More Classic Magic with Apparatus

Nr. 3 of the Albo Book Series

1978/76
Written by Robert Albo
Work of Robert Albo, Various
366 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
114 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Robert Albo, William Doerflinger Foreword poll about 39 best magic books and bibliography by William Doerflinger
(foreword from 1978, even though 1976 and 1977 are also given on copyright and title pages)
 		vii
Robert Albo Rising Card overview over various methods with apparatus
  • Apparatus
  • Mechanical Decks
  • Box Rising Cards
  • Stands
  • Hidden Motor Card Rises
  • Rising Cards in the Hand with Apparatus
  • Rising Card on the Wand
  • Houlette on the Bottle Rising Card
  • Trays
 		3
Turn Around Card rising card turns over, brief construction of card
Related to 3
Changing Pip Card
3
Albert Goshman Devano Rising Cards entire Goshman routine explained
Also published here 5
Swinging Houlette two methods, houlette hanging on ribbont / string
 		25
The Rising Card on a Plate several cards on plate, one slowly stands up, produced by Martinka and first shown by Al Flosso's father-in law
 		28
Any Card Called for Rising Card with houlette and special apparatus, brief explanation
 		29
Davenport Card Rise produced by Davenport, stand with houlette, electronics
 		30
The Jumbo Rising Card Houlette three cards
 		32
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster The Multiple Card Rise stand with five houlettes, wind-up spring mechanism
 		32
Rising Card Pillar rising card apparatus
 		35
The Absconding Queen card with hole, handkerchief is pulled through it and face of card is transferred on handkerchief, with apparatus
 		37
Card and Target deck in houlette in front of a target, performer shots selection at target with pellet gun
 		38
Robert Albo Card Changing Trays tree types
  • Willman
  • Himber
  • Thayer
 		40
Card Tripod stand with lid, to change / restore card, single and double change tripod
 		41
Robert Albo Card Boxes various models
 		42
Jack Hughes Attaboy to force cards
 		46
Joe Berg Berg Card Vanish Stand to vanish a deck or card, in frame under handkerchief
 		47
Improbability frame with hole, tube and handkerchief pushed through it, then jumbo card with hole is pushed into frame and penetrates tube and silk, produced by National Magic
 		48
Cosmovision (Gammatration and Cosmovision), frame with slits, card is placed inside and pierced with pencils etc. eventually comes out unharmed
 		50
Joe Berg Berg's Sucker Card Vanish jumbo card in frame vanishes, with die box elements
 		52
Find the Lady (Cherchez La Femme), three cards in houlettes, explanation of different sizes
 		53
Richard Himber Himber's Fifth Dimension torn pieces of a card appear in card frame one by one where the card is found restored
Related to 54
The Gathering of the Aces (Ulta-Four Ace Effect) Aces in card stand, apparatus
 		56
Card Production Pillar (Lantern of Diogenes) card appears in lantern
 		58
Jumping Card deck in wooden box, selection jumps out
 		60
, Len Sewell The Card Changing Frame prediction of card placed in frame, similar to Thayer's Devil's Mailbox
 		60
The Electric Handkerchief and Cards Kings in apparatus change places with handkerchief in performer's hand
 		62
The Card and Watch Frame selection and pocket watch appear in metal frame
 		64
The Card Ladder three selection in houlette travel down a glass-enclosed ladder
 		66
Card Production Between Plates of Glass television card frame, several versions
 		68
The Demon's Head (The Saytr's Head), head rolls eyes and moves mouth, deck put in mouth, chosen cards fly out of mouth and appear between horns or in mouth, different methods
Related to 70
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Pillar of the Magi apparatus, figure on stand catches selections flying out of a box, different methods
 		74
Card in Balloon balloon on stand bursts and selection appears, several models by Hathaway, Thayer, Burtini, Wandman, Holden, Conradi, Davenport etc.
 		76
Card in the Candle card appears on top of a candle, two versions
 		83
Card Guns card placed on barrel of gun vanishes, several versions
 		85
Glass and Card Penetration card placed on frame, glass is penetrated, different designs
 		87
J. F. Orrin Spiderweb Card apparatus, spider spins web and selection appears
Related to 90
Card Star chosen cards appear at the ends of a star, various designs
Related to 92
Appearing Card in the Houlette
94
Card in the Houlette card appears in houlette
 		96
Card in the Bottle collapsing card
 		98
The Deck of Cards to Handkerchief Effect inside wooden box
 		100
The One Day Fly Effect hands on a watch stop on wanted cards
 		101
Snake in the Basket fake snake in basket finds selection, several methods
 		104
The Card Plate cards appear on or on side of a plate
 		107
The Marvelous Prediction produced by Janos Bartl, three cards placed in stand are predicted
 		109
Card Sword various models
 		110
Deck Vanish with hook, deck attached on body
 		112
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The Miracle Frame sand frame
 		112
The Presto Card Frame card appears in frame
 		114
The Hartz Card Frame cards penetrate glass of frame
 		115
Card on the Bottle card appears on borrowed bottle
 		116
The Card to Flowers inside a basket
 		117
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The Card to Canary Box
119
Coins in the Glass coins vanish ans appear audible in glass which is covered by other glass and handkerchief, several versions including Kline's Copenetro
 		123
The Coin Star five coins appear on ends of star
Related to 126
The Coins in the Crystal Casket coins travel visibly and audibly to glass casket, various designs
 		128
Traveling Coins (Passe Passe Coins), two piles of four coins are covered with nickel-plated covers, coins travel one by one, two shells
 		132
Nickle to Penny to Dime coin changes when briefly covered, magnetic shell
 		133
Coin Vanishing Box small wooden box
 		134
Enchanted Coin Vase (Dream Coin Vase), coin vanishes and returns from small vase
 		134
The Rattle Box also briefly explained for coins across
 		134
Nickles to Dimes stack of Nickles change into Dimes, covered with brass container, made popular by Brema
 		136
The Mysterious Glass Jar and Flying Coins (Crystal Coin Vase), coins travel audibly and visibly into closed glass jar
 		137
Coins in the Bottle coins travel one by one into corked bottle
 		138
Billy McComb Coin to Bottle with folding coin index
 		138
Marked Coin in a Ball of wool different methods, ball of wool in wooden boxes
 		139
Blue Glass Coin Trick gaffed blue glass to make coins disappear and reappear
 		142
Coin Trays various designs
 		144
The Enchanted Coin Pedestal (Rising Florin), "A Florin made to climb up the face of a small Wooden Pillar, into a Box at top", mechanical
Related to 144
The Miraculous Box Effect four coins in small box held by spectator vanish one by one
 		148
Miser's Dream various methods and bucket designs
 		152
Coin Ladders different designs, Thayer, Abbott-Hughes, Brema
 		155
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Coin Production Frame four coins appear inside a frame
 		162
Marked Coin in the Box of Beans coin inside a bag which is inside boy of beans
 		164
Stands for Vanishing Coins different designs
 		166
, T. Nelson Downs Coin Wands different methods
 		168
Maggie's Nite Out die box with coin, marked coin appears in wooden slide
 		169
Coin Boxes
  • Okito
  • Boston
  • Germain
 		171
Paul Chosse Turnover Move
171
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Original Okito Instruction several turnovers
  • The One-Handed Reverse
Also published here
  • Robert Parrish's "An Okito Classic - the Coin Box"
 172
Nest of Boxes detailed overview, watch or ring to nest of boxes
  • No-Assistant Nest of Boxes (9 methods, Okito, John Pomeroy, Hughes, Himber)
  • Assistant Nest of Boxes (2 mehods, Martinka,
  • The Tabaret Loading Table
 		179
Classic Change Bags various models and designs, Purse, Willmann, Bartl, P&L, Conradi, Abbot
 		197
Card Ladle on a stick, to change card
Related to 200
Servais LeRoy Change Tray flap
 		202
Fire Globe "Caracelli Vase", object is burnt in small vase and returns unharmed
 		204
Exchange Cannister two types, tube and box
 		205
Transposition Blocks big die in stand is covered with handkerchief travels to other stand
 		211
Block to Flowers big die changes into flowers, two designs
 		214
Block to Cage and Canary die transforms into bird cage inside box
Related to 214
Dove Vanishing Cages different models, Owen, Nielsen, Cassini, Pomeroy etc.
 		217
Visible Block Vanish inside box on pedestal
 		224
Cyril Yettmah Catching Birds in the Air with a net, various methods, Conradi, Dell O'Dell
 		224
Magic Looking Glass magician shoots at mirror and in the glass shatters the spectator's watch is discovered
Related to 228
Magic Incubator Improved made for Richard Himber, production of silks and cages
Related to 228
The Visible Circular Block Penetration with tubes, plate and hat
 		230
Edward Loyd Enochs Guinea Pig Box guinea pig vanishes from wrapped cage
 		232
Japanese Drawer Box (See Thru Drawer Box)
 		234
Jack Gwynne Ming Box (Exchange Drawer Box)
 		235
Donald Holmes The Tea Chests of Wang Foo handkerchiefs vanish and appear inside candle, then placed inside one of three chests, covered with a tube and handkerchiefs travel from chest to chest
 		235
Die Boxes various models and methods, which did not appear in Vol. II, with playing cards and cages etc.
Related to 237
The Blackboard to Cage
242
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Miraculous Ball Vanish balls placed in tube vanish, loop ball
 		247
Coffee and Milk Cups "The Kellar Cups", cups poured with confetti change into coffee and milk
 		248
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The Okito Confetti to Goldfish in Water uses the Substitution Principle
 		250
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Okito Living and Dead with buddha and globe that starts to light
 		252
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Tha Canary Production Cage
253
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The Canary Effect egg transforms into canary inside temple-like box
 		254
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Okito Leg Chopper
256
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Okito's Confetti to Silks and Livestock tube filled with confetti, confetti changes into silks
 		258
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Okito Sawing an Arm in Half inside a box
 		260
Mario Carrandi Jr. Magic Posters reprint of posters, Thurston, Kellar, Houdini, Brindamour, Germain,Alexander, Rouclere, LeRoy, Talma, Bosco, Chung Ling Soo, Levante, Chang, Chefalo, Carter, Okito
 		265
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, July 2019.