New Tops Volume 3 (1963)

January 1963 - December 1963
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

597 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 1 - January 1963 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Miss America and James Steele
2. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
3. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • Happy New Year!
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - James Steele
5. Final Curtain
   • Ben Chavez - by Neil Foster
6. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • Judah Monte
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
9. Los Embrujos de Fu-Manchu - re: Carlos Colombi & David Bamberg
10. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
11. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
12. The Collector's Page - poster - Thurston, The Phantom Piano
13. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
14. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Porta-Light
15. photo - Ren and Ginny Fetzer & Ultra Modern Suspension
15. photo - The Rene's - Chinese Chopper
16. Kerl Germain's Crystal Egyptian Clock - Stuart Cramer
19. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • On the Use of the Tantalizing Wand as an Opening Stunt - Ed Eckl
21. Final Curtain
    • John Walter Petrie
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Poker Skill
24. Ee-Jay Universal Target - Eddie Joseph
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Current Comedy, Volume 4 - Robert Orben
      • Current Comedy - Robert Orben
      • Hade-E-Gram, October
      • Bookie, November
      • Ibidem, Nos. 26-27
      • The Magical Review, September & October
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly - July, August & September
      • The Magic Locust - Eddie Joseph
      • Genii, November
      • Gospel Maginews
      • Barnstormer, November
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Hocus Pocus, November
    • Tip of the Month
      • displaying silks
29. How To ... Build a Monster - Dr. "Frankenstine" McAthy
30. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Vanishing Coin and Ring - Roger W. Klause
31. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • Random Thoughts as We Approach a New Year
32. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
32. Teen Age Promotion Department - Sandy Marshall
33. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Feeling Funny - Russell Reif
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
38. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Changing Bread Trick - Jim Miller
    • New Cigarette Effect - Gerber The Magician
    • That Perplexing Periodical - W. F. Van Zandt

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 2 - February 1963 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Jackie Gleason and Milbourne Christopher
2. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
   • Puffed Rice and Silk Transposition
   • The Bengal Net - The Rabbit Vanish - "The End"
3. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Milbourne Christopher - by Neil Foster
6. Dixie Delight - U. F. "Gen" Grant
7. Special Delivery - North Bigbee
8. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
9. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • False Cuts
     • Triple Cut to Retain Entire Pack
     • The "Slip Cut" as a Blind Cut
     • Third Method
10. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
    • S.A.M. '3 Convention in St. Louis
13. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
14. The Collector's Page - poster - Carter (Chinese Magicians)
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Pot Pourri A La Mode
16. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Will You Be My Valentine?
16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Mammoth Red Medallions - playing cards - Tommy Windsor
17. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
    • Final Curtain - Rene Harris
18. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Hello-ism - The Rene's
19. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • arm cast gag
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter for Fraidy Cat Rabbit - Morrie (Hollywood Novelty Company)
    • Repeat Dollar Bill - Ward L. Miller
24. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • George's Gems
25. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
26. Related Thoughts - Eddie Joseph
28. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Compere's Casebook - Richard Merry
      • Blue Sheet, December
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, October
      • Hade-E-Gram, December
      • Hocus Pocus, December
      • Psycho-Gizmo, Nos. 26-28
      • The New Jinx, Nos. 7-8
      • Magical Review, November
      • The New Phoenix, No. 374
      • Panorama of Magic - Milbourne Christopher
      • The Magic Cauldron, Supplement No. 5
      • Barnstormer, December
30. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
31. The Strangest Law - Stewart James
32. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Music Messterpiece - Walter Berlin
33. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • La Theatre due Grand Guidol of Paris
    • The Laboratory of Hallucinations
34. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Square Circle variation - Dr. David M. Wellard
35. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. Final Curtain
    • Jack Miller
37. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ultra Mental Spell
37. New Act - birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Trost
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
39. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Fishbowls Improved - Herman L. Weber
    • Egg Bag Routine - P. W. Miller
    • Snap Back Coin Vanish - Ed Burchell
    • Pumpkin Seed Vanish - Ed Burchell
40. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 3 - March 1963 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Jay Palmer
2. Cover Portrait - Jay Palmer & Doreen - by Werner Dornfield
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Dove Talk from LaWain's Dove Cote
   • oriental dove cage
6. Entertaining For Children - Joseph M. White
8. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • The Name Spells The Card
   • Duo-Divination
9. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
10. Block-Aid - North Bigbee
11. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Goodliffe
11. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Sample" bill gag
12. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
13. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Spirit Cabinet - Eddie Joseph
14. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
15. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
    • Meet Me in St. Louis
17. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
18. The Collector's Page - poster - Thurston
19. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
20. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Togetherness
20. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
22. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Util-O-Prop
23. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • frog in throat gag
23. Ron Bauer's Phony Cast Gag
24. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
    • Final Curtain
      • Jackson Coleman
      • George Facer
      • Archie Byford
25. Grant's Linking Finger Rings - U. F. "Gen" Grant
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Gene Kirk - lists
      • LaWain's House of Magic - lists
      • Teral Garrett - various items
      • Martin's Magic Shop - lists
    • Among the Magazines
      • Hocus Pocus, January
      • Barnstormer
      • Magic Carpet
      • American Magic Club Bul-28letin
      • Psycho-Gizmo Nos. 27
      • Genii, December
      • Magical Review, December
      • The New Phoenix, No. 375
      • The New Jinx, No. 9, January
    • Among the New Publications
      • Kid Stuff, Volume 3 - Frances Ireland Marshall
      • Ireland's Year Book 1962
      • Personalized Magic Service - Yogi Magic Mart
28. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
29. In Appreciation - re: Ben Chavez - by Marian Chavez
30. The Thought Bender - Stewart James
31. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
32. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Foster's Center Tear
    • Demon Silk Wonder Box - Norman J. Howe
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Ventriloquial Routine - The Shocking Mr. Franklin - Dick Mawby
37. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
38. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Seed
    • Trouble Wit
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Out of the Blue
40. The Magic Bangle - Eddie Joseph
41. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 4 - April 1963 - 48 pages
1. Cover - George Val George & Ted Lewis
2. Cover Portrait - George Val George
3. Contents
4. A Tribute to Carl Rosini - Robert E. Olson
   • The Vanishing Cane ala Rosini
6. Handkerchief Ball Manipulation - Part I
   • Introducing the Loop Bal
   • Moves with the Loop Ball
7. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • The Color Cards Change Places
8. Follow The Leader Supreme - Tony Kardyro
9. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
   • Herrmann Homar
10. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
14. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
15. P.C.A.M. & Magigals Convention at San Diego in July
16. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Pro-diction
17. A Triple Mental Test - U. F. "Gen" Grant
17. The Si Stebbins 'Set-Up'
18. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
19. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. The Amazing Dr. Faust
22. Chain Of Penitence - Eddie Joseph
23. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter For R. W. Hull's Nudist or Mental Photography Cards - Harry Voldini
24. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
25. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Dale Salwak
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Chinkotine - Abbott's
      • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Neil Foster
      • Miracle Production - Robert Nelson
      • Ultra Prediction - Samuel Berland
      • Berland's Tricks and Routines - Samuel Berland
      • Sponge-Ability - The Wizard's Shop
      • Super Market Magic - Tommy Windsor
      • Manual of Juggling - Max Holden
28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
30. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • That Naughty Nursery Rhyme - Dick Mawby
31. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • make-up for metal thumb-tips, etc.
32. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • routine by Ken W. Templin
32. The Last Illusion - re: Magic on television's "The Defenders"
33. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • A Broken Match
34. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Predict-O-Matic
36. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
37. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
38. Final Curtain
    • Ike Hellman (Terry Lynn)
39. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
40. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
41. Strangers from 2 Worlds - Stewart James
42. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Magnetic Cigarette - Eddie Joseph
    • Silk to Egg Routine - Joy
43. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 5 - May 1963 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Carl Rosini
2. Cover Portrait - Carl Rosini - by Robert E. Olson
   • The Thumb Tie
   • Sims
   • Ten Ichi
   • Around the World
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Gail Fyhrie a Bride
3. Contents
4. Germain's Torn and Restored Coin - Stuart Cramer
5. Butchering Magic - Dennis R. Loomis
6. Handkerchief Ball Manipulation - Part 2
   • Production of Silks
   • Loading the Handkerchief Ball
7. Texas Publisher Ends Career After 46 Years - re: Col. Jesse Lee Clyde Beaman
7. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
   • Werner Dornfield (Dorny)
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
9. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
12. The Collector's Page - photo - Arthur Buckley
13. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
14. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Meet Me in St. Louis
    • Ode to St. Louis
14. Die Box Finish for Kid Shows - Jay Palmer
14. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • removing the stamp [seal] from a deck of cards - John Cook
15. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
16. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • E-Z Do Gloves to Dove
17. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Alex Perrell in "Ripley's Believe It or Not"
18. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • A Magician in Orbit - Joseph M. White
    • Patter for the Chinese Vase and Square Circle - Brent Buell
19. Tops Tips - use a bird-shot to identify an envelope
20. A Tribute to Carl Rosini - Robert E. Olson - continued
    • Magic ... Carl Rosini
    • Rosini Ellis Ring Routine
21. Milk Silk - U. F. Grant
22. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Ken Wojtas
23. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
    • Final Curtain - Dr. Sir Alexander Cannon
24. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
    • The Cards and the Dial
    • The "Flop-Over" Card Sleight
25. The Square with 30 Sides - Stewart James
26. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • George's Gems
28. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Cut-No-Cut Scissors
      • Comedy Bullet Catching - Jack Ketch & Lu Brent
      • Kleen - Don Tanner(?)
      • Classic Silk Thru Hand - Don Tanner
      • The Mentalist - periodical
      • Effervescent Effects - Julius Hopkins
      • Emcee's Goldmine - Robert Orben
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Genii, January & February
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, November
      • The [New] Phoenix, Nos. 376-378
      • Hade-E-Gram, January, February & March
      • Bookie
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 7
      • The New Jinx, Nos. 10-11
      • Blue Sheet, March
      • Pips, issues 45-46
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • The Magic Wand
      • The Magic Carpet & The Club Library List
      • Hocus Pocus, February & March
      • Psycho-Gizmo No. 29
      • The Magical Review, January
      • Abracadabra
      • The Barnstormer
    • lists etc.
      • Yogi Magic Mart - lists
      • Joseph Garrett - lists
      • Gen Grant Catalogue
      • Micky Hades - lists
      • Edgar Heyl - lists
      • Zombie Magic Co. - lists
30. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
32. Bouncing Bunny - Eddie Joseph
33. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
33. Magic News from Hawaii
34. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
35. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Humpty Dumpty
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
37. Tops Tips
    • straight pin for pellet switches
    • knot in corner for balling silks
    • cleaning milk pitchers
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. Tops Tips
    • painting tin
    • removing rust
39. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
39. Tops Tips
    • cleaning feather flowers
    • impromptu card stand
    • billiard ball holder
40. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
41. Tops Tips
    • "slick ace"
41. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Time Will Tell
42. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Bunny Returns - Eddie Joseph
    • An Improved Feke for Glass Vanish - Val Evans
42. Tops Tips
    • packing silks to prevent creasing
    • smart props

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 6 - June 1963 - 52 pages - including a 4 page insert
1. Cover - Jack Ricketts
2. Cover Portrait - Jack Ricketts
3. Mrs. Recil Bordner Recovering from Serious Illness
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Clipped Thought - Edward Marlo
6. It's in the Mirror - U. F. "Gen" Grant
7. A Tribute to Carl Rosini - Robert E. Olson - continued
   • Rosini's Billiard Ball Move
8. Final Curtain
   • Tom Osborne
   • Will De Seive (William H. Wilson)
9. Virgil To Make Transcontinental Tour - C. A. Frank
10. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
12. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Joe Scott
13. The Growing Streamer - Eddie Joseph
14. The Collector's Page - photo - Nate Leipzig
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
16. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Anyone for Tea?
    • Ad lib - Summertime
17. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Pad-N-Case
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Foxe's Fantasy
19. Ideas From Down Under - Colin Smith
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Blue Phantom - Phil Quidant
    • The Vanish Knot - Randall Kau
    • closing routine - Dale Salwak
21. Invitation to Egyptian Hall [Nashville]
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • removing creases from silks
22. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
23. New Tops Index 1962 - Volume Two [& 1962 Trick Annual] - Allan N. Ferguson, Jr., compiler
23. Adacard Abacus - Stewart James
24. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • George's Gems
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • From Cage To Stage - Brian LeSlie
      • Ropey Dopey - Val Andrews
      • Love That Gag - Val Andrews
      • That Extra Touch - Bob McAllister
      • The New Field - Jack Ricketts
      • The Added Touch - Robert E. Olson
      • Nelson Enterprises catalogue No. 27
      • Malini Outdone - Sam Berland(?)
28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
29. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • The Pane of Education - Dick Mawby
31. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Dan Heagsteadt
31. New Tops Index 1962
32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
32. Honor John Giordmaine
33. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Grandmother's Necklace - Mrs. Robert J. Hille
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
35. Miss Brenda Bauer
36. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mystic Five
    • Next Month - Togetherness
36. Next Month - Throne For A Touchdown - Stewart James
37. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
39. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Vanishing Jazz Horn - Bert Douglas
    • Phantom Magic - Monte Harris
      • Number One
      • Number Two
      • Number Three
      • Number Four

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 7 - July 1963 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Russ Walsh
2. Cover Portrait - Russ Walsh "The Cane Maker" - by Frances Ireland Marshall
4. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
4. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • colored plastic eggs
4. Contents
5. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott (1934)
   • A Few Words from the Author
   • Finger-Tip Card Production
   • It Hasn't Started Yet
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
   • St. Louis S.A.M. Convention
11. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Econ-o-chest
12. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Foxe's Fantasy - explained
13. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Truth Detector - Corky Peek
    • The Red Leg Epidemic - Ron Conley
    • The Rice Bowls - Dale Salwak
14. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Tom Harris
15. A Tribute to Carl Rosini - Robert E. Olson - continued
    • Rosini's Sympathetic Sugar
16. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
    • The Astrological Card Trick
17. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
    • Final Curtain - Dr. H. Park Shackleton
18. Throne For A Touchdown - Stewart James
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Letter to Patricola, The Magicain from C. A. George Newmann - re: exposure
21. Balloonology - Jim Church
22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • John Mulholland's Book of Magic
      • Novel Magic With The Appearing Cane - Micky Hades
      • Comedy Mentalism, Volume 2 - Robert Nelson
      • A Trip To The Orient - Dale Salwak
    • Among The Magazine
      • Ibidem, No. 28
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, December & January
      • The Mentalist, March-April
      • The [New] Phoenix No. 379
      • The [New] Jinx, Nos. 12-13
      • Pips
      • Magic Carpet
      • Hocus Pocus
      • The Magic Wand
      • Gospel Maginews, May
      • The Magical Review - discontinued
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 8
      • Bookie, March
      • Genii, March, April & May
      • Hede-E-Gram, April & May
24. Little Red Riley
25. Florazine - Eddie Joseph
26. Cardician Makes Good - Edward Marlo
27. Surprise Tribute to Paul Morris
28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • My Impression of Tommy Atkins - Marguerite Young
29. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Another Poker Deal - Paul Stadelman
    • The Coin Square - Eddie Joseph
    • Phantom Magic - Monte Harris
30. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
31. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Carlini
32. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
33. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Togetherness
33. 2 Comedy Suggestions -, Jay Palmer
    • No. 1 - re: Phoney Arm Gag
    • No. 2 - Comedy Idea for the Ultra Modern Suspension
34. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Grandmother's Necklace
    • Rope Tie
    • Ropes, Silks and Transparent Tube
    • Ropes, Fan and Silks
35. School Assembly Programs - J. Herman O'Keeffe
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. Gone Fishin' - re: 'Gen' Grant, Dick DuBois & 'Dorny' gave up their space to Roba Collins this month
39. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 8 - August 1963 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Bob Lewis
3. Bernard E. Pooler - Dies
3. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • treating the ends of rope - Randall Kau
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - All About Bob Lewis & Ginny - by Bob Parrish
6. Tot Ziens, Dear Fried - Okito [Theo Bamberg] 1874-1963 - obituary by George Johnstone
9. The Poor Man's Monkey Bar - U. F. "Gen" Grant
10. Bang! Poof! Brainstorms - Norman Schuler
    • A Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Hair
    • Astronaut Cylinder
    • Dragon in the Basket
    • Cigarette Climax
    • A Commercial Computer
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
    • Convention Highlights
13. Yogi Bear Says ... "Thanks" - Ron Bauer
14. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
16. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
17. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Firecracker
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
19. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
19. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Prologue
    • Soliloquy of a Cockatoo
20. A Tribute to Carl Rosini - Robert E. Olson - continued
    • Rosini's Cigarette Move
21. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Michael J. Schirmer (Mikdini)
22. The Collector's Page - photo - Herman Hanson
23. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Glorpy - Madblood Creations
26. Remember and Forget - Edward Marlo
28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
30. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
30. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
31. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott (1934)
    • Double-Over Card Steal
    • Testing Strength
32. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • A Little Learning - Dick Mawby
34. Third Eye of Nimroud - Stewart James
34. Illustration to clarify July's Throne For A Touchdown
35. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
35. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Snag Werris
36. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
37. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Convincing Four-Ace Routine
38. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Rabbit From Balloons - Joy
    • Thimble Through Hank - J. B. Bobo
    • Phantom Magic - Monte Harris
      • Number One
      • Number Two
      • Number Three
      • Number Four
40. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Kellar Rope Tie
41. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
42. Tenkai Ill

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 9 - September 1963 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
3. Contents
3. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • Shiners - Scotch Brand Polyester Film Tape No. 850 Silver
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
4. Cover Portrait - Harry Blackstone Jr. - World's Second Greatest Magician - by "Monk" Watson
6. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
7. Magic as a Home Amusement - Adelaide Herrmann - compiled by John Braun
   • From Programmes of Magicians - J. F. Burrows, London, 1906
   • Deceiving the Eye
   • The Blazing Finder
   • How It Is Done
   • Lifting the Matches
9. Houdini Club Convention News
10. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Cane Vanish in Newspaper - Dale Salwak
    • Squeezeaway Block
    • Opening Remarks
11. The Spirits Tie Knots - U. F. Grant
12. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
16. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • production table gag
17. Double Acrosstrick - Stewart James
17. Magic Notes from Hawaii
18. The Incomplete Faro - Edward Marlo
20. Balloonology - Jim Church
20. Atomized Aces - North Bigbee
21. Dave Winchell's Safety Circus
22. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott (1934)
    • Mental Masterpiece
24. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • George's Gems
26. Vicious Circle - North Bigbee
27. A Tribute to Carl Rosini - Robert E. Olson - continued
    • Rosini's Coin Thru Sleeve
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Wolf and Sheep
29. The Psychic Factor - Eddie Joseph
30. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Last Card
31. The Amazing Dr. Faust Cuts Girl=City Into Sixths!
32. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Jumbo Stage Rising Cards - H. Jerome Matson
    • Phantom Magic - Monte Harris
      • Number One
      • Number Two
      • Number Three
33. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
33. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • That Strange Lure of Magic
34. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's new in books and tricks
      • Utility Tumbler - Richard Durham
      • Utility Shaker - Richard Durham
      • Utility Mug - Richard Durham
      • Silk and Liquid Combination - Richard Durham
      • The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust - David Hoy
      • Controlled Miracles - Bill Simon - reprint
      • Mammoth Medallion Svengali Deck Soutine - Tommy Windsor
      • Mammoth Medallion Miracles - Don Tanner
      • Dec-A-Pips - Stadden-Fisher Studio
      • Gag Bonanza - Robert Orben
      • Further Tips on Zombie - Joe Karson, et. al.
      • Fakir Fakery - Bob Scoville
      • Mongolian Clock - Slydini
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Double Trouble - Ralph Hadley
    • School Routine - Gregory Berlin
    • More Troubles - John R. Cooper
38. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
39. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
40. I. G. P. Convention Report - Benjamin J. Kleinman
40. Review of the Shoes - Cliff Lesta
    • Okito Show - July 22nd
    • Houdini Show - July 23rd
    • Ben Chavez Show - July 24th
    • Harry Blackstone Show - July 25th
    • Friday Night Banquet - July 26th
41. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Senator Crandall
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
43. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Walsh Rab-Bit
44. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Ted Ellis
45. What's New in [Abbott's] Magic - Sid Lorraine
    • Giant Squaring the Circle
    • Silks Between
    • Flash Confetti Glass
    • Silken Surprise
    • Kangaroo Silk
    • The Airborne Glass

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 10 - October 1963 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ivan Franzen
4. Cover Portrait - Ivan Franzen and the Frantic Franzen's Magic Mystery - by John Ginn
5. Contents
6. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
6. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
7. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
   • Arthur H. Anderson
8. A Mental Presentation Idea for Squaring the Circle - Dr. Faust
8. Lafayette Magic Day Huge Success
8. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
   • Zing Go The Strings
   • Nostalgia
   • Dumbell Poem
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • reviews
     • Zombie Silk - Abbott's
   • Looking Over the Magazines
     • Abracadabra
     • Hade-E-Gram, June & July
     • Genii, July
     • The Phoenix Nos. 380-381
     • The New Jinx, June, No. 14
     • The Mentalist, No. 8
     • The Blue Sheet, No. 4
     • Blue Sheet Annual
     • Hugard's Magic Monthly, February
     • Pips, Nos. 49-50
     • Hocus Pocus, Nos. 10-11
     • Vent-O-Gram No. 8
     • Magic Carpet
     • Top Hat, first issue
     • The Magic Wand, May-June
     • The Christian Conjuror
     • Houdini-Gram
     • The Barnstormer
   • lists
     • Salwak's Magic Shop
     • Ellis Magic Shop
     • Teral Garrett - Perpetual Lists
     • Ireland's Trick Talk
     • The Trixigram - Supreme
     • Lind Magic Shop
     • Tannergram
     • La Wain
     • Wizard's Work Shop
     • Top Hat Topics
     • Nelson's Magic Shop
     • Anthony A. Vander Linden
     • Abbott's
   • Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
     • making a plastic bottomless tumbler
11. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. Jack Gwynne's Magic Carpet - Eddie Joseph
    • Gwynne Offers 15,000 Rupees
    • The White Snake Charmer Holds Up Traffic
    • Jack Gwynne Turns Down Record Offer
14. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
16. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Cutting to the Aces
17. Oracle Slate - North Biugbee
18. A Table Pass - Edward Marlo
20. The Collector's Page - photo - Dante
21. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
22. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
    • Final Curtain - Frau Elvira Schroder
23. cartoon - Remember The Fun 20 Years Ago In 1943? - Mel
24. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott
    • The Haunted House
26. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
27. Balloonology - Jim Church
28. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
30. The Image Maker - Stewart James
31. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
32. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Torn and Restored Dollar Bill - B. Zola, D.D.S.
    • A Key Card - Eddie Joseph
    • The Thumb Tip - Eddie Joseph
33. Magic as a Home Amusement - Adelaide Herrmann - compiled by John Braun - continued
    • The Hypnotized Cane
    • A Trick With Cards
    • The Disappearing Coin
    • A Clever Deception
    • The Dancing Brownie
    • The Haunted Brownie
34. Birthday Greetings to Silent Mora
34. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes to ...
35. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The Rabbitnautes
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • The Bear Hunt - Ralph Hadley
37. In Memory ... Vivian Cosby - by Gerrie Larsen Baker
38. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - David DeVal
39. A Tribute to Al Baker - Sandy Marshall & Jay Marshall, Jr.
40. Reflected Image - Eddie Joseph
41. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Great Houdini Trunk Escape
    • The Radio Girls
42. Three on a Match - re: Ken Griffin & Roberta, George Rowe, and Dave Castle & Friends
43. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Card Changing Servante
    • Folding Chair Servante
45. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 11 - November 1963 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Dicky Dean
2. Cover Portrait - Dicky Dean - by J. Everette Miles
3. Warning! Do Not Be Misled!
3. Contents
4. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
   • Southport Convention
5. Final Curtain
   • Wilford Hutchinson - by Neil Foster
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
   • on exposures
   • George's Gems
   • Houdini Club's 25th Jubilee
7. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
8. Dove Talk - Jack La Wain
   • Production of 4 Cages & Doves
10. The Collector's Page - photo - Roland Travers
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
12. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
14. Guillotine On Wheels - Bob Lynn, Editor of the "Blue Sheet"
15. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Chen Kai
16. Abbott's Seeing Thru a Girl Illusion
17. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Ventriloquial Routine (Christmas Holidays) - Christmas Cheer - Dick Mawby
18. Chen Kai Receives Top T.A.O.M. Award
19. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Coca Go-La
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Blankety-Blank Routine
20. Balloonology - Jim Church
    • The Rocking Horse
21. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Danny Tong Lectures in New York - J. Marberger Stuart
24. The Homing Card - Edward Marlo
26. Jack's Back - Light Headed All Over - re: Jack Hurlbut
26. Mark Wilson Vanishes Panic at Illinois State Fair - J. Marberger Stuart
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New in Tricks and Books?
      • Blankety-Blank-Blank - Holden's
      • Roped Chips Mystery - Holden's
      • Magical Tips and Ideas - Wayne Wissner
      • Golf Gags - Bob Lynn
      • If You Have TO BE A Comic - Robert Orben
      • Bodies In Orbit - U. F. Grant
      • Eenie-Meenie-Weenie - Dick Stoner
      • Anverdi's Tre's Glasses - The Elder's
      • Anverdi's Wonder Ring Glass - The Elder's
    • Magical Publications Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly
      • Abracadabra
      • The Blue Sheet
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Gen
      • Genii
      • Gospel Magic News
      • Hade-E-Gram
      • Hocus Pocus
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly
      • Hocus Pocus
      • Ibidem
      • The Linking Ring
      • Magicol
      • The Magic Carpet
      • The Magic Cauldron
      • The Magic Wand
      • The Magical Bookie
      • M-U-M
      • New Pips
      • The New Jinx
      • The New Phoenix
      • The New Tops
      • Pips
      • Psycho Gizmo
      • Vent-O-Gram
30. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • trick with a ball, a silk and a transparent cup
31. In The Bag - Eddie Joseph
32. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott
    • Hank Box
    • Thirty Cards
    • Egg Bag Move
34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
35. Roulet-Telekinesis - North Bigbee
36. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
36. Private Michael G. Miller
37. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • patter for The Fraidy-Cat Rabbit - Vernon Stiles
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • putting two-sided clippings in a scrapbook
38. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Thanksgiving Tune
    • Sudden Thought
    • Exercises
39. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Professor Cheer's endless rope trick idea
40. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
41. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Review of Rock Show - H. Adrian Smith
42. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Bob Hurt

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1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 12 - December 1963 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ricki Dunn
2. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Ricki Dunn - America's No. 1 Pickpocket - by Clarke Crandall
6. The Collector's Page - photo - Matt Schulien
7. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Dr. Faust - All-American - re: David Hoy
10. Congratulations To Irene E. Daniel and William W. Larsen on their marriage
10. Magic News from Hawaii
10. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • making a durable paint - Bob Logan
11. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Cravat Capers
12. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter for Hen Fetsch's Divi-Deck - David Kaput
    • Rhymed Patter for The King Can Do No Wrong
13. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Michael J. Schirmer (Mikdini)
14. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
15. Ideas from Down Under - Collin Smith
    • Three of a Kind
    • A Startling Presentation
    • A Pack "Switch"
    • The Rainmaker
16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Quote - from the All India Magic Circle
    • George's Gems
18. Tribute to Houdini
19. The Silk Serpent - Eddie Joseph
20. Gad-About Aces - Edward Marlo
23. Balloonology - Jim Church
    • Turtle - Bob Boal
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Among the Lists
      • Teral Garrett
      • Salwak's Magic Shop
      • The Supreme Magic Co.
      • Anthony Vander Linden
      • La Wain's House of Magic
      • Robert Nelson
      • Edgar Heyl, No. 68
    • Club Papers and Magazine
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Barnstormer
      • Magic Carpet, August & September
      • Pips
      • Gospel Maginews
      • Hocus Pocus
      • The Bookie
      • Collector's Bulletin
      • The Vent-O-Gram
      • Ibidem, No. 29
      • Genii, July & August
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, March, April & May
      • Blue Sheet, September
      • The Magic Cauldron, No. 9
      • Psycho-Gizmo, Nos. 30-32
      • Abracadabra (No. 923)
      • Hade-E-Gram, August & September
      • The New Phoenix, No. 382
      • The New Jinx, July, August & September
    • New Tricks and Books
      • Dai's Mental Die - The Elders
      • Okito Coin Box Routines - Mohammed Bey
      • Conjuring Books 1580-1850 - Edgar Heyl
      • custom advertising copy - Tommy Windsor
26. Smith - The Egyptian Caterpillar - Carlos H. Colombi
27. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Balls, Box and Rabbit from "Magic by Ho-Yam"
28. Mississippi Challenge - Stewart James
29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
30. F for Found - Stewart James
31. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Anti-Magnetic Colors
31. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
32. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • To Your Health - Dick Mawby
33. Final Curtain
    • Soren S. Adams - President of the S. S. Adams Company
    • Mrs. Edward Reno
    • Mr. and Mrs. Chester Roth
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott
    • Closed Fist Ball Move
    • 4 Thimble Vanish and Change Over Palm
    • Passing Thimbles
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Prestidigitator - No Name for a Woman - Helen Van Hoy Smith
38. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
39. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Novel "Pocket" 20th Century Effect - Adaption for the Holidays - Duke Stern
    • Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • Bag-Snap - Steve Davenport
    • Forget-Me-Knots
41. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
42. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Christmas Wishes
    • Merry Christmas
42. Warning! Do Not Be Misled!
42. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • William Russell Walsh
43. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins

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Publisher: Abbott Magic