Samelson, Peter

1984
Written by Peter Samelson
Work of Peter Samelson

89 pages (Paperback), published by Magical Publications
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph Wierzbicki
Language: English

22 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

John Holland (Epoptica, Issue 7, Nov. 1985, p. 421)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Jamy Ian Swiss	Introduction			7	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Samelson	Foreword			11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Samelson	In The Hand-Off		Inspired by Ringer (Scotty York, 1972) Ring (Ray Grismer, 1973) Variations Swinger (Bret Young, 1990) Also published here Ring True (Peter Samelson, 1983)	15	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Peter Samelson	Cigarette and Thimble	chapter intro		20	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Samelson	The Mat Opening	thimble appears with help of close-up mat	Also published here Thimble Opening (Peter Samelson, 1983)	20	Mat & Close-up Pad Thimble / Production & Appearance
Peter Samelson	Mat and Thimble	thimble vanish and reproduction routine		22	Thimble / Routines
Peter Samelson	Thimble Imp Pass	table edge transfer with thimble	Inspired by Imp-Pass (Tony Slydini, 1966) Related to Thumb Tip Handling á la Slydini (Alexander de Cova, 1994)	23	Lapping Principles / Imp Pass & Variations Thimble / Palming
Peter Samelson	Cigarette and Thimble Dance	close-up manipulation routine with a thimble and cigarette	Related to Cigarette From Thimble (Peter Samelson, 1984)	25	Thimble / Routines Cigarette & Cigar / Routines Cigarette & Cigar / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
Peter Samelson	Smoke-less	tobacco vanishes, leaving behind only empty cigarette paper tube		31	Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish
Peter Samelson	Peter's Parable No. 1 - The Story of the Shouting Postman			34	Articles / Articles
	Sponge Ball Snacks			35	Articles / Chapter Heading
Peter Samelson	Samelson's Sensational Sponge Ball Surprise	cigarette paper changes to sponge ball in flash of fire,		35	Spongeball / Appearance & Production Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Peter Samelson	The Samelson Split	clean handling for splitting of ball into two on the table		37	Spongeball / Appearance & Production Spongeball / Sequences
Peter Samelson	The Drop Ploy	subtlety for sponge-to-spectator's hand	Also published here The Drop Ploy (Peter Samelson, 1976)	40	Spongeball / Sequences
Peter Samelson	"The Peter Production"	final production of some item like lime		42	Spongeball / Sequences Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
Peter Samelson	Mimetic Slo-Mo Show'n Vanish	slow-motion coin vanish and reproduction, using back thumb clip	Variations Dust to Dust (Joe Rindfleisch, 1993)	45	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Peter Samelson	Ring of Truth	multi-phase routine		58	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Peter Samelson	Peter's Parable No. 1 - Pablo Picasso's Bicycle			71	Articles / Articles
Peter Samelson	New York Transpo	signed card is only odd-backed card, transposes with card signed on back, then they merge into one card	Inspired by Chicago Opener (Frank Everhart, 1972) Forgery (Wesley James, 1990) Variations Let's Get Together (Paul Green, 2005)	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Red Hot Mama Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Odd-backed
Dai Vernon	Optical Monte Move			76	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
Peter Samelson	"The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers"	with story presentation		81	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Peter Samelson	Afterword			89	Articles / Intros & Epilogues

Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2020.

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