The Best of Close-Up Magic

by Britain's leading Magicians

Written by Walt Lees

1984
Work of Various

188 pages (Hardcover), published by Magico Magazine
Illustrated with drawings by Eric Mason.
Language: English

(66 entries)

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Walt Lees Introduction 5
Walt Lees David Britland 9
David Britland The Blues Brothers assembly with Aces, color changing back kickerInspired byVariations 9
Unknown Biddle Addition 10
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal 12
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count 12
Walt Lees Gordon Bruce 15
Gordon Bruce Pinkerton's Ladies four queens turn face up one by one, three cards with same value las selection appear interlaced in between the queens, selection is found in card caseRelated to 15
Peter Duffie Addition and False Turnover paddle move, while adding cards 17
Gordon Bruce Modified Ascanio Spread 21
Gordon Bruce Card from Case from gambler's cop 25
Walt Lees Roger Crosthwaite 27
Roger Crosthwaite The Umbrella Thing a small umbrella appears, then two coins are produced and they change places in the hands of the performer, coins turn into a small cheese and eventually a large cheese is produced 27
Unknown False Transfer with downs palm 39
Roger Crosthwaite, J. B. Bobo Modified Bobo Switch 42
Unknown Coin Switch one handed 43
Walt Lees Peter Duffie 51
Peter Duffie Royalty In Your Pocket four queens are produced, then reds and black change places and selection is found sandwiched in between red queensVariations 51
Peter Duffie Departure Point two signed cards vanish and appear face up in the deck, they vanish again and produced from pockets 55
Walt Lees Shiv Dugal Shiv Duggal 60
Shiv Duggal Progressive Ace, Two, Three, Four with different sized packets 60
Jerry K. Hartman Packet Switch 63
Walt Lees Andrew Galloway 65
Andrew Galloway The Chinese Berry Trick three balls turn into lemon as climax 66
Walt Lees Mike Gancia 73
Mike Gancia Name That Card name of spectator appears on selection 74
Unknown Hindu Shuffle Force with convincer 75
Walt Lees Steve Hamiltom 77
Steven Hamilton Count Down to Dunbury with four ace kickerAlso published here 77
Steven Hamilton Jazzed Up O' Henry jazz aces, with transposition of aces and four spot cards as kickerAlso published here 80
Unknown Le Temps Switch 84
Walt Lees Peter Kane 86
Peter Kane Seance Shuffle deck under handkerchief starts to shuffle itself 86
Walt Lees Ian Land 92
Ian Land Scratching the Surfaces two cards appear one by one between sandwich cards and then transposeInspired by 92
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut 93
Walt Lees Mark Leveridge 98
Mark Leveridge The Money Jacks four coins are produces from between two playing cards 99
Bob Ostin Coin from Cards move 103
Walt Lees Simon Lovell 107
Simon Lovell Simon Lovell's Ambitious Card Routine more everywhere and nowhere routine, card in case finale 107
Unknown Leaving Top Card in Case 108
Simon Lovell Tips on the Fan Force classic force 110
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo Tilt / Depth Illusion 112
Unknown Top Change 116
Unknown Hind Shuffle Display all alike 118
Simon Lovell, Ron Wilson Atomic E.S.P. joker changes to selected card, deck vanishes from case 122
Paul Curry The Curry Turnover Change 129
Walt Lees Eric Mason 134
Eric Mason One in a Million card really thrown in deckRelated to 134
Unknown Riffle Force with Ovette / Kelly Move 135
Walt Lees Chris Powers 143
Chris Powers Spell Binder coin changes in size 143
Walt Lees Fred Robinson 154
Fred Robinson Something and Nothing coin vanishes and disappears twice, then disappears completely 155
Unknown Deep Back Clip Handlings 158
Walt Lees Al Smith 165
Al Smith Fifty-Percent Solution performer tries to cut four queens, finds three then an ace, then queens are transformed into aces and queens found reversed in deck, in case and in walletInspired by 166
Walt Lees Stephen Tucker 172
Stephen Tucker The Trick That Needs No Patter: The Coins Do All The Talking! copper to silver, with sucker climax 173
Stephen Tucker King Klone 174
Gene Castillon, Stephen Tucker Spirit Count 177
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Cont 177
Walt Lees Dick Turpin 179
Dick Turpin Classic Three Cards Across three selections 181
Unknown Packet Switch palms 183
Data entered by Lorenz Schär.