Tong,
Danny: The Close Up Magic of
Danny Tong ©1979 by Magic Art Book Co. Paper, comb-bound, 8.5x11", 30 pages |
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Comment: This book is more like lecture notes as the illustrations don't provide details of the effects, the descriptions are concise, and some moves are assumed to be known by the magician. With that understanding, there is some good magic here. Typewritten pages. Illustrated by Mike Tucci.
Contents:
1 Coins to Glass: uses just 4 half dollars and a stemmed glass
3 Coin Switcheroo: Copper / Silver transposition performed seated
5 Copper Silver Brass: Uses one copper, one silver, one brass, and one
copper / silver coin
7 Another Copper Silver Brass: using just copper, silver, and brass
coins: the silver coin is removed from the left hand which contains all
three coins, but the silver and the copper and brass coins change placed
8 Milliken's Transpo: two halves and two quarters transpose. Uses just
one extra half dollar
9 Net Ball: small balls pass from hand to hand. References the Vernon
Book of Magic and The Linking Ring June 1957 for a description of moves.
13 Nut & Bolt: the nut penetrates the table twice, then is found
screwed onto the bolt (somewhat vaguely described)
14 Cup And Balls: Uses one cup (not a Chop Cup), four balls, and a
wand. Performed seated. Three balls vanish one by one and are all found
in the cup in three different phases. This is more of a Net Ball
routine using a cup to hold the balls rather than a cup and ball
routine, though, as there are no cup penetrations performed.
16 Color Change: a deck color change
17 Mental Scales (Rutledge/Thompson): Spectator cuts off a portion of
the deck, counts down some number of cards, and remembers the
selection. Magician spreads the cards and removes a portion, which is
found to have the same number as counted by the spectator, and the
magician also reveals the selection.
18 Tax Collectors: The Four Kings collect the selected cards. Uses the
Tilt.
19 Ace Assembly: The four Aces assemble in one pile
20 Jap Aces: Four Aces turn into four kings, which are dealt to the
table, the last King clearly shown. The Kings then turn back into Aces.
21 Bonus Section
22 Further Than That (Stuart Judah): a spelling card trick that results
in a Royal Spade Flush
23 M.M. Miracle (Ned Rutledge, from Card
Party): Spectator's selection is placed face up in a packet, but
vanishes and appears face up on the Magician's packet
24 I'm An X-Ray (Ned Rutledge, again from Card Party): Spectator places a
mark on the back of one card, magician finds it while the cards are
face up.
26 Vanishing Water (Roy Walton, from Ibidem
#34): a red/black arrangement turns to one half all black, and the
other
half four Aces
28 Countdown (Roy Walton): prediction cards match the number of cards
found in three packets
30 Bill Antics (Dan Tong After Tenkai): A couple of "figures" are shown
with two folded bills, then one bill transfers magically to the other
hand