through Handkerchief | Richard N. Oslund |
423 |
A Funny Finish for a Coin Routine | J.B. Bobo |
423 |
The Camera Coin | Paul Morris |
426 |
Coin to Confetti | |
426 |
An Extra Load for the Miser's Dream | John Mulholland |
426 |
Climax to the Coin Pail | Neil Foster |
427 |
The Miser's Dream with Paper Bag | Harry Lorayne |
428 |
A Surprising Routine | Rolland Hamblen |
429 |
The Penton Coin Switch | Charles Penton |
430 |
A Lippincott Coin Box Routine | J.B. Bobo |
430 |
The Dam Coin Trick | |
433 |
The Miller Rouitine For the Miser's Dream | Charles Earl Miller |
Page |
Chapter XIX Trick Coin Miscellany | |
438 |
Trick Coins Briefly described: The New Folding Half, Spinning Nickels, Magnetic Coins, Regular Shell Coins, Expanded Shells, Squirting Coins, Stack of Halves. | |
439 |
The Chinese Quarter: C/S with Quarter/Chinese. Hole is masked | |
439 |
Dime to English Penny | Conrad Haden |
439 |
The New Quarter and Half Dollar Tranposition: Steel half, quarter, and magnet utility for hold out | |
440 |
The Sun and Moon | Albert Goshman |
442 |
The Silver and Two Copper Tranposition | Conrad Haden |
443 |
Alternate version: adding a shell | |
444 |
A Quarter and a Half | Mohammed Bey (S. Leo Horowitz) and John Mulholland |
445 |
Mulholland's Quarter and Half Routine | John Mulholland |
447 |
A Surprise Routine With the $1.35 Trick | Conrad Haden |
447 |
Stoppard's Peregrinating Coins | James T. Stoppard |
450 |
Walt Rollins' Coins Through Table | Walt Rollins |
452 |
The Coins and the Matchbooks | Stewart Judah |
453 |
The Stack of Nickels and Die | J.B. Bobo |
455 |
The Stack of Quarters | J.B. Bobo |
457 |
Magnetic Stack of Quarters | Milton Kort |
459 |
Chinatown Dollar Routine | Stewart Judah |
463 |
The Witch Doctor's Coin | Horace Goldin |
466 |
Coin on the Stick | J.B. Bobo |
468 |
A Copper and Silver Release | Stewart Judah |
469 |
The Magic Coin Block Routine | Stewart Judah |
471 |
The Flash Silver and Copper | Gerald Bruning |
472 |
Quick Change | C. Thomas Magrum |
473 |
Knickel Head | Charles Smith |
473 |
The Big Nickel | John Giordmaine |
475 |
The Photo Coins | Rolland Hamblen |
477 |
The Bowling Coin Wand | J.A. Bowling |
478 |
Nail Through Half Dollar | Paul Morris |
480 |
Zella's Space Coins | U.F. Grant |
481 |
The Phantom Coins | U.F. Grant |
482 |
Second Method | |
482 |
The Queen Bows | U.F. Grant |
483 |
Hanktration | Ed Marlo and Takeshi Nemoto |
485 |
Made in Japan | Ron Bauer |
486 |
Blasted | Louis Tannen |
488 |
Blasted, Jr. | Louis Tannen |
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Chapter XX Latest Coin Box Magic | |
489 |
Al 'N Nate | J.B. Bobo |
491 |
The Mulholland Box | John Mulholland |
492 |
To Cause Six coins to Disappear Inside A Closed Box: using Mulholland Box | |
493 |
To Return The Six Coins to the Box: using Mulholland Box | |
494 |
Coin Penetrating Box and Hand: Okito box w/holes. | |
494 |
Another Coin Penetration: Okito Box | |
495 |
Paul Fox Coin Cups Routine | Milton Kort |
497 |
The O-Korto Box Routine | Milton Kort, Walter Wilson, and Ron Bauer |
498 |
O-Korto Box Routine No. 2 | |
500 |
A Coin Box Routine | Kirk Stiles |
503 |
Okito Change for a Half | Milton Kort and Cass Dmuchowski) |
503 |
Second Version | Milton Kort |
504 |
Gag Penetration with an Okito Box | |