New Tops Volume 7 (1967)

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

639 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 1 - January 1967 - 56 pages
1. Cover - John Daniel
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - The Great Blackstone
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - Jon Daniel's World of Fantasy - by Neil Foster
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter for Die Box
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Patter for Torn & Restored Newspaper
      • Patter for the Money Maker
11. Letter to the Editor - by Windy Higgins - re: Paul Stadelman
11. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Question and Answer Period - John A. Bogorae
13. Undercover Transfer Supreme - Tony Torino Kardyro
14. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
15. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Don Niemiec
16. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Gerald Lee
17. Oraclew - Stewart James
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Sour Note gag
    • Cold Cash gag
19. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Birdtania
20. Peter Pan The Magic Man - Benjamin J. Kleinman
22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Cane to Bouquet tip - Cliff Lesta
22. Man of Magic - Piccadilly Theatre, London. Fist Night, 15th November 1966 - Christopher Woodward
23. On The SPOT - Ed Mishell
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Abbott Items
      • Squeeze-Ice - John de Vries
      • The Master Magicians - Walter B. Gibson - book
      • Surrounded Production Box
      • Surrounded Livestock Vanish
      • La Paloma - Neil Foster
      • Gloves to Dove - Neil Foster & Recil Bordner
    • other reviews
      • The Biggest Fish in the World - W. E. Belanger
      • Obstinato - Gene Gordon
      • Inzani-Henley Magic Company - catalog
      • Magigram, second issue
      • Genii, October
26. Some Coin Moves - Don Boles
27. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Humpty Dumpty - Doctor David M. Wellard
28. By Way of Satellite - Eddie Joseph
30. Marlo Handles Mexican Joe - Edward Marlo
    • Marlo Mexican Miracle
    • Double Miracle
    • Multiple Find
    • Ace Cutting
    • Triple Location
    • Cardician's Touch
    • Mexican Detective
    • Mexican with a Memory
    • Mexican Divination
    • The Skillful Mexican
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • women in magic
    • Magical Mutterings
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mind Reading?
40. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 15
41. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Final Curtain -
42. Notice! To "Gloves to Dove" Owners
43. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • fortune cookie recipe - Ron Fable
45. A Christmas Story for Adults
45. Tops Congratulates
    • Mr. & Mrs. William L. Zimmer on their marriage
45. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Magic Shop Musings
    • Happy New Year
46. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
46. The Mystery of the "Three Genies in a Volks"
46. Final Curtain
    • William A. Russell
    • Richard Himber
8. photo - The Great Blackstone

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 2 - February 1967 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Timothy Dill-Russell
2. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Letter from John Daniel
5. Cover Portrait - Timothy Dill-Russell - by Neil Foster
10. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • The Case of the Hare-Brained Gambler - Jeff James
12. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Quadropelets
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Spikes Thru Balloon
13. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The Chest of Aladdin
14. Milbourne Christopher ... "Magic's Mister Television" - Ed Mishell
    • photo - Marvyn Roy
    • photo - Sorcar and the "Executioner's Dream"
    • photo - Milbourne Christopher about to Vanish an Elephant
    • photo - Finale of Show
18. Quiz-Word Magic - Eddie Joseph
20. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
20. Tops Congratulates
    • Roy and Linda Lee Huston on their marriage
21. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Dennis Kowal
22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Current Comedy, Volume 8 - Robert Orben
      • Micro-Mental Programs - Joseph M. White
      • Out on Strike [Out to Lunch] - Jack Heeren
      • Versatility - Supreme
    • magazines & club papers
      • The Christian Conjurer, Sept.-Oct. & Nov.-Dec.
      • Vent-O-Gram, Sept.-Oct.
      • The Magical Bookie, October
      • The New Jinx, Nos. 54-56
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 21
      • The Pallbearer's Review, September thru November
      • The Magic Net, August & September
      • The Gen, October
      • Magic Carpet, October & November
      • The Magigram, Nov.-Dec.
      • Genii, October & November
      • Abracadabra
      • Yogi-Gram, November & December
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • Southwestern Magic News
      • Magic [Guild 7]
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Pentacle, October thru December
      • Simsalabim [Finland]
    • more reviews
      • Tricks 'N Things - Supreme
      • Top Hat Topics - Tannen's
      • Norn Osborn - list for swaps
      • Micky Hades - lists
      • Gene Kirk - list
      • La Wain - list
      • Linking Ring File Cases - Lyle & Co.
24. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Quad Reverse
25. On The SPOT - Ed Mishell
26. Ever Ready-Black Routine - Edward Marlo
27. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • double-sided tape from masking tape and rubber cement - Norman Houghton
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Pilot Wheel Object Lesson - Rev. E. Mills
29. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Small Talk - John Bogarae
30. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
31. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 16
32. Diabolo - Peter Warlock
33. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
34. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Jack Larkin
35. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Magical Miscellany
36. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Richard Himber
    • Strange Command
37. Flight Supreme - Tony Kardyro
38. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • A New Handkerchief-Lemon Trick - Bert Douglas
    • Card and Balloon Trick
    • A Wand Tip
39. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
41. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
41. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Thurston's Mystery of the Water Fountain
41. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Quick Doctor The Adrenalin!
    • Come Be My Valentine
41. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
4. photo - Thurston's Mystery of the Water Fountain

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 3 - March 1967 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Inez Blackstone Kitchen
2. Cover Portrait - Inez - by Daniel Waldron
3. Contents
4. The Opportune Miracle - Edward Marlo
6. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
   • Gags From Gene's Note Book
7. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
8. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
   • Magician of the Month - Dr. Sly - Pete Earley
10. McCormick Place ... a Loss for Magicians - Frances Ireland Marshall
13. Final Curtain
    • Dr. William S. Walters
14. Spooky Salt - Eddie Joseph
15. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
16. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Christopher's Cardometer - Milbourne Christopher
    • Tips on Tricks - New Twists on Troublewit - Bert Douglas
    • Coffee and Doughnuts
17. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • You Can't Keep a Good Man Down - re: Clarke "Senator" Crandall
19. State of Alabama
20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Flying Pig - Supreme
      • T K's Card Change Supreme - Tony Kardyro
      • T K's Card Change Supreme Effets - Tony Kardyro
      • T K's Simple Simon Move and Effects - Tony Kardyro
      • Griff on Close-Up - Tony Griffith
      • Haines House of Cards - catalog
      • Topit - Abbott's
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • M-U-M, December
      • Ireland's Trick Talk
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • double stick tape for hanging loads
22. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 17
24. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Oliver Thomas
24. A New Routine with Abbott's Fantastic Fan - Warren Stephens
25. On The SPOT - Ed Mishell
26. Hemlock - Pater Warlock
27. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
28. Today Makes a Difference - Tony Torino Kardyro
29. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Current Conjuring Comment
30. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Talking Thins Over - John Bogorae
31. Final Curtain
    • Maise McKay
    • C. Foster Fenner
    • Lieut. Lee Allen Estes
    • Duke Montague
    • Bill Neff
31. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Dante's "Un-Sevilled Barber"
32. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
33. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Filler Fellers
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's Double Distraction
34. Mazda Mystics
35. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
35. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • The Big Snow
4. photo - Dante's "Un-Sevilled Barber"

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 4 - April 1967 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Al DeLage and Margaret
2. Cover Portrait - Al DeLage - The World's Fastest Trixter - by Bob Lynn
3. Contents
4. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
6. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
   • Swifties
7. Final Curtain Falls For Matt Schulien - Frances Marshall
8. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
9. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
9. Correction - new dates for "Cavalcade of Magic"
10. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
11. Tops Congratulates
    • Mr. & Mrs. John J. Grdina on their marriage
11. Ode to a Typo - Knoxville, Iowa, Express
12. Cone - Peter Warlock
13. Final Curtain
    • Duke Montague
    • Charles Edgar Sylber
14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Liquid Penetration - Father Blantz
      • Acid Water - Supreme
      • Living Calendar - Eddie Joseph
      • Just for Laughs - Don Bridwell
      • The Magicians Directory - C. Field, publisher
      • Dawn in Summer - One Mad Day and Other Verses Grave and Gay - Ernest W. Brady
      • Gene Shelley - book list No. 4
      • C. B. Yohe - list
      • Teral Garrett - lists
      • Genii
      • The New Jinx
      • The Gen
      • Magigram
      • The Pallbearers Review
      • The Cauldron
      • The Magic Carpet, Vent-O-gram
16. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
17. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
18. Nuclear Energy - Eddie Joseph
20. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Sid Lorraine's Chatter
1. New Tops Index 1966 - Volume Six - Allan N. Ferguson, Jr., compiler
21. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
21. Chinese New Year Magic - Irving Desfor
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Ernest Brady
24. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • re: Andre Kole
25. Dovetail Deceptions - Tony 'Kardyro' Torino
    • The Upper Inside Coat Pocket Steal
    • The Tail Coat Steal
    • The Stoop Steal
26. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 18
27. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Cutting to Their Card
28. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Steve Harrington
29. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Bat Dummy - Phil Goldstein
30. Tops Congratulates
    • Chi. P.V.K. Chiranjivi Rao and Chi. Cow. Syamala on their marriage
30. Final Curtain
    • Lt. Lee Allen Estes
    • Bill Neff
31. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Magical Memorabilia
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Bird Warbler bits of business - Bob Logan
32. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
33. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Paper Hat Patter
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Patter for the Glass Thru Hat
34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
35. Final Curtain
    • Henry Gordien, Sr.
35. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Bill Neff and His "Madhouse of Mystery"
35. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    Farewell to a Friend
4. photo - Bill Neff and His "Madhouse of Mystery"

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 5 - May 1967 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Senor Torino & Faye
4. Cover Portrait - Tony Kardyro Torino - by Olindo Glluccio
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. Trik Trek - Stewart James
9. Final Curtain
   • Mrs. Bess Snyder
   • Stanley B. Noxon
   • "Doc" Tom Dean
9. 39th Annual S.A.M. Convention - Otto Persson
9. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
   • George McAthy
10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
12. Scissors - Peter Warlock
13. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Nicola "Miracles of Splendor and Magical Charm"
13. Tops Congratulates
    • Mr. & Mrs. John Daniel on their marriage
14. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 19
15. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
16. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
17. Tannen's Magic Jubilee Cancelled - Louis Tannen
18. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Dove in the Light Bulb
18. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Magictown U.S.A.
19. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Pantomime
20. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • re: Andre Kohl
21. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
22. Mental Impress - Eddie Joseph
23. Final Curtain
    • Sgt. Keith D. Griffin
24. Ultra Torn & Restored Card - Edward Marlo
    • First Method
    • Second Method
26. Words of Wisdom by Marian Chavez - reviewed by Benjamin J. Kleinman
28. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Ask ME Anything, Boss - John Bogorae
29. Dr. Douglas Dean Purchases Birch Show
30. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Robert Cassidy
31. Bill Neff - by Evelyn Neff
31. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • A Piece of Rope and a Ring - Bob Ford
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • liquid rubber for "burnt" match
33. Torino's Mind Reading Parakeet - Tony K. Torino
34. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • books
      • The Odds Against Me - John Scarne
      • The Magic Mind - John Mulholland & George N. Gordon
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Pallbearer's Review, December thru March
      • Genii, December thru March
      • The Magigram, Jan.-Feb. & March-April
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby Magazine, Feb.-March-April
      • The Pentacle, January thru March
      • The Gen, November thru February
      • Magic Net
      • Vent-O-Gram, Nov.-Dec.
      • The New Jinx, January thru March
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette, January
      • Magic Carpet, December thru March
      • Magic Cauldron, December & Supplement
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Christian Conjurer, Jan.-Feb.
      • Houdini-Gram
36. A Spy at the Magic Show - Jack Marberger Stuart
37. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
39. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
40. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
42. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Flotsam and Then Some
43. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
44. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Aces to Kings
44. 39th Annual I.B.M. Convention
4. photo - Nicola "Miracles of Splendor and Magical Charm"

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 6 - June 1967 - 52 pages
1. Cover - caricature - Carlos H. Comombi
4. Cover Portrait - Carlos H. Colombi - by Charles H. J. Halperin
5. Contents
6. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
7. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Pro & Con - Tony Kardyro
11. "Candy" Rinds a Perfect Day - re: Claire Manley
12. Ringo - Peter Warlock
13. Magic to Order - Margaret Herbst
14. 65th Anniversary Parent Assembly S.A.M. - Ed Mishell
15. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
16. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
18. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Brisk and Breezy - John Bogorae
19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • detergent box to roses
19. Larry Weeks Presents a "Cavalcade of Magic"
20. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 20
21. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Spectator's Card Trick
22. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • From Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • A Tip on Afghan Bands - Joe Ovette
    • S.A.M. Conference Convention Talent Tally - Norman J. Howe
23. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Ray Sajor Magic Shop - book list
      • La Wain's House of Magic - book lists
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • Sorcar Maharajah of Magic
      • Midway Magic - Don Boles
      • The Midway Showman - Don Boles
      • Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic - Dai Vernon
      • 13!! - Tony Shiels
25. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Random Ramblings and Ravings
25. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Blackstone's "Cabinet of Baffling Light Bulbs"
26. Final Curtain
    • Wilfred Aloysius Seltten "Satan" - Ed Turner "Arlane"
27. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
29. One Year Ago
29. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Doll House Blues
    • Wait a Mini
30. Color Conversion - Eddie Joseph
31. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Roy Mayer
32. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Roger Sherman
33. Final Curtain
    • Olaf T. Gylleck - by Frances Marshall
34. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
35. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
36. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
37. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Insurance Policy Idea
38. One Hand Card Switches - Edward Marlo
    • 1st Card Switch
    • 2nd Card Switch
    • The Illogical Switch
    • The No Palm Switch
    • Added Note
40. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
41. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Hole in the Head
42. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The Sword
4. photo - Blackstone's "Cabinet of Baffling Light Bulbs"

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 7 - July 1967 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Mike Caldwell
3. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Mike Caldwell - Think Fat - Think Funny! - by Frances Ireland Marshall
5. In Memoriam for Zina Bennett - by Suzy Bennett
5. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
   • On the Care of Doves
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
   • Excerpts From an Overstuffed Notebook
8. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
   • John de Vries
9. Japan is Importing Silk - Harold R. Rice
10. Exercise - Peter Warlock
11. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. Interpol Calling - Eddie Joseph
    • Psychic Vision
    • Interpol Calling
    • Betraying Quiver
14. Thank You from Ken and Roberta Griffin
15. New Tabled Palms - Edward Marlo
    • Variations of the Basic Grip
    • 1st Approach
    • 2nd Approach
    • Variation of 2nd Approach
    • 3rd Approach
    • Variation of the 3rd Approach
    • Extension of the 3rd Approach
    • In the Hands
    • For a Number of Cards
    • Off the Bottom
18. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
19. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter for "The Prisoner's Paw"
    • Perky Penny
20. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • lists
      • Gene Shelley
      • Ray Sajor
      • Tricks N' Things. April-May-June-July issue - James Rainho Products
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Vent-O-Gram, March-April
      • The New Jinx No. 60
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 1101-1109
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 23
      • The Bookie, February
      • The Gen, March & April
      • Genii, April & May
      • The Pallbearers Review, April
      • Top Hat
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Christian Conjurer, March-April
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Magic Net
      • The Pentacle
      • Yogi-Gram
    • books
      • Packs of Fun - Bill Severn
24. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Richard Cady
25. Ron London on Tour
26. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 21
27. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Low Score" hand spray
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Fear Not Those Who Kill The Body
    • Paper Rabbit - Victor Kaufman
29. Eddie Clever Honored - Richie Matthews
30. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
30. Bob McAllister to Host "Wonderama"
31. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Do You Remember?
32. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
33. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
34. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Stop Trick
36. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
37. Final Curtain
    • Harry Marvello
37. Memorial for Nate Leipzig
37. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Thurston's "Seeing Through A Woman" Illusion
8. photo - Thurston's "Seeing Through A Woman" Illusion

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 8 - August 1967 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Akiko-San
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Akiko-San - Miss Bonnie June Babbel- by John Marshall
5. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
   • It's Only Money - Bob Ford
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
9. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
   • Welcome Back, George!
12. Reverse Monte - Stewart James
12. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Roy Benson
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Houdini Club Convention
15. Lecture - Tony Kardyro
15. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Will Rock's "Through The Eye of a Needle"
16. Simulated Pickup - Edward Marlo
    • No Palm Transpo
17. John Mulholland Donates Magical Memorabilia to Players Club
17. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Viva
18. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 22
19. A Great Big ... Thank You - Recil Bordner
20. The Harry Opel Story - David Price
    • The Modern Girls - poem - Harry Opel
22. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
23. National Clown Week
23. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • A Fast Buck/Doe Gag - Barry Feldpausch
24. See No Evil - Hear No Evil - Clyde Cairy & Peter Tappan
25. Cincinnati Academy to Present Magic Soiree
26. The Joe Scott "Cap and Pence" - Robert Parrish
28. Paul Duke
28. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • alligator clips
29. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Basil - The Preaching Vent Figure
30. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Kings Go Forth
31. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Legit
32. A Pot of Fantasy - Eddie Joseph
33. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • E S P Photo Miracle - Dave Robbins
      • 7 From 10 - Ken Allen Products
      • Peek-A-Boo - Ken Allen Products
      • A Scotch Brand of Magic - Joseph M. White
      • MagiComedy - George McAthy
      • Magic From The Dope Den - George McAthy
      • New Laff Tested Dialogues - George McAthy
      • Maskelyne and Cooke - Egyptian Hall, London 1873-1904 - George A. Jenness
      • Magic Secrets from the Seven Circles
      • Top Hat Topics
      • Packs of Fun - Bill Severn
37. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Fred Cubbernuss Benefit Show
39. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
40. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
41. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Alive and Lively - John Bogorae
42. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Allan Marshall
43. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
44. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Gimmicks, Gags and Gossip
4. photo - Will Rock's "Through The Eye of a Needle"

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 9 - September 1967 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Ralph Adams
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Ralph Adams - by Benjamin J. Kleinnman
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
   • Dieters Prayer
   • Breezes From The Windy City
   • George's Gems
8. New Act
   • daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blackstone, Jr.
8. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • Snap-Fastener Tape
9. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
   • Out of the Dragon's Mouth
     • An Oriental Production - Teral Garrett
10. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. The Lunar Spell - Eddie Joseph
    • The Act
    • Effect One - Under the Handkerchief
    • Effect Two - The Pen Points
    • Effect Three - By Candle Light
    • Effect Four - The Levitation
    • Effect Five - In The Pocket
    • Effect Six - The Threefold Revolution
16. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Seven Card Wager
16. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
16. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Blackstone's "Duck Tub" Illusion
17. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
18. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Campbell Caravan - Loring & Kateryne
19. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
20. Silkworm - Peter Warlock
21. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
22. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Cap and the Pence
24. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
25. Larry Week's "Cavalcade of Magic" - Irving Desfor
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • rubber tomato - Dr. W. E. Belanger
      • rubber Minichicken - Dr. W. E. Belanger
      • Durham's Liquid Transposition - Richard Durham
      • Supreme Magic Catalog No. 4, Part 2
    • lists
      • First List - James Howarth
      • Norm Osborn - trading list
      • La Wain's House of Magic List No, 97
    • magazines
      • Abra [Abracadabra]
      • The Pallbearers Review, May & June
      • The Magigram, May-June & July-August
      • Vent-O-Gram, May-June
      • The Magic Carpet, April, May & June
      • The Gen, May
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby, May-June-July
      • The New Jinx, May, June & July
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Magic Net
      • Genii, June
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 24 with Supplement
      • The Christian Conjuror, May-June
      • Ring 20 Bulletin
      • The Spirit Trumpet, June & July Barnstormer
      • The Pentacle
      • Houdinigram
    • another book
      • Between Two Minds - Ned Rutledge & J.G. Thompson, Jr.
28. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Impromptu
29. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
30. The Promise - Edward Marlo
    • First Method
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
34. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • The Ladies Man - Jim Williams
35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Carl Wendt, Jr.
36. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
37. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
4. photo - Blackstone's "Duck Tub" Illusion

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 10 - October 1967 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Chaudet
4. Cover Portrait - [Louis William] Chaudet - by John U. Zweers
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
9. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Blackstone's "X-Ray double Boxes" Illusion
10. Prelude to Caliph - Peter Warlock
11. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • fake beer
12. Ron Urban Stars in Calgary Stampede - Bob Kerrulsh
13. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
14. The Double Side Steal - Jimmy Nuzzo
15. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Master Index to Magic in Print, Volume 1 - Jack Potter
      • How to Ensure a Full Datebook - David Hemingway
      • Between Two Minds - Ned Rutledge & J.G. Thompson, Jr.
      • card fishing effect - Dave Robbins & Hugh Lambert
      • dissolving paper
      • Magic Youths International '67 Yearbook
18. The Other Method - Edward Marlo
19. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • A Hat Loading Stunt - Richard Mathison
    • Blackstone Averts Panic
20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • "hot trick" card trick
    • Graybar Puts Magic in Its Selling Plan
22. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Kings & Queens Royale
22. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Kovan [Tony Novak]
23. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Can't Count to Ten
24. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • a coin trick
25. Shades of Peter Gunn - Tony Kardyro
26. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Dave Winchell
28. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Slamagundi
29. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • A Little Boy with a Big Heart
    • Back Palming of Cards
30. Cliff Lesta Honored
31. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Smoking - Jim Williams
32. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Memories
34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
35. Coe North Lectures & Charlie Miller Lecture Tour
35. Bonus Trio
36. Thought Duplicated - Howard Greene
37. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Foster is Good for Nothing!
38. Kio, Jr. Touring Canada & U.S. - Fred Beckman
39. Space Venture - Eddie Joseph
40. Congratulations - re: Vent-O-Rama - Paul Stadelman
41. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
46. Flash! ... Itinerary of Kio, Jr. - Milbourne Christopher
4. photo - Blackstone's "X-Ray double Boxes" Illusion

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 11 - November 1967 - 62 pages including Abbott's Special Customer List No. 32
1. Cover - Bob & Mary Lynn
4. Cover Portrait - Bob & Mary Lynn - by Margaret Herbst
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Flip Snap - Tony Kardyro
    • Table Flip Snap
    • Single Card Flip Snap
10. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Blackstone's Theatre Lobby Display Board
10. New Act
    • William Tadlock, Jr. - to Bill and Sally Tadlock
10. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
11. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Flipper
12. First Annual Can-Am Big Success - Nick Williams
13. Magical Youths Convention - Louisville Blackstone Chapter
14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • The Johnstone Awards
15. New Act
    • Thomas Allen Fabjance - to John & Stevie Fanjance
16. One Accident Every Minute - Bert Douglas
17. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Graham Putnam
18. Sleight Deflexion - Eddie Joseph
19. [Col. And Mrs. J.L.C.] Beamans Receive Magicians' Award
20. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
22. The Wizard - Kenneth B. Alfredson
23. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Patter For The Serpent Silk - Dan Waldron
    • Tip on Palming Coin - Gene Kirk
    • The New Rapping Spirit - Bernhard-McGill
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Annual Listing of Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Backstage
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • 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 Magigram
      • M-U-M
      • The New Jinx
      • The New Tops
      • Psycho Gizmo
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • The Pallbearers Review
      • The Pentacle
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby
    • reviews
      • Lucky Magician Card Trick - George McAthy
      • Magic Secrets from the Seven Circles - Walter B. Graham, compiler
      • Centennial Year Book - I.B.M. Ring 49, Hamilton, Canada
26. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Disapero - The Vanishing Bleed" Allan Marshall
27. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Patter for 'Liquid Appear'
28. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Red and Blue Silk and Glass Trick - Buddy Ryan
    • Clever Conjuring - Oscar Weigle, Jr.
    • Trick for Trick - Ben Tawshin
      • The Matchic Star
29. Authentic - Stewart James
29. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Ted Bohman
30. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Billy McComb's Hole Collection - additional holes
    • Patter for Chinese Egg Bag - Terry Culpepper
    • Within the Shuffle
31. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Cut Off from God
32. Triple Indemnity - Peter Warlock
33. Tops Congratulates
    • Dicky Dean and Margaret Randall on their marriage
34. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Quick Trick
35. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Indian Summer
    • It Has Happened to All of Us, Hasn't It?
36. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
37. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
37. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
38. Pull Down Eliminator - Edward Marlo
    • Best Pull Down Procedure for Eliminator Effect
    • Down and Under
    • Down and Under Coincidence
41. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Kings & Queens (Oil & Water)
41. Memorial to Fannie D. Kleinman by Benjamin J. Kleinman
42. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • 1931 Seven Circles Program
43. Kio, Jr.'s Opening Night - John McKinven
48. photo - Blackstone's Theatre Lobby Display Board
1. Abbot's Special Customer List No. 32 - 14 pages

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1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 12 - December 1967 - 80 pages - including The New Tops - Tops 1967 Trick Annual - 24 pages
1. Cover - W. S. Berger
1. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - W. S. Berger - Vent Haven Museum - by John E. Osborne
5. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
   • Punchy Lines - MSGT John J. Bogorae
6. Igor Kio in New York City - Milbourne Christopher
10. Magic Under the Sun - Frances Ireland Marshall
14. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
17. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - Milbourne Christopher's Hindu Basket Illusion
18. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • A Thimble Act for Parlor - Bob Parrish
    • Yuletide - poem - Harry Opel
19. The Blackstone Memorial Fund - Karrell Fox
20. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Year - Dick Cady
22. Christopher's Quick Change Illusion - Milbourne Christopher
23. The New Tops - Tops 1967 Trick Annual - 24 pages
    23. Contents
    24. Thoughtography - Sid Lorraine
    26. Danger - Men at Work - Bert Douglas
    27. Hangman's-Noose Escape - North Bigbee
    28. Jiggery-Pokery Joe - Eddie Joseph
    30. Diapiresis - Jimmy Nuzzo
    31. The Passing of the New Hoodoo - Stewart James
    32. Borrowed Thoughts - Joseph K. Schmidt
    38. Magical Hints - Mercer Helms, Jr.
        • "Acrysol" - cleaner-degreaser
        • "Classic Car Wax" for slick ace effects
    39. The Cigar Bottom Deal - Edward Marlo
        • Full Grip Deal
        • The Pseudo Method
        • Push Pull Bottom Deal
    42. Bell's Box - Peter Warlock
    43. Zombanner - Carlos H. Colombi
    44. Carnival Sideshow Act - Joseph M. White
        • Color Change Spotted Silk
        • Linking Ropes
        • Strat-O-Spheres
        • Two of Your Favorites
        • Crystal Silk Cylinder and Asrah in Miniature
        • Soft Soap
        • Fraidy Cat Rabbit
        • Rigid Rope
    46. The Ubiquitous Wand - Carlos H. Colombi
    46. Magical Hints - Mercer Helms, Jr.
        • plastic auto paint
        • round labels for pips
47. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Fabjance Bottle - John Fabjance
      • Fabjance Checker Board - John Fanjance
      • corvelo's Willpower - Abbott's
      • Pavel's Rings on Rope - Pavel
      • Acrobatic Cards 0 Joe Fenichel
      • Perky Penny - Abbott's
      • Abbott's Catalog No. 17
      • Penn-E-Tration Supreme - Tony Kardyro
      • T.K.'s Master Coin Routine Supreme - Tony Kardyro
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra, up to 1127
      • Genii, July, August & September
      • The Magigram, July-August
      • The New Jinx
      • Ibidem No. 32
      • The Christian Conjuror, July-August
      • The Magic Net
      • The Pallbearer's Review, July, August & September
      • Magic Carpet
      • Top Hat, July-August
      • The Gen. July & August
      • Vent-O-Gram, July-August & September-October
      • The Magic Cauldron, October
    • From the Dealers
      • Trick Talk, Summer - Magic, Inc.
      • LaWain's House of Magic - list
      • Yogi Magic Mart - list
      • Top Hat Topics - Tannen's
50. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Liquid Appear - Milk Vanish Idea - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Color Changing Fan Ideas - "Hen" Fetsch
50. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
51. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Optical Illusion
52. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • collected from Clarke "The Senator" Crandall's writings
      • On Magic and Magicians
      • On Life and Death
      • Truisms
      • Crandallisms
54. Letter to the Editor - from Michael MacDougall
55. First Cincinnati Magic Soiree Successful - William H. Brewe
56. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Patter for coin effect [in an earlier column] - Dr. Chester Miller
57. Final Curtain
    • Mrs. Isaac Mishell
57. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
58. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
58. Deaf Magicians Sought in the United States of America
58. Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
59. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Christmas poem
60. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Letter to the Governor of Illinois from Salvatore Salla
    • poem
    • Letter from Dick Drake
    • Letter to Editor - Winn D. Higgins
63. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Severed Love Cord
63. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Merry Christmas
    • Santa's Tricks
64. Refinements for Polish - George "Keoki" Hanneman
    • Sleights
    • Practice
    • Notes
64. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Chamberlain's Lotion" for hands - Dr. W. E. Belanger
65. Memorial page for Fannie D. Kleinman - from Benjamin J. Kleinman
12. photo - Milbourne Christopher's Hindu Basket Illusion

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