New Tops Volume 27 (1987)
by Gordon Miller

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

697 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 1 - January 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Happy New Year
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Among the New Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things
     • Riffling the Pasteboards - Ken Simmons
     • Illusion Systems Book Four - Paul Osborne
     • Spirit Theater - with phonograph record - Eugene Burger
     • Quirks and Enodations - Daniel McCarthy
     • Sleight of Lips - Harry Allen
     • Word of Mind - Terri Rogers
     • Psychomancy - David Britland
     • Floating Golden Stick - Mike Danata
     • Jeff Busby Magic - catalog
     • Slow-Motion Center Tear - Richard Osterlind
     • Adair's Devils - lecture notes - Ian Adair
     • Atkins in Australia - lecture notes - Jeff Atkins
     • Fabian's Magic Notes - Aldo Colombini
     • Mirage - Supreme
     • Dice It - Eric Lewis
12. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
14. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • lighter fluid to remove labels
18. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part One)
19. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
20. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • drinking from a glass stunt
21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Picture Magic
27. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • The Heptacards
28. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
29. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
32. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
32. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
33. The Aldini Connection
    • Double Door Sucker Die Box (A Presentation)
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • No-Sleight Wild Cards
35. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
38. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
41. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Vanish Supreme Move
    • Silver/Copper Pentro Selection
    • Four Bits
    • T.K.'s Trans-Coin

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 2 - February 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
8. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
9. Concerning Ted Annemann - An Interview with Bob Thrasher - by Oran B. Dent
13. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • zip lock bags for transporting liquids - David Nashelsky
14. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • dealers with addresses
      • David Hemingway - lists
      • Dr. David Booth - dealer in rare books
      • O'Dowd Conjuring Books - lists
      • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - catalog
      • Sun Magic - catalog
      • Thomas A. Sawyer - facsimile of Prof. Hoffmann works
      • The Collector's Workshop - lists
      • Supreme Magic Co. - lists & catalogs
      • Rabbit in the Hat Ranch Newsletter
      • Jeff Busby Magic Inc. - catalog
      • Craige McComb Snader Jr. - lists
      • Micky Hades International - Hade-E-Gram
      • Palmer Magic - lists
      • David Ginn - bulletins
      • Hank Lee's Magic Factory - bulletins
    • club papers with addresses
      • Club 71
      • Top Hat
      • Magic Collectors' Bulletin
      • Magicol
      • The Christian Conjuror
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • The Lota
      • Flash Paper
      • The Spellbinder
      • Inside Magic
    • books and things
      • The Okito System with Reinhard Muller - Videonics
      • Visual Fantasies - Ronald Dayton
      • Parallax - David Britland
      • A Gambler's Dream - Roberto Giobbi
      • Close-Up Framework - Laurence Frame
    • magazines with addresses
      • Orben's Current Comedy
      • New Lines [from Lawton]
      • New Pentagram
      • Abracadabra
      • Magigram
      • Cabot Street Theatre News
      • The Trap Door
      • Precursor
      • The New Invocation
      • Backstage
      • Magick
      • Magicana
      • Laughmakers
      • Genii
    • lecture notes
      • Strickly Entertainment - Johnny Geddes
      • Intriguing Lecture Notes - Harry Reeve
      • Foxy Foolers - Karrell Fox
    • miscellaneous
      • Comedy Purse - Supreme
25. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Two)
26. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
27. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • E.S.P. Duck or Deal
29. Heartbreak - Phil Goldstein
30. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
31. Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Went Fishing - Col. Bill Boley
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
38. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Love's Labor Lost
39. The Aldini Connection
    • Zodiac - Finale
40. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
47. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 3 - March 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Welcome Spring
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Rabbit in the Hat Ranch Newsletter
     • dictionary book test - The Amazing Randi
     • "King Arthur and His Knights" book test - The Amazing Randi
     • Magic for Everyone - Bill Severn
     • Lee Jacobs - Short Order Catalog
     • Harry Anderson poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
     • Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women - Ricky Jay
     • Roy Roth - catalog
     • Fred Braue Notebooks, Volume 5 - Jeff Busby Magic
     • Three Miracle Routines - Richard Osterlind - Jeff Busby Magic
     • Bengel's Best of Spades - Bob Bengel
     • Fechter's Close-Up Convention Lecture - Bob Bengel
     • And The Winner Is - T.A.O.M. & Dr. Ralph A. Marcom
     • Siberian chain escape - Dr. Ralph A. Marcom
     • Genie Fortune Telling Card - David Robbins
     • End for End - General Grant
     • "The Juggler of the Chateau D'Eau" - color print - Supreme
     • "L'Escamoteur" - color print - Supreme
     • Fogel's Million Dollar Pieces of Cardboard
     • Jumbo Homing Card - D. Sargeant
12. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
18. Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Keep on Coughing - Co. Bill Boley
22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Press-On-Litter Bag" - Harold F. Puff
22. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
23. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Three)
24. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
26. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
27. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
31. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Octette
32. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
34. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
35. The San Francisco Magic Symposium - Byron Walker
37. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
39. Highlights of the 56th Annual Columbus Magi-Fest - Hank Moorehouse
40. The Aldini Connection
    • The Rice Bowls - A Patter Routine - Eddie Golden
41. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Having a Ball Playing Catch-Up
42. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
45. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Odd-Even-Bet
    • Red and Black Wager
45. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
46. Talent Contest - Neil Foster
46. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Glass from Silk
    • The Half Dollar Routine

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 4 - April 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Things I Have Read Since Last Month
     • Abracadabra
     • Inside Magic
     • Backstage
     • Magicana
     • Hade-E-Memo
     • Precursor, Special Edition - Salem Gathering of Collectors
     • Precursor No. 14
     • Trapdoor, issue 15
     • Stevens Magic Emporium - catalog
     • Current Comedy
     • K.I.S.S. - lecture notes - Stan Lobenstern (also on video)
     • Electrifying Commercial Magic - lecture notes - Stan Lobenstern (also on video)
     • The Craig Karges Connection
     • The Comedy Magic Textbook - David Roper
     • Block Busters - Irv Weiner
     • Doing Coin Magic - For the Change - Jeffrey L. Campbell
     • The Whole Art of Clippo Revealed and More - Ronald J. Dayton
     • Firing Wand - Supreme
     • Bunny Clown - Ian Adair
     • Zippo Bag - Len Belcher
12. Vent Views - Bill Boley
14. The Aldini Connection
    • Aldini's Zodiac Premonition
15. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
16. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
25. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
28. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Four)
30. Forum - Bruce Posgate
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Theatre Magic's "Sparkle Additive" - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ten Card Poker Routine
33. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Still Catching Up and Comments on Real Life
35. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Truth Picks
36. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
37. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
38. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • Magic of India
41. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
41. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
41. Talent Contest - Neil Foster
42. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Elevator Aces
    • Punch Ending Supreme
    • Dove/Silk Steals
    • A Dove Opener

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 5 - May 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Re: Abbott's
5. Contents
6. Close Up Convention No. 8
   6. photos
   8. photos
   10. photos
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • David Meyer - book lists
      • American Museum of Magic - Newsletter No. 9
      • Laugh-Makers
      • Seymour Davis - used magic list
      • Funny Letters - Robert Heger
      • Short Sheets - periodical - Jeff Busby
      • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - Catalog #21
      • John A. Greget - Magic List Seven
      • Mermade Magical Arts - catalog
      • Sun Magic - catalog
      • Club 71
      • Rabbit in the Hat Ranch Newsletters
      • poster & flyer collection - Stan Jacobson
    • New Books, Tricks and Things
      • Magic Burnout Pin - Michael Lair
      • Wipe Out - Terri Rogers
      • It's So Simple - book and audio tape - Fred Kaps
      • Commercial Cold Reading - Richard Webster - audio cassette course
      • The Magic of Sam Berland - Sam Berland
      • Nihon Venture - Al Mann
      • The Incredible Feats of Jason Michaels - Al Mann
      • Selected Sealed Message Reading Tests - Dunninger Mystic Series - Al Mann
      • Twelve Have Dies - Ben Robinson & Larry White
      • Jumbo Giant - Supreme
      • I'm Broke - Ian Adair
      • Logic - Ian Adair
      • Magical Birthday Cards - Supreme
      • Cutting Competition - Supreme
      • 6 From Jack Yeager
      • Cunning Close-Up - Roger Crosthwaite
20. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Five)
21. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
22. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Still Catching Up with no Relief in Sight
23. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Teacher's Pet - Col. Bill Boley
25. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
27. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
28. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
28. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • a thin coat of rubber cement to help hold slick props
29. The Aldini Connection
    • Aldini's X-15 Cards
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
33. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
36. Talent Contest - Neil Foster
37. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
42. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • A Tenner for a Quartet
43. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Four Psychic Ladies - Don Dod
45. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
48. The Pro Shop - David Ben
    • The Boomerang Card Effect
49. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
50. Forum - Bruce Posgate
55. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 6 - June 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
   • 1987 Magic Collectors' Weekend
10. 25 Of The 50 Ways To Get To The 50th Abbott Magic Get-Together - Terry Seabrooke
11. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Vent-O-Rama 1987 - vent dialog
13. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
14. Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In The Mail
      • O'Dowd Conjuring Books - Ctalog #24
      • Robert Nelson (NC) - list
      • Orben's Current Comedy
      • Richard's Almanac - final issue
      • New Lines from Lawton, March
      • Magicol #82
      • Invocation No. 37
      • Epoptica No. 8
    • New Books and Tricks
      • The Lilliputians - Will Ayling
      • Sell Your Act with Posters - Samuel Patrick Smith
      • Stabbed ... In The Baxt - lecture notes - Robert Baxt
      • Solo - Peter Duffie
      • Clue and Other Mysteries - Jack Yates
      • Psi-Clone - Al Mann
      • The Mag-Eye Move Supreme - Al Mann & Bob Cassidy
      • The Mind Detector - Jesse Demaline
      • Healed-Up Deck - Supreme
      • Fan-Stab - Ian Adair
      • The Magic Manor - Sid Lorraine
22. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Six)
23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "The Speedy Stitcher"
26. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
29. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
32. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
34. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Second Guesser
35. Uplifting! - Phil Goldstein
37. The Other 25 Of The 50 Ways To Get To The 50th Abbott Magic Get-Together - Terry Seabrooke
38. The Aldini Connection
    • Wandering Salt - Ron Vergilio
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Pinochle Pack
39. cartoon - Ed Harris
40. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
42. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
45. Talent Contest - Neil Foster
46. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Flash Cane to Dove
    • Coloring Your Doves
    • Vanishing Knot to Dove
    • A Dove Vanish
    • Soft Soap Dove Vanisher

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 7 - July 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Re: Abbott's
5. Contents
6. The Pro Shop - David Ben
   • Card on the Ceiling
8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • In The Mail
     • Supreme Magic under new management
   • A Few Words About What I Have Been Reading in the Magazines
     • Abracadabra
     • The Christian Conjurer
     • Top Hat
     • Club 71
     • Magigram
     • New Pentagram
     • Genii
     • Magick
     • The Trap Door
     • Magacana
     • Inside Magic
     • New Lines [from Lawton]
     • Laugh-Makers
     • Current Comedy
     • Backstage
   • club papers
     • Craig Snader's magazine from Mexico
     • Clowns Canada News
     • Flash Paper
     • Washington Wizards
     • The Lota
     • The Barnstormer
     • The Spellbinder
     • hade-E-Memo
     • Cabot News
   • A Look at New Books and Magic
     • Inside Out - new magazine - Justin Higham
     • Two Books in One (40 Fun Chalk-Talk Gags & The Chalk-Talk Alphabet) - Ed Harris
     • Ed Harris - catalog
     • A Simplified Crystal Gazing Specialty - Dunninger Mystic Series - Al Mann
     • Uncle Henry's Poker Trick - Ken de Courcy
     • Super Spook - Ian Adair
     • Crackerjack - Ian Adair
     • Prediction Supreme - Supreme
     • Bound Volumes of The New Pentagram - Supreme
     • Marcom's Chain Reaction - Ralph Marcom
14. The Aldini Connection
    • Odd Man Out - Aldini Version
16. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
17. Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
25. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
26. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Gambler and His Partner
29. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
30. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Mixed Met-Afore
32. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
33. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Seven)
34. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • flash (paper) from cigarette - Ted Colteaux
35. 50 Things To Do In Colon During Abbott's 50th Magic Get-Together - Terry Seabrooke
35. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
39. Vent Views - Bill Boley
40. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
43. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Invisible Knot to Dove
    • T.K.'s Coins Thru the Table Top to Under the Table
      • First Variation
      • Second Variation
    • T.K.'s Slap Down Move
    • T.K.'s Bounce Lap Coin Move
    • T.K.'s Down Under

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 8 - August 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Arrivals on My Desk
     • Inside Magic
     • Cabot Theatre News
     • Rabbit in the Hat "Newsletter"
     • Big Sale - list from Paul Diamond's Magic
     • Micky Hades International folder/list
     • Richard Hughes - list
     • Back Stage
     • Magicana
     • Current Comedy
     • Precuirsor No. 15
     • The Mentalist - bound volume - Jack Dean's Stagecraft
     • Jack Dean's Stagecraft - lists
   • Looking Over Books and Things
     • It's Commercial - The Practical Magic of Ron Fredderick - Ron Zollweg
     • Randy Wakeman's Special Effects
     • Jack Gwynne - The Man, His Mind, and His Royal Family of Magic - David Charvet
     • A Wee Wizard's Wiles - "Little" Joe (Micro) White
     • The Uncanny Scot - Ron Wilson - Richard Kaufman
     • Super Gozinta Rods - Cecil Keech & Lewis Ganson
     • Your Card - Supreme
12. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
15. Forum - Bruce Posgate
17. All The Greats - poem - John R. Dudley
18. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
22. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
25. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
26. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Strange Stories in Magic
27. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
29. Let Me Share A Secret - Geoffrey Hansen
30. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Eight)
32. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Registered Letters
34. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
37. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ambitious Ace, Deuce, trey
38. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
40. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • idea for small pliable hands from novelty stores
41. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
43. Florida State Magicians' Convention
45. The Second European Conference on Gospel Conjuring
47. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Miracle Trip
51. cartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 9 - September 1987 - 52 pages
1. Cover - All Trick Issue
2. [four] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
1. Contents
2. Smoker [Smookeroo!] - "Little" Johnny Jones
5. Joe Scott's Queen Routine - Bob Parrish
7. Nicely Stacked! - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
8. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
9. The Secluded Prediction - Tom Hubbard
10. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
11. Call of the East - Eddie Joseph
12. A Lack of Depth - Tom Hubbard
13. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
14. The Wandering Bottle - Eddie Joseph
15. Reversals plus Simple Simon - Tony Kardyro
    15. T.K.'s Reversal Move
    16. T.K.'s Reversal of Selected Card - Method Number Two
    16. Method Number Three
    17. Reversal Number Four
    17. Another Reversal
    18. T.K.'s Reversal Variation
    18. Behind the Back Reversal
    19. Tumble Reversal
    19. A Reversing Ruse
    19. Ruse Reverse
    20. Peel Card Reverse
    20. Peel Off Reverse
    21. T.K.'s Double Action Reversed Mixed Up Cards
    22. Instant Appearance
    24. Simple Simon Supreme
    24. Prediction Supreme
    24. Location Supreme
    25. The Power of the Joker
    25. Associates
    25. I'm a Lousy Speller!
    26. Double Action Mates
    27. Face to Face Mates
    28. Cutting the Four Mates Supreme
28. The Spectator Does It All! - Ed Marlo
31. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
32. The Nutshell Game - Michael J. Ezzo
    32. Preface
    33. Suggested Equipment
    33. Psychology in a Nutshell
    34. Sleights: Removing the Pea
    35. Sleights: Replacing the Pea
    35. Sleights: Holding the Pea
    36. Sleights: Insurance
    37. Patterns: 2 Handed Method
    37. Patterns: Pattern Example
        • Pattern Example
        • Pattern 2
        • Pattern 3
        • Pattern 4
        • Pattern 5
    39. Patterns: One Handed Method
    39. Patterns: Insurance
        • Pattern 6
40. Color Touch - Tom Hubbard
42. Shiftless! - Tom Hubbard
43. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
44. Puzzler - Tom Hubbard
45. The Repeat Six Card Trick - Eddie Joseph
47. Poker Chip Monte Supreme - Tony Kardyro
    48. Second Routine
3. [four] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
4. [four] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 10 - October 1987 - 52 pages
1. Cover - cartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. 1987 Abbott's Magic Get-Together
   6. photos - Wednesday
   8. photos - Wednesday
   10. photos - Thursday
   12. photos - Thursday
   14. photos - Friday
   16. photos - Friday
   18. photos - Saturday
   20. photos - Saturday
   22. photos - Saturday Matinee
   24. photos - Close-Up Show & Lectures
   26. photos - Contest Awards
   27. photos - Senior Citizen's Show & Party
   28. photos - Award Winners
30. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Bits and Pieces
      • E. T. Prendergast, DDS - list
      • Stevens Magic Emporium - catalog
      • Super Day of Magic - program - Supreme
      • Insider Magic Report, Nos. 3 & 4
      • Chazpro Magic - flyers
      • Funhouse Magic Ship - catalog
    • Reviewing Books, Tricks and Things
      • Short Sheets, Nos. 13-14 - Jeff Busby
      • Comic Props Made Easy - Daren Dundee
      • Hung Up On Ropes - Ronald Dayton
      • Midnight Fantasy - Wally Reid
      • Doth - Phil Goldstein
      • The Close-up Magic of Ray Mertz and Friends - William Miesel, editor
      • Knowing the Ropes - Will Ayling
      • Simply Amazing - Ronald J. Dayton
      • 20th Century Beads - Tony Baronio & Steve Dusheck
      • Blendo Beads - Tony Baronio & Steve Dusheck
      • Linking Beads - Tony Baronio & Steve Dusheck
      • Color Changing Ink Rotating Pen - General Grant
      • Shorty - Ray Grismer
      • The Working Performer's Marked Deck Manual - Ted Lesley
      • Dollar Coin - audio cassette - Terri Rogers
      • Rhyme-A-Ree - Supreme
      • Sure Thing - close-up or jumbo cards - Supreme
36. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
39. Forum - Bruce Posgate
41. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
42. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Wrinkle Free" - Dan Witkowski
    • travel iron - Dan Witkowski
43. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Nine)

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 11 - November 1987 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Thanksgiving
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Looking Over the New Tricks, Books 'N Things
     • Selling Your Act - audio - Flora Company
     • Selling and Playing the Outdoor Show - audio - Flora Company
     • Magic Marketing Update #1 - audio - Flora Company
     • Magic Marketing Update #2 - audio - Flora Company
     • Kardyro's Magic Highway - Tony Kardyro
     • Chung Ling Soo - The Man Behind the Legend - Gary R. Frank
     • Knot in the Square - R.C. Buff
     • Epoptica No. 9 - Jeff Busby
     • Feather lowers - lecture notes - Richard Hughes
     • Up for Adoption - lecture notes - Jay Sankey
     • Thumb Tip Secrets, One - Gary Darwin
     • Thumb Tip Secrets, Two - Gary Darwin
     • Roachester - The Educated Roach - Paul Diamond's Magic Co.
     • R/M Flat Cup - Roy Roth & Hank Moorehouse
     • Solari's Ultimate Ring Capture - Bob Solari
     • Telekinetic Timber - second edition - Bob Koch - Golden Gate Magic
     • Coffee Time - John Kennedy
     • Crazy Pack - Supreme
     • Mirror Cards - Supreme
14. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
15. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • [Arthur] Glenn Babbs - obituary
19. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
22. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Ten)
24. Forum - Bruce Posgate
26. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Lecture Notes
26. cartoon - Ed Harris
27. A Logical Conclusion - Ed Marlo
28. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
29. Vent Views - Bill Boley
30. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Party-Time - 12 Mickey Mouse Magic Loot Bags"
31. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Bridge Deck
33. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • The 4 X 16 Square
34. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
37. The Pro Shop - David Ben
    • The Ambitious Card
38. cartoon - Ed Harris
39. The 49th Annual Houdini Club Convention - Hank Moorehouse
40. Upcount! - Phil Goldstein
41. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
41. cartoon - Ed Harris
42. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
43. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 12 - December 1987 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Christmas
5. Contents
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
8. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
10. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Adventure of the Deadly Face - from the unpublished memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Part Eleven - Conclusion)
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In the Mail
      • Robert Nelson [NC] - list
      • Ken Estes - hand carved vent figures
      • Paul Diamond - booklet
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • The Rabbit in the Hat Ranch "Newsletter"
    • Looking Over Books, Tricks and Things
      • Magic of Profits - lecture notes - with: How To Absolutely Win at Craps
      • Arabian Racing Camels - Stuart
      • The Wizard Exposed - David Meyers
      • It's Better Than Digging Roads - Ken Brooke
      • Mastered Amazement - Al Koran & Jack Lamonte - reprint
      • The Best of Spell-Binder - Collection One - Stephen Tucker
      • Short Sheet #15 - Jeff Busby
      • Abracadabra - weekly
      • Opus, September 1987 - Keable-Elliott -new magazine
      • Backstage - magazine
    • club papers
      • The Lota
      • Flash Paper
      • Silent Messenger
      • Thaumaturge
      • Fun House Gazette
      • The Barnstormer
      • Spellbinder
    • more magazines
      • Current Comedy
      • The Trap Door
    • ew tricks
      • Pin Ball - Magic Arts
      • Nose to Nose - Magic Arts
      • X-Change of Mind - Richard Osterlind
      • Magic Arts - list
      • Hank - The Pet Handkerchief - Chazpro Magic
      • Bunny Hop on Pencil Top - General Grant
      • Daryl's Rope Routine
      • Obedient Rainbow Cards - jumbo - Armandi - Supreme
18. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
21. Forum - Bruce Posgate
24. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Calling Cards Can't Be Beat!
25. Dune Buggy - clown Col. Jim Russell
27. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Take Ten
28. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • carpet sample - keep thing clean - Norn Barnhart
29. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
33. No Palm Card to Wallet - Ed Marlo
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Four Card Twist with a Kicker
36. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • The Orange Trick - History & Evolution
41. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert]
   • The Silent Bells
   • The Purple Orchid
   • Giant Dice Through Hat
   • Cherchez la Femme
   • The Bill in the Cabbage
   • The Rising Broom

Publisher: Abbott Magic