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-[[Close Up Magic | Close-Up Magic]], defined as a specific type of performance of magic, is a relatively recent term, not used until the 1920s. Prior to then it was sometimes called "Close-Quarters Magic." [[citation?]]
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-During the 1920s and 1930s, the term "Pocket Magic" was also used.   Closeup Magic also has the term Micro-Magic which tends to be magic performed for a single person.
-Close-up magic was first recorded in history by Cillica, a Roman philosopher and writer. He observed sleight-of-hand magic in the open air markets of Ancient Rome. The trick he noted, made use of cups and balls, something still familiar to magicians to this day. <sup>1</sup>. Close-up magicians may have worked in confederate with a "cut-purse" in the middle ages, who was responsible for pick pocketing the audience.<sup>reference?</sup>([[History of Close Up Magic |Historical Details]])
-== Subcategories ==
-[[Cards]] - [[Coins]] - [[Paper]] - [[Balls]] - [[impromptu]] - [[Other Close-Up]] - [[Tools]]
-== Resources ==
-[[Close Up Magic Books | Books]] - [[Close Up Magic Periodicals | Periodicals]] - [[Close Up Magic Videos | Videos]] - [[Close Up Magic Websites | Websites]]
-== References ==
-<sup>1</sup> BBC's <i>History Of Magic - Close Up Magic</i> [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JYbTLNRTuc&feature=related Also On YouTube] ]
-[[Category:Close Up Magic|Close Up Magic]]