J.B. Bobo’s Modern Coin Magic Interpreted by Curtis Kam

The great Curtis Kam puts his over 40 years of experience with coins to work in this interpretation of the classic Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo. In this Reel Magic Exclusive, Curtis teaches all of the concealments, techniques, vanishes, and tricks from Bobo, and gives you his thoughts on what works, what doesn’t, and what’s not included in the book. He calls them like he sees them and pulls no punches.

Chapter 1 Concealments features:

Introduction
The Classic Palm
The Edge Palm
The Thumb Palm
The Downs Palm
The Finger Palm
The Front Finger Hold
The Back Palm
The Back Finger Clip
The Back Thumb Palm

Chapter 2 Basic Technique features:

The Bobo Switch Utility Switch
One-Hand Switch
Shaw-Judah Coin Switch
The Click Pass
The Coin Flip
Change-Over Pass
The Bottom Steal
Producing a Coin From a Spectator’s Clothing & Taking Advantage of a Fumble

Chapter 3 Coin Vanishes features:

Standard Vansih, Simple Vanish, and Over the Top
The Tunnel Vanish
Thumb Palm Vanish
The Drop Vanish
The Bobo Coin Vanish
The Slide Vanish
The Illusive Coin Pass
A Coin Vanish
The Pinch Vanish
The French Drop
The Reverse French Drop
The Elusive Silver Dollar
The Wrist Watch Vanish
The Cranium Vanish Vanish with the Aid of a Handkerchief
The “Heads and Tails” Vanish
Vanish for Several Coins A Trio of Vanishes

Chapter 4 Complete Coin Vanishes features:

The Bobo Complete Coin Vanish
Complete Thumb Palm Vanish
Knee-zy Vanish
Sucker Vanish
Pocket Vanish
With a Handkerchief – Number One
With a Handkerchief – Number Two
With a Handkerchief – Number Three
In a Spectator’s Pocket
Bluff Vanish
Sucker Bluff Vanish
The Coin Fold
The Envelope Vanish

Chapter 5 Quick Tricks features:

Through the Leg
Rubbed Through the Leg
Through the Pocket
Through the Hand
Through a Handkerchief
Double Penetration
Half Dollar to Quarter
The Coin of Metamorphosis
Coin to Key
Change for a Half
Much from Little
The Topsy Turvy Coins
Smart Coin Trick
The Switchover
The Appearing Half
The Touch of Midas

Chapter 7 The Art of Sleeving features:

Some Thoughts on Sleeving

Chapter 8 Coins Across features:

Copper and Silver Transposition (4 Methods)
Guess Which Hand Quarter and Half Dollar Transposition Two Pennies on the Leg
The Inseparable Pair
Coins in the Teeth
The Drop Pass
The Hippity Hop Half
Winged Silver
The Flying Eagles
Three and Three
Chinese Money Mystery
Frank Drobina’s Coin Routine
Four Coins to a Glass

Chapter 9 Coin Classics features:

Coin Through a Ring
The Gadabout Coins
The Three Coin Trick
The Bent Penny
Silver Extraction
Coin Through the Table
The Magical Filtration of Four Half Dollars
The Sympathetic Coins
The Coin Roll
The Downs Coin Star & Roll Down Flourish with Four Coins
Downs Eureka Pass
Just Pretend
The Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver

Chapter 10 Coin Boxes features:

Introduction to Coin Boxes:
Basic Moves
Okito Box, Coin and Handkerchief
Routine with an Okito Box and a Silk
Silver to Copper with the Okito Box
The Half Dollars and the Okito Box
The German Coin Box
The Paul Fox Coin Boxes

Chapter 11 Trick Coin Trickery features:

Introduction to Trick Coin Trickery
Squeeze Play
Jimmy Valentine Picks a Lock
Money Paper
Almost a Transposition
The Homing Coins Copper and Silver Transposition (With the Double Faced Coin)
Presto Chango
The Inferior Coin
Thieves and Sheep
In and Out
Up Their Sleeve
The Buddha’s Coin
The Stack of Quarters
The Hook Coin
The Magnet
Sundry Gimmicked Coins and Tricks Therewith

Chapter 12 Shell and Folding Half Features:

The Shell Half
Mystery With a Half Shell
How to Make Money
Coin Through a Glass
Perfected Coin Through a Handkerchief
The Peregrinating Halves
Coins Through the Table
The Protean Coin
The Sympathetic Coins
The Modern Miser
The Folding Half
The Half Dollar in the Bottle
The Magic Mint
Biting a Piece from a Coin
Coin Through a Card

Chapter 13 Stage Coin Magic features:

An Overview of Stage Coin Magic

Chapter 14 The Miser’s Dream features:

An Overview of The Miser’s Dream

Chapter 15 The Stanley Collins Collection features:

The Magicians
Three Coin Monte
The Jumping Sixpence
The Esscee Half-Crown and Wafers Trick
The Esscee Front and Back Manipulation

Chapter 16 Routines features:

Routine No. 2 with a Single Coin
Routine No. 4
Routine #8 & Routine #14

Chapter 17 Lessons in Coin Magic features:

Tools of the Trade, Technique, and Change in a Spectator’s Hand
The Come and Go Coin
The Goshman Pinch
The Instantaneous Coin Change
Impossible Marked Coins Transposition
The Tenkai Pennies
Copsil
Psychological Coins Through
Stand-Up Coins Across
Penny and Nickel Transposition
A Trio of Vanishes
The Cartwheel Sleight
Progressive Production
Coins from Silk
The Six Coins in a Goblet
Kort’s Fourth
Motile
The Waiter’s Tip
Silver Lining
Frank Ducrot’s Coin
Handkerchief Coin Vanish
Al Leech’s Coin Trick
Al Baker’s The Great Purse Game
Brearley’s Passe Coins

Chapter 18 Selected Coin Tricks features:

Passing the Buck
The Mexican Gadabout Coins
Nuts to You
Rip-O
Vanishing Coins and Purse
Pouring Pennies Through a Table
The Seven Penny Trick
The Runaway Coin
Penny Prestidigitation
Judah’s Half Dollar Vanish
Thumb Tax
Wanderful
A Funny Finish for a Coin Routine
The Camera Coin
An Extra Load for the Miser’s Dream
Climax to the Coin Pail
The Miser’s Dream With Paper Bag
The Penton Coin Switch
The Dam Coin Trick
C.E. Miller’s Miser’s Dream Routine

Chapter 19 Trick Coin Miscellany features:

The Stacks of Nickels and Die
Kort’s Magnetic Stack of Quarters
Judah’s Chinatown Dollar Routine
Flash Silver and Copper
Knickel Head
The Photo Coins
Nail Through Half Dollar
Zella’s Space Coins
The Phantom Coins
The Queen Bows
Hanktration
Blasted

Chapter 20 Latest Coin Box Magic features:

Al-‘N-Nate
The Mulholland Box and 4 tricks therewith
Kort’s Paul Fox Coin Cups Routine
The O-Korto Box Routine
Stile’s Okito Box Routine
Okito Change for a Half
Gag Penetration With an Okito Box
Okito Box Glittering Finale
A Stopper With the Okito Box
Okito Box Coin Vanish