Bey, Mohammed (S. Leo Horowitz): Mohammed
Bey's Routine With The Okito Coin Box ©1953 Holden's Magic Shop, Boston, MA Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 8 pages |
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Comments: "Master Routine No. 1; Plus a Bonus Trick Silver and Copper Coin Transposition". Edited by John J. Crimmins, Jr.; Illustrated by Norman J. Howe.
Contents (extracted from first part of the later compilation, Mohammed Bey Okito Coin Cox Routines; page numbers are estimated):
1 A Classic of Magic by S. Leo Horowitz - Bey's Routine With The
Okito Coin Box: Introduction and philosophy
1 The Effect: coin penetrates box and a deck of cards, and the
coin vanishes and re-appears in the box. Climax finds a sponge
rabbit in the box.
1 To Present the Routine: Requirements
2 Part 1: Describes reversal, coin though card pack, showing the
box empty
2 Part 2: coin penetrates the box, box is handled as empty
3 Part 3: coin vanishes and appears in the box
4 Part 4: coin vanishes and appears in box again
5 Part 5: coin vanishes and is found in the card case
5 Part 6: coin penetrates the card case again
5 Part 7 (Conclusion): Coin is finally "pushed" out of the Okito
box with a pin, and a sponge rabbit is found inside
6 Mohammed Bey's Bonus Silver and Copper Routine: a copper/silver
transposition uses only two coins and Okito box