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== Books==
 
== Books==
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*Cups and Balls Magic (1937).
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*The Three Shell Game (1938)
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*Fin at Dinner with Napkin Folds (1943)
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=Marketed Tricks=
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*Three to One Rope (1935)
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*Passing The Buck (1941)
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*Torn and Restored Dollar Bill (1956)
 
*Poker Dem
 
*Poker Dem
*Passing The Buck
 
*Torn and Restored Dollar Bill
 
* Cups and Balls Magic (1937).
 
  
 
[[Category:Biographies|Osborne]]
 
[[Category:Biographies|Osborne]]

Revision as of 20:03, 23 September 2008

Tom Osborne (1902 - April 17, 1963) grew up in Baltimore and move to Philadelphia in the late 1930s.

In 1917 and 1918 he had two television programs "Magic Made Easy" and "Black Magic" in Philadelphia, possibly becoming the first magician to appear on TV in that area.

He contributed many articles and Hocus Pocus Parades to the Linking Ring Magazine.

He is most known for his marketed a version of the Three-To-One Rope, invented by Carlyle (Lyle Laughlin).

Books

  • Cups and Balls Magic (1937).
  • The Three Shell Game (1938)
  • Fin at Dinner with Napkin Folds (1943)

Marketed Tricks

  • Three to One Rope (1935)
  • Passing The Buck (1941)
  • Torn and Restored Dollar Bill (1956)
  • Poker Dem