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This image was scanned from my private collection
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Part One:
- About the Author
- How to Make a Square from a Bill
- The Picture Frame
- The Bow Tie
- How to Make the Finger Ring
- The Box
- The Flapping Bird
- Frame with Doors
- The Peacock
- The Frog
- Santa's Boot
- Part Two:
- Making Money Selling Magic
- The Ad Campaign
- Sources of Material
- Notes to the Reader
- Facsimiles of Ads
- Bibliography
- Sources
- Table of Contents(yes, he put it at the very end of the book)
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Title: The Folding Money Book plus Make Money Selling Money!
Author: Adolfo Cerceda, William E. King, Jr.
Format/Publication Date: COMB:1963(1st edition);1973(4th printing)
Publisher: Ireland Magic Company, Chicago, IL
Language: English
Page Count: 32
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: None
SUMMARY- This is the earliest book I've found thus far about folding money into origami shapes. Mr. Cerceda was a very accomplished origamist, knife thrower, and magician. Born in Argentina in 1923, he became a professional knife thrower by the age of 15 and travelled the world performing. You get a lovely black-and-white full page photo of him smiling, a huge square of paper hanging from one hand, and the model of a life-size origami parrot perched life-like on his other hand. Apparently, the knife-throwing circuit wore on him sufficiently his doctors urged him to find a relaxing hobby, and that became origami. There are hints from the introduction that his hopes and Mr. King's salesmanship were the impetus for Mr. Cerceda to try his hand at folding money instead of squares of paper. Mr. King also appears to still be working hard to sell folded money five years later in the 1968 Randlett's book. Mr. King is enthusiastic about promoting his idea for banks to sell folded money in bank-run gift shops. He provides a lot of advertising samples(and even more in the Randlett book), and makes his pitch with all the zest only a true entrepreneur could have. Between this book and the Randlett book, we have some evidence to believe that it was Mr. King's push to market his idea to other banks and through the magic community that popularized folding money in the USA. I don't know of any other country that exhibits so much enthusiasm for this offshoot of origami.
Mr. Cerceda says his frog is based on Akira Yoshizawa's, and he gives a list of paper-folding books he recommends that I read eagerly - no other money folding books were suggested there, so that is a small bit of evidence this may be the first of its kind. He did list two of the Randlett origami books, so we know he was aware of their work, and it suggests this predated their first book on the subject of money folding.
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