Davide Costi

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Tom Sellers	Credit Card Force	on another card	Related to Gaffed Stabbing Force (Jack McMillen, 1928) The Credit-Card Force (Tom Sellers, Vanni Bossi, Edward Marlo, Davide Costi, 2000)	Feb. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 79)	517	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Forcing Gaff Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force
Bill Simon	Call to the Colors		Related to The Scarne Puzzle (John Scarne, 1949) Variations Call To The World (Hideo Kato, 1999) Alternating the Colors (Presentation) (Davide Costi, 2004) Alternating the Colors (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008) Also published here Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (Bill Simon, 1992)	1952	Effective Card Magic	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Martin Gardner	Two Coin Vanishes	The First Vanish (with copper/silver coin application) The Second Vanish (Steve Freeman credit information) for credit information, see reference	Related to Two Coin Vanishes (Martin Gardner, 1979) Ultimate Retention Vanish (Davide Costi, 2004)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 8)	1144	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Davide Costi	Introduction			1987	For Friends Only...	4	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Davide Costi	Two Words about d.l.			1987	For Friends Only...	7	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / General Comments
Davide Costi	Excalibur	double lift technique	Also published here Excalibur Double Lift (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	9	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Davide Costi	Ultimate		Also published here Ultimate Double Lift (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	14	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Tabled Double Lift Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / One-Handed
Davide Costi	Supreme		Related to The Snap-Over Double-Lift (Paul LePaul, 1949)	1987	For Friends Only...	18	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Davide Costi	Supreme from under	double from the bottom, later called "Under Lift"	Related to Under Lift (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	20	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Bottom
Davide Costi	Click Pass	using pinch vanish	Variations Click Pass Pinch Vanish (Shiv Duggal, 2008) Also published here Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1988) Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1991) A Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1992) Pinched Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1999) Click Pass (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	22	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Davide Costi	Queen of Hearts		Also published here Queen of Hearts (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	28	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Davide Costi	One Hand Spread	same function as ascanio spread	Also published here One-Hand Spread (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	31	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Davide Costi	Floating Count		Also published here The Floating Count (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	36	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Davide Costi	Invisible Palm		Also published here Invisible Palm (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Isolated Cards
Davide Costi	Transposition			1987	For Friends Only...	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Davide Costi	F.T.	thumb tip handling	Also published here FT (Davide Costi, 1988) FT (Davide Costi, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	57	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Davide Costi, Toni Mantovani	David's Reverse Matrix		Variations Matrix - Deuxième (Carlos Vaquera, 2019) Also published here Reverse Matrix (Davide Costi, Toni Mantovani, 2004)	1987	For Friends Only...	64	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Davide Costi, Harry Lorayne	David's Bottom Slip Cut	basically the HaLo cut		1987	For Friends Only...	77	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Bottom / Hands
Davide Costi	Bibliography			1987	For Friends Only...	79	Articles / Bibliography
Davide Costi	Reverse	Biddle trick	Also published here Reverse (Davide Costi, 2004)	Sep. 1987	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 1)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Davide Costi	Breakless Biddle Steal			Sep. 1987	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 1)	14	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Ian Keable-Elliott (reviewer)	Lectures at Ron MacMillan's International Day of Magic	by Davide Costi		Jan. 1988	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 5)	11	Reviews / Lecture
Davide Costi	Click Pass	using pinch vanish	Also published here Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1987)	Jan. 1988	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 5)	12	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Davide Costi	FT	thumb tip handling	Also published here F.T. (Davide Costi, 1987)	Apr. 1988	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 8)	7	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
	Click! Click!	Fay Presto, Peter Kersten, Len Bleese, Davide Costi, Albert Goshman		Oct. 1988	Opus (Vol. 2 No. 2)	3	Articles / Columns
Aldo Colombini, Davide Costi	Alamo			Nov./Dec. 1991	Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4)	9	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Davide Costi	Click Pass		Also published here Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1987)	Nov./Dec. 1991	Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4)	15	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Davide Costi	A Click Pass		Also published here Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1987)	Dec. 1992	Profile (Issue 11)	9	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Davide Costi	Coins Through Table Phase	using click pass		Dec. 1992	Profile (Issue 11)	10	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
Gary Ouellet, Patrick Raymond	Lethal Prediction		Related to Boy Meets Girl (Eric Mead, 1990) No Force Prediction (Davide Costi, Jacques Tandeau, 2004)	Sep. 1994	The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Davide Costi	Pinched Click Pass	using pinch vanish	Also published here Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1987)	June 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)	70	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Tom Sellers, Vanni Bossi, Edward Marlo, Davide Costi	The Credit-Card Force	piece of card stuck on credit card	Related to Credit Card Force (Tom Sellers, 1940) Amex (Davide Costi, Vanni Bossi, Tom Sellers, 2004) Also published here Credit Card Force (Vanni Bossi, Davide Costi, 2002)	2000	Card College — Volume 4	797	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Forcing Gaff Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
Vanni Bossi, Davide Costi	Credit Card Force	piece of card stuck on credit card	Also published here The Credit-Card Force (Tom Sellers, Vanni Bossi, Edward Marlo, Davide Costi, 2000) Credit Card Force (Vanni Bossi, Davide Costi, 2022)	Dec. 2002	Magic (Vol. 12 No. 4)	93	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Forcing Gaff Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
Davide Costi	Quotations			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	12	Articles / Articles
Peter Blanchard Dobson	Blanchard's World of Magic	brief bio of Davide Costi		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	15	Articles / Biographical
Davide Costi	Testimonials	of Racherbaumer, Lavand, Ascanio, Garrett, Shewan, MacMillan		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	19	Articles / Articles
Davide Costi	Introduction			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	23	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Davide Costi	The Curve	essay about the process as a magician		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	27	Articles / Theory & Essays
Davide Costi	The Gesture	essay about the power of a gesture		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	37	Articles / Theory & Essays
Davide Costi	Double Lifts			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	41	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / General Comments
Davide Costi	Pneumatic Double Lift	only from face up to face down		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	42	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Davide Costi	Excalibur Double Lift		Also published here Excalibur (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	44	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Davide Costi	Ultimate Double Lift	from tabled deck	Also published here Ultimate (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	45	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Tabled Double Lift
Davide Costi	Milano Double Lift	snap-over		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	47	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Davide Costi	Under Lift	double lift from the bottom		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	48	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Bottom
Davide Costi	The Floating Count		Also published here Floating Count (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	49	Cards / Sleights / False Display / D'Amico Spread Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Davide Costi	One-Hand Spread	same function as ascanio spread	Also published here One Hand Spread (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	53	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Ascanio Spread Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Davide Costi	Reverse		Also published here Reverse (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Davide Costi	Biddle Steal	breakless		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	58	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Davide Costi	A Few Words about Sleights			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	63	Articles / Theory & Essays
Davide Costi	Alternating the Colors (Presentation)	emphasis on the presentation, Ascanio's version of Bill Simon's "Call the colors"	Inspired by Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, 1952)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Davide Costi, Vanni Bossi, Tom Sellers	Amex		Related to The Credit-Card Force (Tom Sellers, Vanni Bossi, Edward Marlo, Davide Costi, 2000)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	71	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Forcing Gaff Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
Davide Costi	Card on Back	card vanishes from deck and appears pinned on the performer's back		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Back of Performer or Spectator
Davide Costi	Celebration Routine	setup for the routine existing of the following three tricks		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Davide Costi	Four Aces Reverse			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
Davide Costi, René Lavand	Three Card Monte			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	80	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Davide Costi	The Davide Costi Impossible Prediction			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	84	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Davide Costi	Fan Production	producing the four aces face up with two face down fans		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	87	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Davide Costi	The Trick I changed for Gerald Kosky			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Davide Costi	A Color Change			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Davide Costi	Invisible Palm		Also published here Invisible Palm (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Isolated Cards
Davide Costi, Jacques Tandeau	No Force Prediction		Related to Lethal Prediction (Gary Ouellet, Patrick Raymond, 1994)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Davide Costi	Double Card Laydown			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	99	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table
Jacques Tandeau, Davide Costi	Emtpy Deal	empty deal, for prediction of stop trick		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	99	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Empty Deals (no card removed)
Davide Costi	Prediction Presentation	patter		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Davide Costi	Oscar Wilde Aces - Presentation	patter		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	103	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Articles / Theory & Essays
Davide Costi	Queen of Hearts		Related to Two New Locator Cards - Coin Impression (Will De Sieve, 1938) Also published here Queen of Hearts (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	105	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Davide Costi	The Rose of Paracelsus			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	109	Flower / Fake
Davide Costi	Transposition			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Davide Costi	Some Personal Statements			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	116	Articles / Articles
Davide Costi	Birth of a Coin			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	117	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Davide Costi	Click Pass		Also published here Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	119	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Davide Costi, Toni Mantovani	Reverse Matrix		Also published here David's Reverse Matrix (Davide Costi, Toni Mantovani, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	121	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Davide Costi	The Small Coin	small coin sandwiched between two bigger coins, emphasis on the vanish		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	131	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Davide Costi	Twilight - Presentation and Patter	patter suggestion	Inspired by Twilight (Paul Harris, Tayari Casel, 1996)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	133	Mirror Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Mirror
Davide Costi	Ultimate Retention Vanish	See also Steve Freeman's " The Perfect Coin Vanish" (Magicana 107, Genii, February 1974)	Related to Two Coin Vanishes (Martin Gardner, 1978)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	135	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish
Davide Costi	Boomerangs	routine for Joseph Jastrow's optical illusion with two arcs		2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	137	Paper / Topological Effects
Davide Costi	FT	thumb tip handling	Also published here F.T. (Davide Costi, 1987)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	141	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Davide Costi	Requested Comments			2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	143	Articles / Articles
Michael Close (reviewer)	Close-up Elegance	by Davide Costi		Oct. 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 10)	105	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Shiv Duggal	Click Pass Pinch Vanish	two coins placed in other hand, both vanish	Inspired by Click Pass (Davide Costi, 1987)	May 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5)	19	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Multiple Coin Vanishes / Bare Handed
Carlos Vaquera	Matrix - Deuxième		Inspired by David's Reverse Matrix (Davide Costi, Toni Mantovani, 1987)	2019	The Illusioneer	271	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Vanni Bossi, Davide Costi	Credit Card Force	piece of card stuck on credit card	Also published here Credit Card Force (Vanni Bossi, Davide Costi, 2002)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	145	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Forcing Gaff Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props

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