The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1

1967
Written by Lewis Ganson
Work of Various
344 pages (Hardcover), published by The Supreme Magic Company
Illustrated with drawings by Dennis Patten
Language: English
118 entries
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Fred Lowe Foreword
7
Lewis Ganson The Presentation Of Close-Up Magic
  • approaching people
  • different group sizes
  • examination of objects
  • containers to store props
  • working surface
  • music ("Ganson's Personal Orchestra")
  • close-up effects
  • length of performance
  • practice
  • economy of movement
  • borrowing objects
 		11
Lewis Ganson, J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen, Frederica Bangle Delight linking by Rink, unlinking by Frederica
 		40
Raymond Hafler Travelling Ring ring knotted on rope jumps to two other knots
Related to 44
Glenn G. Gravatt Ring Transposition under a handkerchief a red ring knotted on a red ribbon and a yellow ring knotted on a yellow ribbon change places
 		47
Glenn G. Gravatt Two Rings and A Silk two rings are knotted on a silk, selected one penetrates the silk
 		51
Ravelle, Andree Ring, Rope and Silks middle of the rope and a ring are placed into a hat, ring is threaded on the rope, magnet
 		53
Lewis Ganson Boxes and Brass introduction to coin boxes
  • German Box
  • Okito Box
  • George Boston Box
  • Brass Coin Cap
 		56
Jack Ganson German Box Routine six pennies penetrate hand and handkerchief
 		57
Jack Ganson German Box Turnover
60
Lewis Ganson Coins Through same structure as Jack Ganson's routine
Related to 61
Ken Brooke Tea For Two six coins travel from under one cup to another
Related toVariations 62
Ken Brooke Okito Box Routine a coin penetrates a cigarette pack twice, travels into the box and finally passes through the box and the hand, duplicate
 		64
Ken Brooke The Master Move Okito Box turnover
 		64
Okito Box Turnover turning the reveres box back, while letting it fall into the other hand
 		69
Coin Concealment with the Okito Box opening the box and apparently showing it empty
 		69
Coin Vanish
70
Fred Lowe Boston Three Step without the handkerchief and an extra penetration of a coin
Inspired by 72
Box Turnover
76
John Ramsay The New Pocket Coin Trick coin penetrates brass cap and hand
 		79
Lewis Ganson It's a Gamble on gambling routines
 		85
Lewis Ganson The Figure Eight
  • basic
    • handling the loop
    • 1. the move for catching the finger
    • 2. the false move
    • 3. a finger is placed in each side of figure 8
    • 4. laying out the chain with one finger
  • the novel moves
    • 1. knot of the loop
    • 2. the ring off the loop
  • outline of a routine
 		86
Jack Salvin, Fred Lowe Triple Circle Routine with triple loop, routine
Variations 95
Harry Stanley, Lewis Ganson The Modern Shell Game
  • the shells
  • the pea
  • working surface
  • the basic move
  • the routine (with under glass finale)
 		100
Frederica The Great Purse Swindle three half crowns in a purse transform into three pennies, again three half crowns are put into the purse and everything wrapped in a handkerchief, purse travels to the pocket and again contains three pennies
 		106
Al Baker Purse Vanish original described in the sphinx
 		110
Improved Pull
110
Pat Sprake The Phoenix Pound dollar note is put in one of four envelopes and all are shuffled, three of them are burnt, in the last one is the bill
 		111
Horace E. Bennett Unfair Shake two in the hand (here dice cup) one in the pocket, then die change color and size twice, as a kicker a shot glass appears under the cup
Variations 113
Horace E. Bennett, Larry Jennings Cup Loading Move with a handkerchief
Related to 119
Lewis Ganson Paddle Parade measurements of a paddle and the paddle move
 		122
Frederica Spots and Paddle Routine chalk spots on paddle appear and disappear
 		123
Bento Sympathetic Matches two paddles, name appears, four matches from a matchbook separately on a handkerchief join in one corner with the paddle as cover, the matches are placed in a stand and are covered, they vanish and reappear in the matchbook
 		127
Bento Bento's Bat special paddle, which holds rubber bands on each side
 		133
Dick Zimmerman Slippery Rocks stick with jewels
Variations 134
Niberco Colour-Changing Knife Routine knife changes color twice, two knifes
 		139
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Simplex Knife Routine three knifes
 		141
Jack Ganson Brema Nut Routine nut through string
 		145
Fred Lowe Bolted Brema Nut, bolt with drilled hole is threaded on a string, nut on bolt
 		147
Arnold De Seiver With the Brema Nut with a ribbon
 		151
Dirk Van Brummer, Sam Hughes, Frank Garcia, Louis Tannen The Thing solid ghost appears under a handkerchief, makes noises and vanishes again
 		154
Alan Alan A Tip From Alan Alan tip for the gimmick
 		159
Lewis Ganson, Harry Hickson, Alan Alan Dual Control two pencils stick to the hand, based on an idea by G.W. Hunter
 		159
Alan Alan Rising Card cards in case
 		165
Alan Alan Acrobatic Matchbox drawer rises and springs out, thread
 		166
Albert Spackman Voodoo cards with outline of a person and x-marked on different places, spectator choses one of the cards where the person is injured, prediction
Related to 167
Dennis Patten Footnote
168
Sydney Bergson Patter for Voodoo text
Inspired by 169
Wizard Beal A Telling Beat method to make a visual and tactile heart beat, spectator feels heart beat of performer and gets card
 		170
Frederica Spiritune a tune is selected and predicted with a music box, when the music box is opened, it's found empty
Variations 171
Horace E. Bennett The Ringer spectator's finger ring joins performer's ring on wand, then they link and unlink
 		175
Bob Ostin Thimble Box thimble vanishes and appears in a box
 		179
Bob Ostin Thimble Vanish
180
Dennis Patten Peep-O word divination, written on a paper covered with the drawer of a matchbox
 		181
Norman Gilbreath Colour Magnets three colored magnets only attracts disc with same color, then all discs are not attracted by any magnet
 		183
Horace E. Bennett Coins From Hand To Hand four silver coins in one hand travel one by one to four copper coins in the other hand
 		187
Roger Klause Coins For Connoisseurs four coins through table
Related to 190
Roger Klause Coin Lapping From a Stack
190
Roger Klause False Count three as four
 		191
Roger Klause Coin Lapping While Counting
191
Roger Klause Comments On Classic Palm
192
Roger Klause Coin Transfer Han Ping Chien, without slapping the hand on the table
 		193
Dai Vernon Chinese Coins with eight to ten coins
 		194
David Devant Coin Transfer while counting and showing each coin in one hand,coins are transferd to the other hand
 		194
Ken De Courcy The Duplex Coin penny changes into a half-crown, with sucker ending (two pennies)
 		196
Ken De Courcy Coin Switch similar to the Bobo Switch
 		197
Ken De Courcy Coin Sleeving Technique
198
Niberco Four Coins and a Tumbler four coins
 		198
Roger Klause, Charles D. Smith Will-O'-The-Wisp
200
Ross Bertram Coin In A Tumbler
Related toAlso published here 202
Dai Vernon A New Coin Change silver changes to copper
Also published here 204
John Ramsay, Dai Vernon Cylinder and Coins (or Poker Chips) cylinder made from a bill
 		206
Fred Lowe, Brian MacCarthy The Disappearing Hole slit in center of a paper, different coins disappear and reappear, based on MacCarthy's "The Disappearing Hole" in "Impromptu" from 1939, see also Jerry Andrus' "Zone Zero"
Related toVariations 216
Frederica Self Contained samller boxes are inside a ball of wool
 		220
Lewis Ganson Ganson's Cushion cushion for easier placement and pick up of object in routines, where lapping is involved
 		223
Lewis Ganson, Tony Slydini, Dai Vernon Coins Through the Table six coins, a ring and Ganson's Cushion
 		225
Han Ping Chien
228
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Migrating Pennies eight coins, travel from under lid into box, from box into hand, penetrate the table and the box, two shells
 		232
Roger Klause Impromptu Pulse Meter two gold painted toothpicks, vibrate to the beat of a spectator's pulse
 		238
Roger Klause Ashes To Ashes smudge of ashes penetrates hand of spectator and appears in his palm
Related toVariations 240
Roger Klause Pin-E-Tration pin through skin of the finger and apparently painless into spectator's wrist
 		242
Norman Rhodes Easier Gipsy Thread
245
Val Andrews, Jean Poisson Black and White ideas and routine for the imp bottle, as a do as I do effect
 		246
Jean Poisson Jean Poisson's Move taking out the fake and inserting it again
 		248
Alan Alan A Tip From Alan Alan putting the fake into the bottle
 		250
Ken De Courcy The Torn and Restored Cigarette
251
Ken MacFayden Necklace Necromancy bottom knot of borrowed necklace is cut off and separates the beads and the thread, performer takes everything in his mouth and the necklace is restored
 		252
Roger Crosthwaite The Hindu Needles based on Hans Trixer's version in "Pentagram", needles threaded in hand instead of mouth
 		253
Edward Victor I.O.U. signed bill in envelope changes into an IOU slip and back
 		258
Edward Victor Papperclipped Envelope Switch
259
Lewis Ganson Cigarette Penetration cigarette in tube is penetrated with pins and is finally unharmed
 		262
Dave Campbell Three From One cigarettes appear in tube
Also published here 265
Lewis Ganson The Bill Tube folded bill vanishes from under handkerchief and appears in locked tube
 		267
Arnold De Seiver Arnold De Seiver's Routine bill tube routine
Inspired by 272
Cecil Keech Gozinta Pencils two different colored pencils change places, tube and pocket, then both pencils are put into the tube, which should be too small
Variations 275
Fred Lowe Kicker Ending extra long pencil comes from the tube
 		279
Frederica Three Little Pigs two in the hand, one in the pocket with plastic pigs, as a kicker the pigs change into a bigger toy fiugre
 		281
Lewis Ganson Moving Around on transpositions
 		281
Hubert Lambert Capricious Corks three corks travel under a hat
 		286
Bob Farrell Four Dice "Chink-A-Chink"
288
Albert Spackman Merely A Beer Matter coin appears and vanishes between two coasters, bigger coin appears as a kicker
 		290
Eddie Taytelbaum Oil and Water 2&2
 		292
Remo Inzani Sponge Ball Routine potato as finale
 		297
Lewis Ganson A Little Squeeze history and comments on sponge balls
 		297
Audley Walsh First Method spongeball vanish
 		303
Remo Inzani Second Method
304
Fred Kaps Chinese Chow spongeball under bowl multiplies and then fruits appear, with chopsticks
Inspired by 304
Phoa Yan Tiong Rice Bowl and Balls two final loads under bowl
 		310
Horace E. Bennett, Franklin V. Taylor Jardine Ellis Routine on and off the shoelace, in the end string is threaded on finger ring
 		316
Ken De Courcy Sheer Simplicity jardine ellis ring and rope
Variations 320
John A. M. Howie Cylinder, Ring and Cord jardine ellis ring vanish threaded on a rope from under a handkerchief under a cylinder, then the ring passes through a wand and under the cylinder appears a ball
 		320
Stewart James, Charles Nyquist, Hans E. Trixer Ring on Cord ring on rope under handkerchief
 		323
Jack Avis Houdini Ring ring off rope
Related to 325
Ken De Courcy Rope, Handkerchief and Rind Mystery jardine ellis ring vanishes and appears knotted on rope
 		329
Horace E. Bennett, Dan Tong Tong's Trick jardine ellis ring and split ring, ring on ribbon
 		331
Ken De Courcy Finger Choice jardine ellis ring appears on chosen finger
 		336
Ken De Courcy Ring Appear ring appears on the middle of a rope
 		338
J.B. Findlay Ringing the Change jardine ellis ring travels on silk
 		339
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, June 2015.