Close-Up File

1994
Written by Jerry Mentzer
Work of Various
195 pages (Hardcover), published by Jerry Mentzer (Magic Methods)
Illustrated with drawings by Richard Bartram, Jr.
Language: English
48 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Jerry Mentzer Introduction
1
Warren Stephens Too Sweet a Trick sugar packet and sweetener packet transpose, double-facer packet
 		5
Stephen Tucker The Bizarre Square grid on business card, spectator fills in some numbers, performer completes a magic square
 		7
Peter Kane Board-Ring ring passes through hole in wooden board which is too small, Himber ring
 		10
Jerry Mentzer Glitter-Ring ring vanishes from flash paper, reappears on key chain
 		12
Aldo Colombini Kayak half dollar changes to Chinese coin under card, some card and coin things, Chinese coin travels onto string with knots
Also published here 16
Jerry Mentzer Switch Calculator calculator with cover as two-way out switching device
 		22
Jerry Mentzer 3 or 4 Force Using a Special Die forcing an item in a row of six, propless or with mis-spotted die
 		24
Horace E. Bennett Ellis Ring - A New Beginning with shoelace
 		27
Horace E. Bennett My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine on and off shoelace
Also published here 30
Paul Diamond Paul's Bill Switch
41
Warren Stephens Cash Transaction coin folded in bill, another empty bill folded, coin travels across, two gaffed bills
 		45
Jerry Mentzer Torn and Restored - A Versatile Idea handling the torn pieces
Inspired by 49
Jerry Mentzer Dollar Bill and Sugar Packet sugar from sugar packet vanishes and reappers in hand, bill travels into sugar packet
 		55
Scott Edwards The Three Dollar Trick four quarters from two dollar bills
Also published here
  • Magic Methods catalog supplement, 1983
 58
Mike Bornstein Simplex Money Maker blank paper sandwiched between two playing cards, changes into bill, becomes blank again
 		62
Mike Bornstein Double Matchit card chosen and lost, dollar bill changes into matchbook, mini card inside which matches selection
Also published here 67
Richard Bartram, Jr. Camousembly coins with sheet of picture card stuck on them
 		75
Splitting Cards
75
Derek Dingle, Al Schneider Pick Up Move brief
 		77
Richard Bartram, Jr. Bonus Features A. uses of coin with picture card image stuck on them
B. four coin production
Related to 82
Warren Stephens Double Surprise penny grows two times, cloth pin holder
 		84
Woody Landers Coins to Purse three coins from hand to purse
Inspired by 87
Chester Woodin Click Pass brief
 		90
Richard Bartram, Jr. International Exchange coin changes several times when dropped in champagne glass, then changes into handful of pennies
 		92
Richard Bartram, Jr. French Change with clean-up in breast pocket
 		97
David Neighbors Q.C. Wild Coin "Quick Change"
 		100
Edward Marlo Friction Pass
101
Rick Johnsson An Okito Box Move
108
Jerry Mentzer Cups and Balls with Baby Chicks
113
Dan Tong One Cup and Balls one cup and three balls
Related to 119
Dan Tong Other Ideas A. bottomless cup
B. cup with salt or liquid
 		125
Jerry Mentzer Chop Cup an Balls one cup and three balls
Inspired by 126
Jerry Mentzer Ultimate Cup Routine two cups, with magnet gimmick in hand
 		131
Jerry Mentzer Magnet Gimmick finger palmed/clipped
 		132
Dan Tong DT Ring Flite combined with ring on stick
  • Phase One - The Ring on Stick (two versions)
  • Phase Two - Ring Flite (ring vanishes from paper cone made out of bill)
  • When Bills are not Available
 		139
David Harkey Nick of Time coin into borrowed wrist watch behind glass
Inspired by
  • handling in Linking Ring Parade, Nov. 1988
 147
Ian Baxter Stitched chosen button is magically sewn to lapel
 		153
Horace E. Bennett Big Coin - Revisited one coin sequence, second coin appears, jumbo coin appears
Inspired by 159
Delayed Downs Palm
161
John Murray Real Coin in the Bottle slot in bottle
 		165
Ray Mertz Easy Multiple Spellbound - Plus! four half dollars change to copper one at a time, then to Chinese, with stand up version
Also published here 168
John Riggs Coinfusion two silver dollars, one vanishes, one changes, another coin appears and travels to other hand
 		170
Han Ping Chien
171
Lou Gallo Gallo Pitch
172
Jerry Mentzer Coin Vanish - Handwash Sequence
174
Karl Norman The Three Shell Game - Karl Normal Routine
183
Jerry Mentzer Easy Shell Game plastic cubes instead of shells
 		191
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2019.