Dizzy Dominoes by Tonny Van Dommelen, Eddy Taytelbaum

The amazing Dutch FISM 1958 Grand Prix winner Tonny Van Dommelen created one of the most overlooked close-up miracles ever when in 1965 he started selling his wonderful close-up routine: Dizzy Dominoes.

There have been many versions sold by dealers since then, but one of the most attractive and visually best was this original set from Holland.  In fact, the Dutch micro-magic master Eddy Taytelbaum also created a set and his looked very similar to these ones from Tonny Van Dommelen (see final photo which is not included of course!).

This set comes with five dominoes in case you want to switch out the gimmicked one.

(Notice:  I’ve had a number of collectors – Including the collector Gene Gonzales featured in the Albo books – contact me saying they were pretty sure these were in fact made by Eddy Taytelbaum.  I’ve added another photo to the list so you can come to your own conclusion, but they look pretty darn similar.)

Effect: The effect is simple and direct … Performer displays four large (1 1/4″x 2 1/4″) polished wooden dominoes covered with plastic laminated, with off ivory white faces and black spots, showing the fronts and back of each one. Two of the Dizzy Dominoes have a double two spot on them and two have a double five.

The four Dominoes are placed on the table, two on your left side, a double two and a double five and two on your right side, also a double two and a double five. These dominoes are now turned face down for a second, when turned over the 2-2 dominoes are together and the 5-5 dominoes are together. This is repeated with the same results.

This is not only a pocket trick but a COMPLETE ROUTINE with four beautiful looking dominoes. The moves are slow and deliberate, as a matter of fact, it’s uncanny.

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