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rocky clements Regular user 110 Posts |
I have seen this trick spelled many ways, but my question is about the routine and availability of the prop, not the spelling. All I know about it is that is seems to be a longer "Dean's Box" type routine, and that Jeff Busby has made one to sell. Is the prop itself responsible for most of the trickery or is it just a number of ring and rope type effects inside a pretty box? And where might one be available currently? Thanks.
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Sid Mayer Special user Santa Fe, NM 656 Posts |
The original trick, as I recall, did not use a box. The action was covered with a scarf or handkerchief.
If it is done inside a box, the box must be gimmicked in a very simple way. The trick is in print in several books. Look it up and you can probably work out how to make such a box. However, I think the original version looks more impromptu and is more effective. Sid
All the world's a stage ... and everybody on it is overacting.
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Jeff Dial Special user Kent, WA 533 Posts |
Sid, Sid,
Read your magic history. The Sefalajia was first published in The Jinx #69 December 2, 1939. It was most definitely a "miniature spirit cabinet". The Busby cabinet is his version of James Sefalajia II. The effect you describe as being done under a handkerchief is just one phase of the original five phase Sefalajia. Through time this one phase has taken on the name of the entire routine. The version under the handkerchief came later, for as you say, it is impromptu.
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