Albo 06 – Final Classic Magic With Apparatus by Robert J. Albo

The Sixth of the Dr. Albo Books in a strictly limited edition.

Details: This is one of the largest volumes (416 pages) of the Classic Magic series of which 76 pages are in full color. Chapter one begins with flower magic including the famous Okito Redmon Square Circle flower production and various spring Botanias. “Fastest Flower Vanish” by Marshall vanishes the flowers and decorative pot instantly and without cover.

“Silks and Flags” is next describes a number of standard classics as well as some more obscure tricks. “Drum Head Tube”, “Silk Pedestal”, “Genie Tube”, “Handkerchief (Jap) Box”, “Silk Cabby”, and the “Fall Away Box” are just a few of standard classic that are covered. Also included is the “Mignon Production” by Okito and number of other effects made famous through the fine FG Thayer company such as “Cut and Restored Necktie” box and the “Oriental Tubes of Mystery.”

Chapter 3 covers “Bottles” and covers the standards made famous by P&L, Abbott’s, Thayer and many others. The Haenchen “Wine Box” is a die box variation with a cleverly built glass, bottle, and box to achieve the effect. “Bewildering Bottles” by Himber is a passe passe bottles variation with several unexpected twists. “Lamps and Radios” includes various vanishes and productions of lamps and radios which includes different types and methods. “Guns and Rifles” covers various effects including firearms used to vanish silks or make items appear. “Shooting through a Woman”

Chapter 6 on “Covers, Tubes and Vases” includes some utility covers that make items appear, change, or vanish in quick order. “Transposition of Balls” uses spring balls and gimmicked covers to achieve the magic. “Ball Tube” involves the use of a clever gimmick to facilitate the vanish of a single ball from the bottom of a clear tube. This section also covers a variety of special vases including the “Coffee Vase”, “Liquid to Silks”, and “Glass of Liquid to Wine Glass.” “Rings” is the subject of chapter 7. “Ring on Wand” is a UF Grant invention which utilizes a gimmicked cabinet to allow the ring to appear on the wand. A number of other similar effects using different principles including Schlunegger’s “Rod, Ring, and Cabinet.”

Chapter 8, “Production Items”, covers magical items to be used in conjunction with another effect such as a production box. Bird cages that expand, Clocks that nest, flags, and lamps are just a few of type that are covered. Chapter 9 is an extensive 70 page chapter on “Livestock” apparatus although many of the contraptions would work equally well on types of loads. Many classics are covered here including many manufactured and made famous by Thayer’s artistic finishes. “Night Club Dove Production”, “Haunted Chinese Bird Chest Transposition”, and “L & W Production Box” are just a few of these. Even more contemporary apparatus is covered such as Riedel’s “Mandarin Production Box” and the “Rabbit Box” by Townhouse.

‘Final Addition” is a collection of miscellaneous effects that could have appeared in previous volumes under a more descriptive category but were likely discovered too late in the game. “Baffo Box” is a ring in orange trick made by Thayer. “Appearing Block” is a cleverly made with some distinct improvements over the basic shell method. “Triple Cage Canister” is where 3 separate bird cages are produced from an apparently empty canister. “Marvellous Picture Frame” is the appearance of borrowed watches, ring, and plate which is followed by visible plate restoration. “Triple Die Box” is a variation on the classic by Will Goldston. This section ends with a historical discussion on gimmicked coins. Next follows one of the most extensive color sections of all the volumes which is nearly double that of Volume 5.

Contents:

THANK YOU II

Chapter One / FLOWERS 1

• Schlosser Flower Production 3
• Botania 5
• Square Circle Flower Production 7
• Double Botania 8
• Rose Bush Square Circle Production 9
• Mystic Cannister 11
• Production of Large Metal Pot of Flowers 12
• Marvelous Flower Production 14
• Bouquet from the Paper Tube 15
• Expanding Flower to Watch 16
• Cannister Flower Production 17
• Flower Production 19
• Match to Flower 20
• Flower in the Lapel 21
• Blooming Rose Bush 22
• Okito Double Tube Production 24
• Germain Flower Growth 27
• Blooming Bouquet 29
• Fairy Flower Stand 30
• Card to Flower Box 31
• Rose Bush Production 33
• Keller Flower Production 34
• Triple Floral Cylinders 35
• L ô Flower Box 37
• Fastest Flower Vanish 39
• Houdini Flower Growth Production 40

Chapter Two / SILKS AND FLAGS 43

• Cut and Restored Necktie 45
• Vanishing Silk Glass 46
• Canister Silk Vanish 48
• Oriental Tubes of Mystery 51
• Flash Handkerchief Production 52
• Silk in the Glass 53
• Drumhead Tube 54
• Tambourine Silk Production 56
• Tip over Box 60
• Silken Tube 61
• Silk Pedestal 62
• Mirror Casket 65
• Melting Pot 66
• Ink Bottle and Potato Mystery 67
• Silk Vanish Tube 69
• Silk Plate 71
• Goblin Tube 72
• Germain Silk Canisters 73
• Phantom Tube 74
• Drop Side Production Cabinet 76
• Folding Production Box 77
• Sympathetic Silk Stand 78
• Haenchen Production Box 79
• Modem One Hand Silk Production 80
• Genie Tube 82
• One Hand Production 83
• Production Cylinder 84
• Handkerchief Box 85
• Mirror Glass for Silks 86
• Cut and Restored Handerchief 87
• Dream Tube 88
• Enchanted Die Tube 89
• Tube Silk Production 90
• Handkerchief Box 91
• Twentieth Century Silks 92
• Fall Away Box 96
• Silk Cabby 97
• Solid through Solid 98
• Silk Vanishing Wand 99
• Novel Silk Production Box 100
• Memorial Flag Production 101
• Mignon Production 102
• Extraordinary Silk Production 103
• Passe Passe Silk 104
• Impossible 20th Century Silks 105
• Handkerchief Cassette Vanish 106

Chapter Three / BOTTLES 107

• Champagne Bottle to Bouquet of Flowers 109
• Bottle Production 110
• Coin in the Bottle 111
• Thread and Liquid Bottle 112
• Wine Box 113
• Rat Bottle 115
• Thayer Bottle Vanish 117
• Any Liquid called for Bottle 118
• Topsy-Turvy Bottle 119
• Bottle to Flowers 120
• Anti Gravity 122
• Bottle to Doll 122
• Passe Passe Bottles 123
• Multiplying Bottles 126
• Bewildering Bottles 128

Chapter Four / LAMPS AND RADIOS 129

• Silk in the Light Bulb 131
• Vanishing Lamp on the Pole 137
• Lamp Vanish and Production 138
• Vanishing Lamp 140
• Vanishing Radio 143
• Vanishing Radio on Tray 145
• Vanishing/Reappearing Lamp 146
• Vanishing Gramophone 148
• Vanishing Lamp 150
• Chapter Five/GUNS AND RIFLES 151
• Guns and Rifles 153
• Handguns 153
• Rifles 155
• Shooting a Ribbon through a Woman 159
• Shooting through a Woman 160
• Chapter Six/COVERS, TUBES AND VASES 163
• Magic Covers 165
• Eggs of Columbus 168
• Beans to Rice 169
• Transposition of the Balls 170
• Mystic Glass Cylinders 172
• Ball Tube 175
• Mysterious Glass Cylinder 176
• Vanishing Handkerchief 177
• Tubes and Vases 177
• Coffee Vase 178
• Liquid to Silks 181
• Glass of Liquid to Wine Glass 182

Chapter Seven / RINGS 185

• Ring to Finger 187
• Ring on Wand 189
• Ring in the Key Case 190
• Ring on Rod 190
• Ring on the Ribbon 192
• Rod, Ring and Cabinet 193
• Ring on Rod 195
• Ring on Rod 196
• Linking Rings 197
• Linking Rings 198
• Ring on Ribbon 199

Chapter Eight / PRODUCTION ITEMS 201

• Production Items 203

Chapter Nine / LIVESTOCK 217

• Duck Tub 219
• Producing a Rabbit from a Hat 221
• Night Club Dove Production 222
• Balloon to Dove 223
• Haunted Bird Chest Transposition 225
• Dove Vanish and Reproduction 227
• Sucker Dove Vanish 228
• Thayer New Way Production 230
• Changing Rabbit 231
• Duck Vanish 232
• L W Production Box 234
• Flip Over Vanish 236
• Tube of Peace 238
• Dove Pan 238
• Card to Canary 242
• Cupids Doves 243
• Tri Color Boxes in Mysterious Flight 245
• Mystic Hindoo Tub 246
• Confetti, Water and Doves 251
• Canary Production 252
• Bran and Birds 253
• Kettle, Dove Production 255
• Dell O’Dell Rabbit Production
• Haenchen’s Die and Bird Cage
• Exchange Dove Canisters 257
• Take Apart Dove Vanish 259
• Visible Rabbit Vanish 261
• Rabbit Production 262
• Canary Plug Box 263
• Production Screen 264
• Welsh Rarebit Pan 265
• Rabbit Box 266
• Nightclub Rabbit Production 268
• Livestock Vanish 269
• Doves to Rabbit 269
• Catching Doves from the Air 270
• Nightclub Rabbit Vanish 272
• Livestock Confetti Canister 273
• Bottle to Dove 274
• Rabbit to Cotton 275
• Phoenix 276
• Nesting Box Production 277
• Mandarin Production 278
• Dove Vanish 279
• Rabbit Production 281
• Guinea Pig Box 282
• Duck Production 283
• Livestock Production Box 284
• Duck Production 285
• Paper Box Rabbit Vanish 286
• Nightclub Dove Production 288

Chapter Ten / FINAL ADDITION 289

• Multicolored Changing Plumes 291
• Merry Mix-Up 292
• Die through the Hat 293
• Flame Go 294
• Card on the Candle 295
• Fan Card Production 295
• Plate on the Ribbon 296
• Vanishing Die Box 297
• Baffo Box 298
• Appearing Block 299
• Vanishing Deck of Cards Wand 300
• Magic Chest 301
• Triple Cage Cannister 303
• Color Changing Die 306
• Marvelous Picture Frame 307
• Candle Tube 309
• Hom of Plenty 311
• Triple Die Box 312
• Magic Telescope 315
• Magician’s Trick Coins 316

Chapter Eleven / COLOR SECTION 327