New Tops Volume 11 (1971)

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

657 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 1 - January 1971 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Eddie Joseph
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - The Josephs - Eddie and Sarah
6. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • nutmeg grinder as cigarette holder - Paul Fishman
7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Prelude to Oil and Water
12. Subject: Summer Resorts - Dave Seebach
13. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Squaring the Circle - David Sigaful
    • Silk Caddy or A Changed Heart
14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • History of Magic - P. C. Sorcar
      • Grimoire - Peter Isaacs
      • Children's Showtime - Michael Elliott
      • Lecture Notes on Apparatus Magic - Seymour Davis
      • Dingle's Deceptions - Harry Lorayne
      • The Ultimate Telephone Book Test - Daniel Korem
      • Mind Blaster - Daniel Korem
      • Flushtration - Br. John Hamman
      • The Wheel of Fortune - Jo Sheridan
      • Longbeard the Magician - children's fiction - Sid Fleischman
      • lecture notes - Mike Rogers
      • Space Age Magic - Vincent Holiday (Vince Fabek)
      • billiard balls covered in tiny mirrors - M. Decamp
      • Introducing Bill's Magic - W. G. Strickland
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
24. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
    • Out of a Hat
26. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • card for information prior to quoting a show
30. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Vent Routine - Ed Cherney
31. Gags? - Ed Eckl
32. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • The P. D. Quickie - Paul Diamond
33. announcement - Third annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Banquet
33. Jokes? - Ed Eckl
34. Goebel the Magician performing the "Crystal Casket" - reviewed by W. McCarl Roberts
36. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - sugar effect - Larry Arcuri
37. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Tom Lyons
39. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happy New Year
40. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • A Trunk Substitution - Burton Marks
    • Flag Production - Karlin
    • A Pickpocket Gag - Karlin
    • Walking Away From Shadow
42. Quotes ... way out of magical context - Ed Eckl

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 2 - February 1971 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Neil Foster and Jeanne
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • reviews
     • Robert-Houdin's Memoirs - in German
     • Zauberei Zauberei - in German
     • Hocus Pocus Junior
     • aluminum name tags - Unique Enterprises
     • The Great Escape - Sam Berland
     • Borrowed Torn and Restored Dollar Bill - Sam Berlnad
     • Magic Collectors Reprint Series - Artist Era magazine from February 1896
     • Chandu's Magical Varieties - Harold Chandler
     • Exclusive Magic - H. R. Rice
     • The Hierophant, Issues 3 & 4
     • Pride - Werner G. Seitz
     • Top Hat Topics
     • golf ball effects - Leonardo, Jr.
     • Marshall McLuhen collectors deck
     • Chaos - club periodical
     • Follow That Card - Bro. John Hamman
10. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • comedy color changing silk effect - Jim Heuser
    • Devil's Dozen - card Effect
11. Mark Straw Entertains G.I.'s
11. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Joe and Jake - Joe H. Shultz
17. My Glittering Card Trilogy - Eddie Joseph
22. Final Curtain
    • P. C. Sorcar
23. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
24. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Levitation pf Princess Karnac
    • The Dream of Princess Karnac
28. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Rick Polston
30. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
32. Gags? - Ed Eckl
33. Conjuring with Coins - Nick Trost
    • A Penny's Worth of Magic - Stelzer
34. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
35. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Puppets
    • The Handkerchief Frame
36. New Arrival
    • William Nicholas Hegbli, Jr. born to William and Susan Hegbli, Sr.
37. Changeable Aces - John C. Sherwood
38. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - Railroad Trick - Joseph DeStafano
39. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • making multiplying golf balls from plastic practice balls - Bob Logan
39. Jokes? - Ed Eckl
40. Subject: Routining - Dave Seebach
41. A Letter to the Editor from Ed Eckl
42. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • How Time Flies (Grant's Presto Clock Vanish)
44. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
47. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 3 - March 1971 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Dick Ryan - Chairman of the Board
4. Cover Portrait - Dick Ryan
5. Tops Congratulates
   • Rev. Zina Dennett, Jr. & Miss Betty Lou Dickens on their marriage
5. Contents
6. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • A Seven Card Wager - with a Kicker!
6. From Warren Stephens' Notes - re: comedy/gag checks
6. Editor's Lament - poem
7. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
   • McAthy's Insurance Policy - Jimmie "Chatterbox" Harrison
8. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
9. Final Curtain
   • Jeanne Windsor
10. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Genii Tube Routine - Lenardo, Jr.
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
12. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • :Magnetic Strip"
12. Sparky the Magic Clown says ... "Let's talk '72!" - William J. Van Almen
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • re: Magic Circle Annual Show
18. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Sedan Chair
21. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Card and Rope
    • Vanishing Easter Bunny - Dick Jarrow
    • Phoney 4 Aces
23. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - cigarette and match effect - Aruss K. Bonerjee
24. Farewell to the Prince of Magic - P. C. Sorcar - 1913-1971 ... by Francis Marshall
30. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Be A Clown - Brian Marshall
31. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Ennui
31. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • a Pickpocket Gag - Karlin
32. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • From the Dealers
      • Bill Tube Shaker - Supreme
      • Pop-Away Wand - Supreme
      • Double Dynamite - Roydon
      • Holiday Greetings - Jimmy Lake
      • Card Shapes - Fred Loew
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Magigram
      • Pallbearers Review
      • Genii, November & December
      • M-U-M
      • Magic Around the World, October-December
      • The New Pentagram, November, December & January
      • Velki
      • Hero Hobby, No. 22 1970 Fall
      • Necromancer, Nos. 3 & 4
      • Puzzler Magazine No. 3
      • Magical Bookie, September
      • The Talisman
      • The Magic Cauldron Nos. 37 & 38
      • Magick
      • Mystics
      • Magic Collectors' Reprint Series Vol. 2 No. 3 - second issue of Artist Era, February 1896
36. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Ring Off Silk
37. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Random Notes on Cards
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - John Ruffley
40. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
42. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
43. I.B.M. Ring 205 Charter Night Banquet & Show
44. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
47. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
50. he Academy of Magic Arts - awards & fellowships

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 4 - April 1971 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Bruce Armstrong
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Bruce Armstrong - Merry-Go-Max - by Elizabeth Warlock
6. Ind-Dra-Jal - re: Sorcar - Sri. Madhab Choudhuri
8. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
11. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
12. Magic of Robert Harbin - Sid Lorraine
14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
17. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Lou Tannen Pre4sents
    • Trick of the Month - matchstick puzzle - Dave Jarrett
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
22. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Three Times Two - Henry Bihari
    • Cards of a Feather Stick Together - Bob Rydeen
24. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Floating Lady
28. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Quick Four-Ace Opener
30. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Price & the Pumpkin - Supreme
      • Mixed-Up Santa - Supreme
      • Bangle and Beads - Bruce Posgate
      • Clown Act Omnibus - Wes McVicar
      • Magazine Magicana - Jack Potter & Micky Hades
    • Club Papers
      • The Swami Speaks
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Christian Artist
      • Magicians' Guild of America, Inc.
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Magic Net
      • J.S. Magic Circle
      • Big Bob's Magic Club News, Christmas & Women's Liberation Issues
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • Magicana, Sept.-Oct. & Nov.-Dec.
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Calliope
      • The Pentacle
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Yogi-Gram
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Top Hat, Sept.-Oct. & Nov.-Dec.
      • The Spotlight
    • From the Advertisers
      • Supreme Magic
      • La Wain House of Magic
      • Guest Magic Service
      • Johnny Ould
      • Magical Trading Post, List No. 19
      • Captain Bill James
33. Ernest Davis in Hospital
34. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Hollywood I.B.M. Ring 21's 4th. Annual Cavalcade of Magic
    • Sing Along with Buddy - Mysterious Lawrence
35. Knights of Magic to hold Magicland
36. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Three Coin Routine
    • Christ Never Fails
37. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • idea for "Moon Rock" - Oran B. Dent
38. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Houvine (Allen Ravine)
    • More Notes on Cards
39. 27th Annual Spring Banquet and Show - Allentown, Penna. Society of Magicians
39. Can this be a Philosophy? - Ed Eckl
40. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
45. New Arrival
    • Tammy Lynn Schirmer - born to Mike and Bonnie Shirmer
46. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
49. Final Curtain
    • Ruth Haines
    • C. H. Harvey Rhodes
    • Clayton Rawson - by Bob Mason
    • Alan Lee Boulton - by Frances Marshall
    • Everett Wees - by J. Everette Mires

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 5 - May 1971 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Mark Wilson
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Mark Wilson - Magic Props Again With Poppin' Fresh - by Frances Marshall
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Bangles 'N' Beads - Bruce Posgate
      • The Hindu Cups - Eddie Joseph
      • magazine file boxes - Lyle & Company
      • Hot Damn! - Ned Rutledge
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Magical Bookie, January
      • Abracadabra
      • Magicol, January
      • The New Pentagram, February
      • Talisman
      • The Pallbearer's Review, November, December & January
      • Magick
      • Necromancer No. 5
    • Among the Club Papers
      • Calliope
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Spotlight
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Barnstormer
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • Velki
      • Magic Net
      • J. S. Magic Circle
      • Magic Times
      • Magic Around the World, January-March
    • La Wain's House of Magic acquires the balance of the Bill Neff items
16. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Two to One
18. Gravity Zero - Eddie Joseph
    • Basic Requirements and Secret Arrangements
    • Operation
    • Effect 'One' ... The Floating Ring
    • Effect 'Two' ... The Weightless Dagger
    • The Dagger and Jar
    • The Gliding Sphere
    • The Rising Glass of Milk
    • The Space Walk
    • The Flaming Candle
    • Additional Notes
25. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
1. New Tops Index 1970 - Volume Ten - Dale Salwak, compiler
27. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
28. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tips for Multiplying Golf Balls & Diminishing Golf Balls - Lenardo, Jr.
29. It's Referenced - A Card Trick - Ed Eckl
29. Humor - Ed Eckl
30. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Final Curtain
    • Ethel Kanter - by Mitchell "Mike" Kanter
34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
37. Final Curtain
    • Paul Stadelman - by Neil Foster
38. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • Asrah
41. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
42. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
44. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
46. Final Curtain
    • Samuel F. Sterns - by Neil Foster
47. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Even More Notes on Cards
    • Magician of the Month - Chuck Goudie, Jr.
48. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Visual Aids
    • Silk Production
    • The Stillwell Ball
49. Sherrie, of Tom & Sherrie, Ella Matador! - by Bob Mason
50. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Gene Bernstein's trick with two toothpicks - and variations
    • suggestion for Duke's Dye Version - David Rumfelt
    • fake "Three Dollar Bills" idea - Dr. Elliott Brodie
52. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • impromptu vent bit - Mysterious Lawrence
53. Final Curtain
    • Poonjee [Ernest J. Young] - by Earl Ray Wilcox
53. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Magic Maid

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 6 - June 1971 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Harry Smith
5. Vent-O-Rama
5. Contents
6. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
   • Asrah - continued
7. photo - Miss Beth Ann Derkson
8. Cover Portrait - Harry Smith - by Sid Lorraine
9. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
13. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • false shuffle - Richard Durham
16. Out of This Galaxy = Mark Thiede & Roy Kissell
17. Johnstone's Infallible Universal Laws for Magicians - By George [Johnstone]
18. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Five-Card Quickie!
19. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Comedy in Gospel Magic?
    • lightning cartoon
20. Irving Desfor Night
21. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Current Comedy - Robert Orben
      • Cardman's Secrets, Vol. 1 and 2 - Nick Trost
      • Card Problems - Nick Trost
      • booklet of reproductions of Blackstone material - Robert Lund
      • 4-Tel - Guest Magic Service
      • Trouble-Wit Routines - Ken de Courcy & Bill West
    • Minute Magazine Mentions
      • Magic and Spells Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 2
      • New Pentagram, March & April
      • Talisman
      • Mystics
      • Magigram
      • Magick
      • Calliope
      • The Magic Cauldron #39
      • Necromancer #6
22. Tricks Eleven - Sid Lorraine
    • No.1 - Award Winner
24. Spiral Wizardry - Eddie Joseph
28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
30. Special Convention Train to New Orleans
31. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
32. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
34. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • The Story of One Card Pete
37. '30' for Bruce - re: Bruce Lowry (son of Tommy Windsor) - Editor Mobley of the Painsville, Ohio Telegraph
38. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
42. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Bergson's Reversal
    • The Prehistoric Card Trick
44. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Kenneth James Tazellar, Jr.
45. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Colon
46. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • What's The Difference - John J. Bogorae
47. Harry Carlson Testimonial Show
48. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 7 - July 1971 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Bill Brewe
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Bill Brewe ... Wizard! - BY Oran B. Dent
10. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Unprepared Silk Ball Production
13. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • World Events
14. Flash - re: proposed National Magic Week
15. Quinmonition - Eddie Joseph
20. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Impossible Pie - recipe - Betty & Johnny Platt
20. Rosalind Graff in "Butterflies Are Free
24. On Being a Girl - Thoroughly Magic Millie - poem - Millicent Ann Zeek
25. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
26. Memoriam - Dr. Zina Bennett - from Suzy Wandas Bennett
27. William Russell Walsh - obituary - by Clarke Crandall
28. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
32. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Comedy Letter - Robert Orben
      • Colour-Finger - Fred Lowe
      • Expert Card Chicanery - Alton Sharpe
      • Gold Medal Showmanship - Burling Hull
      • Lots of Lawton - Don Lawton
      • posters - Repro 71
      • Huber and Herpel [Germany] - book list
        • Markedsgogl Og Cirkusslojer - Kurt Moller-Madsen [Norwegian?]
        • Vie et Secrets de Robert-Houdin - Michael Seldow [French]
        • Zwischen Schaubuden und Karussells - Alfred Lehmann [German]
      • Walter Graham Reprint Series
        • Magic World
      • Encyclopedia of Dave Magic, Volume 2 - Ian Adair
      • Sorcar, Junior - advertising
34. Tricks Eleven - Sid Lorraine
    • No. 2 - A Blooming Sequence
36. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Jumbo Oil and Water
37. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • How Does a Deck of Cards Remind Me of Safety?
38. The Extra Touch - North Bigbee
39. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • deck switch with Devil's Handkerchief - Marvin A. Johnson
39. Flash - next month
40. The Magician's Liability - Walt Hudson
41. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
43. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Cards Again?
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Kenneth Solomon
44. 1971 Houdini Club Convention
45. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
46. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Spirit Cabinet
48. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
50. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
51. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
53. ... My Friend, Russ Walsh - obituary - by Monk Watson
54. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
58. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 8 & 9 - August & September 1971 - 72 pages
1. Cover - Sparky the Magic Clown - National Clown Week August 1-7
1. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Sparky "The Magic Clown" [William J. van Almen] - by Neil Foster
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • news clipping from the Bradentown Herald, Florida - "She's Mrs. Magic U.S.A." - re: Inez Blackstone
    • Condensed Comment About Tricks and Magazines
      • Potty Prediction - Ken Brooke
      • Zeudo Zycho - Guest Magic Service
      • The Spotlight
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • Magicana
      • The Swami Speaks
      • The Silent Messenger
      • The Barnstormer
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Magic Net
      • J S Magic Circle
      • Magirama
      • The Spellbinder
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Velki
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Penticale
      • Big Bob's News
      • Calliope
      • Mystics
      • Talisman
      • Abracadabra
      • Magical Bookie
      • Magicol
      • The New Pentagram
      • Genii
      • M-U-M
      • Necromancer
      • The Gen
      • Current Comedy
      • Pallbearers Review
      • Magigram
      • Hierophant, Nos. 5 & 6
      • Magick
    • From the Dealers
      • Nelson Enterprises Catalog No. 30
      • Norm Osborn's Lists
      • LA Wain's House of Magic List #119
    • Last Minute Entries
      • Out-of-Sight - Ned Rutledge
      • Illusionsesme - Prof. S. K. Vasanyha Kumar
13. Tricks Eleven - Sid Lorraine
    • No. 3 - Self Naming adorn
15. photo - re: Houdini Magical Hall of Fame
15. The Ben Chavez Memorial Trophy
15. Jack Gwynne Trophy
15. Glenn Karsten Takes a Bride
16. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Floating Ball
18. cartoon - Jack Holland
18. Colin Smith Wins Awards in New Zealand
19. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
22. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Quickee Professional Mini-Stage - Walter J. Musial
24. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • optical oddities
    • cherry cordial recipe - John Alden
    • The Two Digit Number
    • "Chinese" inscription to revel a card
26. Mystery of Foreign Currency - Eddie Joseph
28. Thank You - from The Walsh Family
29. News Story - Bruce Lowry
30. Tops Reaches for the Stars!! - John Sherwood
31. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Grasshopper Pie - recipe
33. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Life on the Ocean Wave - Edwin Lyell
34. Monday Moring Blues - Dennis R. Loomis
    • Flight of the Reversed Card!
    • The Twice Chosen Card!
    • All Four at Once!
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
42. Sherwood's Infallible List of Magicians You Will Meet - John Sherwood
43. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • color-changing silks routine - Reverend Mattice
    • Name-hunt puzzle - Denis MacKenzie
45. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • burnt and restored handkerchief routine
    • Cuff Servante and Exchange
46. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Revealing Two Selected Cards by the "Sense of Touch"
47. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Greg Victoroff
48. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • The Blaze of Summer
49. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
52. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Chinese Folder idea - Harry Franke
    • talking to not at - Vernon C. Stiles
54. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
56. A Volunteer from the Audience ... Please? - Walt Hudson
    • Part One
57. Memories - poem - Harry Opel
58. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • One Chance in 26,000 Prediction - Robert Nelson
59. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
61. 25 Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Soda Sorcery - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Two Tips on Tips - Karlin
    • Sorcar's Magic Circle - P. C. Sorcar
    • Strip Tease - Harry A. Kessel
    • Dime in the Walnut - Mariano Palhinha
    • Rapid Transit - Paul Stadelman
    • Spectator Finds His Card
    • Ice Cold Water
    • Removing the Cigar Band

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 10 - October 1971 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Richardi
1. André Kole Tour Schedule
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - Richiardi - Elizabeth Warlock
7. Sorcar, Jr. Accepts Congratulations
8. Abbott's 34th Annual Magic Get-Together Breaks All Records - John Braun
   9. photos - Wednesday Night
   11. photos - Thursday Night
   13. photos - Friday Night
   15. photos - Saturday Night
17. The Salvatore Sallas Honored
18. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 2, Part 8 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thurston's Wives
    • Grace Butterworth
    • Beatrice Foster
    • Second Part - Howard Thurston
    • Nina Leota Fielding
    • Pauline Marks
21. Magic Youths Int'l News Flash
22. George McAthy - September 9, 1971 - An Appreciation by Clarke C. Crandall
23. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • booklet re: the Great Klal
    • What's New
      • Enciclopedia d ll'Illusionismo [sic], Volume 5 of 12 - Prestigiazione con Ditali e Sigarette
      • Enciclopedia d ll'Illusionismo [sic], Volume 6 of 12 - Prestigiazione con Palline ed Uova
      • The Snake Can - David Ginn
      • Magic Collectors Reprint Series - The Tops, Vol. 1 No. 1
      • Paul Swinford's Lecture Notes
      • The Encyclopedia of One-Line Comedy - Robert Orben
28. Tricks Eleven - Sid Lorraine
    • No. 4 - Pay Check
30. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Coin Change
32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Triple Sandwich with Double Reverse
33. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Publications
      • Psychic
      • Occult
      • Psychic vision
    • New Book
      • The Luscher Color Test
    • Mentalism in Print
      • Argosy, June 1971
34. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Brad Lowe
35. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • three dollar bill - Lawrence Arcuri
    • fold a $10 into a $100 bill - Lawrence Arcuri
36. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
39. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • AnOpen Letter to Mr. Johnstone from Lawrence Arcuri - re: Houdini Birthplace Research Project
42. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
44. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • puff of smoke - Charlie Pfrogner
    • clock counting trick - Bob Lewis
47. Unaccommodating Rope - Eddie Joseph
50. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
52. Final Curtain
    • Fred Beckman - by Tom Auburn
    • Don Rogers (nee Ernest Schieldge) - by Robert Hurt
    • William G. Thompson - by Millie Bouton
    • Steven L. Steinger - by the Editor
54. photo - re: Philip Morris
54. An Explanation - re: missing columns

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 11 - November 1971 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Bob Fischer
6. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
7. Cover Portrait - Bob Fischer
7. Contents
8. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 3, Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
   • The Man That Mystified Herrmann
   • The Upside Down Man or The Reversed Girl
12. Indian Snake Plant - Tommy Windsor
15. Kid Show Patter for "20th Century Silks" - Bruce Lowry
16. Kid Show Patter for "Duke's Dye-Vision" - Bruce Lowry
17. The "White Hose" Trail - Eddie Joseph
22. Chicagoland Magicians Honor Dorny & Marie - Roger Lane
23. Bob Nelson Lifetime Member MDA
24. More on Harry Blackstone's "Bear Illusion" - David Price
25. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Dummy at the Wheel - Colonel Bill Boley
26. Poetess' Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Enigma
27. A Volunteer from the Audience ... Please? - Walt Hudson
    • Part Two
28. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - adaption of Bob Little's Somersault Flourish
31. cartoon - Jack Holland
32. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Canadian Card Control - Tom Batchelor
      • The Sphinx 50 Years of Magic - reissue
      • Strictly Visuals - David Ginn
      • Magic with Fantasio's Canes and Candles - David Ginn
      • Magicackle - quarterly
      • Kabbala - periodical
    • Glancing at the Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Current Comedy
      • Comedy Letter
      • Magick
      • The New Pentagram
      • Pallbearers Review
      • Magigram
      • Mystics
      • Big Bob's Little Paper
      • The Talisman
      • Necromancer
      • Genii
      • The Cauldron, No. 40
      • The Flapping Bird
      • M-U-M
      • Magic Around the World
      • Reputation Makers - Harry Lorayne
35. Tricks Eleven - Sid Lorraine
    • No. 5 - Pipsychometry
37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
39. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for Zombie - James Kendall
40. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Violent Death
41. Lew Dick Honored
42. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • tip for 52 on One
    • coloring book and vanishing crayons
44. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Odd Man Wins!
45. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Jeff Lint
46. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
46. The Great Blackstone - died November 16, 1965
47. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
48. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Quality Assurance Manager Uses Talent as Magician to Present Religious Soft Sell to Youthful Audiences - re: Ralph Mills
50. Lou Tannen's 9th Magic Jubilee Big Success - Ed Mishell

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1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 12 - December 1971 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Komar
9. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • Office Party
   • Christmas Toast
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Komar - the Hindu Fakir - by Neil Foster
12. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
    • Smoke Machine
13. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Tuner Cleaner" for Walsh canes - George C. Jones
14. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • T. T. F. N. - 1971 - poem
    • Dead Certain
16. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • number prediction on watch
17. In Memoriam - Jack Gwynne
18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. Notice - humor
21. photo - Houdini Memorial Service
22. Beyond the Horizon - Eddie Joseph
25. A Volunteer from the Audience ... Please? - Walt Hudson
    • Part 3
26. Sensational Dace of Death re-created at British I.B.M. Convention - Bayard Grimshaw
27. Final Curtain
    • Gus Southall - by Bayard Grimshaw
28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Optical Three Card Monte
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Reputation Makers - Harry Lorayne
      • The Balloon Pitch - Tommy Windsor
      • The Real Svengali Pitch - Tommy Windsor
      • Safety Chalk Talks - Tom McCormick
      • The Magic of Pavel - Pavel
      • Paddle Antics - Ian Adair
      • Boston Barnstormer
        • World's Smallest Locked Room - Clayton Rawson
      • Magie des Boules - Decamps
      • Alive, August 1971 - "The Road to Oblivion"
      • The Magical Informant - publication
      • The Magical Informant
      • The Guest Magic Chat Number 9
      • Fredlo Developments - catalog
    • club papers
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • The Magic Net
      • J S Magic Circle
      • Velki
      • Calliope
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News, July & Mini Interim, August
      • The Spellbinder
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Spotlight
      • The Spirit Trumpet Yogi-Gram
      • Christian Conjurer
      • Top Hat
      • Silent Messenger
      • Magicana
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
32. Tricks Eleven - Sid Lorraine
    • No. 6 - Stubborn Knottery
35. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Post to Postman - chalk talk cartoon
37. Reminiscing with Bob Nelson
38. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 3, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Herrmann the Great
39. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
43. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Little Miss Hipster - Miss Terry Loncaric
44. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
46. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Year - Greg Victoroff
    • Impossible Knowledge
47. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
53. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
56. 15th Annual Tokyo Magic Festival - Daryl Hurst

word count: 406615 which is equivalent to 1626 standard pages of text

Publisher: Abbott Magic