introduction \n \n david avadon
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David Avadon
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Introduction
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preface \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Preface
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coins & stuff \n \n unknown
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Coins & Stuff
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the world famous coin swallowing act \n using $1.35 locking coins set \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The World Famous Coin Swallowing Act
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another way \n coins slid off magazine into other hand, magazine as coin tray, razor blade switch mentioned \n sid fleischman \n arthur gross
1993
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Another Way
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the torn & restored cigarette paper, revisited \n wax on thumbnail (also in 1947 booklet), piece secretly mouthed
- 2 (waxless method) \n sid fleischman \n "the blue bug" (1947 booklet, sid fleischman & bob gunther) \n torn and restored cigarette paper \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper, Revisited
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Inspired by- "The Blue Bug" (1947 booklet, Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther)
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harry is at it again \n box drawn on napkin, "houdini" written inside, writing vanishes from napkin and appears on hand \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Harry Is At It Again
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ringbound \n two or three rings through pen at once \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Ringbound
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the 31-day coin trick \n coin tossed towards ceiling vanishes, a month later it comes down into glass
- first magic meeting: the vanish
- second magic meeting: the return \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The 31-Day Coin Trick
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the vanish \n coin tossed from hand to hand back and forth, then into air \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Vanish
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spoon twisting \n spoon moves, then has a twist in its handle, switch as spoon drops to floor
- tabletop switch \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Spoon Twisting
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lady mcbathtub \n continuous ball production with hand with is made to look like a face/puppet \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Lady McBathtub
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five minutes of voodoo \n presentation for block that falls over (shifting weight) \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Five Minutes of Voodoo
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coin fade \n coin on palm, hand turned over and back, it vanishes, then reappears, other hand holds wrist \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Coin Fade
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the bottle diabolique \n bottle clings to rope
- 1 beer bottle
- 2 perrier (bill around neck) \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Bottle Diabolique
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the bottle fantastique \n bottle clings to rope, gimmick on invisible thread \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Bottle Fantastique
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do as i do \n routine with spectator \n sid fleischman \n comedy hindu vase \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Do As I Do
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the mean magician syndrome \n presentation for finger chopper \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Mean Magician Syndrome
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the longest card trick \n stop watch vanishes with gag presentation \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Longest Card Trick
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the fail-safe rope \n loop in thumb tip or attached to pull \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Fail-Safe Rope
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on professor charles w. fait \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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On Professor Charles W. Fait
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card trumpery \n \n unknown
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nomenclature \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Nomenclature
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a guide to the gallows \n marking system in which letters are written on back, lesley type \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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A Guide to the Gallows
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flash mnemonics \n no. 1, order of shuffled deck apparently memorized \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Flash Mnemonics
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jimmy valentine returns, blindfolded \n no. 2, reading cards with fingertips
- the blindfold finish
- the card discovery finish \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Jimmy Valentine Returns, Blindfolded
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the princess & the pea \n no. 3, reading cards with fingertips, routine with jumbo cards \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Princess & The Pea
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on thayer's studio of magic \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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On Thayer's Studio of Magic
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you, too can have x-ray eyes \n no. 4, apparently reading a card through a piece of metal \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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You, Too Can Have X-Ray Eyes
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two new card reveals and the vagrant key \n no. 5 \n unknown
1993
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the moving lips \n spectator thinks of name of his card and performer names it \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Moving Lips
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the eyes \n presentation for revealing a card \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Eyes
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the vagrant key \n marked deck for setting key card next to selection which is not read \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Vagrant Key
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the world's greatest average card trick \n comedy routine for naming a selection \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The World's Greatest Average Card Trick
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beating the odds \n two spectators freely chose cards for value and suit, card produced in humorous way \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Beating the Odds
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on madame houdini \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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On Madame Houdini
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the fabled non-working, self-working card trick \n presentation for schmidt's effect \n sid fleischman \n subconscious poker ii \n joseph k. schmidt \n the infamous non-working self-working card trick \n grace ann morgan
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Fabled Non-Working, Self-Working Card Trick
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Inspired byVariations
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the one card repeat \n parody on six card repeat, single card vanishes at knee and reappears in hand \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The One Card Repeat
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false transfer and vanish \n with back palm \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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False Transfer and Vanish
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pivot palm vanish \n \n unknown
1993
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Pivot Palm Vanish
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one-arm mcdonald card tricks \n introduction to one-handed card tricks \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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One-Arm McDonald Card Tricks
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the right-handed card trick \n no. 1, one-handed card to pocket, signed, from 1930s, one-handed only after control and palm \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Right-Handed Card Trick
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avadon's absquatulated card \n no. 2, one arm behind back, selection appears in that hand, "stomach card switch" \n david avadon
1993
David Avadon
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Avadon's Absquatulated Card
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charlier pass control \n one-handed \n david avadon \n the charlier pass - to control a card \n unknown
1993
David Avadon
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Charlier Pass Control
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bud & sid \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Bud & Sid
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a flourish from the 30x \n perpendicular card under the deck holds long spread
- the extender (two perpendicular cards) \n sid fleischman \n no gimmick card spread \n neal elias
1993
Sid Fleischman
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A Flourish From the 30x
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a pocketful of wry \n card turns over in cased deck, deck switch \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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A Pocketful of Wry
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the wrong way card trick \n card trick performed backwards, card first produced from pocket and shown, then lost, then selection made, it's another card that changes into original card, selection then produced from pocket \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Wrong Way Card Trick
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top change \n finger change \n unknown
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Top Change
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the card in the fly \n credit information \n sid fleischman \n "make no mistake" (sidney fleischman, genii, dec. 1940)
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Card in the Fly
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Related to- "Make no Mistake" (Sidney Fleischman, Genii, Dec. 1940)
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on houdini \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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On Houdini
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an aside on the thumb count \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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An Aside on the Thumb Count
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weighing the cards \n no. 1, using thumb count \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Weighing the Cards
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the machine gun color change \n no. 2, continuous changes as hand passes over deck back and forth \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Machine Gun Color Change
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the pigeon pasteboard \n no. 3, card at named position remembered, it later is found at same position \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Pigeon Pasteboard
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riffle slip force \n \n unknown
1993
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Riffle Slip Force
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the crimp force \n gambling for seventeen \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Crimp Force
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w. c. fields does a card trick \n talking with voice on record, revelation of a playing card \n sid fleischman \n w. c. fields does a card trick \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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W. C. Fields Does a Card Trick
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Also published here
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on arthur f. bull \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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On Arthur F. Bull
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a magic club roast \n card finding routine with gags for magicians, sleights listed on post-it \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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A Magic Club Roast
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the potato and the card trick \n humorous spelling effect, double count placement
- alternate handling \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Potato and the Card Trick
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on presentation and literacy \n see also next pages \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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On Presentation and Literacy
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card gossip \n person thinks of a card and whispers it to someone, who whispers it to another one but can lie, and so on, final card predicted in brainnwave deck or other
- the silent partner option
- the index option
- thumb writing \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Card Gossip
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the poor man's orient express \n signed card to inside sand frame \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Poor Man's Orient Express
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join the a.s.c.t. \n michelangelo themed revelation in which all cards are eliminated except selection \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Join the A.S.C.T.
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genii ad \n "the trick without a name" \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Genii Ad
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for the move maven \n \n unknown
1993
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For the Move Maven
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the false shuffle - who needs it? \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The False Shuffle - Who Needs It?
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the push through false shuffle made easy \n no. 1, reducing friction
- big tip
- a bigger tip \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Push Through False Shuffle Made Easy
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the zarrow shuffle - fleischman handling \n no. 2, cards lifted on edge for squaring \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Zarrow Shuffle - Fleischman Handling
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the carl march shuffle \n back and forth, optical shuffle \n sid fleischman \n magic made easy, 1950s, carl march (pseudonym of sid fleischman)
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Carl March Shuffle
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Also published here- Magic Made Easy, 1950s, Carl March (pseudonym of Sid Fleischman)
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sawing is believing \n on the great virgil \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Sawing is believing
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how did that card get in my hand? \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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How Did That Card Get In My Hand?
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bottom palm. second method \n brief \n s. w. erdnase \n bottom palm. second method \n s. w. erdnase
1993
S. W. Erdnase
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Bottom Palm. Second Method
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Also published here
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topping the deck with joe berg \n no. 1 \n joe berg \n berg's top palm \n joe berg
1993
Joe Berg
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Topping the Deck with Joe Berg
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the coward's palm \n no. 2 \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Coward's Palm
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the fleischman pop-up palm \n no. 3, left thumb pushes card into right palm \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Fleischman Pop-Up Palm
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the camelback palm \n no. 4, top card buckled with left thumb \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Camelback Palm
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the praiseworthy bottom \n no. 5, by "j. j. praiseworthy" \n unknown
1993
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The Praiseworthy Bottom
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my other life \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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My other life
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double lifting \n comment on the hit lift \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Double Lifting
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the camelback double lift \n no. 1, thumb count and buckling of top two cards \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Camelback Double Lift
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the fleischman snap or the wonderful one-handed double lift \n no. 2, card snaps to the right after thumb count, optional tabling \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Fleischman Snap or The Wonderful One-Handed Double Lift
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piking the card \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Piking the Card
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the thayer glimpse \n no. 1, deck on edge on table, top card jogged \n floyd g. thayer
1993
Floyd G. Thayer
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The Thayer Glimpse
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the praiseworthy pike \n no. 2, "j. j. praiseworthy" \n unknown
1993
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The Praiseworthy Pike
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thumbduggery \n on sleights using the thumb \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Thumbduggery
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center stealing \n no. 1, dragged out by left thumb \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Center Stealing
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bottom stealing \n no. 2, left thumb action \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Bottom Stealing
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color changing \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Color Changing
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a crimpmeister's crimp \n crimping isolated card in hand \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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A Crimpmeister's Crimp
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the chutzpa crimp \n spectator is told to crimp the card for later identification \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Chutzpa Crimp
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the fine art of card shooting \n deck held in hand, selection shoots up into the air \n lyle laughlin
1993
Lyle Laughlin
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The Fine Art of Card Shooting
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the fleischman shoot \n no. 2, deck is snapped and selection jumps from center \n sid fleischman \n the jump card \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Fleischman Shoot
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Also published here
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the one-handed shoot \n no. 3, deck held in hand, selection shoots up into the air \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The One-Handed Shoot
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mr. mysterious & company \n \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Mr. Mysterious & Company
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lagniappe \n \n unknown
1993
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Lagniappe
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adventures with the three shell game \n - a tip on the pea
- mind reading with shell
- bottom up \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Adventures With the Three Shell Game
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you, too, can saw a lady in two \n "or, five minutes of comedy suspense with a red ribbon"
ribbon through person \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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You, Too, Can Saw A Lady in Two
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the lady disrobes \n paddle design with woman with and without clothing \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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The Lady Disrobes
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ring business \n addition of key ring, link in which ring drops off the arm into a held ring
- the double touch
- the mickey mouse bit \n sid fleischman
1993
Sid Fleischman
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Ring Business
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and a bonus \n \n unknown
1993
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And a Bonus
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the fleischman-avadon no-switch needle swallowing trick \n \n sid fleischman \n david avadon \n genii review by david avadon for clarification
1993
Sid Fleischman, David Avadon
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The Fleischman-Avadon No-Switch Needle Swallowing Trick
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Related to- Genii Review by David Avadon for clarification
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