New Tops Volume 6 (1966)
by Neil Foster

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

631 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1966 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Toreno & Guro
4. Cover Portrait - Toreno & Guro - by Finn Huger
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. The Collector's Page - poster - Kar-Mi - Selma
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dear Professor - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
12. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happiness ... Is Being With Friends
    • Viva Salla
    • He's Sharpe Too
13. With My Abbott Improved Crystal Cabinet - Carlos H. Colombi
14. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • The Season's Greetings
14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • I'll Guess Your Weight
15. Snip-It - Don Medley
16. New Palm Position - Edward Marlo
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • dressing table three-fold mirror
17. A Star Is Born - Sandy Abbott Marshall, Jr. to Sandy and Jean Marshall, Sr.
17. In Next Month's Tops
18. Eventual Aces - Stewart James
19. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Ju Ju Stick - Unique Magic Studio
      • Ladybird - Unique Magic Studio
      • Supreme Magic
        • Jumbo Wild Card
        • Tube It
        • Werry's Perfected Coin Catching
        • Tulips From Amsterdam
        • Some Bird - Ian Adair
      • My Favorite Card Tricks - Harry Lorayne
      • Current Comedy, Volume 7 - Robert Orben
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • The Gen
      • Top Hat
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • The Magic Carpet
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette
      • Magic World News
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby, No. 2
      • The Magical Bookie
      • Genii
      • The New Jinx
      • The Mentalist, June-July-August
    • reviews
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Backstage with the Magigals
      • Roseburg Woodsman, September
21. Folding Paper Masks - re: Shari Lewis & Irving Desfor
22. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Three
23. Aladdin's Flowers - Ren Fetzer
24. The Cheery Cups - Eddie Joseph
25. Magic License Plate - re: Bob Ford
26. To Flourish Or Not To Flourish, That is The Question - Francis Haxton
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • letters
    • Natural Magic Attributed to Evil Powers
    • Discoverie of Witchcraft
    • Rope Trick, Sawing and Super X
    • Magic in the Church
    • A New Tern for Magic
    • God's Word Marches On
30. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • My Friend Blackstone
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Sucker Die Box Gag
    • The Stuck Card Trick
    • Patter for the Vanishing Rabbit - R. C. Buff
    • "Simplex" Floating Cup - Allan Lambie
34. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Roydon Wand Routine - Bill Severn
    • A Trip to Monsterville Continued - The Skeets-Burgers [Billiard Ball Stand] - Dale Salwak
35. Dinner Bell - U. F. Grant
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Francis Patterson's Dialog
37. Reed This - Graham Reed
    • Your Name in Print - first in a series
39. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Handbill gag
40. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Bill Hutcheon
41. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
43. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Jack Pyle
44. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 2 - February 1966 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Fu Manchu - David Bamberg
4. Cover Portrait - Fu Manchu - The Man and the Magician - by Carlos H. Colombi
7. Contents
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
9. The Collector's Page - photo - Elmer Gylleck
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dear Professor - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
12. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The Magic Charm
13. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Buffalo Bill gag
14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Court Jesters - Fred Kane
      • Misdirection No. 5 [Spain]
      • Ihmeita Iloksi [Finalnd]
      • Simsalabim [magazine] - Finnish Magic Circle
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette
      • Perptua List No. 14 - Hades
      • Clear Candle Tube - Fabjance
      • Laugh Lines #8 - Jimmie Muir
      • Master Plan - Harry Mendoza
      • C. B. Yohe - book lists
      • David Hoy - publicity
      • La Wain's House of Magic - list
      • Teral Garrett - list
      • Allen's Attic - Ken Allen
      • Martin's Magic Shop - list
      • Trick Talk - Ireland's
15. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
16. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
17. Magic of Hong Kong - Tom Rainey
17. A Novel Stack - Pater Tappan
18. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
19. TOPS Subscribers Please Note
19. The Magical Spirit of Christmas - Irving Desfor
20. M.P. Side Steal - Edward Marlo
21. Nuzzo's Perplexing Penetration - Jimmy Nuzzo
23. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Parasol Trick - Routine in Rhyme - Bob Ellis
    • Mr. Zero's Tee-Vee Jee-Bees - Phil Goldstein (Mr. Zero)
    • Die Box and Lemon Routine - Bill Severn
25. Exclusive to Tops Magazine - re: Dave Hoy & Van Cliburn
26. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Painless Magic - W. Dornfield
27. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Weight Guess
28. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Four
29. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
31. Place & Show - Stewart James
32. Reed This - Graham Reed
    • Your Name in Print - second in a series
33. Roy Huston Heads National Roadshow Company of "Magic World of Mother Goose"
34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
36. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
37. Next Month
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • slice of chocolate layer cake dog toy - Bill Severn
38. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Come Be My Valentine
    • Quick, Doctor, the Adrenalin!
38. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Bob Lund
38. Final Curtain
    • Alwyn Stevenson
39. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Square Circle - James B. Gwin
    • The Tricksters - James B. Gwin
    • You Must Come In At The Doom - changing cartoon
40. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
41. Double Bang Gun - Larry Lawrence
42. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Hi Finance - Scott Bryan
43. Final Curtain
    • Mrs. Minnie Eaton
    • Ronald N. Cutler
    • E. Ray Griffiths (Fabain)
    • Tom Dethlefsen

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 3 - March 1966 - 54 pages including a 4-page index and a 2-page insert
1. Cover - Jerry Conklin
6. Cover Portrait - The Amazing Conklins - by Daniel Waldron
7. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
   • What's New
7. Contents
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Bill Strickland
10. The Picture Appearing Frame - Joel Ross
11. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
12. The Collector's Page - poster - Sandu
13. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dear Professor - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
14. Confusion Compounded - Bob Parrish
15. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Smitty In Love - Philip Morris
16. Broad Choice - Stewart James
17. Larry Siegel Wins The Bob Nelson Trophy
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Gus Southall Routine for Sid Lorraine's Chinese Folder
    • magazine and club papers
      • Abracadabra (up to issue 1037)
      • Genii, November & December
      • Ibidem 31
      • The Pallbearer's Review - new magazine - Karl Fulves
      • The Gen, November
      • The Magic Cauldron Nos. 17 & 18
      • Vent-O-Gram, September-October
      • The New Jinx, November & December
      • Top Hat, December
      • Magic Net, September, October & November
      • The Florida Magic News, December
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • Magicol Newsletter 19
      • Profile, August
      • Yogi-Gram, December & January
      • Barnstormer
      • The Christian Magician, September-October
      • Magic World News, November
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • All India Magic Circle Bulletin (March 1960 to Dec. 1964) - bound volume
      • Magic Dungeon Academy - publicity
20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Lifetime Plant Markers" for paddles
20. Dice Number Force Box - U. F. Grant
21. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Five
22. Bunny-Gone - Fabjance
23. The Philosopher's Silver Ball - Eddie Joseph
1. New Tops Index 1965 - Volume Five - Allan N. Ferguson, Jr., compiler
25. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Squared Circle for Children - Cyril, The Magician
27. Reed This - Graham Reed
    • Your Name in Print - third (final) in a series
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Flag and Bible Stand - from an idea by Rev. Carl Gammel
    • An Illustration for Eternity - Rev. Carl Gammel
    • David and Goliath - Rev. Carl Gammel
    • Harvey and the Soldier - Rev. Carl Gammel
    • Golden Spider - Rev. Carl Gammel
29. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • T&I Fake Mental Act - Teral & Ina Garrett
29. New Act
    • Gerald Joseph Fabjance to John & Stevie Fabjance
30. The Action Lift (The Turn Around) - Edward Marlo
31. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • You Duplicate
    • It's All the Same to Me!
31. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
32. Dollar Bill Gags - Sid Lorraine
33. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
33. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • If Winter Comes & So Forth
34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Richard Drake
36. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Ed Fernandez
37. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Can-Dye
39. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • I've Got a Secret - Torino Kardyro
    • Let's Stop Pretending - Torino Kardyro
40. Notice to All Tops Columnists
40. Warren Simms Honored
41. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
5. advertising insert

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 4 - April 1966 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Gary Meador
2. Cover Portrait - Gary Meador
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Reed This - Graham Reed
   • One Man and His Car
5. Final Curtain
   • Herman Homar Woulffe - Frances Marshall
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. The Collector's Page - photos - P. C. Sorcar & "Ind-Dra-Jal"
9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
   • Prestidigitorial Potpourri
10. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
10. New Officers for the Invisible Lodge
10. Junior Magicians' Convention [Milwaukee]
11. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Bill of Rights Gag - Greg Lindsay
12. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Goldie Blox
13. Meador's Vanishing Goldfish Bowl
13. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • stuck deck gag
14. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • silk routine with Pandora Tubes
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • The Penetrating Block
15. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Deyip Louie
16. Quartet - North Bigbee
    16. Fan Blendo
    16. Prediction Pack
    17. Fantasy in Red
    17. Linking Ropes Illusion
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. The Mental Topper - Edward Marlo
21. Paris in May - Magic Meeting on the Champs Elysees
22. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
23. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Six
24. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
25. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Color Vision Block and Box
    • Jig-Saw Trick - Rev. Carl Gammel
    • Art with Shears - Rev. Carl Gammel
    • Fairy Painting - Rev. Carl Gammel
    • The Flower Queen - Rev. Carl Gammel
26. Abbott's Improved Liquid Appear - Carlos H. Colombi
27. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Footsteps - R. C. Buff
    • Mazda Revelation - U. F. Grant
    • Drum Head Tube Idea - Harold Pearson
28. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Dr. Zodiac's Brain Washed
      • Stun-Sational - Bro. John Hamman
      • Supreme Magic
        • Nail-Twist
        • Chink-A-Chink
        • Pin-Cushion Cigarette
        • Cutting a Cigarette in Half
        • Phoenix Wallet
        • Luxury-Add-A-No. Wallet
      • Lines From Lawton No. 31
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • Magical Ramblings of an Idle Mind - Opie R. Houston
30. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • The Magic of MAGIC
31. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Two-Pack Transposition
32. Passing the Bottleneck - Eddie Joseph
33. In Memoriam - Howard Thurston 1869-1936
34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • card stabbing routine
36. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Angel Sandwich
    • Harold Taylor Tour Schedule
38. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Vent Dialog - Ed Cherney
39. The Substitute Face - Stewart James
40. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Blackpool Magicians' Club

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 5 - May 1966 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ralph Pierce
4. Cover Portrait - Ralph Pierce & His Madcap Magic
5. With the Editor - Neil Foster
5. Final Curtain
   • Mrs. Edna Jansen
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. The Collector's Page - photo - Charles 'Chic' Schoke
9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
   • Pot-Pourri Magicale
10. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Wayne Wissner
11. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • How Does Your Garden Grow? - Phil Goldstein
    • An Idea for a Patter Story for the Strat-O-Spheres - Wayne Wissner
    • Adams' Color Vision - Wayne Wissner
12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • At the Palmer House
14. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
15. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The Sphere [Zombie]
16. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Seven
18. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • An Opening Dove Production
    • A Dove Vanish
    • Soft Soap Dove Vanish
19. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Sugar Short - Sid Lorraine
      • Coffee Set - Abbott's
      • Double-Wall Pitcher - Richard Durham
      • Wham - The Elders
      • Foto-Sphere - Tom Palmer
      • Magic For You - P. C. Sorcar
      • More Magic For You - P. C. Sorcar
      • T W's G M The Great Sorcar - publicity book
      • Pinky The Spook - Madblood Creations
      • Variations on Two Card Classics - Tan Choon Tee
      • Take It From Me - Martin Nash
      • Micro-Mental Miracles - Joseph M. White
      • Lawton Lecture Notes - Don Lawton
21. Tops Congratulates - Miss Barbara Desfor to marry Mr. Jerrold Glick
21. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Hillbilly Heaven
22. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Tops Pictorial Album of Magicians
23. Liquid a Go Go - Joseph M. White
24. An Evening Browsing Through Abbott's Catalog with Graham Reed
    • Traveling Block
    • Pentablock
    • Rope - 50 ft. Hank
    • Walsh Vanishing Cane
    • Chinese Sticks
    • Talking Skull
    • Arturo's "Links"
    • Sacrificial Cremation Illusion
25. B4 - Stuart James
26. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
29. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • phone bill gag - Jack Birdwell
30. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Using The "Professor's Nightmare" Rope Trick - John de Vries
31. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
    • Afghan Bands - Delayed Linking - J. T. Kenneally
    • Pix and Trix for Tourists on Rollei-Honeywell Trek
32. Magilocks - Eddie Joseph
33. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
33. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Dritz Tracing Paper" - colored impression papers
34. In Spectator's Hands - Edward Marlo
    • Repeat Repeat Reverse
    • Triple Repeat Reverse
    • The Mental Four
38. Final Curtain
    • Robert R. Holmes - by C. B. Tohe
39. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Leed's Magic Circle's 12th Annual Convention
41. Late News Flash - re: George & Betty Johnstone
42. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Sealed Miracle
43. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • A Job for Smitty - Philip Morris
44. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 6 - June 1966 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ron and Monica Urban
4. Cover Portrait - Ron & Monica Urban
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
9. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
9. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes to Bill Woodward
10. Reverse Change - Francis Haxton
10. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Morris Gerry
11. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
12. Dennis Loomis Takes a Bride [Bonnie Jean Comfort]
12. Mercer Helms' Lecture - So Now You're a Magician! What Do You Do About It?
13. Just for Us Young Guys - Ed Fernandez
    • Quiz Diz
    • Trikarama - improvement of an old trick by Walter Nagel
14. 'Monk' Watson, Our Vaudeville Smash, 35 Years Later - Daniel Waldron
16. Cardini Honored - Annual Salute to Magic - Irving Desfor
17. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
19. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Sid Lorraine's Chatter
20. The Collector's Page - photo - C. Foster Fenner
21. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Magical Miscellany
22. The Empty Church - Harvey Blair
22. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • What Price Talent!
23. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Eight
26. Get Batty Over Magic - Dale Salwak
    • A Trip to Batville
    • Batman's Escape
    • The Switch
    • Zock! Powie! Sock!
    • Ending
    • Ideas
28. The Prayer Cull - Edward Marlo
    • object
    • as an effect
    • as a memory gag
    • as an exchange
    • a simple method
    • as a control
    • comments
    • combination cull and exchange
    • Additional Tips for Prayer Cull
32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
32. Magic Talent Scouts
33. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • The Doveman's Full-Dress Suit
    • Dove to Silk
34. Poultry Worker Catches Ricochet Bullet in Mouth
34. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • giant tape measure - Bob Logan
35. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Magic World News - problem - disappeared
      • Yogi Magic Mart - lists
      • La Wain - sheets
      • Micky Hades - news memo
      • Top Hat Topics - Tannen's
      • New Era News
      • Martin's Magic Shop - list
      • Supreme Magic Co. - ad sheets
      • Edgar Heyl - book list
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • The Gen
      • Genii
      • The Magic Carpet
      • The Pallbearer's Review
      • The Magic Cauldron
      • Bookie
      • The New Jinx
      • Misdirection
      • Vent-O-Gram, Nov.-Dec.
      • Hero0-Hobby, Nos. 3-4
      • The Pentacle
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • Barnstormer
      • Madblood Memos
      • The Caliope
      • The Mentalist
    • more reviews
      • Sorcar - advertising
      • Eye Spy - Sid Lorraine
      • Broken and Restored Heart - Christe The Magician
      • The Dove Workers' Handbook - Darryl Hutton & Micky Hades
      • Tops Pictorial Album of Magicians
      • Bob's Balloon Book - Bob Follmer
      • Thru and Thru - Bob Follmer
      • Kling - Norman Houghton
      • Making Magic Pay - Benjamin Tallman
37. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • quick Ace opener
38. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • I Know All the Answers - [MSgt] John J. Bogorae
39. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
40. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Tipsy Turvy Bottles -
41. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Cheers
42. The Security Chamber - Eddie Joseph
43. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • light bill gag - Norman Hoghton
44. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Routine for 'Professor's Nightmare' - Ed Eckl
    • Harry Hirschvogel's Card Rise - Ed Eckl
    • The Lazy Brown Jug Chimes - Ace Gorham

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 7 - July 1966 - 44 pages
1. Cover - John Shirley & Bonnie
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - John Shirley & Bonnie "Around the World on a Toy Balloon" - by Frances Ireland Marshall
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Blaisdell Klenzo Eraser"
11. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • Coloring Your Doves
11. Final Curtain
    • Emile Bamberg (Brother of the late Okito) - Lyle A. Elliott
12. The Collector's Page - photo - Bill Talent
13. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Current Conjuring Comments
14. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
14. Salla Original
15. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Monk at old Heidelberg - Monk and Harold Taylor - more on the Monk Watson story
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Hen Bag - Supreme Magic
      • Current Comedy - Robert Orben
      • The Joke Teller's Handbook - or 1999 Belly Laughs - Robert Orben
      • I Have Been Took - Bob Brethen
      • Program from "Salute to Magic"
      • Martin's Magic - list
      • Madblood Creations - list
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Penticle
      • Barnstormer, May
      • Vent-O-Gram, March-April
      • Bat Droppings - gag ad sheet
      • Magic Carpet, April
      • The New Jinx, April
      • Magic Net, January & February
      • Yogi-Gram
17. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Jim Wiggins
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. The Matching Miracle - Edward Marlo
    • effect
    • with two sealed decks
    • for stay-stackers
    • for memory experts
    • for card cullers
    • Added Note - April 11, 1966 - on Matching Miracle
22. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Nine
23. A Strange Twist - Stewart James
23. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Convention Capers
24. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Brainwashing - Bill Severn
    • The Tell-Tale Paddle - Ed Eckl
26. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
27. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Final Curtain - Mrs. Susan March [Betty Johnstone's mother}
27. Paul Stadelman's Lecture - Another First for Abbott's
28. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Jump Two Feet - Philip Morris
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Lost and Found Aces
29. Final Curtain
    • Stuart Judah
30. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
31. Just for Us Young Guys - Ed Fernandez
    • Trikarama - Stabbing the Card
    • Get-Together
    • Quiz Diz
32. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Tax Bill - Norman Houghton
32. William F. Becker Celebrates 80 Years
33. Passive Passage - Eddie Joseph
34. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Rabbit from Newspaper - Travis Winsor
    • An Improvement on the Albenice Silk - Carl-Lyle
    • Ball and Hat Routine - Charlie Miller
35. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 8 - August 1966 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Fantasio and Monica
2. Last Call!!! Abbott's Magic Get-Together - with Schedule of Events
4. Cover Portrait - Fantasio and Monica - by Pamela Tolliver
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. The Collector's Page - photo - Harold Taylor
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Flotsam and Jetsam
12. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Lincoln bill gag - Joe White
13. With My "Production Extra-Ordinaire" - Carlos H. Comobi
14. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • Sucker Vanish
    • Bag, Balloon and Dove
    • The Vanishing Knot to Dove
15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Kitchen Polyphane Waste Bags"
16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone] - Guest columnist - Howard Bamman
    • The Further Adventures of Bermuda Schwartz or An Indian Headdress Will Not Keep a Wigwarm
18. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • Bob Nelson on Sex
19. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Convict Comedy - Phil Goldstein
20. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • He Cuts Another Rope - Stewart James
    • Double Discovery - Bobo
    • A Tip on the Frayed End - Zarro
21. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
24. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Sheppard's Spiritual Spelling - Daryle Sheppard
25. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Sleeve-A-Reeno
26. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Ten
27. Final Curtain
    • Stewart and Emma Judah
      • An Appreciation of Stewart Judah - John Braun
28. The Complete Visible Change - Jimmy Nuzzo
29. Centro Magico Fu-Manchu
30. Bob Lynn on Escapes
    • The Mau Mau Chain Release
    • Abbott Straight-Jacket Escape
    • Comedy in the Escape Act
    • Thoughts on the Modern Escape Act
31. Slave Bangles Illusion - North Bigbee
32. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Genii, April & May
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette, December 1965
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 20
      • The New Jinx No. 40, May
      • The Gen, April
      • Abracadabra Nos. 1052-1060
      • The Pallbearers Review, April & May
      • The International Jugglers' Association
      • Barnstormer
      • Yogi-Gram, June
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby No. 5, May-June-July
      • Spirit Trumpet
    • other reviews
      • Warlock's Way - Peter Warlock
      • Supreme Magic - lists
      • The Magical Trading Post
      • George Weisensel - postcards
      • Sorcar - advertising
      • Sydney Brockman - publicity
      • W. E. Belanger - rubber imitation props
      • 2 Hands, 3 Pockets, 4 Magic - Robert E. Olson
      • G-G-G or Gambler's Golden Gimmick - Abbott's
34. In the Red - Stewart James
35. Overhead - Jeff James & John Allen
36. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Jerry Conklin
36. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • The Blaze of July
37. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Two-Card Flight
38. Just for Us Young Guys - Ed Fernandez
    • Trikarama - Safety Pin Through Hank
    • Examination
    • Flat-Rabbit Gag
    • Magi of the Month - Dan Flaggman
39. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
40. Final Curtain
    • Mrs. Lee Allen Estes
41. Matching Sides - Eddie Joseph
    • Two of a Kind
43. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
43. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott 1886-1960

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 9 - September 1966 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Billy McComb
4. Cover Portrait - The Five Faces of ... Billy McComb - by Alan Kennaugh
5. Contents
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
8. Kalanganon Comwe - Darryl Joe Brekke
9. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • Nick's Everywhere and Nowhere
9. Blackstone Portrait
10. The Collector's Page - photo - Dr. Zina Bennett
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Monthly Magical Mumblings
12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
13. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Sally Banks
    • Joseph M. White
14. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
15. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Success or Failure - make it what you want to!
16. The Linking Clips - Tom Osborne
17. Dick Cady - 'Mostly Magic' - by Jackie Dillon
18. Just for Us Young Guys - Ed Fernandez
    • Quiz Diz
    • The Electric Chair Gag - Harry George
    • Trikarama - Spelling Card Trick
    • Magi of the Month - Steve Fernandes
19. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • Doves a la Carte
20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Germain The Wizard - Stuart Cramer
      • Nelson Enterprises Catalog No. 28
      • Close Up Magic Bulletin - quarterly
      • Supreme Magic Catalog, Part 1
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Scotch Magic Mending Tape" for making key cards
21. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Ali Bongo
22. I.G.P. - Prestidigitators Hold Annual International Election - Stephen Huetter
22. I.B.M. - The 38th Annual I.B.M. Convention - Benjamin J. Kleinman
    • Election of Officers for 1966-1967
23. Shiels on Spookers - Tony Shiels
24. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
25. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • A Penetrating Thimble - Walter A. Schwartz
    • Are You a Magician? - Rev. Willard S. Smith
    • The Deuce You Say - W. Harold Howatt
26. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Eleven
27. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
28. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • What Do You Know? - John J. Bogorae [MSgt]
29. The Mirror - poem - Harry Opel
29. Brotherhood - Benjamin J. Kleinman
30. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Frame of Life and Death
    • Batman craze routine - Richard Queirolo
    • The Bat Signal - Dale Salwak
31. Transient Aces - Stewart James
32. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
32. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Congratulations - On Your 30th Anniversary
33. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • One, Two Tray
34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
36. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
37. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
37. Next Month

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 10 - October 1966 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Recil Bordner
4. Cover Portrait - Recil Bordner - by Neil Foster
5. Contents
6. 807 Register for 30th Get-Together - John Braun
   9. photos from Abbottcadabra Night
   10. photos from Magical Moments
   11. photos from Trixapoppin
   12. photos from The 30th Anniversary Show
13. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Pappa Paper Strip Trick - Allan Lambie
    • The Photographed Card - Carlos H. Colombi
    • Master Thimble Vanish - Allan Lambie
14. Trisilkit - Eddie Joseph
15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ace Turnover
16. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Puppets from California
    • Joe White and Puppets on TV
    • Faith to Move Mountains - lighting cartoon
    • Squaring the Circle
17. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Coming Home from Colon
17. Final Curtain
    • Art Baker
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Real Lemon"
18. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Twelve
19. Mark Straw [SP-4] Home on Leave
20. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • The Egg to Dove
21. Downside Up - Stewart James
21. Dorny & Marie in Accident
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Harry Riser
24. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • memorial page - George Johnstone, Jr. - 1949-1966
25. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
25. Picnic Moved to Hershey Park - re: Eddie Clever Ring No. 20
26. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • The Tadlocks of Carolina
    • and the Helms of Alabama
    • Monk as Merlyn!
26. 'Camelot' Production May Well Have a First - Kathleen Tarr
27. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
27. Handcuffs Substitution Illusion - North Bigbee
28. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
29. New Act
    • Beau Damian Bergeron - to Bev and Alouise Bergeron
30. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
31. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
32. The Get-Together Lectures - Banjamin J. Kleinman
    • The Mercer Helms Lecture
    • Paul Stadelman Lecture
    • John de Vries Lecture
    • Werner "Dorney" Dornfield Lecture
    • "Senator" Crandall Cavalcade of Comedy
34. Miss Hocus-Pocus [Patricia Bayne]
35. Over the Counter - An Original Routine for Abbott's Chinese Coins - Gordon Miller
36. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Batman and Robin
37. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Pressure - Robert Swadling
      • Super High Ball Cup - Unique Studio
      • Bamboo Magician's Wand - W. E. Belanger
      • Multiplying Nuts - W. E. Belanger
      • Puzzle and Humor Book - G. A. Briggs
      • Egyptian Mystery - Sid Lorraine
      • The Vanishing Lady - Kanter's
      • Totally Refreshing Ideas Carefully Kept Secrets [TRICKS] - Lu Brent
      • Magical Gloops & Nanny Goats - The Amazing Maurice
      • F. William Kuethe, Jr. - catalog
    • magazines
      • The Gen, June, July & August
      • The New Jinx Nos. 50-52
      • The Pallbearer's Review, June & July
      • Vent-O-Gram, May-June
      • Magic Carpet, May thru August
      • Genii, up to date up to August
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Pentacle, May, June & July
      • International Juggler's Association Newsletter, June
      • Spirit Trumpet
      • Magic Net
    • lists
      • Unique Studio
      • Anthony Vander Linden
      • Lou Tannen's Top Hat Topics
      • La Wain's Magic Studio
      • Madblood Creations
      • Supreme Magic CO.
      • Teral Garrett
40. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
42. Tops Congratulates Frances - 35 Years in Magic
    • Anniversary Party - Frances Ireland Marshall
42. Just for Us Young Guys - Ed Fernandez
    • Bromo Blow - Clettis V. Musson
    • Magi of the Month - Steven Sell
43. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
43. Correction & omission - in last month's Crazy Page
44. The Collector's Page - poster - "Sinbad" Herb Borin
45. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
45. Harry Houdini - October 31, 1926

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    1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 11 - November 1966 - 44 pages
    1. Cover - Arturo and Company
    4. Cover Portrait - Arturo & Company - by Bob Nelson
    5. Contents
    6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
    9. Super Super-X Halloween - re: Jack H. Vance
    9. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
       • Flown the Coop
    10. John Daniel Stars in ... "Femmes de Paris"
    12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
        • reviews
          • Magic From Holland - Bruno, compiler
          • New Era Magic - catalog
          • James Rainho Products - catalog
          • PCAM Stars of Magic Program
        • AFMA - Armed Forces Magicians' Association
        • Annual Listing of Magic Magazines
          • Abracadabra
          • Backstage
          • The Christian Conjurer
          • The Gen
          • Genii
          • Ibidem
          • I.J.A. Newsletter
          • The Linking Ring
          • The Magic Carpet
          • The Magic Cauldron
          • Magicol
          • The Magic Net
          • The Magical Bookie
          • The Mentalist
          • M-U-M
          • The New Jinx
          • The New Tops
          • Psycho Gizmo
          • Vent-O-Gram
          • The Pallbearers' Review
          • The Pentacle
          • Cooper's Hero Hobby
          • Misdirection
    14. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
        • George Troseth
    14. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
        • Dreams from the 'Senator'
        • Hokey gets a Bang
        • Quick, Dr. Watson, the ESP
        • Else Revisited ... Again
        • A Banana in King Arthur's Court
    15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
        • set of coins of the 35 Past Presidents of The USA - Mel Stover
    16. The Collector's Page - photos - "Doc" Nixon
    17. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
        • Magical Mutterings
    18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    19. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
        • Money Isn't Everything, Or Is It? - John Bogorae
    20. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
        • from Sid Lorraine's Patter
        • Patter for Afghan Bands - Dell O'Dell
    21. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    22. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
        • A Silk, Ball and Glass
        • Religious Skits
    23. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    24. Ali Bongo Lecture Tour
    24. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
        • Would You Believe? - or, Where I Got My Black Eye
    25. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
        • Real Fruit Flavor - Bill Severn
        • Routine for Chen Lee Suspension - Hardeeni
    26. In Memory - George Johnstone, Jr.
    26. The Ubiquitous Card - Carlos H. Comombi
    27. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
        • Non-Cents
    28. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    29. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
        • Canibill gag - Harry George
    30. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
        • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
          • Chapter 13
    32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
        • One-Pack Coincidence
    32. Correction - Tops page 8 of the October issue
    33. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    34. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
    35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    36. Monetary Squeeze - Eddie Joseph
    38. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
        • New Lamps for Old

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    1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 12 - December 1966 - 76 pages - including The New Tops - Tops 1966 Trick Annual - 24 pages
    1. Cover - Claire Manley
    5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
    6. Cover Portrait - Claire Manley - by Clair Cox
    7. Contents
    8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
    11. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
        • Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
    11. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
        • fire eating torch - Bob Logan
    12. The Invisible Magic Beam - Eddie Joseph
        • First Presentation
        • Second Presentation
    14. Next Month
    15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
        • Final Curtain - Bill Ewington
    16. World Premiere of "Man of Magic" - A New Musical Review Produced by Harold Fielding - by Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    17. A Tricky Letter from Graham Reed
        • The Scarlet Pimpernel
        • Rising & Vanishing Pencil
        • Just Chance
    18. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
        • Clippo
        • Side Tables
    19. On The SPOT - Ed Mishell
    20. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
        • A "Brilliant" Card Trick
        • Comedy Finale - Allan Lambie
    21. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    22. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
        • The Out of Space Bird and Cage Vanish
    22. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
        • Clint Milliken
    23. The New Tops - Tops 1966 Trick Annual - 24 pages
        23. Contents
        24. Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eggs! - George McAthy
        25. An Experiment in Magic - Hiohn C. Sherwood
            • Addendum
        26. Ideas & Patter For Some New & Old Ones - John C. Sherwood
            • The Commercial
            • The Torture Cabinet of Goldtoe
            • Addendum
            • The Floating Thief
        28. The Oriental Mystery Cage - Jack La Wain
        29. Karrell's Bloomers - Karrell Fox
        30. Variation on "The Wonderful Vanish" - T. E. Westcott
        21. A Snakey-Routine - Joseph M. White
        32. Giant Color Change With Silk - Robert E. Olson
        33. More "Batty" Ideas - Dale Salwak
            • Hippity Hop Bats
            • The Water Logged Bat
            • Spring Bats
            • Three Bat Monte
        34. Out D--- Spots - Dennis R. Loomis
            • Polka Dot Nightmare
            • Post Script
        35. Newspaper C'est Terrifique - Bill Severn
        36. Magic Quintette - U. F. "Gen" Grant
            • Coin Up Sleeve "Magically"
            • Slave Girl's Bangle
            • Twice-As-Good
            • Phantom Pull-Up
            • Novel Nest of Boxes
        37. Magic - poem - Russell Whaley
        37. The Headshrinker - Howard A. Adams
        38. Robert's Gems - Len Roberts
            • Soap Gags
              • Dial Bit
              • Dove Bit
              • Cashmere Bouquet Bit
            • Cigarette Gags
              • Kool Bit
              • Spring Bit
              • Old Gold Bit
            • The Head of Our African Expedition
              • Costume Bit
              • My Tea Cup
        39. It's E.S.P. - Gerald Kosky
        40. Duke's "Copper & Silver" Routine - Duke Stern
        41. Gloves to Dove to Gloves - Roy Kissell
        42. Vase of the Genii Routine - Mercer Helms
        43. Just for a Change - Sid Lorraine
        43. No Smoking - John De Vries
        44. Jolly Jumping Beans - John Fabjance
        46. Spray-Can Labels - Ken Murray
    47. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
        • Bits and Pieces, from Here and There
        • reviews
          • Floating on Air - Multiple Toymakers DIY miniature illusion
          • Disappearing Lady - Multiple Toymakers DIY miniature illusion
          • Sawing a Lady in Half - Multiple Toymakers DIY miniature illusion
          • Ireland's Trick Talk Shopper
          • Ray Sajor - list
          • Anthony A. Vander Linder - book list
          • Bruce Posgate - book list
          • Teral Garrett - book list
          • Gene Shelley - book list
        • magazines to add to last month's list
          • Top Hat
          • The Magigram
        • magazines
          • The Pallbearer's Review, August
          • Magic Carpet, September
          • Magic Net
          • The Pentacle
          • Vent-O-Gram, July-August
          • The New Jinx No. 53
          • Barnstormer, September
          • The Gen, August & September
          • Yogi- Gram, September & October
          • Genii, September
          • Abracadabra - up to 1077
    49. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
        • Two-Deck Coincidence
    50. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
        • Silly Talk - John Bogorae
    51. Talented Teens of America - Diane Franzen
    52. Twenty-First Annual New York - Canada Conclave of Magicians - Ed Mishell
    53. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
    54. Three Genies in a Volks - Claire Manley & Anne Layton
    55. H.H.H. - Hospital Helping Hands
    56. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
        • Magician of the Month - Barry Glassner
    57. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
        • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
          • Chapter 14
    58. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
        • Mickey by Monk Watson
    59. Tops Congraulates - Mr. & Mrs. Dale Posgate on their marriage
    60. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
        • "Magic Circle 66"
    62. The Collector's Page - photo - Joe Scott
    63. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
        • Magical Mutterings
    65. Skipper Tipper - Stewart James
    
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