Kaufman, Richard

1990
Written by Richard Kaufman
Work of Gary Kurtz

102 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Richard Kaufman
Language: English

47 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Simon Lovell (Opus, Vol. 3 No. 6, Oct. 1990, p. 17)
Alexander de Cova (Avantgarde Magic, Vol. 1 No. 1, Apr. 1991, p. 15)
Jim Sisti (The Magic Menu, Vol. 1 No. 5, May/June 1991, p. 43)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Roger Klause	Foreword			7	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Gary Kurtz	Preface			9	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Gary Kurtz	Hypothetical Possibilities	ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet	Variations Hypothetical Possibilities (Gary Kurtz, 1992) M-Theory (Benjamin Earl, 2019)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Turning Time Back Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo	K.M. Move			12	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / K.M. Move
Gary Kurtz	One-Handed Get-Ready			13	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Gary Kurtz	Rub-A-Dub-Dub		Also published here The Rub-a-Dub Dub Vanish (Gary Kurtz, 1992) The Rub-a-Dub Dub Vanish (Gary Kurtz, 1995)	14	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Gary Kurtz	Inside/Outside	two stapled cards turn inside out	Related to Inside/Outside (Gary Kurtz, 1988) Also published here Inside / Outside (Gary Kurtz, 1995)	16	Paper / Blank pieces of cardboard
Gary Kurtz	Unidirectional Turnover		Related to Packet Flip-Over (Dai Vernon, 1988)	19	Cards / Sleights / Turnover Cards / Sleights / False Display / Paddle Move with Cards
Gary Kurtz	Constant Return	with "mine"/"yours" written on coins		20	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
Gary Kurtz	Attraction	mysterious sliding on stick		23	Ring / Finger Rings / Animation
Gary Kurtz	Wishful Thinking	effect combination		25	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Gary Kurtz	Slip Force Handling		Variations Slip Force Handling (Art Altman, 1985)	26	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force
Gary Kurtz	Top to Bottom Pivot Palm		Related to Advanced Loewy Palm (Benjamin Earl, 2020)	27	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
Gary Kurtz	Bottom Palm Replacement			28	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Replacement
Gary Kurtz	Fingertip Longitudinal Steal	from the center		28	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Palm (LTP)
Gary Kurtz	Split Disclosure	Half the Card travels in Wallet, half in anything		30	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Anything Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Gary Kurtz	Body Heat	using Scotch and Soda Gimmick	Related to Body Heat (Gary Kurtz, 1988)	32	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Changes in the Spectator's Hand Coin / Gaffed / Scotch and Soda
Gary Kurtz	Four-Fisted	Copper/Silver - Transformation Combo	Related to Four Fisted (Gary Kurtz, 1988)	35	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Changes in the Spectator's Hand Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
Gary Kurtz	Special Delivery		Related to Signed, Sealed, Delivered in Advance (Gary Kurtz, 1988) Signed, Sealed, Delivered in Advance (Gary Kurtz, 2012)	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s)
Gary Kurtz	Orange	lemon and tomato change into fruit in cardboard	Related to Orange (Gary Kurtz, 1988)	43	Food / Fruit
Gary Kurtz	Name It!	at the end spectator's name appears on back of card	Related to The Name is the Same (Gary Kurtz, 1988) Variations Mxyzptlk (Tomas Blomberg, 2014)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Spectator's Name on Card
Gary Kurtz	The Anticipator	performer removes same coin as spectator from pocket		49	Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction
Gary Kurtz	The Empty Hand	Inside Jacket Pocket	Related to Carta al Bolsillo (Luis H. Trueba, 2003) Variations The Empty Hand Variation (Gary Kurtz, Steve Bedwell, 1995 ca.) Also published here The Empty Hand (Gary Kurtz, 1995) The Empty Hand (Gary Kurtz, 2021)	51	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Gary Kurtz	Interchange		Variations Ships In The Night (Chris "Doc" Dixon, 1997)	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / The More Things Change (Pocket Interchange)
Arturo de Ascanio	Las Vegas Ascanio Spread			55	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Gary Kurtz	Inside Jacket	back on pack		56	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Apparently putting Cards in Pocket
Gary Kurtz	Zarrow's Triple Buckle			58	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Gary Kurtz	Multiple Palm	small packet		59	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
Gary Kurtz	Coming out Ahead	mental lead in, using bag, multiple coins		61	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous
Gary Kurtz	Artistic License	modern art theme, yellow and blue sections on a card morph to green	Variations An Artistic Application (Doug Conn, 1999)	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Gary Kurtz	Erdnase's First Transformation			65	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Gary Kurtz	Trio	long combination	Related to Sliding Behind the Fan (Gary Kurtz, 2004) Variations Twisted Trio (Curtis Kam, 1996) Revisiting Trio (Trio-ish) (Jeremiah Zuo, 2018)	67	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Three Fly
David Roth	Curl Palm			67	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Gary Kurtz	Coin-on-Shell Drop	solid sound, bottom of page		70	Coin / Sleights / Shell Moves
Gary Kurtz	Transfer	thumb to finger		71	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Derek Dingle	The Silent Steal			71	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Multiple Coin Vanishes / Bare Handed
Geoffrey Latta	One-Hand Vanish	third finger curl palm, "Nowhere Palm"		76	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / One-Handed
Gary Kurtz	All Together	Four of a kind in Spectators palms	Variations Who Wants Another Collectors? (Jack Avis, 2006)	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Gary Kurtz	Swing Cut Palm			81	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Gary Kurtz	Cigar		Related to Editorial (Steven Hamilton, 1991) Also published here Cigar (Gary Kurtz, 2006)	83	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Cigarette or Cigar Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Gary Kurtz	Mirror Image	topological thing, words on paper held in front of a small mirror, they end up written backwards	Also published here Mirror Image (Gary Kurtz, 1987)	88	Mirror Paper / Blank pieces of cardboard
Gary Kurtz	Flurious	using Jumbo Coins	Related to Flurious (Gary Kurtz, 1988)	91	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Gary Kurtz	Jumbo Coin Change Overs			91	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Gary Kurtz	Jumbo Coin	silk cover		91	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
Gary Kurtz	Jumbo Coin Vanishes	two methods		94	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Jumbo Coins
Gary Kurtz	Jumbo Coin Vanish	Sleeve or Breast Pocket		99	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Gary Kurtz	Jumbo Coin Transformation	using silk		99	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes

Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2004.

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