{"product_id":"new-york-magic-symposium-vol-3-stephen-minch-book","title":"New York Magic Symposium (Vol. 3)  Stephen Minch - Book","description":"Long out of print, we found some brand-new copies of this Hardbound release\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust look at the names of contributors, mostly heavy hitter and even so this is older material you find plenty that you will be able to use or adapt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClear illustrations throughout by Tom Gagnon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book was released for the 1984 New York Magic Symposium, a series of conventions organized by Adam Fleischer and very successful at the time. The talent was outstanding, and the list of contributors is reading like a \"who is who\" of magic at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 New York Magic Symposium Collection Three\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 TOC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Introduction by Adam Fleischer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Part I 1984 Performers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 The Lie Detector Case (Bro. John Hamman): a card viewed by the audience appears inside the card case\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16 The Phoenix Four (Bro. John Hamman): four cards selected \u0026amp; returned vanish and are discovered face up at the end of four packets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 Ringing the Change (David Roth): ringing the Liberty bell on the back of a half dollar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21 Revised Chop Cup Routine (David Roth): update of 1977 lecture notes routine. Performed seated. A ball is rolled out of the chop cup. It is then dropped back in the cup, and poured back out again. The ball is now vanished, but is found underneath the mouth down cup. The ball is removed, where it vanishes again and is again under the cup. The ball is now dropped into the cup and rolled out. The performer's fist is placed on top of the inverted cup, and the ball on top of the fist. The cup and had are lifted to show nothing underneath, then brought down sharply and the ball penetrates the cup again. The ball is placed into the pocket, but transfers back under the cup. The ball is vanished once again. When the cup is lifted, the ball has changed colors! The new ball is vanished., and a large ball appears under the cup. Finally, a 2nd large ball is produced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25 Cigarette Tear (Jeff McBride): Stand up torn \u0026amp; restored cigarette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e31 Cigarette Extravaganza (Jeff McBride): cigarette production with rolling paper, flash paper, and more, with a vanish at the end\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e36 The Rainbow Deck (Derek Dingle): Spectator picks card out of blue backed deck. He is told it is a unique backed card, but turns out to be blue backed. All the other cards are now shown to all have unique backs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e40 Hands Off (Derek Dingle): a small hand takes a borrowed small coin but leaves a larger coin in its place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e42 Egg Bag Finale (Tom Mullica): glass and beer production\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e43 One O One (Tom Mullica): Penny and Silver dollar exchange places in spectator's hand. When they protest, they find the penny is the size of the silver dollar. Next the performer's finger penetrates the Silver dollar. Finally, the silver dollar sized penny grows even larger!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e46 Buster (Michael Weber): Pencil visibly and audibly snaps in two while sitting in a plastic cup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e47 Fear \u0026amp; Loathing in Las Vegas (Martin Nash): card gambling demo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e52 The Face Up Incredible Card Tunnel (Richard Kaufman): Two blank cards turn to two selections as they are tunneled through the deck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e58 Pinched Again (Richard Kaufman \u0026amp; Piet Forton): two decks of contrasting colors in a variant of Daryl's In The Pinch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e61 Handkerchief Through Glass (Bob Read): Handkerchief penetrates handle of coffee mug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e64 Topsy Turvy Finely Finished (Joh Ferrentino): an ending for the Topsy Turvy Bottles using silks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e67 Poker Challenge (Harry Lorayne): poker deal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e70 Remarkable (Jay Sankey): production of 3 magic markers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e73 Part II Guest Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e74 1984 Tom Ogden: four Club cards change to Hearts following a story line of Orwell's 1984, then they all turn back to Clubs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e81 Triple Whammy (Doug Bennett): Selected card lost in deck. Joker with missing corner is inserted into deck and finds the selection. Suddenly Joker is found to be intact, and the selection is missing a corner. The corner piece has also changed from matching the Joker to matching the selected card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e83 Scoop Displacement Coin Vanish (Tom Gagnon): for magician's only coin vanish performed by scooping a coin with a card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e88 Scoop Displacement Coin Change (Tom Gagnon): as above, but used as a switch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e90 Coin Nection (Steve Dusheck): coin selection prediction routine using cleverly prepared props\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e93 Piano Concerto (Terry Lagerould): a version of ht Piano Card Trick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e96 Sans Fronds (Phil Goldstein): a sandwiched selection transposes with a card in the performer's pocket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e100 Alloy Division (Ben Harris): borrowed coin is torn apart and restored, then repeated but each half is restored to a whole, resulting in two coins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e103 Cooking With Oil \u0026amp; Water (Ray Kosby): Ray's Oil and Water routine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e106 Post Hoc Miracle (Ken Krenzel): Spectator thinks of a card in one half the deck, it ends up in the other half of the deck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e109 Han Ping Cup Move (Fabian): coin sleight adapted to cups \u0026amp; balls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e111 The Trick That Never Was (Joe Safuto) cigarette routine combines Chink a Chink, restoration, and a sealed container with a time travel theme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e115 The Laced Coin (Sol Stone): Chinese coin penetrates string held by spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e118 A Suit With a Future (J.K. Hartman): combo of Jennings' Your Best Suit and Mullica's The Future Spread card routine with Jokers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e121 Hoover Cards (Michael Gerhardt): Novel routine spectator's card is found inside a toy vacuum cleaner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e123 Any Reel Locking Reel (Fantasio): How to convert any reel to a locking reel without damage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e125 Full Value (Roger Klause): two half dollars are extracted from a dollar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e132 Counting On It (Paul Cummins): spectator names a number and when count, they have counted to their own previously selected card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e135 Pages","brand":"Murphy's Magic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42828628721912,"sku":"72496","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0460\/7691\/9957\/products\/72496-full.png?v=1652212811","url":"https:\/\/brickandmortarmagic.com\/products\/new-york-magic-symposium-vol-3-stephen-minch-book","provider":"J \u0026 B Magic Shop and Theater","version":"1.0","type":"link"}