Book
2008
Written by Jesús Etcheverry
Work of Arturo de Ascanio
394 pages (Hardcover), published by Páginas
Illustrated with drawings by Luis H. Trueba, Gustavo Otero, Jesús Almendro, José Antonio Vega
Language: English
101 entries
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Laura Avilés A Word from the Publisher
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Camilo Vázquez Introduction by Camilo Vázquez
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Tony Cachadiña, Joan Font, Manolo Tena Foreword in Three Acts
  • Act One, by Toni Cachadiña
  • Act Two, by Joan Font
  • Act Three, by Manolo Tena
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Jesús Etcheverry His Classcis chapter intro
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Arturo de Ascanio The Restless Lady la dama inquieta, First Version 1970
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Variations
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The Glide brief
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Tenkai Ishida The Tenkai Turnover Book Break Turnover
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Arturo de Ascanio Second Version (ca. 1981) la dama inquieta
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Juan Tamariz Tamariz Turnover outjogged turnover
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Arturo de Ascanio Third Version (ca. 1985) la dama inquieta
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Arturo de Ascanio The Nail Twist disarming handling of double card
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Arturo de Ascanio Fourth and Last Version (ca. 1995) la dama inquieta
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Arturo de Ascanio Air-Cushion Turnover turning three cards over as two, on open hand
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Arturo de Ascanio Alternating the Colors three phases
Inspired by
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Arturo de Ascanio The Haphazard Shuffle messy false cut
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  • "A.M.A" 1960.
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Dai Vernon To Keep the Colours Separated
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Arturo de Ascanio All-Backs cutting to Royal Flush in process, including Impromptu Version
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  • "Ilusionismo" N° 301, 1984.
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Joan Font Resealed resealing card case with cellophane, bill and lighter method
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Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio on Daley on being an artist, transcript from a talk at the Jornadas Cartomagicas del Escorial
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Arturo de Ascanio The Ten Cards Up the Sleeve Ace through Ten
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Arturo de Ascanio Bottom Palm similar to Hofzinser's bottom palm
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Arturo de Ascanio Covering the Bottom Palm
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Dr. Jacob Daley One-Hand Spring Palm from a small packet
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Arturo de Ascanio Covering the One-Hand Spring Palm
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Dr. Jacob Daley Left One-Hand Bottom Palm from a small packet
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Arturo de Ascanio Covering the Left One-Hand Bottom Palm
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Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Ten Palm as vanish for last card in cards up the sleeve
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Arturo de Ascanio The Palm Proper as vanish for last card in cards up the sleeve
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Arturo de Ascanio Mentalism by Elimination extensive treatment on the effect
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  • "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" 1986
Inspired by
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Arturo de Ascanio The Change and Reverse Gear Shuffle small packet false shuffle, running small number and immediately exchanging the packets
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Arturo de Ascanio Sequacious Spades four cards penetrate table and end up under cardboard, one by one, two versions
Inspired by
  • Dr. Daley's "Sequacious Spades" in "M.U.M" 1950
  • Dr. Daley's "Sequacious Spades" in "M.U.M" 1950
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Arturo de Ascanio Take and Tap push-off count, five as four cards, spread display
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Arturo de Ascanio Cards Through the Table one by one, change to Fives
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Arturo de Ascanio, Freddie Fah Freddy Fah's Wallet cards to envelope, in wallet
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Arturo de Ascanio The Magical Nine nine black and one red become nine red and one black
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Arturo de Ascanio Baiting Actions
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Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's Handling of the Hamman Count
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Arturo de Ascanio, Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Replacement
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Arturo de Ascanio Aces for Connoisseurs
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Variations
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Arturo de Ascanio The Paintbrush Change with a small packet
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Arturo de Ascanio The Rub-Away face-down paintbrush change, with small packet
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Arturo de Ascanio The Aces of My Exam
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Variations
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Arturo de Ascanio The Ambitious Ace several phases
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One-Handed Preparation for Vernon's Depth Illusion
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Jerry Andrus The Twirl
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Arturo de Ascanio Double Ambitious - The Seventh Heaven multiple phases
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Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's Crimp
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Luis H. Trueba The Trueba Revolving Replacement while turning deck over
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Arturo de Ascanio The Challenging Double
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The Acrobatic Double
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Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Half-a-Double Palm double is split, one card is placed in center of the deck while other card is palmed
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Arturo de Ascanio Stranger Ambitious Card ambitious card has different back, in the end deck changes color
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Jerry Andrus The Jerry Andrus Replacement
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Arturo de Ascanio The One Against Fifty-One Double Cut
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Matt Corin The Matt Corin Transformation
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  • "A Novel Card Discovery" in "Genii", May 1972.
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Arturo de Ascanio, Helmut "Kalanag" Schreiber The Nudist Deck two versions
  • Nudist Cards - The 1949 Version (shown by Kalanag)
  • Nudist Cards - The 1956 Version
  • Nudist Cards - Latest Version
Also published here
  • "Ilusionismo" N° 140, 1956.
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Arturo de Ascanio Covering the Half Pass brief
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Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Spread Cut convincer for nudist deck, showing cards while cutting deck
Variations
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Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's Beveling Square-Up
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Arturo de Ascanio Blue, Red, White: A Constructional Study all backs, normal, color changing back and nudist deck as climax
Also published here
  • "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 144, 1986.
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Arturo de Ascanio On Stressing the Initial Situation
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Arturo de Ascanio On the Apparent Continuity of the Initial Situation
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Arturo de Ascanio On the Baiting Actions
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George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery brief
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Variations
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Arturo de Ascanio The Principle of Working for the Future Applied
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Arturo de Ascanio The Theory of Parenthesis of Forgetfulness Applied
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Arturo de Ascanio Paul Curry's Out of this World
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  • in "Ilusionismo" N° 158, 1958.
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Arturo de Ascanio Nomad Aces
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Arturo de Ascanio Aces Vergas Style Aces to spectators pocket, duplicates
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Arturo de Ascanio The Trick of the Wise odd-backed, two packets of four Kings each
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Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Visits Jennings
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Arturo de Ascanio The Le Temps Change while turning card over
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  • "Ilusionismo" N° 159, 1958.
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Arturo de Ascanio Magical Coincidences four selections are returned to the deck and deck is dealt, each spectator stops at his card
Also published here
  • in "Ilusionismo" N° 160, 1958.
Inspired by
  • Padre Wenceslao Ciuró's "Causalidad Inexplicable" in "Mas de 200 Juegos de Manos", p. 402.
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Arturo de Ascanio Five Red and Five Black five red cards and five black cards are shuffled, spectator separates the cards by color
Also published here
  • in "AMA" N° 4, 1958.
Inspired by
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Arturo de Ascanio Deception Through Timing
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Arturo de Ascanio In-Transit Actions in the Elmsley Count
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Arturo de Ascanio In-Transit Actions in the Hamman Count
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Arturo de Ascanio Thoughts on the Double Lift
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Arturo de Ascanio Hitting the Double hit lift
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Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Double Turnover
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Arturo de Ascanio A Prepared Double
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Arturo de Ascanio The Return Turnover
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Arturo de Ascanio A Diminishing Lift Sequence not really diminishing lift
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Arturo de Ascanio Transformations in Beauty
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Arturo de Ascanio Double Transformation top change
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Arturo de Ascanio A Single Transformation while card is placed on the table
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Arturo de Ascanio The Vanish and Reappearance of the Ace of Hearts
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Arturo de Ascanio Credential Cards card changes, original card is found in pocket
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Jesús Etcheverry Black Days - Ascanio's Version of a Trick by Juan Tamariz chapter intro
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Arturo de Ascanio My Version of Black Days seven black cards, selected one found, rest changes red
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Nate Leipzig Twirl Cut
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Arnaldo Curia The Arnaldo Shuffle three blocks, overhand shuffle
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Arturo de Ascanio The TaHa Cut
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Arturo de Ascanio The Power Color Change
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Arturo de Ascanio, Johnny Thompson The Almost Pinkieless Maneuver maintaining break while turning deck over
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Arturo de Ascanio On the Execution of the Le Temps Change management
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Arturo de Ascanio Variations on the One Against Fifty-One Double Cut
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Fred Kaps The Kaps Lapping Move
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Arturo de Ascanio The Weightless Double Turnover (The Reinvented Double) a.) The Vernon Push-Off
b.) The Turnover Proper
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Arturo de Ascanio The Psychological Aspects of Black Days thorough analysis and lots of psychological finesses
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Jesús Etcheverry Epilogue
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, October 2018.