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 (Amsterdam, Holland: 15 July 1875 - 28 June 1963)
Bamberg, [Tobias Leendert] "Toby", then since 1903 "Theo" Aka "Okito" (name derived from Tokyo). Eldest son of David Tobias "Papa" Bamberg. Learned at age 11 assisting father. Pro illusionist with pseudo-Japanese act since 1893. Invented vanishing wand in 1887 and fall-apart box (jointly with Carl Willmann) by 1908.
Played the Lisbon Coliseu 1900; Casino de Paris 1900, 1901, and 1902 (4 weeks); the Paris Folies-Marigny 1902 (2 weeks); Madrid; and the Winchester Hippodrome 1902-03. "Toby" (Tobias) informally became "Theo" (Theodore) in 1903 at the insistance of his bride. Then played the London Tivoli 1903 (as "Okito and Polising"); St. Petersburg 1904; Europe... | |
 ... Circle" by 1932. Member of the "Secret Six". Voted one of the 10 living Card Stars in 1938. Mentor of Roy Fromer. Invented Tilt (1st version) c1941 and Spirit Cartography.
Wrote 3 booklets: Mohammed Bey's routines for the Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick (1952, 8pp), Mohammed Bey's Routine with the Okito Coin Box, and More Mohammed Bey Routines with the Okito Coin Box (1956, 11pp), the latter 2 being reprinted together as Mohammed Bey's Routines with the Okito Coin Box and More (1963). Tricks and articles in Greater Magic, Jinx, Sphinx, Phoenix, New Phoenix, Hugard's Magic Monthly, and Pallbearers Review. | |
Magicians' TricksHenry Hatton & Adrian Plate  This book was rated one of the ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by H. Adrian Smith, historian, collector and owner of the largest private magic library in his time. It is a magnificent book featuring tricks from Germain, Conradi, Goldston, Okito, Elliott, and others. It is very difficult to get a hardcopy these days. Other books in this top 10 list are
Paul Fleming wrote:
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Modern Coin MagicJ. B. Bobo ... - ...
- ...The Bent Penny
- Silver Extraction
- The Ghost of a Coin
- Coins Through the Table
- The Magical Filtration of Four Half Dollars
- The Sympathetic Coins
- The Al Saal Stratagem
- The Changing Change
- The Coin Roll
- The Downs Coin Star
- Roll Down Flourish with Four Coins
- Downs Eureka Pass
- "Eureka" Routine
- Rattle Box Routine
- Thieves and Sheep
- Just Pretend
- The Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver
- Coins and Cards
- X: Coin Boxes
- The Okito Coin Box
- Coins Through Box and the Hand
- Okito Box, Coin and Handkerchief
- Routine with an Okito Coin Box and a Silk
- Silver to Copper with the Okito Coin Box
- The...
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The Amateur Magician's HandbookHenry Hay ... - ...
- ... Method
- Poke Through Vanish
- Pulls
- 3. Color Changing:
- Color Changing Handkerchief
- Dye Tube
- 4. Knots
- Dissolving Knot
- Appearing Knot
- Fake Square Knots
- Knot That Unties Itself
- Sympathetic Silks
- Chapter 16: Small Gimmicks and Fakes
- Thumb Tip
- Finger Tip
- Thumb Writer
- Card Index
- Card Box
- Card Frame
- Pulls
- Hooks
- Tumblers
- Mirror Glass
- Chapter 17: Standard Stuff
- 1. Cut and Restored Rope; 3 methods
- 2. The Egg Bag
- 3. The Passe Passe Bottle and Glass
- 4. Liquid Tricks
- 4a. The Lota: inexhaustible vase of water
- 4b. The Rice Bowls
- 4c. The Funnel
- 4d. The Ching Ling Foo Water...
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A new look at the Okito Box Teach-InLewis 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,... | ★★★★★ $9.50 to wish listPDF |
The Gil-Gan SwindleLewis Ganson What a lovely, simple, but hugely effective coin routine this is. Although an Okito Box is used, none of the regular Okito Box moves are employed .... there are virtually NO SLEIGHTS involved in this effect! Lewis also gives credit to BOB SWADLING for his subtle idea which is incorporated and which makes the effect possible .... and what an effect! A close-up masterpiece!
A small piece of plastic the size of a playing-card is shown and placed across the mouth of a tumbler. A 2p piece (or USA 5 cent piece) is placed on top of the plastic and covered by the lid of a small brass box. On tapping... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
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Volume 1, No. 7 Mar 1975
- Flight Four / Mike Cassidy
- Tearaway / Roy Walton
- Kings over Queens II / William Zavis
- Professional Views on Doing Professional Magic for the Layman / Fred Kaps
- The Page boy speaks ...
- George P. Sanderson on Colour Psychology
- Focus
Volume 1, No. 8 Apr 1975
- Be-Wild-ering cards / Flip
- Box Clever / Bob Read
- Ambitious Riser / Fred Robinson
- Chop-Coin / Arthur Setterington
- Faro Felon / Mark Scudiery
- Extra / Bob Hamilton
- The Page boy speaks ...
- Carousel / Roy Walton
- Gone Sandwich / William Zavis
- Focus
Volume 1, No. 9 May 1975
- We'll Ring You / Kevin Fox
- Earthbound / Roy...
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The Sphinx Volume 6 (Mar 1907 - Feb 1908)Albert M. Wilson ... | 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 |
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| 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 ... | 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 |
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| 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 ... | 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 Sphinx Volume 22 (Mar 1923 - Feb 1924)Albert M. Wilson ... | Sleights Rosencrance Unreasonable Card Parade. By C. W. Rosencrance. | 18 |
| Responsive Alphabetic Letters (Paperology). By C. W. Rosencrance. | 18 |
| The Glasgow Society of Magicians. By Will Dale. | 19 |
| The Mysterious Deck of Cards - A Hofzinser Problem. | 19 |
| Hocus Pocus. By Claudio. The Sucher Dice Box. | 20 |
| Thought Projecting. | 20 |
| The Multiplying Bill Trick. By Alex. Cuniglio. | 20 |
| Lack of Uniformity in Prepared Cards. By Harold P. White. | 20 |
| Rare Bits of Magic. By Frederick DeMuth: How to Conceal the Twist in the Afghan Bands; A Mysterious Mixup; The Egg and Confetti Change. | 21 |
| Other Ways of Doing... |
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The Sphinx Volume 24 (Mar 1925 - Feb 1926)Albert M. Wilson ... | Horace Marshall. | 53 |
| Eastman's Ezy Coin Trick. By Eastman the Magician. | 53 |
| Editorial. | 54 |
| Literature. | 55 |
| Adventures in Many Lanes. By Julius Zancig: Early Days; Growing Reputation. | 56 |
| A Magical Alphabet. By Harry Opel. | 56 |
| Chats. By Kolar. | 57 |
| Cartoon. Exposure of the Riggoletto Needle Trick. | 57 |
| The Box of Flowers. By T. Page Wright. | 57 |
| A Useful Handkerchief Trick. By Augustus Rapp. | 58 |
| A Novel Card Stunt. By Sid Lorraine. | 58 |
| Paper Sack and Confetti Trick. By "Maharba" Abraham Comisky. | 58 |
| The Silken Smoke. By T. Page Wright. | 59 |
| The Secret of the East. By Al. Snyder. | 59 |
| Basket for Producing Flowers.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 25 (Mar 1926 - Feb 1927)Albert M. Wilson ... | - Cleveland Notes. By Dr. H. Wesley Burger. | 7 |
| - The Magicians' Club Annual Dinner, London, England. By Georgie Wood. | 8 |
| - British Magical Society. By J. C. Frisby. | 8 |
| - Scottish Conjurers' Association. By Duncan Johnstone. | 8 |
| - Trooping Around In Magic. By Max Holden. | 8 |
| - Magigrams. By Dorny. | 9 |
| Indian Conjuring. Compiled by Theo. Bamberg (Okito) during his travels through India and the Far East. | 10 |
| Letter by Wm. Mayer. | 11 |
| Letter by Parent Assembly of the Society of American Magicians. | 11 |
| Kinks. By Frederick De Muth: The Penetrating Half Dollar. | 12 |
| The Handkerchief Casette From the Kodak Film Box. By Harry Hanoki. | 12 |
| The Mystic Jewels.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 30 (Mar 1931 - Feb 1932)John Mulholland ... | With Hypnotism. By Howard Savage. | 20 |
| - Card Effect No. 12. By John Harry Keller. | 21 |
| - Still Stealing Money. With Morris Bernstein. | 21 |
| - Aig Baig. By C. M. Coles. | 21 |
| - Original Cork Ball Sleights. By Braden Hall. | 21 |
| - A Treatise on the Spelling Effect. By Eddie Clever. | 21 |
| - Coin Through Match Box. By Edwin the Enigma. | 22 |
| - Open Sesame, Close Sesame. By Edwin the Enigma. | 22 |
| - A New Packing Box Escape. By Edwin the Enigma. | 22 |
| - Alice in a Night Club. Henry Haldane. | 23 |
| Bridges' Reviews. By Milton A. Bridges: The Linking Ring; Tablets of Osiris Number 16; Tablets of Osiris Number 17; "World's... |
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The Sphinx Volume 32 (Mar 1933 - Feb 1934)John Mulholland ... | by Ireland and King; Periodicals. | 87 |
| Who's Who In Magic: Romuald A. Codere; I. E. Camille; John Ball. | 87 |
| Editor's Page. | 88 |
| "The Fun-Ways of Magic". By George F. Schulte. | 89 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 89 |
| Books of Yesterday. Leo Rullman. | 89 |
| New Studio. | 90 |
| New Book. | 90 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1933 | |
| The Gwynne Production Box. By Jack Gwynne. | 109 |
| The Editor Goes to the S.A.M. Conference. | 110 |
| Charlie Leedy's Patter Lines. | 110 |
| Current Magic: Edited by Baffles. | 111 |
| - A Production. By Henry Haldane. | 111 |
| - The Invisible Hen. By D. S. Howard. | 111 |
| Among the Magicians. By Bernard M. L. Ernst. | 112 |
| Around the World of Magic.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 33 (Mar 1934 - Feb 1935)John Mulholland ... | - Washington Assembly No. 23. By C. C. Slayton. | 90 |
| - Robert Houdin Assembly No. 24. By James Eccles. | 90 |
| - Rhode Island Assembly No. 26. By J. L. Tucker. | 91 |
| - Quad City Assembly No. 27. By Donald Hendricks. | 91 |
| Parent Assembly News. Edited by Julien J. Proskauer. | 93 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1934 | |
| Listing Troubles. By Arthur Punnar. | 104 |
| Expanding Bowl. By Okito. | 105 |
| An Alcohol Rub. By Howard Savage. | 106 |
| Afterwards. Reviewed by Douglas Cragge. | 106 |
| Signs on the Road to Magicland. By David Devant. | 107 |
| Charlie Leedy's Patter Lines. | 107 |
| Current Magic: Edited by Baffles. | 108 |
| - The Four Partition Card Easel. By R. M. Jamison. | 108 |
| - Cameo's (C. T. Boyer) Mental... |
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The Sphinx Volume 36 (Mar 1937 - Feb 1938)John Mulholland ... | - Announcement Extraordinary!!! | 8 |
| - Change Over Palm With Cards. By Lion. | 8 |
| - The Six Dollar Trick. By C. Brustia. | 8 |
| - ...And Now "The Flying Card" By Paul Morris. | 8 |
| - That's What I Call a Trick! By Paul Morris. | 9 |
| - The Color Changing Checkered Board. By Joseph Rukus. | 9 |
| - The Vanishing White Mice. By Joseph Rukus. | 9 |
| - The Box of Hades. By Joseph Rukus. | 9 |
| - The Magnetised Cards. By Tan Hock Chuan. | 10 |
| - Sawing Through a Wand. By Joseph Rukus. | 10 |
| - The Napkin Ashes. By Joseph Rukus. | 10 |
| - Current Magic Winners. By Baffles. | 10 |
| Funeral of W. W. Durbin. By F. W. Gorman. | 11 |
| Among the Magicians. By Bernard M. L. Ernst. | 12 |
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The Sphinx Volume 38 (Mar 1939 - Feb 1940)John Mulholland ... | No. 10. By Harold Becker. | 48 |
| Parent Assembly News. Edited by Elmer Applegit. | 49 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1939 | |
| Magic The International Art. | 61 |
| My Opening Illusion. By Levante. | 62 |
| Vice-Versa. By Clemont de Lion. | 62 |
| Chuan's Invisible Pass. By Tan Hock Chuan. | 62 |
| Where Do The Ducks Come From? By Theo. Bamberg (Okito). | 63 |
| Vice-Versa. A Detailed Coin Routine. By Victor Farelli. | 64 |
| A New Calendar Trick. By Ottokar Fischer. | 65 |
| Thought Reading. By Karl Schroeder. | 65 |
| "Just Fan-cy" By Mysto. | 66 |
| Mass Suggestion. By Dr. Camille Gaultier. | 66 |
| The Reversing Aces. By G. C. R. Teale. | 66 |
| "The Quick and the Dead" By John... |
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The Sphinx Volume 40 (Mar 1941 - Feb 1942)John Mulholland
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1941 | |
| The Birth of Old Glory. By A. M. Wilson, M.D. | 7 |
| The Magic Door. By Howard Thurston. | 8 |
| Card Effect With Two Packs. By Nate Leipzig. | 10 |
| Potato Jones And His Amazing Disappearance. Horace Goldin. | 11 |
| The Miser's Dream As I Do It. By T. Nelson Downs. | 12 |
| Houdini-Hardeen Strait-Jacket Escape. By Theo. Hardeen Brother of Houdini. | 14 |
| Hi-Strung. By Okito and Fu-Manchu. | 16 |
| The Witch Of The Flame. Eugene Laurant. | 18 |
| The Triple Escape. By Levante. | 20 |
| A Great Production. By Blackstone. | 21 |
| The Coin Roll Vanish. By Paul LePaul. | 22 |
| Birch Vanishes Fifty Rabbits. By Birch. | 23... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 43 (Mar 1944 - Feb 1945)John Mulholland
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| VOLUME 43 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1944 | |
| The Cover. | 4 |
| With a Bow to Anderson. From notes by Brander Matthews. | 5 |
| One Of The Ups and Downs Of Magic. By W. A. Russell. | 6 |
| Hathaway Card Change. By Hathaway. | 7 |
| Spelling. By Elmer Appelgit. | 7 |
| Musical Magic. By San Era. | 8 |
| Break-A-Way Die Box Routine. By Tommy Windsor. | 8 |
| Dr. Brochu's Flash Card Location. By Dr. R. Brochu. | 9 |
| Cards and Envelopes. By Eugene Laurant. | 10 |
| Eugene Laurant Dies. | 11 |
| London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 12 |
| S.A.M. Parent Assembly Show. | 12 |
| John Henry Anderson "Great Wizard of the North" | 17 |
| Editor's Page. | 20 |
| Squawks. By Frazee. | 21 |
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The Sphinx Volume 44 (Mar 1945 - Feb 1946)John Mulholland ... | 5: JULY 1945 | |
| The Cover. | 128 |
| Miracles For Sale: W. M. Card Location. Baffling Bunnies. Mystery of the Seventh Card. Massey Duplex Slate. Mingus Wonder Cigar. Royal Devil Wand. Jumbo Soft Diamonds. A Capitol Problem. It's a Stopper. | 128 |
| Billiard Ball and Wand Twirl. By "Silent" Mora. | 129 |
| With The Okito Box. By Little Johnny Jones. | 130 |
| The Get-Together Conference. By R. W. Edmanson. | 130 |
| Chow Mein. By The Great Ovette. | 131 |
| "Milk & Silk". By Carlos H. Colombi. | 131 |
| Presenting Percy Peacock. By Verrall Wass. | 132 |
| The Impromptu Magician. By John Brown Cook. | 133 |
| Prop Lists and Layout Plans. By Alfred... |
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The Sphinx Volume 46 (Mar 1947 - Feb 1948)John Mulholland ... | Squawks. By Frazee. | 57 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 57 |
| London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 58 |
| Where They Are. | 58 |
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| 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)John Mulholland
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| 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... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |