New Tops Volume 28 (1988)
by Gordon Miller

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

672 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 1 - January 1988 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Philip Morris
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Epoptica, October
     • Spirited Pasteboards - Leo Boudreau
     • Almost Unpublished - David Ginn
     • John Calvert and Adventures Around the World - William V. Rauscher
     • Inspirations - Jerry Sadowitz & Peter Duffie
     • Bookishly Yours - J.B. Findlay
     • How Much Are You Worth - Ron London
     • Ponsin on Conjuring - S.H. Sharpe - reprint
     • lecture notes - Abel Pabon
     • Riffling the Pasteboards - Again! - Ken Simmons
     • Card Spinning - Tom Osborne
     • The Dayton Razor Blade Miracle - Ronald J. Dayton
     • Ambitious Card Omnibus - Daryl
     • The Nixon Manuscript
     • Precursor, June & September
     • Chef's Hat Egg Bag - Ian Adair
     • International Magic Studio - catalog
11. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
14. Forum - Bruce Posgate
16. cartoon - The Traveling Salesman - Ed Harris
17. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
20. Cover Story - re: Philip Morris
22. Vent Views - Bill Boley
24. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
27. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
28. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Magical Memories - A Tribute to Tommy Windsor
29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
30. cartoon - The Traveling Salesman - Ed Harris - continued
31. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • Reader's Digest book test
32. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Changing of the Guard
34. Tip of the Month
    • "Fray-Check" - Chuck Melusky
34. cartoon - Ed Harris
34. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
35. On Writing Magic - Stephen Minch
    • The Singular Magi
    • The Mystery of the Progressive Apostrophe
    • Face Up - Face Down
    • The Rise and Fall of the Capital
    • A Moving Passage
    • The Temptation of the Wrong Word
    • Redundant Physiology
    • The Problem of Ambiguity
39. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
40. The Pro Shop - David Ben
    • Count Down to Coincidence
42. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Four Red-Backed aces

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 2 - February 1988 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Brett Daniels
5. Contents
6. Progressive Elevator - Phil Goldstein
8. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
   • The Secret Grove
     • magic doubloon effect
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • In the Mail
     • Supreme Super Day - program
     • Magic in Michigan - Folder
   • Glancing at Magazines, Books and Magical Equipment
     • Genii
     • Laughmakers
     • Magic Info
     • Club '71, Autumn '87
     • The Christian Conjurer
     • Magacana
     • Invocation, issues 38-42
     • Inside Magic
     • New Lines from Lawton
     • Short Sheet - renamed The Thaumaturgist
     • New Ideas for Old Magic - Seymour Davis
     • Magic by Misdirection - Dariel Fitzkee - re-issued
     • The Performance of Close-Up Magic - Eugene Burger
     • The Amazing E.S.P. Test - David Robbins
     • Bad Credit - Bob Solari
     • Stainless Steel Apex Blindfold - Richard Osterlind
     • Dan and His Magic Van - SUpreme
     • This Bud's For Me - Steve Dusheck
     • The Dusheck Multiplying Balls
15. Hot Shot Dots - Ken Simmons
17. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • What Do You Call Magic?
18. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Just Nonsense - Col. Bill Boley
19. Forum - Bruce Posgate
22. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
25. Tip of the Month
    • plastic open work (for protecting fruit) to protect glass
25. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
26. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
28. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
32. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Turn-Coat
33. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
36. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Premonition
37. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
40. cartoon - Ed Harris
41. Cover Story - re: Brett Daniels
41. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
43. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 3 - March 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - David Ginn
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • New to Me
     • The Magic Exchange Magazine
     • Select Magic - catalog
     • Coffee-Break Chronicle - magazine
     • Dean's Stagecraft - lists
     • Stevens Magic Emporium - catalog
     • Rabbit in the Hat Ranch Newsletter
     • The Magic Handbook - Peter Eldin
     • International Magic Studio - catalog
     • Current Comedy
     • The Trap Door
   • Now, Let Us Glance at Books and Tricks and Tapes and Things
     • Flora & Company - marketing tapes
     • Kid Show Tutorial - Flora tape
     • Carney Close-Up - John Carney
     • Uncovered Carney - John Carney
     • Conjuring Con Carney - John Carney
     • How to Become a Supreme Magician - Supreme
     • A1 Magic - IA [Ian Adair]
     • Magic with Soap Bubbles - Ormond McGill
     • The Whole Card - Daryl
     • Do-Chex - Steve Dusheck
     • Reincarnation - Steve Dusheck
     • Wunderbar - Steve Dusheck
     • Kling-On - Steve Dusheck
11. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
12. Progressive Elevator - 2 - Phil Goldstein
14. Tip of the Month
    • "Artist's Spray Matte Fixative" & Denison's "Tack-A-Nate" for roughing cards - Tony Andruzzi
14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
15. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
17. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
18. The 57th Annual Magi-Fest - Hank Moorehouse
19. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
21. Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • publicity item from Capt. Bill James
23. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
24. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • The 50% Solution
1. A New Tops Reader's Bonus Insert
   • A Printer's Delight - Ken Simmons
25. Dale Neighbor's Handling for "A Printer's Delight"
26. Vent Views - Bill Boley
27. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
28. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
33. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Where's the Mystery?
34. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • magic doubloon effect - continued
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • I'll Guess Your Weight
    • Blanko Poker
37. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
39. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
40. Final Curtain
    • Ken Griffin
41. Talent Contest - Neil Foster
42. Cover Story - re: David Ginn
42. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • The Vanishing Rabbit
    • When It Rains - It Pours!
    • Wetterette Variation

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 4 - April 1988 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Neil Foster
3. Talent Contest - Chris Jakway
5. Contents
6. Close Up Convention No. 9
15. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In the Mail
      • Ollapodrida #15
      • Rabbit in the Hat Ranch Newsletter
      • Magical Childs - Catalog of occult items
      • Walter Blaney - advertising his levitation
      • Dennis and Annette Loomis - list
      • Correction Supplement - Albo
      • Flora & Co. - advertising audio tapes
      • Jeff Busby Magic - ad sheets
      • Samuel Patrick Smith - flyer
      • Golden Gate Magic, Paul Diamond Magic, Ken Baker's Magicland, Hank Lee's Magic Factory, Brad Hyman's Land of Magic, Kovari Magic - advertising
      • Venture Magic - catalog
      • David Meyer Books - catalog
      • Michael O'Dowd - catalogs
      • Sun Magic - catalog
      • Supreme Magic - catalog
      • The Magic Castle Walls of Fame - Nielson Magic
    • Glancing Over the Magazines
      • Top Hat
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Club 71, with lampoon supplement
      • Magigram
      • Abracadabra
      • Trapdoor
      • Now and Then
      • Genii
      • The New Pentagram
      • Clowns Canada
      • Precursor
      • Inside Magic
      • Magick
      • Current Comedy
      • Magicana
      • Coffee Break Chronicle
      • New Lines from Lawton - ceased publication
    • Looking at Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Encyclopedia of Dove Magic - Volume 5 - Ian Adair
      • Tsunami - Robert Farmer
      • Acrobatic Matches - John Kennedy
      • Signature Ring-Dex - Aldini
      • Steve Dusheck Live - video tape
      • King-On - Steve Dusheck
      • Rabbit Roulette - Steve Dusheck
      • Waltzing Matilda - Steve Dusheck
      • Gremlin - Steve Dusheck
      • R.C. Buff book - Joseph K. Schmidt
22. Dave Neighbors' Addition to "A Printer's Delight"
23. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
1. Centerfold - Memorial to Neil Foster [with photo notes on pages 26 & 27]
27. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
    • The Francis Marshall Column by Me
30. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
32. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
34. Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
37. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
38. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Two-Time Topper
39. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Sad News [re: Neil Foster]
40. Lie Detector Speller - Cushing Strout
    • Three Ways
42. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Omega Bet - Updated
43. Tip of the Month
    • letting a child hold a puppet - Joe Scott
43. cartoon - Ed Harris
44. Lyonspeller - Phil Goldstein
45. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Coins Supreme
    • A Change of Pace
    • Invisible Coin Transfer
    • T.K.'s Stand Up Quarter & Half Penetration
47. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 5 - May 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Terry Herbert
3. Talent Contest - Chris Jakway
5. Contents
6. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
7. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Big 'G' Cereals Magic Show
      • Epoptica, Issue 11
      • Inside Magic - with Passport enclosure
      • The Gene Nielsen Tapes - 4 audio tapes - Flora & Co.
      • The Practical Mental Miracles of Dave Harper - audio tape - Flora & Co.
      • Insight - Bob Solari
      • E.S. Perfection - Dan Stapleton
      • Pentro-Combo - Dan Stapleton
      • Ken Baker's Magicland - list of discount prices
      • How to Get More Dollars for Your Magic Shows - Burling Hull
      • Golden Galaxy of Mentalism - Jack Bridwell
      • Poly-Gripped - Steve Dusheck
      • The Memo Graph - Al Mann
      • Mago Frank's Coloring Book
      • Taylor Made Magic - Harold Taylor
      • Mixed Grill - Rex Taylor
      • Kardwell Associates - catalog
      • Sorcerer No. 1 - Martin Breese
      • Destiny and Beyond - Wilbur Kattner
      • Le Grand David - new poster
      • Cabot Street Cinema Theatre News
      • The Key to My Chest - Sam Dalal
16. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Being Excellent, Being Unique
18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
20. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
22. Tip of the Month
    • "Tricky Cornet Surprise" ice cream shooter
23. Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Triple Intent
28. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • re: Neil Foster
30. Pre-War Stuff - Spud Kump
30. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
31. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Memories Continued
33. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
34. New Ideas - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
    • The Hanky in the Middle - Wasn't It?
    • Fooling the Bird ... And You, Too!
36. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Spectator's Card Trick
37. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
38. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
42. Cover Story - re: Terry Herbert
42. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
42. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Are You:

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 6 - June 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
2. Talent Contest - Chris Jakway
5. Contents
6. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
8. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
   • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
10. Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • macrame rope & Velcro for Cords of Phantasia, etc. - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
13. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • working bed-and-breakfast guest houses
14. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • High! Low! Silver!
15. cartoon - Ed Harris
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Showmanship for Magicians - Dariel Fitzkee - reprint
      • Showmanship & Presentation - Edward Maurice
      • The Interlock with Cards and Coins - Earl Ray Wilcox
      • The Source - Rev. Lawrence Burden
      • Professor Gootch's Comedy Jumping Hank - Thomas Jorgenson
      • Warren's Wonders, Volume 1 & 2 - Warren Stephens - Videonics
      • Magic Marketing Update #3 - audio cassette - Flora & Co.
      • Kid Show Tutorial - audio cassette - Flora & Co.
      • Poly-Gripped - Steve Dusheck
      • Black Plot - Pavel
      • The Pipe Cleaners Thumb Tie - Supreme
      • Deluxe Velvet Change Bag - Supreme
      • coin in nest of brass boxes - Al Cohen
      • Jimmy Rogers' I'll Do It Again - paddle trick - Al Cohen
      • Thimble Rigging - Al Cohen
      • Blade Runner - Al Cohen
      • cotton reel on a stick - Paul Diamond
      • card found printed on shirt sleeve - Paul Diamond
      • lecture notes - Paul Diamond
21. Royal reversal - Phil Goldstein
23. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
24. cartoon strip - Ed Harris
29. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
36. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
38. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
40. Cover Story - re: Harry Blackstone, Jr.
41. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
44. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
46. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A Broader Definition of Public Relations
47. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
47. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Card in Pocket Coincidence

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 7 - July 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Ricki Dunn
5. Contents
6. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
7. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Magic with an Upward Look - Jim Dracup
      • Magic That Gives an Upward Lift - with The Seed Basket and a Bit of Humor - [Rev. Jim Dracup]
      • Darein Ortiz at the Card Table - Richard Kaufman
      • Houdini Metamorphosis - poster reprint - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • The World's Smallest Magic Apparatus - Craige McComb Snader, Jr.
      • Pre-Epoptica Writings - Craige McComb Snader, Jr.
      • Elwood Rabit [sic] book - Van Cleve
      • Weird Magic Book No. 2 - Van Cleve
      • Encyclopedia of Magic - T.A. Waters
      • Television for the Mentalist - Scott Davis
      • Current Comedy
      • Brian Dube, Inc. - juggling catalog
      • Laughmakers
      • The Big Bubble Balloon Act - Fabian (Aldo Colombini)
      • Marked Cards - Nick Trost
      • The Unknown Card - Nick Trost
      • Jack O'Cards - Jack Dean
      • Stan Lobenstern - video tapes of his lectures
      • Giant Color Changing Knife - Steve Dusheck
      • Martin Breese - advertising folder
      • Select Magic - Select-O-Gram - list
      • Fun House Magic - news sheet
      • David Ginn - lists
15. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
18. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • A Hot Number in a Cold Parlor
20. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
23. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
28. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Big Game Hunter - Col. Bill Boley
30. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
31. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • variant of Hoy's Tossed-Out Deck
33. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Stars Are in Your Favor!
34. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
35. Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • microwave a glass of water with plastic wrap to make it appear empty - Tom Jorgenson
39. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
42. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Paul Daniels
44. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
45. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ambitious Ace - Deuce - Trey
46. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Supreme Copper and Silver
47. Cover Story - re: Ricki Dunn
47. cartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 8 - August 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Bob Jepson
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • In the MAil
     • close-up book by Steve Draun announced
   • magazines
     • Coffee Break Chronicle
     • Abracadabra
     • Top Hat
     • Magicol
     • The Christian Conjurer
     • New Pentagram
     • Magacana
     • Club 71
     • Magigram
     • Genii
     • The Trap Door
     • Invocation
     • Magic Info
     • Backstage
   • Club Papers and Magazines
     • Washington Wizards
     • The Fun House GagZette
     • The Boston Barnstormer
     • The Silent Messenger
     • The Spellbinder
     • Now and Then
     • The Lota
     • Magick
     • The Thaumaturgist #3
     • Inside Magic
     • Current Comedy
   • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
     • Kid Show Showmanship - Bruce Posgate - reprinted
     • Sparky's One Balloon Menagerie - reprinted
     • Double Coin Gimmick - Ken Simmons
     • Trick-Tion-Ary - cartoons - Jeffrey L. Campbell
     • New Magic of Japan - Hiroyuki Sakai, compiler with Phil Goldstein & Richard Kaufman
     • Fred Kaps - Freddie Jelsma & Stephen Minch
     • The Magic Cartoons of Albrecht
     • The Balloon Video - Brian Flora
     • Junior Walking Knot - including Krazy Knot - Pavel
     • Bunny Tip-Top - Supreme
     • Hop-To-It - General Grant
     • The X-Otic Pack - Joe White
     • catalogs from - Dan Garrett Magic, Sun Magic, John A. Greget & Mario Carrandi, Jr.
11. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
12. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
13. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
14. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
17. cartoon - Ed Harris
18. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
22. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Lucky Speller
23. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
24. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Crazy atalog
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Push Pop Candy" made into a silk dye tube - Peter Tappan
25. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Under the Table - Trost Version
27. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Lance Burton
28. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
30. Vent Views - Bill Boley
31. Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
34. Kardyro's Dove Bag ... And a Secret - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
35. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Mysterious Mr. Hansen
36. cartoon - Ed Harris
37. My Friend, John Braun - Howard F. Puff
38. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
41. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • The Back Stage Vanish and Faye
    • Penny Paddle #1
    • Penny Paddle #2
47. Cover Story - re: Bob Jepson

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 9 - September 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - All Illusion Issue
1. Contents
2. Abbott's Guillotine
12. Abbott's Barrel Escape
15. Miniature Doll House - Don Rose
17. Abbott's Packing Box Escape
    • Underwater Method
21. Abbott's Modern Sword Cabinet
25. Abbott's Amazing Shrunken Living Head Illusion
    • The "Spiel"
    • The Inside "Lecture"
32. Abbott's Mummy Cloth of the Nile
35. Abbott's Mignon Illusion
41. Abbott's Enchanted Tent
45. Abbott's Fireplace Illusion
48. Abbott's Through and Through
51. Walking Through a Steel Plate
4. [three] cartoon strips - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 10 - October 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Jewel Aich
5. Contents
6. 1988 Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Frances Marshall
24. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • flash paper tip - Ted Colteaux
24. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • David Ginn - flyers
      • The Cabot Street Cinema Theatre News
      • Joe Stevens - catalogs
      • Balloon Business - Ian Adair
      • Rig Up the Ropes - R. W. Klamm
      • Magicana Magic
      • Manual of Restaurant Magic - Kirk Charles
      • Ruminations - final issue - Steve Schneiderman
      • Gambling Exposure, The Real Work - Paul Diamond
      • Knockout Coin Magic - 4 video tapes - Michael Rubinstein
      • The Funhouse Magic Shop - VHS catalog
      • pads for magicians or clowns to keep a record off their dates - Harry Demareck
      • The Wandering Business Card - Bob Solari
      • Matched - Bob Solari
      • Incredible - Bob Solari
      • Dizzy Dominoes - Rabbit In The Hat Ranch
      • Find the Queens - Rabbit In The Hat Ranch
      • Time Mind - Rabbit In The Hat Ranch
      • Zodiac Tel-A-Sign - Aldini
      • The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic - two volumes - Dr. Barton Whaley
      • Moon Rock - Sid Lorraine - new larger size
30. Cover Story - re: Jewel Aich - by Sid Lorraine
31. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
33. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
34. Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. newspaper clipping - re: New York State Conclave of Magicians
36. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
39. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Vent-O-Rama 1988
    • North to Alaska - Col. Bill Boley
41. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • videocassette camera uses
        • Rehearsals
        • Promotion
        • Relaxation
        • Sharing
        • The Subliminal Thought
        • Predictions
        • Videophone
43. Wacky Words with Answers - and the correct answers to the August issue - Ed Harris
43. 50th Houdini Club Convention - Hank Moorehouse
44. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Moi-Yo Miller - "Sim Sala Bim"
47. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Transposed Aces with Repeat

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 11 - November 1988 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Señor Rai
5. Contents
6. Forum - Bruce Posgate
   • November (Hood)
8. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
9. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The New Pentagram, February 1989 - to be last issue
    • What Is New?
      • John A. Greget - List #9
      • George Daily's Magic Collectors' Bulletin - catalog
      • Sun Magic - catalog
      • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - Catalog #23
      • Venture III - catalog
      • The Art of Clown Make-Up - videotape - Freckles Clown Supplies
      • Instant Cash - Bill Whittington
      • The Thaumaturgist, Nos. 5 & 6
      • Dream of the Hermit - Nick Trost
      • The Bermuda Triangle - Joe "Mirco" White
      • The Contract Book - Jim Kleefeld
      • Ultimate Mental Image - Bob Solari
      • Automation - Bob Solari
      • Ultra Sensory Perception - Bob Solari
      • Marketing for Mentalists and Psychis - audio tape - Flora & Co.
      • Questions & Answers - 2 audio tapes - Flora & Co.
      • Bourbon Street Con - Stan Lobenstern
      • Magic ala Carte - videotape - Aldini
      • stock posters - Lee Jacobs
      • Miracle Methods #3 - Hugard & Braue - reprint
      • Impossible Prediction - Dave Robbins
      • Close-Up Connivery #2 - Dan Garrett
      • Magic Package Envelope - Harry Franke
      • Bibbety Boppity Boo - Supreme
17. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
18. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • Forsee!
19. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
19. Collinsegue - Phil Goldstein
21. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
24. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
      • 17th Century Magic and Skepticism - Part 1
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • ice cream shooter toy to be a breakaway microphone [see May issue]
25. cartoon - Ed Harris
26. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
28. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
29. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
30. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Bye, Bye Ace Assembly - Warner Perry
33. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
34. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Harry Anderson
35. Cover Story - re: Señor Rai
36. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Progressive Paddle
    • The Supreme Prediction
    • Mind Reading Comedy Routine Supreme
    • Undercover Mindreading Supreme
47. [two] cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 12 - December 1988 - 59 pages
1. Cover - Christmas
5. Contents
6. Back Talk!
   • Magical Clowns - Bruce "Charlie" Johnson
12. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • North to Alaska - Col. Bill Boley - Second Half
14. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Coffee-Mate" in place of OOM - Brian Figures
14. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
15. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
19. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
22. cartoon - Why Magicians Get Gray - Ed Harris
23. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
25. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Dramatic Magic - John Booth
      • The Richard Webster Video "Techniques for Psychics" - Flora & Co.
      • The Animator - John Kennedy
      • Three Great Tricks Using The Animator - John Kennedy
      • T.V. Magic Super Bowl XXIII Sorcery Spectacular - on TV
      • Money in Kid Shows - Bill Cohen
      • Booking the Trade Shows - Martini
      • Getting the Shows - Martini
      • By a Fine Line - Martini
      • Candles - Michael P. Lair
      • Off the Wall - lecture notes - Meir Yedid
      • WOW - Walk On Water Book Test - Meir Yedid
      • Mortimer's Holiday Greeting Cards - American Magic Company
      • magical cartoon character calendar - American Magic Company
      • Scarf Rope - American Magic Company
      • Pranky Plaques - Roy Baker
      • Clearview Thumb Tie - Supreme
      • Productivity - Ian Adair
      • Entertaining with Balloons - Norm Barnhart
      • New Stuff - lecture notes - Karrell Fox
31. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
33. Forum - Bruce Posgate
35. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • 17th Century Magic and Skepticism - Part 2
36. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
37. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
    • No. Fourteen
38. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
39. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • The Cas Boxley Story
41. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
42. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Serving the Lord - Two Who Serve with Magic
43. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mechanical Fifteen Card Trick
44. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
47. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Follow the Red
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