Olson, Robert: Extra! Extra! Extra!
©1984 Abbott's Magic Co.
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 73 pages
Extra! Extra!
              Extra!
Image courtesy e-Bay seller JayAndLefty

Comments: The Added Touch; 2 Hands, 3 Pockets, 4 Magic; Magic With Giant Coins. This book is a complication of Bob’s “The Added Touch” and “Two hands, Three Pockets, Four Magic”. The third "extra" is a collection of articles from The New Tops magazine that Bob had gathered on magic and manipulation with giant coins.  Recommended.

Contents:

1 Foreword by Roger Klause
1 Introduction: essay on sleight of hand
4 Transparent Okito Box: ball vanished from clear plastic box
5 Ball, Silk and Cup: Ball wrapped in silk is placed in a clear box. The handkerchief is pulled out and the ball remains
7 Ball Through Egg Cup: added finish for Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Vol 1: Balls with Silks routine
9 Multiplying Cups: Routine with set of 2" plastic cups and a ball
12 No Gimmick Ball Production: Red Yellow Blue and Multicolor ball production with no shells or droppers
14 The Floating Golf Ball: IT
16 Ball Production and Vanish: with scarf
16 The Elusive Ball: Three Shell game with Cups and Balls
20 Ball Vanishment
21 Cups and Balls Finale, or Silks, Salt and Candy
23 Blank Card Routine: picture appears on a blank card, then a version of the 3 card Monte is performed
25 Changing Cards: Red and and Black Rows change places
27 Four Card Control: Four cards are selected and returned to the deck. Each is revealed in different way
29 Card Vanish: using a celluloid card
31 Moves With the Ellis Ring: Which Hand? Back Again; Through the Hand
32 Ring on Wand: References New Tops May 63 Rosini Ellis Ring Routine. Simple routine.
33 Cone Thumb Tip: idea for using a unique large load TT
34 Comedy Welsh Cane: appearing cane handling
36 Pencil Production: Cigarette moves applied to pencils. Production, color changes, multiplying
38 Pencil Routine: quick routine using two pencils or cigarettes
40 Stretching a Pencil: Short pencil shown, then stretched long
41 Magnetized Pencil: pencil sticks to the hand
42 Two Coin Okito Box: Okito Penetration
44 Coin Through Glass: almost impromptu
45 Mysto Coins One to Three: shell coins routine
47 Mysto One From Three Leaves Nothing
47 Coin Concealment: Behind pencil case
47 Coin Production: From Downs' Thumb Crotch
48 Coin Steal Moves: several
50 Crystal Miser's Dream: Multiple coins produced and tossed in crystal glass
53 Rea's Coin Star: easier version
54 Giant Coin Production: 3" Coins
56 Giant Coin Vanish #1
57 Giant Coin Vanish #2: with silk
58 Giant Coin Through Silk
61 Under the Double Eagle: coin is produced and vanished, produced again, and split into two
62 Continuous Production: details a special box
63 Steal of 6 coins: using above box
64 Tip on smooth edge coins
65 Ideas on a Giant Coin Act by David Allin
66 The Growing Coin: small coin changes to a large coin ala Spellbound
67 Coin Penetration: through silk
68 Penetration #2: Thimble move, again through silk
70 Coin Vanish #1: with silk
71 The Side Steal Vanish: with silk
72 Coin Production: with silk


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