A new look at the Okito Box Teach-In
by Lewis Ganson

In 1911, Okito was in partnership with Joe Klein in a magic shop on Broadway, New York. Joe suffered from indigestion and kept his boxes of pills in a drawer in the shop. Okito often handled the pill boxes and noticed that the lid would fit on both bottom and top and in each case, the box looked the same. He had some made up in metal instead of cardboard, of such a size as to take coins and so the "Okito Coin Box" was born. Since they were first marketed by the Bamberg Magic and Novelty Company, dealers all over the world have manufactured and sold these boxes. Different ideas have been incorporated, such as weighting the bottom to make it turn over easily.

You will learn all the basic moves as well as many advanced techniques. Lewis Ganson included a chapter on magnetic coins and how they can be used in combination with the Okito Box. There is also a routine, "Boston Two Step", by Alex Elmsley using the Boston Box.

There is no better place to start studying the Okito Coin Box.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese whom we thank for the kind permission to reproduce this booklet.

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1st edition 1983 by Supreme; original 40 pages; PDF 45 pages.

4. CONTENTS
5. INTRODUCTION
7. THE BASIC MOVES
7. - THE OKITO TURNOVER MOVE
9. - THE TOSS FROM HAND TO HAND
9. - RIGHTING THE BOX
10. - BLU-TACK
11. SOME BASIC EFFECTS
11. - Coin through Box and Hand
12. - Coin through Card
13. - Repeat Penetration through Card
15. MAGNETIC COINS
17. - TWO TIMES TEN
18. - STAGE ONE THE 2p PENETRATES THE BOX AND CIGARETTE PACKET
19. - STAGE TWO THE 10p PENETRATES THE BOX AND CIGARETTE PACKET
20. - STAGE THREE CLIMAX - THE 10p VANISHES AND IS FOUND IN THE BOX
23. BOX CLEVER
27. SYMPATHETIC OKITO
33. BOSTON TWO STEP
36. ADDITIONAL MOVES WITH THE OKITO BOX
36. - Colombini Turnover Move
37. - Turnover Move After Gus Davenport
38. - Variation on Kaplan's Righting Move
39. - Edward J. McLaughlin's Moves with the Okito Box
45. CONCLUSION