In the last chapter of Harry Lorayne's "The Magic Book" from 1977 is a small trick called something like "From 1 to 10".
I've seen it in other sources as well, with other titles, using spongeballs etc.
Can anyone advice on how to properly credit this item?
Credits: 1 to 10 in Lorayne's The Magic Book?
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Re: Credits: 1 to 10 in Lorayne's The Magic Book?
If it's the thing where you have two items and you count from 1 to 10 and they both end up in one hand, it comes from Martin Gardner.
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Re: Credits: 1 to 10 in Lorayne's The Magic Book?
Wonderful! Any idea on the source and publishing year?
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Re: Credits: 1 to 10 in Lorayne's The Magic Book?
In "Roy Benson by Starlight", it's described within his Benson Bowl Routine as the "Chinese Count". It's also noted that both Dai Vernon and Johnny Thompson preferred a version with an eight count.
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Re: Credits: 1 to 10 in Lorayne's The Magic Book?
Also from "Roy Benson by Starlight":
"This is an old effect that Benson always referred to as the Chinese Count, though many magicians know it as a match transposition that Dai Vernon called the Chinese Matches. According to a description of the effect in the September 1958 issue of The Gen, Vernon said it was a trick he first saw performed by a Chinese magician."
"This is an old effect that Benson always referred to as the Chinese Count, though many magicians know it as a match transposition that Dai Vernon called the Chinese Matches. According to a description of the effect in the September 1958 issue of The Gen, Vernon said it was a trick he first saw performed by a Chinese magician."
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Re: Credits: 1 to 10 in Lorayne's The Magic Book?
In Martin Gardner Presents (1993), the references are:
Leslie Hunt's Move (with matches) in Match-ic (1935) by Martin Gardner
Passe Passe Sponge by Martin Gardner (1940), marketed trick sold by Ireland Magic Co.
Leslie Hunt's Move (with matches) in Match-ic (1935) by Martin Gardner
Passe Passe Sponge by Martin Gardner (1940), marketed trick sold by Ireland Magic Co.