The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2

1969
Written by Lewis Ganson
Work of Lewis Ganson
300 pages (Hardcover), published by The Supreme Magic Company
Illustrated with drawings by Dennis Patten, Maurice Day
Language: English
99 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Edwin Hooper Publisher's Introduction
3
Hugh Miller Foreword
5
Phoa Yan Tiong Cut & Restored Silk bluff
Related toVariations 7
Lewis Ganson Destroyed & Restored
7
Orlando Bagley Yarn Trick
12
Norman Rhodes Ten Shilling Note Trick bill is burnt then found in an envelope (bank night interlude)
 		14
Howard Gower Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper gradual restoration
 		20
Horace E. Bennett Bennett's Boner torn and restored napkin in a cup, sucker element
 		22
Roger Crosthwaite Note in Cigarette bill is accidentally burnt
 		25
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon Three Rings For Dai Vernon
32
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 1. Counting the Rings
34
Dai Vernon 2. The Twisting Move
34
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 3. Linking Two Rings
36
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 4. Spinning the Rings
37
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 5. Unlinking Two Rings
38
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 6. Sounding the Rings
38
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 7. The Crash Linking
40
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 8. The Pull Through
41
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 9. A Different Crash Linking
43
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 10. Linking the Two Single Rings and the Key Ring
43
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon 11. Unlinking the Rings
44
Lewis Ganson Introducing the Rings In A Close-Up Act
47
Arnold De Seiver Seven Colours Of Wisdom keys in envelopes with different colored ribbons
 		48
Tom Sellers Envelope Marking System just to mark the different one
 		49
J. Pickstone Elizabeth Arden number divination, with a mirror
 		51
Charles Cameron The Taste Tells cards with different drinks, one is selected and all put in envelopes, right one is found and divined
 		52
Tony "Doc" Shiels Mollusca Mental assistant finds hidden coin under one of six shells by holding a big shell to her ear, code
 		56
Douglas Francis Idento six discs attached to a string, on one is a number written by a spectator, performer detects that one behind his bag by touch only
 		59
Albert Spackman Noted Number prediction of the total of the last four digits of four bills
 		61
Tony Griffith Pseudo Psychometry six envelopes, pencil dots
 		64
John Bragoli Transversale prediction of a spun number which was added to an other number, with mini roulette set
Variations 68
John Bragoli Roulette Force cross total of three numbers
 		71
John Bragoli Licensed Telepathy blindfolded divination of one of ten drinks written on cards
 		71
Albert Spackman Miniature Rapping Hand miniature doll hand in box rapping and answering questions, different routine ideas,
  • word and card divination and with spirit slates
  • stop trick with cards
  • whistle put into the box and the hand moves and the whistle blows
  • gipsy thread is restored in the box, while hand moves
  • in conjunction with "The Thing"
  • card turnover

Related to 74
Dai Vernon Chinese Matches "ten count"
Also published here 78
Frederica Boxology marked coin on a box, hand comes out and takes it inside, then the coin is found in a nest of boxes
 		80
Coin Switch
84
Douglas Francis Glass Levitation glass suspends on knife
 		86
Hans-Gerhard Stumpf Sawing A Fakir In Half with a fakir doll
 		89
Hans-Gerhard Stumpf, George Leitmayr Match Sword Box coin in matchbox is penetrated by six matches
 		91
Elmer Deffenbaugh Flash Business Card printing business cards with flash paper
 		93
Turnover Move
95
Charles D. Smith Leipzig's Grindstone knife grinder with a plate
Related to 97
Charles D. Smith Torn & Restored Napkin sucker element
 		98
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Acrobatic Paperclips paper clips suspend on each other and finally a finger ring as well, when examined the paperclips have linked together to form a chain with the ring
Variations 101
Lewis Ganson Rink in Close Up short intro on Rink
 		101
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Coins Apart four copper and four silver coins are mixed in the hand, copper coins travel to the other hand, with a stick
 		109
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Chink-A-Chink Simplified with four small balls
 		118
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Rope Through Neck
121
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen, Somerset Maugham Grand Guignol thumb is cut with a knife until the performer bleeds, wound is healed
Variations 126
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen One Cup - Two Balls chop cup, two large balls as climax
 		130
Lewis Ganson Bennett on Coins short intro on Horace Bennett
 		137
Horace E. Bennett Dissimilar Coins Through Table four different coins penetrate table, last one upwards
Inspired byVariations 138
Ross Bertram Coin Steal
139
Horace E. Bennett The Change Purse two half dollars travel into a purse
 		145
Horace E. Bennett Coin Exchange five english pennies in an okito box transpose with four half dollars, hollowed stack, version of Jimmy Ray's "Okito Coin Box Routine" from "Between the Acts"
 		149
Horace E. Bennett In and Out Part 1 two coins in handkerchief, named one penetrates the fabric
 		155
Horace E. Bennett Click Pass
156
Horace E. Bennett Part 2 silver coin in handkerchief held by spectator, copper penetrates fabric and joins the other coin
 		160
Horace E. Bennett, Ken Brooke Tea For Okito with an okito box
Inspired by 164
Horace E. Bennett Okito Box Turnover on the table
 		165
Lewis Ganson The Magic Sleeves of David Berglas short intro on David Berglas
 		168
David Berglas 'It's Up His Sleeve' why spectator's suspect sleeving, general comments
Also published here 169
David Berglas Methods Of Sleeving
  • Gravity
  • Manual Propulsion
  • Mechanical Propulsion

comments on the material of the jacket
Also published here 171
David Berglas The Berglas Gravity Method For Sleeving A Small Object Invisibly pocket knife vanishes
 		173
David Berglas Retrieving the Pocket Knife
180
David Berglas Intelligent Use Of Sleeving
181
David Berglas, Lewis Ganson, Ralph W. Hull The Master Move For 'The Homing Ball' moves for ball and cone
 		182
David Berglas The Torn and Restored Tissue Paper
186
David Berglas, Alex Elmsley The Cups and Balls billiard balls as final loads
 		192
David Berglas Production and Vanish Of A Silk Handkerchief with tube or ball
 		194
David Berglas The Vanishing Stick
198
David Berglas Producing A Pen, Pencil Or Cigar from sleeve
 		199
David Berglas, Milbourne Christopher The Autograph Hunter's Nightmare pen vanishes and appear several times, in the end it travels to spectator's breast pocket
 		200
David Berglas Pen To Keys as alternative when giving autographs
 		205
David Berglas Switching One Object For Another for cigarettes, nuts, knives, paddles, safety pins, coins etc.
 		205
David Berglas Switching A Long Object
207
David Berglas, Henri De Manche The De Manche Switch Used In conjunction With Sleeving
Related to 209
David Berglas The Vanish Of the Stack Of Pence for the cap and pence trick
 		212
David Berglas Sleeving Coins For 'The Coins In Glass'
214
David Berglas Production Of A Cigar
214
Lewis Ganson A Session with Bobby Bernard short intro on Bobby Bernard
 		216
Bobby Bernard Bernard Switch
217
Bobby Bernard Mirage copper to silver and back
 		220
Bobby Bernard The Pinch Vanish
222
Bobby Bernard Melted silver extraction from coin, big part is transparent one part is still the coin
 		223
Bobby Bernard School For Croupiers coin flourishes, cutting the aces and dice stacking to a croupier presentation
 		225
Cy Endfield Endfield Slip Cut
230
Lewis Ganson My Routine With the 'Devano' Pack three cards
Variations 237
Lewis Ganson, Charles Kettle The Egg Bag general comments
 		251
Lewis Ganson, Jack Hill Moves For Proving the Bag To Be Empty
  • 1. standing on the bag
  • 2. folding the bag
  • 3. slapping the bag
  • 4. twisting the bag
  • 5. turning the bag inside out
  • 6. to allow a spectator to feel inside the bag
 		256
Lewis Ganson To Remove the Egg from the Bag
  • by the performer
  • by the spectator
 		262
Lewis Ganson The Routine
263
Lewis Ganson Five Eggs from the Bag
266
Jens Korth Roulette chips penetrates table, chink a chink with one jumbo card, color change, shells
 		268
Erhard Liebenow Turnover Drop move for removing the shell
 		277
Erhard Liebenow Baffle Drop
278
Gerald Kosky The Magic Ring ring and three colored stones, variation of two in the hand, one in the pocket, as a climax the ring has three stones set in it
Also published here 283
Will Ayling The Story Teller oriental story
Inspired byVariations 289
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, June 2015.