2020
Written by Peter Gröning
Work of Peter Gröning
113 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English
36 entries
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Peter Gröning Six Friendly Involvements
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Peter Gröning Introduction
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Peter Gröning High Concept
  • Background
  • Concept
  • What about the missing backs?
  • Faces or backs
  • The signatures
  • The marker
  • The soother
  • Regarding routining
  • A word of caution
  • Finally
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Part One - Resigned
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Peter Gröning A Little History credit information on the Fusion effect
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Peter Gröning Resigned two cards signed on front and back by two spectators, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with two back-signed duplicates
Variations 11
Peter Gröning In-the-Hands Spread Stop Force to break
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Peter Gröning Half Resigned two cards signed on front and back by performer and spectator, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with back-signed duplicate
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Peter Gröning Resigned in Color two cards from two decks signed on front and back by two spectators, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with two back-signed duplicates
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Peter Gröning Resigned by Remote Control two cards signed on front and back by two spectators, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with two back-signed duplicates, handling away from deck
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Parte Two - Resignation accepted
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Peter Gröning First Thoughts chapter intro
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Peter Gröning Bit by Bit card signed on back, covered with envelope, face of card fades to blank in two stages, then vanishes, and reappears in envelope, apparition
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Peter Gröning Fade In odd-backed blank card is signed on back, it changes into previously selected card in stages, apparition
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Cy Endfield "Hofzinser" Top Change
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Peter Gröning Face Off card signed on both sides and put in cased deck, blank odd-backed card signed on back, its face changes into selection in stages, then signature appears, cased card is now blank-faced, apparition
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Peter Gröning Card Load to Outside as deck is cased, bottom card is left outside
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Peter Gröning Gifted ring box is shaken from card case even though it is too larger, later signed card appears in it
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Peter Gröning Bizarre Assignment Bizarre Vanish (à la Biddle Trick) and Twist with card signed on both sides, color-changing back kicker
Inspired by 64
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
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Peter Gröning Cros Twist Handling one-handed
Inspired by 71
Peter Gröning Spiked paper nailed to wall, card signed and vanished, it appears nailed to wall behind paper
  • An enhanced handling (both sides of card signed)
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Peter Gröning Bottled signed, brief
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Peter Gröning Once Torn, Twice Restored brief outline for routine in which signed card is restored except last quarter, then whole card
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Peter Gröning Coinfused coin version of Resigned with initialed coins
Inspired by 81
Peter Gröning Coin through Handkerchief Embellishment signed shell
Inspired by
  • "Coin through Handkerchief" (Bobo, The Sphinx, Vol. 45 No. 2, Apr. 1946, p. 44)
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Part Three - Unresigned
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Peter Gröning Torn Between Two Worlds selection torn in half, both halves signed by two spectators, they fuse into half a SBS double facer
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Peter Gröning Knock on Wood unknown odd-backed card stapled to block of wood, turns out to be later signed selection, presented as faces transposing, credit information
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • TheSecondDeal website, Feb. 2001
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Peter Gröning Riffle Force Variation
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Push-In Change
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T. Nelson Downs Downs Change
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Peter Gröning Signed, Sealed and Delivered unknown card signed on back, sandwiched and cased, later it has the signature of a later signed card as well
VariationsAlso published here
  • TheSecondDeal website, July 1999
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 82 No. 3, Mar. 2002
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Peter Gröning Case Sandwich Unload loading bottom card(s) to outside of case as sandwich is cased
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Peter Gröning Case Dump Addition copped cards added to cards that are dumped out of case
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Peter Gröning Signing Off
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Data entered by Denis Behr.