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by Edwin Corrie
October 17th, 2023, 5:21 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Precedents for Ring/Coin Move
Replies: 10
Views: 4083

Re: Precedents for Ring/Coin Move

I don't have either of those books :cry: , but the "Himber Vanish" does seem to be in both of them under different names: https://donsmagicandbooks.com/products/richard-himber-the-man-and-his-magic-ed-levy (in Chapter III; see Contents pages) https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/book/875 ...
by Edwin Corrie
September 25th, 2023, 12:38 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Tony Hassini speaks ...
Replies: 41
Views: 7077

Re: Tony Hassini speaks ...

I remember the Tony Hassini articles in The Magic Magazine and Hocus Pocus magazine. He seemed to be quite successful, or at least famous. So that was Corinda's shop at 7 Tottenham Court Road? And was there another one - possibly connected to it - at 12 Oxford Street? In the early 1970s? I was aroun...
by Edwin Corrie
August 10th, 2023, 2:30 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Zig-Zag Card
Replies: 17
Views: 2858

Re: Zig-Zag Card

tom, check out don england's version from his 1979 lecture notes. it's similar. he also has another more complicated gaff that i actually like better and used it in my castle show back in the '80's. It's also in his book TKO's, but the details of how to make it are in Apocalypse Vol. 2 No. 5. I hav...
by Edwin Corrie
July 18th, 2023, 7:59 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Change Blindness References
Replies: 13
Views: 5041

Re: Change Blindness References

There's a great Colour Changing Card Trick by Richard Wiseman that uses change blindness, on his wesbite at http://www.richardwiseman.com/quirkology/new/USA/Video_ColourChangingTrick.shtml (with a discussion and links) and published in MAGIC magazine (November 2003). Also there was a post here on th...
by Edwin Corrie
May 22nd, 2023, 2:36 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: Line O' Type
Replies: 18
Views: 3581

Re: Line O' Type

I couldn't find it in Conjuring Credits either. But I did find a wonderful semi-related effect in Karl Fulves "Big Book of Magic" (1977) called How to Predict the Super Bowl (p. 137). It's not really the same, but the principle is similar. It's said to be based on an idea by Richard Himber...
by Edwin Corrie
March 24th, 2023, 1:30 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Packet Switch Reference
Replies: 15
Views: 2719

Re: Packet Switch Reference

Sounds a lot like Dingle's No-Lap Switch from "Complete Works of DD", though I think I read somewhere that there's another switch that's quite similar and maybe came before. No idea what it was though.
by Edwin Corrie
March 23rd, 2023, 4:40 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Buddha Papers resources
Replies: 28
Views: 5109

Re: Buddha Papers resources

The version with multiple sheets goes back at least to "Manuel complet des sorciers" (1836) by M. Comte. I did some research on this which covers some of the really old sources and a few variations - see my blog post at https://www.corrieorigami.com/post/the-buddha-papers . There's also th...
by Edwin Corrie
January 24th, 2023, 5:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: question about Page-Kourcy card pass
Replies: 31
Views: 7156

Re: question about Page-Kourcy card pass

The Blackstone book seems to have been published in various editions and combinations. He's not mentioned in "Card Tricks for Beginners" - the only credit is Ross Chandaue. But there's a bit of overlap between some of the Harry Baron books too ( https://magicref.net/magicbooks/ lists a few...
by Edwin Corrie
January 4th, 2023, 3:47 am
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: Hot Rod force
Replies: 44
Views: 10641

Re: Hot Rod force

Thanks to Mr. Corrie for referencing that thread--there's a great routine in there from Steve Dusheck using this: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S4043 which may be of interest to the OP. As a tangential thought: another trick that I feel suffers from the "Hot Rod Force" is Derek Dingle's ...
by Edwin Corrie
January 2nd, 2023, 3:50 am
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: Hot Rod force
Replies: 44
Views: 10641

Re: Hot Rod force

There was another thread here about the Hot Rod a LONG time ago with some good ideas and information: https://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10671&p=111744&hilit=force+regal#p111744 I remember making a note of it because I really liked the following suggestion from David R...
by Edwin Corrie
December 6th, 2022, 2:34 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: RIP Volker Huber
Replies: 4
Views: 948

Re: RIP Volker Huber

Sorry to hear about this. I never got to meet Volker Huber but I bought a few books from him, including the Bibliography of German Magic Literature he published recently with Christian Theiss, which is an incredible monument to his life's work as a magic historian and scholar. It feels like he must ...
by Edwin Corrie
October 11th, 2022, 7:26 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Donna Lucas, Our Office Manager, Has Died
Replies: 12
Views: 2548

Re: Donna Lucas, Our Office Manager, Has Died

Also very sorry to hear the news. She was very kind and helpful in organising replacement issues of Genii when mine got lost in the post. It happens quite a bit, but she was always quick to respond. Condolences to her family.
by Edwin Corrie
September 22nd, 2021, 3:09 pm
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: Equivoque Origins
Replies: 19
Views: 5462

Re: Equivoque Origins

Hello Bob, My guess is this one, but I do not own a copy so I can't be sure. If that's not it another book by Decremps, Testament de Jérome Sharp , has a chapter on page 150 about magician's choice. It's definitely in "Testament de Jérôme Sharp" (1786). Chapter XI is "Guessing which ...
by Edwin Corrie
August 5th, 2021, 3:26 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Magic magazines/books/newsletters
Replies: 10
Views: 3595

Re: Magic magazines/books/newsletters

Hi. Still looking for mags. And books by: David Britland John Carey Peter Duffie. Thanks You can find a lot of David Britland and Peter Duffie material on Martin Breese's site, which is still running at https://martinbreese.com/ . Also bound editions of "Spellbinder" magazine and odd issu...
by Edwin Corrie
August 3rd, 2021, 3:38 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: The First Card Trick in Print?
Replies: 13
Views: 2821

Re: The First Card Trick in Print?

"Clocking the Deck" is probably the oldest Card Trick ever in print in the "Perugia" manuscript by Luca Pacioli from 1478 (whereas "De Viribus Quantitatis" by the same author is from 1493): https://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php?id=cards:clocking_the_deck Thank you ...
by Edwin Corrie
July 15th, 2021, 1:02 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Cherchez La Femme
Replies: 6
Views: 3469

Re: Cherchez La Femme

In "Pages From Patrick's Notebooks" Pat Page says it's a very old idea (i.e. the simple split face cards associated with Hofzinser, though they were around well before that) and says his contribution is adding the corner indices. The sliding panel versions in Roterberg (1897) and Conradi (...
by Edwin Corrie
July 15th, 2021, 10:21 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: The First Card Trick in Print?
Replies: 13
Views: 2821

Re: The First Card Trick in Print?

I didn't know about the Codice Vaticano Latino 3129. So that's what the footnote in Bill Kalush's article is referring to! But some more googling revealed an article on your blog ( http://www.marianotomatis.it/blog.php?post=blog/20110322 ), which explains a lot. I bought "I giochi matematici&qu...
by Edwin Corrie
June 17th, 2020, 1:52 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Why is editing so bad in magic publications?
Replies: 115
Views: 27656

Re: Why is editing so bad in magic publications?

Ian Kendall wrote: I fear that most of these people wouldn't know who to ask to proof read their work, In the sentence above, 'who' is the subject of the verb 'to proof read', so that's the correct usage. /grammar geek. Disagree. The core of the sentence is "people wouldn't know who". Sub...
by Edwin Corrie
May 26th, 2020, 2:52 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Opinions on initial Wild Card display
Replies: 89
Views: 13036

Re: Opinions on initial Wild Card display

Duraty's initial display is a bit like Shigeo Takagi's from his Wild Card manuscript (also in "Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi"), except that Duraty holds all the pairs in a fan instead of tabling them one by one. Like with a Flushtration count you get a strong impression of having seen ...
by Edwin Corrie
April 18th, 2020, 9:47 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Two-Card Reverse
Replies: 7
Views: 2035

Re: Two-Card Reverse

Thanks Philippe. The version in The Jinx seems to be about the same as the one in "Professional Magic for Amateurs", and it does sound like Gibson was describing an idea which as far as he knew was new. It's also interesting with some of these older tricks that magicians didn't mind puttin...
by Edwin Corrie
April 16th, 2020, 11:07 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Two-Card Reverse
Replies: 7
Views: 2035

Re: Two-Card Reverse

Thanks for bringing attention to this. I read the Lou Gallo book a long time ago and had forgotten about this. It's a nice version of Paul Rosini's Double Reverse from "Rosini's Magic Gems". Eugene Burger has a great handling and presentation in "The Performance of Close Up Magic"...
by Edwin Corrie
April 7th, 2020, 11:41 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: Magic Age Cards
Replies: 19
Views: 5185

Re: Magic Age Cards

I don't have it, but Galasso's "A devotione del signore" seems to be based on the Magic Age Cards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8XZHzlHaE https://store.conjuringarts.org/product/a-devotione-del-signore-horatio-galasso/ Martin Gardner discusses a couple of versions in Chapter 6 of &quo...
by Edwin Corrie
February 28th, 2020, 3:37 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Dr Daley spin
Replies: 13
Views: 3520

Re: Dr Daley spin

But somewhere Vernon talks about using it in the magic shop as a pretend secret move.. I think on the Revelations DVDs Where does he talk about this? This has been bugging me because I don't have the DVD set but I have read the story somewhere, and it doesn't seem to be in The Vernon Touch, the Ver...
by Edwin Corrie
February 27th, 2020, 8:35 am
Forum: Book of The Month Club
Topic: Does anyone here speak French?
Replies: 43
Views: 26667

Re: Does anyone here speak French?

To save everyone the trouble, here's what Kent's link gives you: "And still about the radio game, there is a booklet entitled: The Long and the Short of It , the Best Svengali Routine in Existence, by Mark Lewis, edited by Lisa Moore (2001). I found it in London in the shop of Ron MacMillan and...
by Edwin Corrie
February 3rd, 2020, 2:45 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Credit help
Replies: 28
Views: 6301

Re: Credit help

Mr. Koenig's Tapestry by Richard Vollmer in Apocalypse Vol. 14 No. 3 Martin Gardner described his Paradox Papers in Pallbearers' Review (1971) but the principle goes back to an old Henry Dudeney postage stamp folding puzzle. There are quite a few variations around: https://www.conjuringarchive.com/l...
by Edwin Corrie
January 30th, 2020, 3:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: Trying to find Childhood Optical Illusion Book. Any Idea?
Replies: 9
Views: 3525

Re: Trying to find Childhood Optical Illusion Book. Any Idea?

There must be lots of them so this is just a shot in the dark, but I have one from around that time called "Take a Closer Look" by UK magician Keith Kay. I think it was privately published, though it seems to be still around with a different cover ( https://www.bookdepository.com/Take-Clos...
by Edwin Corrie
January 24th, 2020, 6:45 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Sad News from Davenport's Magic in London
Replies: 37
Views: 10419

Re: Sad News from Davenport's Magic in London

Later we had Alan Alan's Magic Spot ("go look in the window") and Repro 71 may already have been operating (not sure when they started) I seem to remember reading or being told that the "71" was because they started in 1971 - and also that "Repro" was because at first ...
by Edwin Corrie
September 11th, 2019, 11:20 am
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Vernon fools Houdini
Replies: 82
Views: 72748

Re: Vernon fools Houdini

Thank you Denis and Marco, that's very interesting. I had to stop getting Gibecière a while back (money and space problems), but maybe I can renew my subscription to Ask Alexander and read the whole article. But weren't playing card backs a more recent invention? I thought they used to be plain whit...
by Edwin Corrie
June 28th, 2019, 2:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase
Replies: 48
Views: 11598

Re: Graham Adams Card Magic & Erdnase

I also understood that there were really only a handful of copies of the actual lecture notes, so good luck with finding one. But Martin Breese published "The Best of Pentagram Card Magic" which has a chapter on the work of Graham Adams. It seems to be still available from various dealers.
by Edwin Corrie
August 31st, 2018, 10:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 11989424

Re: ERDNASE

There's even a French mnemonic for the same order: Huit (8) rois (rois) très (3) discrets (10), de (2) cette (7) neuvième (9) sainte (5) dame (dame) Katryn (4), assistent (as - 6) le valet (valet) I don't know who came up with it or whether it came before the English version - I found it on a blog b...
by Edwin Corrie
May 29th, 2018, 3:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: A Plunger Question
Replies: 26
Views: 7768

Re: A Plunger Question

Just to clarify. The effect I was looking for is not the Rising Cards using the plunger principle. It's a completely different effect whose creator was unknown to Hilliard. Thanks to all for chiming in. Not as old as Robert-Houdin, but another reference: I remember this from one of my very first ma...
by Edwin Corrie
February 27th, 2018, 2:26 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Most Issues of MAGIC Magazine are Now Live in the Genii Archive
Replies: 31
Views: 6772

Re: Most Issues of MAGIC Magazine are Now Live in the Genii Archive

Thanks Richard, and glad it wasn't just me. It'll definitely be worth the wait.
by Edwin Corrie
February 26th, 2018, 11:02 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Most Issues of MAGIC Magazine are Now Live in the Genii Archive
Replies: 31
Views: 6772

Re: Most Issues of MAGIC Magazine are Now Live in the Genii Archive

Is anyone else still having trouble viewing the MAGIC issues? I now find I usually get the covers, but when I try to go into an issue it won't load at all. Or else it does load, and all the pages appear as thumbnails, but when I try to get the full view most of the pages are blank. I've tried from b...
by Edwin Corrie
February 14th, 2018, 11:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: Roy Walton
Replies: 44
Views: 21444

Re: Roy Walton

No problem. And please, call me Edwin!

Striker: “Surely you can’t be serious”
Rumack: “I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley.”
(from the film Airplane!, 1980)
by Edwin Corrie
February 14th, 2018, 9:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Roy Walton
Replies: 44
Views: 21444

Re: Roy Walton

Someday, I would love to read an in-depth profile of Mr. Walton in Genii or listen to/see an interview with him online, but it doesn't seem like that's in the cards at this time. If I should ever be lucky enough to get to Scotland, I know exactly where I'll be going straightaway. There was a nice a...
by Edwin Corrie
February 8th, 2018, 3:12 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Most Issues of MAGIC Magazine are Now Live in the Genii Archive
Replies: 31
Views: 6772

Re: Most Issues of MAGIC Magazine are Now Live in the Genii Archive

I find if I click on "Issues" in the vertical menu bar on the right it usually shows just the Genii issue thumbnails. Sometimes there's also a tab for MAGIC; other times there isn't, but then if I click on "Issues" in the toolbar thing at the top left (Issues, Help, Contact, Sett...
by Edwin Corrie
January 16th, 2018, 4:52 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Cy Endfield
Replies: 27
Views: 11711

Re: Cy Enfield

Cy Endfield was friends with Gershon Legman and Robert Harbin and through them played a small but important part in the history of origami in the West: http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/legman.php http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/papermoney.php http://www.britishorigami.in...
by Edwin Corrie
September 14th, 2017, 9:53 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: At the table dinner table - displaying the cards.
Replies: 5
Views: 2435

Re: At the table dinner table - displaying the cards.

Guy Hollingworth has a stand-up version of Waving the Aces in "Drawing Room Deceptions" with a discussion about performing "vertically" in stand-up situations.
by Edwin Corrie
July 27th, 2017, 2:50 am
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Dutch Looper / English Monte / English Three Card Trick
Replies: 77
Views: 40064

Re: Dutch Looper / English Monte / English Three Card Trick

I don't have it, but there seem to be some gaffed versions in Ganson's Teach-In on the Three Card Monte:

http://archive.denisbehr.de/show.php?book=979

There's also this, which mentions Jerry Mentzer's English Monte:

http://magicref.tripod.com/magref/magmonte.htm
by Edwin Corrie
May 30th, 2017, 10:06 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: How to pronounce _____ ?
Replies: 49
Views: 12461

Re: How to pronounce _____ ?

"Bernard Bill-EES" with the "s" pronounced and the stress on the last syllable in French, though we'd probably put it on the first syllable in English, as in "Paris". But "Paris" in French is "Par-EE" with a silent "s", and "Bernard&qu...

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