Yank Hoe (born Ercole Castagnone c. 1864 – unknown) was an Italian magician known for performing the trick "Card through Cigarette" and inventing "Sympathetic Coins" also known as "Coins-n-Cards". Hoe began performing in London at the Trocadero in December 1885.
Biography
Hoe started as a juggler and magician. He began his professional magic career in 1883, when he became a manager of an unidentified Japanese juggling troupe.
In 1886, he worked with Nadine Osborne also known as Omene who was a London girl that acted as his assistant until 1892. She began a solo career in "exotic dancing" and later became a magician as well. After their split, Yank Hoe continued to perform mainly as a juggler, rather than magician.
Yank Hoe Poster
By Zurich University of the Arts
Hoe stage act employed mentalism, juggling and magic. John Northern Hilliard
John Northern Hilliard (August 18, 1872 – March 14, 1935) was an American newspaperman, poet, novelist, and playwright. Among his works is a best-selling book on magic, ''Greater Magic''.
Biography
John Northern Hilliard was born in Palmyra, N ...
recorded some of Hoe's tricks in Thomas Nelson Downs
Thomas Nelson Downs (March 16, 1867 – September 11, 1938) was a manipulative magicians known for his coin tricks. Downs was also known as "The King of Koins".
Magic historian David Price has written that Downs "was the first of the great ...
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, developed by Al Schneider in 1960.
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Italian magicians