Close-up Cavalcade Finale

1977
Written by Jerry Mentzer
Work of Various
187 pages (Hardcover), published by Jerry Mentzer (Magic Methods)
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
34 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Jerry Mentzer Introduction
1
Salt Routine salt vanishes from hand, reappears in pen
 		5
Salt and Sugar sugar packet or cube and salt shaker vanish, reappear in coat, lapping
 		8
Jerry Mentzer Ring Into Saltshaker
12
Jerry Mentzer Impromptu Ring Into Saltshaker
Variations 16
Roger Klause Elbow Swindle vanish of one or multiple coins after elbow catch, pocket ditch
Variations 23
Steve Dusheck Copper-Silver Transposition "Slippery Sam" forerunner, sliding shell
Also published here 30
A. Berkeley Davis An Illusive Coin Switch
Inspired by 36
A. Berkeley Davis The Vanishing Chinatown on flexible close-up mat
 		40
Ray Mertz Jumbo Cards and Coins cups and balls type routine with three coins and cards, jumbo coin finale
 		42
You Caught Me coins transform into performer's hand, sixteen single pennies finale, "21 Cent Trick" gaff set
Inspired by
  • "Fifty Cent Trick" (L. Ireland)
 50
Cardboard Holder for pocket
 		52
Dan Tong Jumbo Coin Routine penny & silver dollar transpose, penny grows to dollar size, then to giant size and back, lapping
 		54
Harry Milliken Milliken's Transposition two quarters and two half dollars transpose one by one
Also published here 58
Psychic Power ball of foil in glass bottle moves, thread
 		67
Jerry Mentzer Double Mental Test one of four coins chosen, number formed by adding card values, both predicted in wallet, originally in Linking Ring (Feb. 1971), two methods
Also published here 70
Wrapped in Foil file cards with symbols, packets cut and wrapped in foil, performer divines bottom cards
Related to
  • an effect by Ned Rutledge
 76
Warren Stephens Matchless matches appear in empty matchbook
 		83
Warren Stephens Dice Trick large die covered with hand, small die rolled, they have the same number on top, then large die vanishes
 		89
Bert Allerton, Jerry Mentzer Credit Cards transposition, double facer
Inspired by 93
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wild Card Switch with double facer/backer
 		95
Jerry Mentzer A Paper Strip Restored stuck behind thumb
 		97
Jerry Mentzer Impromptu Three Ball Routine three paper balls
 		103
Steve Dusheck Coin and Cord coin with hole, slit
Also published here 110
Barry Govan Cup and Ball Trio one cup and three balls, four phases
 		121
Three Shell Game
  • Move Number One - To Steal the Pea
  • Move Number Two - To Load the Pea
  • Move Number Three - To Show a Shell Empty
  • The Routine
 		131
Beer Can Routine bottomless beer can for cup and three balls (rolled-up bills) routine
 		139
Warren Stephens Borrowed Bill and Pen borrowed bill inside pen
 		147
Warren Stephens Notepad for Switching Bill
148
A Simple Copper-Silver Routine using bill
 		156
Seeing is Believing Bill Tear with gaff, includes variations
Variations 158
No Gaff Bill Tear
169
Duke Stern The Seven Dollar Trick two one-dollar bill and one five-dollar bill, the fiver also changes into a one-dollar bill
 		173
Dan Tong Bill Antics bill from hand to hand, featuring fold so one bill looks like two
 		181
Data entered by Denis Behr, November 2015.