Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi

Book
2004
Written by Davide Costi
Work of Davide Costi
144 pages (Hardcover), published by The Cairn Press
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English
51 entries
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Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi (written by Davide Costi, work of Davide Costi, 2004)
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
René Lavand Foreword 9
Davide Costi Quotations 12
René Lavand René Lavand's Foreword Number 2 13
Peter Blanchard Dobson Blanchard's World of Magic brief bio of Davide Costi
 		15
Davide Costi Testimonials of Racherbaumer, Lavand, Ascanio, Garrett, Shewan, MacMillan
 		19
Davide Costi Introduction 23
Davide Costi The Curve essay about the process as a magician
 		27
Davide Costi The Gesture essay about the power of a gesture
 		37
Davide Costi Double Lifts 41
Davide Costi Pneumatic Double Lift only from face up to face down
 		42
Davide Costi Excalibur Double Lift
Also published here
 44
Davide Costi Ultimate Double Lift from tabled deck
Also published here
 45
Davide Costi Milano Double Lift snap-over
 		47
Davide Costi Under Lift double lift from the bottom
Related to
 48
Davide Costi The Floating Count
Also published here
 49
Davide Costi One-Hand Spread same function as ascanio spread
Also published here
 53
Davide Costi Reverse
Also published here
 57
Davide Costi Biddle Steal breakless
 		58
Davide Costi A Few Words about Sleights 63
Davide Costi Alternating the Colors (Presentation) emphasis on the presentation, Ascanio's version of Bill Simon's "Call the colors"
Inspired by
 67
Davide Costi, Vanni Bossi, Tom Sellers Amex
Related to
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Davide Costi Card on Back card vanishes from deck and appears pinned on the performer's back
 		73
Davide Costi Celebration Routine setup for the routine existing of the following three tricks
 		77
Davide Costi Four Aces Reverse 78
Davide Costi, René Lavand Three Card Monte 80
René Lavand Patter 83
Davide Costi The Davide Costi Impossible Prediction 84
Davide Costi Fan Production producing the four aces face up with two face down fans
 		87
Davide Costi The Trick I changed for Gerald Kosky 89
Davide Costi A Color Change 90
Davide Costi Invisible Palm
Also published here
 93
Davide Costi, Jacques Tandeau No Force Prediction
Related to
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Glimpse 98
Davide Costi Double Card Laydown 99
Jacques Tandeau, Davide Costi Emtpy Deal empty deal, for prediction of stop trick
 		99
Davide Costi Prediction Presentation patter
 		101
Davide Costi Oscar Wilde Aces - Presentation patter
 		103
Davide Costi Queen of Hearts
Also published here
Related to
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Davide Costi The Rose of Paracelsus 109
Davide Costi Transposition 113
Arturo de Ascanio Triple Lift Saltimbanchi 113
Davide Costi Some Personal Statements 116
Davide Costi Birth of a Coin 117
Davide Costi Click Pass
Also published here
Variations
 119
Davide Costi, Toni Mantovani Reverse Matrix
Also published here
Variations
 121
Davide Costi The Small Coin small coin sandwiched between two bigger coins, emphasis on the vanish
 		131
Davide Costi Twilight - Presentation and Patter patter suggestion
Inspired by
 133
Davide Costi Ultimate Retention Vanish See also Steve Freeman's " The Perfect Coin Vanish" (Magicana 107, Genii, February 1974)
Related to
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Davide Costi Boomerangs routine for Joseph Jastrow's optical illusion with two arcs
 		137
Davide Costi FT thumb tip handling
Also published here
 141
Davide Costi Requested Comments 143
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, June 2013.