Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram

1978
Written by Ross Bertram
Work of Ross Bertram
163 pages (Hardcover), published by Magic Limited
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
152 entries
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Ross Bertram Acknowledgements
  • Dai Vernon
  • Faucett Ross
  • Further Acknowledgements
 		vii
Ross Bertram Foreword
ix
Dai Vernon, Faucett Ross Introductions
xv
David (Foote) Drake Early Bertram
xvii
Chapter One: Coin Magic - Part One
1
Ross Bertram The Coinmasters
1
Ross Bertram Knotty-Knotty two coins knotted in handkerchief, spectator choses one which is extracted and then travels into second knotted handkerchief, expansion of texture
 		2
Ross Bertram Devaluation half dollar changes into dime during coin roll flourish
Also published here 6
Ross Bertram Yank-a-Hank coin vanishes from spread-out handkerchief, then reappears in knotted handkerchief
 		7
Ross Bertram The Diamond Penny ungaffed "Dime and Penny Trick"
Also published here 9
Ross Bertram The Dime and Penny Trick credit information on gaffed set
 		10
Ross Bertram Copper and Silver Transposition only two coins, first transposition, then travel, then vanish
 		10
Ross Bertram Fist Transfer transferring coins from hand to hand during gesture
 		11
Ross Bertram Gold and Silver dime and penny transpose in performer's hands
Also published here 12
Ross Bertram The Money Changer multiple changes
Related toVariations 13
Ross Bertram Thumb Palm Transfer
Related to 15
Ross Bertram The Porous Paw
16
Ross Bertram A Trio of Vanishes three vanishes, last with sleeve
 		17
Ross Bertram Rubdown half dollar rubbed on table vanishes and appears under other hand, then changes into dime with change under other hand
 		19
Ross Bertram Eleven Cents dime and penny, dime vanishes and reappears cleanly
Related to 20
Ross Bertram Behind Thumb Position back of thumb moistened if necessary
 		20
Ross Bertram Through the Hand
21
Ross Bertram Double-Cross coins change place, then one travels to the other
 		23
Ross Bertram Ten to One dime becomes silver dollar
 		24
Ross Bertram Twenty-One Cents two nickels, dime and cent into hand, all vanish except nickel, ungaffed
 		25
Ross Bertram Four Coins Go pull
 		26
Ross Bertram Coin Pull
26
Ross Bertram Coins Through the Table four in each hand
 		27
Ross Bertram Multiple Click Pass
Also published here 27
Ross Bertram The Metamorphic Coin in closed hand
 		29
Chapter Two: Coin Magic - Part Two
29
Lewis Ganson Intro
29
Ross Bertram A Penny-Tration extra coin
 		30
Ross Bertram The Penetrating Coin - Method #2
31
Ross Bertram The Penny Pincher vanish and clean reproduction
 		32
Ross Bertram Pinch Back Palm
33
Ross Bertram Fifty-Two Cents coin changes cleanly in closed hand
 		34
Ross Bertram Bertram Turn-Over Switch
35
Ross Bertram Coin Assembly see credit information on page 40
 		37
Ross Bertram The "Slap" Vanish
Inspired by 41
Ross Bertram A Coin in a Tumbler coin through bottom of glass, in the hands
Related to 42
Ross Bertram Passing the Half Bucks backfire on last coin
 		43
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		43
Ross Bertram Click Pass very bottom of page
 		43
Ross Bertram Multiple Changeover noiseless transfer of multiple coins from hand to hand
 		45
Ross Bertram The Vanishing Props Or Twelve Silver Dollars vernon anecdote
 		46
Ross Bertram The Squeeze-Away Coin one-handed vanish and recovery
Related toAlso published here 46
Ross Bertram Fifty-Fifty one of two half dollars changes into quarter, challenge conditions
 		48
Ross Bertram Hush Money two half dollars change into dollar bill
 		51
Ross Bertram Cash in Hand four half dollars are produced one by one
Also published here 54
T. Nelson Downs Oblique Palm edge classic palm
 		54
Ross Bertram Coin Stack Transfer from Oblique Palm to Back Thumb Palm
 		54
Ross Bertram Bertram's Best three coins in each hand, three pass one by one in other hand
Related to 56
Ross Bertram Swing Transfer thrown secretly from hand to hand
 		57
Chapter Three: Card Magic
59
Ross Bertram (reviewer) S. W. Erdnase by S. W. Erdnase 59
Dai Vernon Vernon Card Change using Tenkai Palm, dated 1953
 		59
Ross Bertram A Nice Card Trick Vernon anecdote
 		61
Ross Bertram The Pivot Change using Tenkai Palm
 		61
Ross Bertram The Pay-Off (Card in Wallet), ungaffed, load from Tenkai/Rear Palm
Related to 63
Ross Bertram Classic to Tenkai Palm Transfer
64
Ross Bertram In The Drink
65
Ross Bertram Bertram's One-Hand Card Change using Tenkai Palm
 		66
Ross Bertram An Effective Top Change top card shown one-handed and removed with other hand
Related to 67
Dr. Jacob Daley "Doc" Daley's Card in the Wallet into plastic insert
 		68
Ross Bertram The Blackstone "Birdcage" Card Vanish
70
Ross Bertram Harry Blackstone
71
Ross Bertram The Cards to Pocket ten cards
 		72
Frederick Braue Cards to Pocket Palm
73
Ross Bertram Thumb Palm Trouser Pocket Load
73
Ross Bertram False Count
74
Jean Hugard Hugard Top Palm
75
Flourish Count
75
Ross Bertram New Vertical Palm, modified
Related to 76
Ross Bertram False Transfer with Card using Tenkai Palm
 		77
Ross Bertram The Wind-Up
78
Chapter Four: At the Card Table
79
Ross Bertram At the Card Table
  • Background
  • T.V Gambling Interviews
 		79
Allen Kennedy, Dai Vernon The Allen Kennedy Center Deal
Also published here 80
Ross Bertram Never Too Young center deal anecdote
 		82
Ross Bertram Bertram's Square-Up Invisible Pass
82
Ross Bertram Bottom Steal and Recovery tabled, during riffle shuffle
Also published here 84
Ross Bertram Bertram's Hold-Out Palm tabled
  • To Have the Deck Cut by a Spectator
  • Alternate Method
Related to 86
Ross Bertram A Cut to Retain Bottom Stock #1 in-the-hands
 		87
Ross Bertram A Cut to Retain Bottom Stock #2 in-the-hands
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Ross Bertram True Dedication Charlie Miller anecdote
 		89
Ross Bertram The Waterford Crystal Tumblers Charlie Miller anecdote
 		89
Chapter Five: General Magic
90
Ross Bertram The Salt Trick salt pour
 		90
Ross Bertram Broken and Restored Cigarette
92
Ross Bertram The Impromptu Broken and Restored Cigarette
94
Ross Bertram The Broken and Restored Cigarette (Psychological Method)
96
Ross Bertram The Broken and Restored Cigarette (Once More)
98
Ross Bertram Again, The Broken and Restored Cigarette
99
Ross Bertram Fun with Goshman anecdote
 		102
Ross Bertram Bertram's Bill in a Cigarette
102
Ross Bertram Bertram's Bill Tear
105
Ross Bertram The Egyptian Ball - Bertram Style two balls transpose with goblet and silk, no extra ball
 		106
Ross Bertram The Egg Bag "The routine to be described is not only ingeniously different but entertaining as well."
Related to 109
Ross Bertram With a Ring borrowed ring into box given out at beginning
 		113
Ross Bertram The Ring in the Box
114
Ross Bertram My Favorite Drink empty tumbler fills with beverage, table edge glass switch
Related to 115
Ross Bertram My Rope Tie Routine hands of performer tied behind his back
 		116
Ross Bertram Look, It's a Real Rabbit! folded sheet of newspaper is cut, when unfolded rabbit design is seen, live rabbit produced
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Ross Bertram The New Oriental Act Sam Margules anecdote
 		120
Ross Bertram Chapter Six: About Sleeving
122
Ross Bertram From the Palm Proper
Also published here 122
Ross Bertram Sleeving from the Clenched Fist
Also published here 123
Ross Bertram The Toss-Back from the Fingertips
123
Ross Bertram From Left Palm to Right Sleeve
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Ross Bertram As a Transformation sleeving
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Ross Bertram Off-the-Table Method
124
Ross Bertram The Drop
125
Ross Bertram The Pumpkin Seed Vanish
125
Ross Bertram The Reverse Pumpkin Seed into other sleeve
 		126
Ross Bertram The Finger-Snap
126
Ross Bertram Toss from Left Fingers to Right Sleeve
127
Ross Bertram From the Closed Hand
127
Ross Bertram Some Helpful Hints on sleeving
 		127
Ross Bertram Chapter Seven: Francis Carlyle
129
Francis Carlyle The Blindfold Act
129
Ross Bertram Carlyle and Ross
131
Ross Bertram Carlyle and Carlyle
131
Francis Carlyle The Cups and Balls baby chicks as final loads
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Ross Bertram Helpful Hints
  • Where to Obtain Chicks
  • What to Feed Chicks
  • How to Care for Chicks
  • How to Palm a Chick
  • How to Load a Spectator
  • To Prevent the Chick from Kicking
  • Hypnotizing a Chick
  • How to Rehearse
 		136
Ross Bertram The Chicken Story
137
Ross Bertram Chapter Eight: Paul Fox
138
Paul Fox Easy-Lite Cigarettes for producing lit cigarettes
 		139
Paul Fox Smokeless Cigarettes lighted, smokeless cigarettes
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Paul Fox Reading the Cards performer knows cards despite being blindfolded
 		139
Paul Fox The Thumb Tie
140
Paul Fox, Danny Dew The Paul Fox Rising Cards (Danny Dew Version)
142
Ross Bertram Three Card Control Sequence
143
Ross Bertram The Candy Bowl Dai Vernon, Larry Gray & Faucett Ross anecdote
 		144
Paul Fox Cashing a Cheque paper transforms into bill in flash
Variations 144
Chapter Nine: Count Me In
147
T. Nelson Downs T. Nelson Downs' "Masterpiece"
147
Ross Bertram The Downs Gimmick anecdote
 		149
Danny Dew Oil and Water 4&4, extra card
 		150
Howard Huntington Sympathetic Silks blendo finale
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Danny Dew Emil Jarrow
153
Emil Jarrow Nickel and Dime or Penny Routine
154
Max Sterling, Harry Schilling The Evolution of an Egg egg on fan
 		155
Chapter Ten: Historical Bits
159
Ross Bertram The Rhythm Count on rhythm in sleight-of-hand magic
 		159
Ross Bertram Toss-Vanish of a Thimble
159
Ross Bertram Another Thimble Vanish The "Four Count"
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Ross Bertram Origin of the Salt Trick salt pour
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Ross Bertram The "Brain-Wave" Deck double ended card case for extraction both ways
 		161
Ross Bertram Erdnase Illustrator
161
Ross Bertram Good News! Vernon anecdote
 		162
Ross Bertram Living Silhouettes Dai Vernon and Larry Gray cutting silhouettes
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Data entered by Denis Behr, June 2015.