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Squawks. By Frazee.	57
25 Years Ago.	57
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson.	58
Where They Are.	58

NO. 3: MAY 1947
The Cover.	72
Miracles For Sale: Coke A Plenty. Hippity Hop Rabbit. The Enchanted Frame. Hathaway Card in Balloon. Mephisto's Mint. Egg and Frankfurters. Bunny Ties.	72
Ming Toy. By Theo. Bamberg (Okito).	73
Tan Tubes. By Tan Hock Chuan.	74
Broken and Restored Yarn. By Eddie Joseph.	74
One of Three. By Zerr, The Mystic Mind.	75
"A Coat Trick". By George De Mott.	76
A Lesson In Cinematography. By P. C. Sorcar.	77
Simple Floating Ball. By Willam A. Russell.	78
Cut Control. By J. B. Bobo.	78

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The Sphinx Volume 47 (Mar 1948 - Feb 1949)

VOLUME 47


NO. 1: MARCH 1948
The Sphinx Awards 1948.	4
The Cover.	4
Tricks I Like. By Al Baker.	5
Variation on the Flower Cone. By David Bamberg, Carlos H. Colombi, and Graciela N. Avendano.	6
Second Deal. By Douglas Francis.	6
Sorcar's Vanishing Lamp. By P. C. Sorcar.	7
Cigar Box Switch. By A. W. Fey.	8
21st Century Card Trick. By C. Steffensen.	9
England's Home of Mystery. Founded 75 Years Ago.	10
Poster: Maskelyne and Cooke.	11
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson.	12
South American Notes. By E. Leslie Briant.	12
S.A.M. Parent Assembly Show.	13
Swensk Magisk Cirkels Kongress. By Julius...

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The Sphinx Volume 48 (Mar 1949 - Feb 1950)

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Continental Notes. By Victor Farelli.	151
South American Notes. By E. Leslie Briant.	152
Where They Are.	152
Carl Hertz - Citizen of the World.	153
Playbill: Carl Hertz and Charles Morritt.	154
Hands Over My Ears. By Alfred Elting.	157
Magic Query.	157
Miracles for Sale: Yogi Hyp. Marquetry Drawer Box. The Ball Point Pen. The Magic Mummy. Crystal Chest. Water Cups. Milk-n-glasgo.	157
Dealer Exhibits and Shows.	158
You Should Know Al Munroe.	159
Editor's Page.	160
Squawks. By Frazee.	161
25 Years Ago.	161
Magic Query Answer.	161
Magic in Print: Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game. Spirits In the...

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The Sphinx Volume 49 (Mar 1950 - Feb 1951)

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Card In The Wallet. By Howard Wurst and Bill Pawson.	105
Fun With Cards. Card At Any Number. An Idea. With A Svengali Pack. A Note On "Follow The Leader".	106
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson.	107
South American Notes. By E. Leslie Briant.	107
Magic Query.	107
Continental Notes. By Victor Farelli.	108
Miracles for Sale: Levitate. Alcham Rising Card Box.	108
Philippe De Bishop. By Victor Farelli.	109
Plan Your Collection. By Milbourne Christopher.	110
Card: Travelle The Great.	111
Editor's Page.	112
Squawks. By Frazee.	113
25 Years Ago.	113
Where They Are.	113
Magic Query Answer.	114

NO. 6: AUGUST 1950
The Cover.	120
Magic in Print: Les...

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The Sphinx Volume 50 (Mar 1951 - Feb 1952)

VOLUME 50


NO. 1: MARCH 1951
The Magnetic Card. By Blackstone.	9
Tarbell's Oranges. By Harlan Tarbell.	10
Levante Levitation. By Les Levante.	11
The Robert Harbin Flower Growth. Robert Harbin.	12
The Bewitched Tubes. By Okito.	13
Hindu Rope Mystery. By Birch.	14
The Phantom Studio. By George LaFollette (Rush Ling Toy).	16
The Dunninger Divination. By Joseph Dunninger.	17
Diabolical Die. By P. C. Sorcar.	18
Tah Suiee - The Fountain Pagoda. By Long Tack Sam.	19
Bottoms Down. By Al Baker.	20
The Invisible Flap. By Tan Hock Chuan.	21
The Vanishing Leopard. By Virgil.	22
A Card Problem. By...

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The Sphinx Volume 51 (Mar 1952 - Feb 1953)

VOLUME 51


NO. 1: MARCH 1952
The Cover.	3
The Sphinx Awards - 1952.	4
Triple-Squared-Circle. By Birch.	6
Foulard Transposition. By Okito.	7
A Miracle Sleight. By "Silent" Mora.	8
The Mystery Ball. By Billy Russell.	9
A Sweet Trick. By Matt Schulien.	010
Bullet Catching Trick. By Carlos. H. Colombi.	011
A Utility Fake. By Bill Magini.	12
Instant Flowers. By Peter Warlock.	13
Chromo-spheres. By Dr. Jacob Daley.	14
History of Magic. By P. C. Sorcar.	16
An Aid to Telepathy. By Zerr.	18
Singapore Surprise. By Tan Hock Chuan.	19
Psychogony. By Eddie Joseph.	20
"It's June in Miami". By Herman...

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The Sphinx Volume 6 (Mar 1907 - Feb 1908)

Albert M. Wilson

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English Notes By Henry Whiteley	56
The Magic Little Bell By Max Cadet	57
A Levitation For $150 By Theodore L. DeLand Jr.	58
Half Hours With Mediums By David P. Abbott	59
- "Half Hours" (Continued)	60
- "Half Hours" (Continued)	61
- "Half Hours" (Continued)	62

NO. 6: AUGUST 1907	65
Kansas City, Mo., August 15, 1907	66
Box To Produce Ducks By C.A. Lorenz	66
A Unique Second Sight By Henry Hatton	67
A New Card Force By E.M. Morey	67
Improved Coffee And Milk Trick By "Mayo"	67
Magicians's Doings	68
Cincinnati, O., Notes	68
Cleveland Notes	69
A Chat About Magic And Magicians By Charles Medrington	69
Ring Or Wheel Coin...

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The Sphinx Volume 7 (Mar 1908 - Feb 1909)

Albert M. Wilson

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APRIL 1908	13
Kansas City, Mo., April 15, 1908	14
Biographical Harry A. Sears	15
Dida	15
Changing Confetti by Simms	15
Magician's Doings	16
A Problem In Billiard Balls By Montgomery F. Crowe	16
S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale	17
Extracts from My Program By David P. Abbott	18
Book Notes	19
Sliding Dice Box Trick By Edward Reno	20
"The Sphnix" Picture	22

NO. 3: MAY 1908	25
Kansas City, Mo., May 15, 1908	26
Magician's Doings	27
S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale	28
Merlin's Aquarium By Douglas G. Halley	29
Here And There - An Illusion By Will Edwards	30
Another Goner By C.S. Weller	31
Improved Ink And...

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The Sphinx Volume 8 (Mar 1909 - Feb 1910)

Albert M. Wilson

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Effects	23
- The Deuce And Trey Of Diamonds By Surgeon Rell M. Woodward	23
The World Of Magic	24
- The Zancigs Picture	24
- New York Notes Edward Beadle	25
- English Notes Fred Sinclair	26
The Sarcophagus Illusion By Theodore L. DeLand	27
Mephisto's Teddy Bear By Douglas G. Halley	27
The New Die Box Illusion As Performed By Carl Hertz	28
The New Wonder Die	28
How To Clean Playing Cards	28
A Reminiscence Of Ching Ling Foo By David P. Abbott	29
- Ching Ling Foo & Family Picture	29
The Editor's Page	30
The Society Of American Magicians Oscar S. Teale	31
The Sphinx Changing Card By A.E. Bloom...

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The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin

Dariel Fitzkee

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... Effect
Repeating Vanishing Bill
Dollar Bill And Lemon Routine
Coins From Nowhere
One-Hand Watch Production
Mephisto Sealed Billet Reading
New Version Want Ad Test
One Man Blackboard Test
Billet Test
A Table Levitation
Comedy Slate Test
Telepathic Prediction
Table Acquitment
Match Box Monte
Little Demon Silk Production
Inverted Match Through Fist
Torn And Restored Tissue
Phantom Tobacco Trick
Table Knife Levitation
A Subtle Penetration
The Diabolical Die
Suggestions
A Sucker Production
An Impromptu Production
Cut And Restored Turban
A Torn Cigarette Paper Idea ...

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Tops 1962 Trick Annual

Neil Foster

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... - Harry Louine
Rajah Turban Mystery
Club Performer's Spook Act
Eddie Joseph's Original Conception For The Hindu Cups
Travel - Gerald Kosky
Climax Blue Phantom - Tommy Windsor
Kid Show Chapeau - Tommy Windsor
Fox's 'Fool-eroid' Camera - Karrell Fox
Stage Deportment - Neil Foster
With the Okito Coin Box - Carlos H. Colombi
Balloon-Egg-Card Trick - Carlos H. Colombi
Silks! & Bag Trick
Mel's Confuso - Howard Melson
Zella's Amazing Discovery
Just a Couple of Old Ones - L. E. Roba Collins
Esper Unlimited - Thomas Jorgenson

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Tops Volume 14 (1949)

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- questions and answers
Magic in Kansas City
re: The Mysterious Lawrences have a son
Triple Heart Transposition - Clettis V. Musson
Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
re: Paul Le Paul
Wizard Shows Big Success - Clettis V. Musson
re: Merv Taylor
re: Okito marries Marie Dean - Jack Gwynne has son

The "Tops" - Volume 14, Number 2 - February 1949 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Mephistophelean Magic is Dante's Show - Claudia Cassidy
re: Merle, the Magician
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
- reviews
  - Himber's Wrong-Way Card ...

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Tops Volume 15 (1950)

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... A Rope Trick - George F. Wright
Graphology - Ken de Courcy
Vanishing Wand Variation - J. F. James
Impromptu Match Suspension - Ken de Courcy
re: Monk Watson
re: Hots Michels
Greens - A Comedy Effect - Wilford Hutchinson
So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
- Johnny Louther's "Chatter Box" Material, Part 2
Conjurer's Shop Talk - Ken Allen & Dick Piser
- Lively Cigarette
The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
Grandmother's Necklace Again - Used as a Stage Trick - J. F. James
re: McDonald Birch
Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
The "Easy" Egg Bag - Ken de Courcy
re: Jerry...

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Tops Volume 18 (1953)

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- What's New in Tricks?
  - Miracle Discs - Ken Allen
  - Yo-Yo Escape - Louis Histed
- How About Books?
  - The Sphinx, December
  - Annemann's Buried Treasures
  - The Linking Ring
  - Conjuring Psychology - Richard J. Weibel
  - Sleight Bits - Robert Orben
  - Okito - Edward Drane
  - Classic Secrets of Magic - Bruce Elliott
  - 12 Brand New Tricks - Eddie Joseph
  - Max Andrew's Catalogue
- What's Doing In the Magazines?
  - Hugard's Magic Monthly, September, October, November & December
  - The Journal of Hypnotism, November
  - M-U-M, October,...

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Tops Volume 21 (1956)

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  - The L. W. Lost Chord
  - Will Brema's Convincing Rope Trick
Twin Thoughts - Henry Durkin
re: Lee Allen Estes
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
- Questions and Answers - mixed in with the reviews
- reviews
  - prop cigar - Harold Beaumont
  - More Mohammed Bey Routines With The Okito Coin Box
  - The Five O' Fetsch - "Hen" Fetsch
  - The Invisible Murderer - fiction - Carter Dickson
A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
New York Magi-Chat - Frank Garcia
Visitors at Abbott's - re: Jim Reneaux, Verne Grimsley, Bill Tresslar & Paul Bobe
Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins ...

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Trick Technics

Richard G. Kraus

This is number 4.5 of the Paul Diamond "Gems of Magic Book" series.

Tic-Tac-Toe
Okito Coin-Box Routine
Transpo Silks Deluxe
Rattle-Bars Are "Ringing"
Produce The Load Chamber
Case To Table
Son Of King Tut - Levitation
The Kraus-Kut
Roll-Over Coin Sleight
A Good "Music-Stand" Table
Wrist-Coin Flip
Block and Rope Penetration
Thumb-Press Coin Vanish
Simplex Salt Shaker
"Super Coin-On" Variation
Fishpole-Flagstaff Production

1st edition 1974, 23 pages; 1st digital edition 2015 PDF 23 pages.

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In Triplets 3 - The All Coin Issue, Gregg describes a platform version of Hanging Coins with 3 coins so that it fits in with 3-Fly for those that do that trick. Also, the last coin actually vanishes instead of just being held at the fingertips as in the Roth original.

Next is a routine that looks like a standard Han Ping Chien trick but in reality is done by a completely different method - Pseudo HPC.

A routine using the Nokito Box which is described in David Roth's book Expert Coin Magic. A second ending is provided using a regular Okito Box.

Finally, a new feature, Magic News, has...

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U.N. Coin Box Routines

Scott F. Guinn

STRONG MAGIC WITH COIN BOXES!

Two powerful and commercial routines using Okito-type coin boxes (Boston Box and a Slot Box) and international coins with gaffs.

You will need a range of gaffs:

For Routine # 1:

Two copper/silver coins (C/S), one side showing a US half dollar, the other an English Penny.
One each of the regular matching coins--an English Penny and a US half dollar.
An English penny expanded shell (EXP).

For Routine # 2:

Three Chinese coins that are the size of a half dollar
An expanded shell Chinese coin (CES) to match
An expanded shell half dollar (EXP) ...

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Unarmed

Devin Knight

Important: These are not plans for making this yourself. These are the directions that came with this illusion when it was on the market for $1950.00. This PDF is designed for collectors who may have the prop, but no directions, magic historians, and those simply curious as to how this trick was done. The trick still shows up on eBay, magic flea markets and auctions. If you need the directions, then here they are.

This was one of the best illusions ever released by Illusion Concepts. It was an improved version of cutting an arm in thirds, based on the original Okito Sawing A Woman Into Thirds....

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Wrinkles on the Table

Steve Shufton

... fooler. This routine accomplishes the same effect - with a backfire, using all new moves. Steve wanted to design the most natural-looking moves to accomplish this favorite effect. This is the most convincing and magical matrix routine he has yet devised - and it will fool those "in the know".

Okito Box Routines - Here are a couple routines using an ungimmicked Okito box. "4 out and in" uses some of Roth's handlings as a launching point. But 4 coins travel invisibly out of and into the box, one at a time, using no extra coins and an ungimmicked box. This routine features some original moves...

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