Author Description

This book presents one of the most advanced penetration sequences in the magic industry. This routine was inspired by a trick called Chinese Coin Challenge in which a ribbon was threaded through three coins and the coins pulled off the ribbon one at a time. During this process, the coins were held in a hand or some rather special knots were tied around the coins. Shanghai Escape emerged as an idea that perhaps the coins should simply be pulled off the ribbon without twists, covering them or any other action. The goal was to simply thread a ribbon through the coins and then pull the coins off the middle of the ribbon as if magic were really happening. This idea has been realized.In Shanghai Escape, the performer shows the audience three oriental coins and ribbon about fourteen inches long. The oriental coins have holes in them as is traditional with oriental coins. The ribbon is draped over a palm up hand. The other hand picks up one of the oriental coins, slips the coin onto the ribbon, and moves the coin up to the fingertips of the palm up hand. The coin is held facing the audience held by the edges of the coin. The audience can plainly see the coin is held at the fingertips and the ribbon runs through it. The performer repeats this with the other two coins. The performer then has three coins held at his fingertips, the ribbon running through all three coins. The performer announces he will extract the coins from the ribbon. The performer grasps one of the coins and pulls it up away from the ribbon. It appears to melt through the ribbon as the coin is pulled away. The coin is dropped to the table. The other two coins are extracted from the ribbon in the same way.It is an original effect by Al Schneider. It has not been presented elsewhere. The book is 48 pages long. It includes 81 pictures of every possible detail of the routine. There are no unique gimmicked coins used. This effect does require skill and a great deal of practice to accomplish. Normally, it must be