1993
Written by Karl Fulves
Work of Various
396 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
564 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Don Nielsen, Karl Fulves Nor Eyes To See With
  • performer finds red card in black packet behind back
  • circled number on paper is divined behind back
  • set time on watch revealed behind back
fiber optic tube, see also p. 320 for idea by Harold Bester, p. 644 & p. 728 for comments by Syd Bergson & Karl Fulves
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 1 Nov. 1969 291
Karl Fulves Babel Marcia Seligson column on Jean Dixon in NY Times, Hofzinser Folio, Charlie Miller on Faro Tricks
Vol. 5 No. 1 Nov. 1969 292
George McLean, George Blake, Mel Stover Etcetera
Vol. 5 No. 1 Nov. 1969 292
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Beat The House humorous dealing routine in which performer plays against two players and always gets one card less, three phases, in final phase performer gets non and players blank cards
Vol. 5 No. 1 Nov. 1969 294
Karl Fulves J. N. Hofzinser on Hofzinser's life and the published sources, see also p. 411 for references
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 295
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Future Card "Domination Of Thought"
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 296
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wild Card Turnover with double facer
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 296
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser A Slate Test four numbers added, predicted
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 296
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Karl Fulves On the Presentation of Mathematical Tricks
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 297
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Intuition spectator locates another spectator's card from 6-card packet on table, first wrong but then transforms
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 297
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Cups And Balls using servante, actually page 298A
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 298
Bounce Steal card thrown under cup stolen, actually page 298A
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 298
Reverse Spin Steal actually page 298A
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 298
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Two Unsolved Card Problems
  • 1. card vanishes and reappears rolled inside finger ring by spectator held behind his back
  • 2. Hofzinser Ace Problem
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 299
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coins In Flight 1. six coins travel from hand to tray
2. repeat with two
3. from hand to hand
4. two spectators have twelve coins, four travel across
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 299
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coin Tray made of glass
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 299
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coin Steal from Bag
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 299
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Multiple False Transfer
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 300
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Vanishing Deck deck placed in metal box, silk vanished, deck vanished except selection and silk in box too
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 300
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Kings And Queens Kings and Queens separated on table, then both piles consist of two Kings-Queen pairs
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 301
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Book Tests several strategies, including duplicate books, force books, book opening itself on chosen page, as memory feat
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 301
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Change Bag to force Page Number
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 302
Karl Fulves Concluding Notes on this Hofzinser folio
Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio Winter 1969 302
Karl Fulves, Aaron Wainer Three Bottles
  • tobacco and paper dropped in bottle and shake, transforms into cigarette
  • cork pops off second bottle after moving up and down (a la Zombie)
  • whistling in third bottle, bottle whistles by itself afterwards, see p. 308 for reference
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 303
Karl Fulves Babel Velki magazine, Mystic Power Mentations (Vosburgh Lyons), Ed Mishell's Hold-Out Miracles, Stewart Smith, practical joke by Robert Murray (two right handed gloves) via Martin Gardner
Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 304
Robert E. Neale, Karl Fulves Roulette russian roulette demonstration, "Readers unfamiliar with firearms are urged not to try this trick.", see p. 308 for reference and p. 312 for comment
Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 305
Sydney Bergson, Murry Graham Etcetera
Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 306
Linked Paper-Clip Idea rubber band is linked to safety pins when jumped off bill
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 306
George McLean Colorvision Gag practical joke with colorvision
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 306
Murry Graham Case as Jail Cell with slits cut out
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 306
Horace E. Bennett Framed coin produced from purse frame, vanishes inside again, see also p. 320
Inspired by
  • "Theft Proof Purse" (Horace Bennett, Gen, Feb. 1963)
Related to
Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 307
Gag Fusion two cards are said to travel together into the deck, they become a double facer, "originated, I think, in England some time ago"
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 308
Music Box Prediction cards with songs, one chosen, music box produces this song and then turns out to be empty, "suggested in Great Britain a few years ago"
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 308
Aaron Wainer Floating Match in Bottle lighted match floats in bottle
Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 308
Alex Elmsley Point of Departure reprinted from reference, see also p. 320
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 309
L. Vosburgh Lyons Numbers using number blocks and wooden stand, mathematical principle, see also p. 320
Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1969 310
Francis J. Baker Logic two cards chosen, one found by performer and one by spectator, red-black alternating
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 311
Peter Brooke Dates three spectators with coins, a fourth coin is introduced and each spectator finally selects one, dates divined
Inspired by
  • "Hofzinser Variation" (Karl Fulves, Abra #1205)
Also published here
Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 311
Karl Fulves Babel Jack Gwynne died, Richard Himber newspaper clipping, Tarbell #7 supposed to be written by Oscar Weigle, Jack Chanin anecdote
Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 312
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Best Magic Tricks by Lu Brent Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 312
John Taylor Rigelian Ring ring penetrates cardboard, finger and handkerchief, three phases, see also p. 326 and p. 340
Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 313
Ray Bedwell Solution To The Odd Game small board with hole, billiard ball dropped inside vanishes, repeat, posed as problem, Zone Zero
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 314
Frank A. Russell, Greg Moore, John Hudak Etcetera
Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 314
Brian Jordan 8 - 25 packets removed and counted down in some piles, two mates appear, see also p. 348
Related to
  • "Isochronism" (Stewart James, Linking Ring, Oct. 1952)
Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 315
Joseph K. Schmidt Coin Flourish one-handed, three coin stack, middle coin spun out and rotated, also popular with poker chips, see also p. 326 & p. 332
Variations Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 315
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dim The Lights small hand taps out value of first selection, then finds second selection by dragging top half away, see also p. 340
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Jan. 1970 316
Bob Farrell High Dice Stack stack of dice three times hight of cup
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 317
Karl Fulves Babel fortune tellers, Comedy Funnel Magic (Maurice)
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 318
Number Equation Puzzle
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 318
Jay Weiler Hook Coin Gag for magicians
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 318
Kirk Stiles On & Off
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 319
Harold Bester, Chris Hussey, L. Vosburgh Lyons, Martin Gardner, Paul Sweetman Etcetera
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 320
Paul Sweetman PoD Addition travelling stamp
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 320
Roy Walton Blue Phantom II two cards found, one of them has different colored back
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 321
Ned Powers No Chance card selected behind back, card used to stab into deck reversed behind back, it changes into selection
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 321
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse of reversed card during tabled shuffle
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 321
Karl Fulves Colorvision Plus Math color vision cube turned on table by spectator according to instructions, color divined, see also p. 340 & 373
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 322
Kirk Stiles Blok-Ring Transpo blok on thread and small ring off thread transpose underneath silk, uses Blok-Kord apparatus
Vol. 5 No. 4 Feb. 1970 322
Bob Logan A Phoenix More Rapid instant restoration of tissue, based on dealer's item
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 323
Bruce Cervon Quantum Jump more jumping than rising
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 323
Karl Fulves Babel Jack Boschan's "Phosphorus" magazine, Ganson's "Unique Rope Routine" vs. George Sands routine, John Mulholland newspaper obituary
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 324
Martin Gardner The Compleat Gamester Addition red-black betting game with eight cards
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 324
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale, see also p. 340 & 342
Inspired byRelated to
  • "The Psychological Loser" (Daniel Dobson, Tokyo Trickery by Takinshi Nemoto, Magic Inc.)
VariationsAlso published here
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 325
Art Spring Crushed orange is supposed to travel into glas, only skin remains, orange juice in glass, simplified, see p. 337 for Sid Lorraine reference
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 325
Peter Bailey, Nelson Caroly, Robert Kraft Etcetera on real-life mentalism and selling zodiac books, see also p. 410
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 326
Nelson Caroly Invisible Deck Routine named spade card appears in hands
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 326
Bruce Cervon Outside Case Load as deck is inserted in case
Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 327
Francis J. Baker Devil's Dial number dialled, person at other end divines a number, see also p. 342 & 348
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 327
David Moore Ultimate Erdnase Royal Flush face-up in deck, overhand stacked, with surprise, Magician vs. Gambler theme, see also p. 332 and p. 337
Variations Vol. 5 No. 5 Mar. 1970 328
Neal Thomas Law of Gravity Hydrostatic Bottle with milk, milk vanishes visibly partially in bottle, see also p. 342 & 348
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 329
Karl Fulves Babel Vernon's "Revelations", Kirk Stiles' "Deceivers Quarterly", cartoon, Edmund Younger (Li Chung Soo)
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 330
Stewart James, Gene Gray A Match for Gravity watch and match tied to thread, over stick, see p. 337 for reference
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 330
Gene Lawton Ultra Reverse deck pocketed, spectator removes card, when deck is spread, its mate is reversed
Variations Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 331
Marvin Johnson, Stanley Cook, Claude Crowe, Ed Morrisey Etcetera ColorVision story in Al Flosso's shop
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 332
Marvin Johnson Coin Transpo of a sandwiched coin, also with Okito box
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 332
Ed Morrisey Word Completion Puzzle see p. 348 for Sid Lorraine puzzles and p. 352
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 332
John Hamilton Hidden Symmetry producing thirteen cards in order with down-under deal, shuffle sequence to get into the required order
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 333
Robert (Bob) Hess Ring Box ring dropped in box, want inserted, penetrates wand
Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 333
Sam Schwartz Tri-Multaneous
  • Part 1: mate & selection appear at same time after slip slop shuffled packed is gone through in pairs
  • Part 2: Sam-Ultaneous
  • Part 3: two chosen cards show up at same position in two packets, using two odd-numbered piles
see also p. 348
Inspired byVariations Vol. 5 No. 6 Apr. 1970 334
Dai Vernon Color Cut shuffled deck cut into five packets, spectator removes bottom card of any packet and places it on top of any packet behind performer's back, card found, repeat, then a spectator finds card, one color crimped
Vol. 5 No. 7 May 1970 335
J. W. Sarles Quicksilver marked coin locked in silk with ring, repeat
Related to Vol. 5 No. 7 May 1970 336
Brian MacCarthy Handkerchief Fold things dropped inside can be stolen out
Vol. 5 No. 7 May 1970 336
Jack Posetary Gremlin Glass coin in glass, ball on top, second glass moved in and out and ball jumps to other glass
Vol. 5 No. 7 May 1970 337
John Hamilton Mutus Nomen
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 7 May 1970 338
Martin Gardner Mutus Nomen simplified handling, see p. 527 for presentation by Steve Freeman and his addition on p. 565, see also p. 648
Vol. 5 No. 7 May 1970 338
Robert E. Neale Infernal Machine eight cards with different men and women, dating presentation, anti-faros to produce requested cards, binary, see bottom of p. 341 for credit information, p. 420 for envelope suggestion by Cushing Strout
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 339
Daniel Dobson The Psychological Loser spectator shuffles packet, is put on top of deck and dealt, originally from "Tokyo Trickery" by Takinshi Nemoto (1967, Magic, Inc.)
Related to Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 340
Karl Fulves 10-Card Deal Variation only better chances of winning by performer, not sure-fire
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 341
Wilbur T. Kattner The Arrow of Time performer slows down time in defined area, in there things falls slower, a pendulum swings slower, tuning fork changes pitch, pulse goes slower, then everything stops, then reverses, without methods posed as "exercise"
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 341
Robert Gysel Lights Out way to prove that performer is standing at the wall in dark room when he is actually free to move around
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 341
Bill Taylor To the Point deck on cork board, spectator throws dart, hit card matches prediction, for clarification see p. 372
Variations Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 342
Donald Seacome, Gray Leese, Joseph K. Schmidt Etcetera
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 342
Anti-Gravico hydrostatic bottle, match slides in from below, then slides back down
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 342
Morty Rudnick Two Coins two coins under two cards, one travels to the other, coins connected with thread, see also p. 348
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 343
Karl Fulves Babel on Larry Jennings, NY Mystery Dinner, Ben Braude, Aldini's "New Concepts In Magic"
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 343
Joel Moskowitz Centrifugal four-coin sandwich, center two coins are stolen out, see also p. 348
Related to
  • "Copper-Silver Sandwich" (Jack Dean, Linking Ring, June 1954)
Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 344
Jerry K. Hartman Displaced card reversed in deck transposes with sandwiched card, see also p. 348, related to Fourth Method of referenced "Repeat Transposition"
Related toAlso published here Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 344
Joseph K. Schmidt Rope Thru rope through performer's body
Variations Vol. 5 No. 8 June 1970 344
Martin Gardner Are You Psychic? performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match, see also p. 348
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 345
Karl Fulves Babel Fred Kaps, Ed Marlo (heart attack), Hofzinser Folio, magicians' real name quiz, Vernon's Revelations, Milbourne Christopher, sale of Townsend collection
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 346
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Novel Concepts With Cards by Aldini Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 346
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Magic of Allan Lambie by Allan Lambie Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 346
Larry Jennings Even Money pairs of cards given to spectator, he finds it impossible to guess color of any card, see also p. 420 for comment by Trevor Dawson
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 347
Larry Jennings Bold Slip Cut top and bottom cards slipped off, rest slapped on top
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 347
Peter Alexis Effigy spectator writes down body part, performer divines it via figure on slate, voodoo presentation
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 347
Anna Eva Fay Paraffin Envelope for impression
Related to Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 347
Sid Lorraine, John Holt Etcetera word puzzles
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 348
Don Nielsen, Karl Fulves Colorvision Revisited two color vision sets, three-phase matching routine
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 349
Ned Powers Duplicate Thots with repeat
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 349
Brian Jordan In One Second Flat gag sequence in which spectator is apparently taught how to read marks and he thinks he follows that aces have been removed and put in case
Related to Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 350
Kirk Stiles Thru A Silk thimble penetrates silk, see also p. 348
Vol. 5 No. 9 July 1970 350
John Hamilton Eyes of the Gods two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 351
John Hamilton 3 by 3 three cards in packet divined, no-touch
Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 352
Karl Fulves Babel Chester Morris died, Rosemary Brown, word puzzles, Jack Channin
Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 352
John Hamilton Scientific Rope magnetic ends, held together with thread
  • cut & restored
  • Disappearing Knot
  • Penetration Of A Wand Or Pencil
Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 353
John Hamilton Additional Hamilton Ideas as telephone effect with possible lies
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 354
John Hamilton Down & Out Tantalizer type routine with cut-off packet, card predicted and one of same value is on top of discard pile, see also p. 373
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 354
John Hamilton Silk Flight silk into paper cone, rope waved over cone and silk is shown to have disappeared, rope torn in two and between the ends appears the silk à la 20th century
Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 355
John Hamilton Computer Cards card thought-of, counting procedure with deck by spectator, see also p. 402 for suggestion by Leslie May
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 355
John Hamilton False Cut straight cut, a bit unclear
Vol. 5 No. 10 Aug. 1970 356
Alan Brown Future Ghost cards thought-of and not removed from deck, one-way faces or edge-marks or one-way crimp, see also p. 373 and p. 684
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 357
Karl Fulves Babel getting Hofzinser book through Volker Huber, Harvey Rosenthal
Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 358
Robert (Bob) Hess Immovable Object deck in two packets, top cards shown and exchanged, on one packet it remains the same card, repeated several times
Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 359
Robert (Bob) Hess Irresistible Fours two cards as predictions, two cards chosen, makes four fours
Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 359
Dai Vernon Sandwich Exchange counting procedure
Related to
  • "The Eight In The Side Pocket" (Dai Vernon, Genii, March 1941)
Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 359
Peter Alexis Canterbury Cups with various sleights and loads
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 359
Karl Fulves Visible Penetration ball through cup
Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 362
Joseph K. Schmidt, John Bowery Etcetera
Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 363
Joseph K. Schmidt Rope Thru Variation
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 363
John Bowery Added Bit for "Two Coins" coin travels to under card to second coin, coins connected with thread
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 363
Horace E. Bennett Flying Knot knot jumps off the rope into air
Related to Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 363
Roy Walton Back Into Time similar to "Time Machine", see also p. 388
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 363
Roy Johnson Rope Thru Impromptu!
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 364
Karl Fulves Child's Play
Variations Vol. 5 No. 11 Sep. 1970 364
James G. Thompson Jr. Joint Signature "based on a card problem entitled Two-Card Quadrille", card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the face
Variations Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 365
Frank Butler Butler Fan Force card dragged to other side underneath thumb fan
Related to Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 365
Karl Fulves Babel Magic Christian, Roger Smith's Necromancer, Marc Reymont
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 366
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Chandu's Magical Varieties by Harold Chandler Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 366
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Exclusive Magic by Harold Rice Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 366
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Mind Scan by Dan Tong Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 366
Art Spring Divining Cup numbered slips with information written by spectators in cup, performer divines contents, slips secretly burned via flash paper
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 367
Peter Alexis Cup & Ball Techniques
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 367
Tipover Move loading move
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 367
Peter Alexis Clip Steal ball stolen from top of cup as another cup is put onto it
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 368
Peter Alexis Routine very short two-cup routine with final load
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 368
Peter Alexis Delayed Lapping Move ball lapped from cup
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 368
Galloping Post sequence with cups and ball
Related to
  • Modern Magic Manual (Jean Hugard)
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 369
Jack Hara 4th Quarter card torn in four pieces, one given to spectator, others put in deck but one remains visible, it is pulled out and card is restored attached to it
Related toVariations Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 369
Jack Avis 3-Way Split transposition of two card with a third card (joker) on the table
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 370
Francis Haxton 3-Way Split transposition of two card with a third card (joker) on the table, duplicate
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 370
Peter Warlock 3-Way Split transposition of two card with a third card (joker) on the table, fake index court card
Vol. 5 No. 12 Oct. 1970 370
Don Nielsen Location Plus coin appears next to selection in deck, comedy presentation ("your card is x cards and a quarter down in the deck")
Related to Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 371
J. W. Sarles Not a Knot long and short rope tied together, then knot slid in center and ropes untied, sliding knot
Variations Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 371
Karl Fulves Babel escape artist Mario Manzini, John Scarne, Ibidem, Roy Walton, Ricky Jay ("self-styled hippie magician")
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 372
Geometric Puzzle die and card in corner, wanted is the height of a triangle, see p. 424 for clue to solution
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 372
Peter Isaacs, Arnold Benson Etcetera
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 373
Walter Rollins Dice Stacking Ending
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 373
Arnold Benson Comedy Spirit Telephone
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 373
Theodore Annemann Two-Pile Reversal two packets, then shuffled together
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 373
Karl Fulves Oracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 374
Karl Fulves Parablox paper box used to take props from it, at the end it changes to solid block of wood, posed as problem, see also p. 402 for solution by Bill Taylor
Related to
  • "Boxes or Blocks" (The Magic Wand, June-Sep 1933)
Variations
Vol. 6 No. 1 Nov. 1970 374
Jack Miller Ball from Silk ball appears from silk, repeated for second ball, see also p. 410 for coin version by Harold Bester
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 375
Robert Parrish Duplex Slates color, food and city written on slate by different spectators, then put in envelope, another slate (signed by spectators) is used by performer to divine choices
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 376
Bob Still Sight Unseen eight or nine cards placed under head, spectator reaches underneath and turns some cards over, then performer, then spectator again, when hat is lifted only selection is face-down
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 376
Milton Twin Echo geometric shape written on pad by first spectator, then a word by another, performer tears and burns both pieces, impression via sharp pencil, perhaps "D. Milton" (Fulves pseudonym)?
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 377
L. Vosburgh Lyons Hexed layout puzzle with seven paper hexagons, see also p. 602
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 378
Francis J. Baker Stop Trick blank card with "STOP!" appears at same number in one heap as selection in other heap
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 378
Robert (Bob) Hess Spirit Aces black aces rise to top of four-Ace-packet repeatedly, a black ace travels from pocket back to aces, then red aces to pocket
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 378
Karl Fulves Second Law some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related to
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 379
Harvey Rosenthal Match Go matches travel from one matchbook to another, see p. 415 for credit information
Related to
  • The Gen (June 1961)
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 379
Peter Alexis Mini-Mental two cards thought of from eight card-packet
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 380
Al Baker Cups & Balls routine via John Braun, H. Adrian Smith, Lou Tannen
eight phases
Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 381
Roy Walton Devilish Die die wrapped in flash paper is rolled, paper burned, rolled number counted down to, card predicted on paper piece underneath die
Related toAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 383
Robert E. Neale More Lies thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio Winter 1970 384
Dai Vernon The IBM Card "deck as computer", ten-card packet
Related to Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 385
Emil Jarrow, Theodore Annemann All In A Row coin layout puzzle
Related to Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 386
Marvin Johnson Blue Dice two numbers generated with dice, two spectators select cards and remove cards according to their numbers, both spectators selected the same card and it has different colored back
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 387
W. Mason Bet-A-Bill betting game, the last digit of which bill is highest
Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 387
Dr. Ben B. Braude Number-Card spectator notes numbers on four slips, those used for backwards count
Also published here Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 387
Robert Eagle, John Hudak, Harold Bester, Noel Coughlin Postscript
Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 388
Robert Eagle Penny Gag using special advertisement penny
Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 388
Brian Jordan Your Thot without exchanging decks
Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 388
Tony Cole Duo Flight three blank cards, geometric shape drawn on center one and those placed in envelope, same procedure with written name and second envelope, transposition, gaffed envelopes, see also p. 402 for suggestion by Robert Byrne
Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 389
Jack Posetary No Mirror reading colors of cards, whet thumbnail as shiner, see also p. 411
Related to Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 389
Roy Walton Controlled Fate number, day of the week and color chosen and predicted, see also p. 402 for ideas by Kenn Eastin and Greg Moore
Inspired byVariations Vol. 6 No. 2 Dec. 1970 390
Dave Ossip Miracle Coin Fold see also p. 415, p. 420 for comment by Bob Still
Variations Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 391
Karl Fulves Babel P.C. Sorcar died, Al Flosso, Jack Ferero, Hofzinser translations
Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 392
Karl Fulves (reviewer) An Approach to Genuine Magic - Part Two by J. Stewart Smith Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 392
Bradley Efron Las Vegas Dice non-transitive dice, also as packets of cards, see also p. 410 for idea by Stewart Olney
Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 393
Shirley Quimby Shirley Quimby's Method for non-transitive dice set
Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 393
Gene Nielsen More Than Coincidence spectator deals through Si Stebbins, counting, if count matches value, he stops, this card named by performer
Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 394
Ben Christopher Link Illusion
  • The Heel Grip
  • The Shrinking Ring
  • The First Link
  • The Expanding Link
  • Drop Link
  • The Missing Link
Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 395
Ed Thiele He Has It! handkerchief nods on the selection in tabled row, but it's not it, it's in the handkerchief instead, see also p. 410 for comment by Steve Holland, p. 420 for comment by Leslie May
Vol. 6 No. 3 Jan. 1971 396
Charles Ostin The King's English spectator writes letter on slate, next spectator adds later and so on until word is formed, this is predicted in typed form, see p. 426 for comment by William Taylor
(spelled "Charles Osten", see p. 637 for correction)
Related to Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 397
Karl Fulves Babel Clayton Rawson passed away with 64, John Scarne newspaper clipping
Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 398
Joseph K. Schmidt Center Tear spectator writes card in center of square paper, cut into four pieces and puzzled together so a center section is missing, can be presented as pseudo center tear, see p. 527 for comment by L. Vosburgh Lyons
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 398
Karl Fulves Initial Encounter signed card is really burned in window envelope, reproduced from back of hall, signatures of people are saved
Related to Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 399
Ralph Gironda Jack-Jack jacks covered with card case, card chosen, jack of same suit vanishes and is found in card case
Inspired byVariations Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 399
Dr. Raymond L. Beebe The Lost Trick of R.W. Hull "An Article On The Hypnotic Joker"
two spectators select face-down cards at table them, then name any cards, they match
Related to Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 400
E. Leslie May, Kenn Eastin, Greg Moore, Robert Byrne, Bill Taylor Etcetera
Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 402
Edward Victor, Frank Butler Perfected Prophecy six cards in row, backs numbered, spectator rolls die, this card predicted, step-gaff and die with missing number, see also p. 415
Related to
  • Edward Victor (Magic of 1936)
  • Frank Butler ("Mental Magic Compendium", Magic Wand, March 1947)
Vol. 6 No. 4 Feb. 1971 404
Sid Lorraine Solution to Parablox paper box used to take fruit and food from it, at the end it contains a solid die that fills up the entire box
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 405
Karl Fulves Babel
Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 406
Karl Fulves Someone Like You eight-card packet, spectator tries red-black separation, the score of hits and misses is looked up in an index of possible scores, on the correct score the spectator is described in detail
Related to Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 407
Ed Ryan Collector two double facers
Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 407
Stewart Judah, John Braun Stewart Judah's Cups & Balls "An Article by John Braun"
Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 408
Harold Bester, Jack Epley, Steve Holland, Stewart Olney, Harrison Beale Etcetera on criticism, see also p. 426, see p. 1036 for real author
Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 410
Martin Gardner Turnabout Coins coin layout puzzle
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 412
George Blake Oracle Jr. "Oracle" as location instead of prediction, packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 5 Mar. 1971 412
J. Stewart Smith To The Top "Coming Up in the World" precursor, shown by a soldier in 1942, see also p. 415, p. 426 for comment by Charles Hudson
Related to Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 413
Jerry K. Hartman One Way Ghost "Two Tricks" No. 1, for credit information see also p. 684
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 414
Jerry K. Hartman Down & Deal "Two Tricks" No. 2
three or more spectators select cards and receive packets, they all do down-under-deals simultaneously and end up with selections
Also published here Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 414
Karl Fulves Babel on Lu Brent, Al Flosso, Joseph Schmidt's artwork, Lionel King anecdote doing magic for drunks
Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 414
Richard Muller Unclipped linked paper clipped variation in which linked clips unlink, see bottom for credit information
Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 415
Roy Walton, Bob Veeser Oracull sixteen-card packet, mate found, see p. 424 for correction
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 415
Mel Stover Bill Fold
Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 416
Robert (Bob) Hess Joker Mental odd-backed joker placed next to mate of named card, joker transforms into named card
Variations Vol. 6 No. 6 Apr. 1971 416
Charles T. Jordan Spirit Aces four Nines and four Aces in piles on table, two Nines put on top of deck followed by two Aces, yet Aces are on table and all four Nines on top of deck, two extra Aces and step gaff, see p. 424 for correction
Also published here Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 417
Karl Fulves Babel Micky Hades, The Luscher Color Test
Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 418
Norman Osborn Card Layout Puzzle for solution see p. 427
Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 418
Francis J. Baker, Ron Baillie In the Sands cardboard box with sand, spectator writes ESP symbol in sand and shakes sand, assistant recreates sand drawing
Inspired by
  • idea in Pentagram from Ron Baille, ca. 20 years ago
Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 419
Fred G. Taylor Sleeper spectator notes bottom card and pockets it along with next nine cards of same color, then performer finds cards of opposite color
Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 419
E. Leslie May, Bob Still, Cushing Strout, Trevor Dawson Etcetera
Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 420
Karl Fulves The Left-Handed Knot comedy rope routine with two spectators and ring, woman can free rope from ring and man cannot
  • Handling of the Knot
  • Outline of the Routine
  • The Psychic Release
see also p. 676 for anecdote
Related to Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 421
Jerry K. Hartman She Jumped transpo in sandwiches, see p. 424 for correction
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 7 May 1971 422
Gene Finnell Checkerboard Game betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see also p. 486 for comment by Bill Taylor
Variations Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 423
Karl Fulves Babel S. Leo Horowitz died age 77, John Scarne on David Frost show, Don Alan on Gary Moore show
Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 424
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Coins of Ishtar by Jules DeBarros
brief
Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 424
Arthur Hill The Odd Color number of red cards in one half counted, that number of black cards counted down, this card predicted, see also p. 439
  • The Follow Up (location effect)
Variations Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 424
G. W. Hunter Paper Tear two pieces of paper torn and restored, see page 438
Related to Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 425
William Taylor, Charles Hudson Etcetera on criticism
Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 426
Ed Thiele Contrary Cards card turns over with strange procedure
Variations Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 426
Roy Walton Double Discovery mates to two selections found in twenty-card packet
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 8 June 1971 428
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with cards, Steve Shimm suggestion, tapestry handling, see also p. 521 for Gene Nielson handling, H. E. Dudeney
Inspired by
  • Henry Dudeny puzzle from "Modern Puzzles" (1926)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 429
Lin Searles Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson
Inspired byRelated toVariations Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 430
Karl Fulves Babel Sam Schwartz providing S. Leo Horowitz notebooks
Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 430
Al Baker Spirit Sum flap slate
Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 430
Reinhard Müller 3-Card Catch one-handed sandwich throw
Related toVariations Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 431
Cushing Strout Gaffed Coins coin through plastic case into glass from Okito box, magnetic
Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 431
Karl Fulves Gaffed Coins - 3/4 Silver Fake double facer with silver on one side and a bit of silver and mostly copper on other side, used in transposition with Okito box, see also p. 513
Related to Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 432
Jean Hugard New Reverse first wrong card turns over, then right card
Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 433
Jean Hugard Cover-Up Card Precursor according to Fulves
Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 433
Tom Harris Just Chance with three envelopes, historical comments
Related toVariations Vol. 6 No. 9 July 1971 434
Robert E. Neale Thru & Thru white pop-up cardboard die slides through black die and vice versa, see also p. 439 & p. 486 for suggestion by Al Weyfield
Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 435
Karl Fulves Babel death of George McAthy, credit statement on linking rubber bands, John Scarne, geometric puzzle (for solution, see p. 470), Paul Cinquevalli's juggling closer
Related to Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 436
Mike Rogers Four Jacks jacks covered with card case, card chosen, jack of same suit vanishes and is found in card case
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 437
Gambler's Cop brief
Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 437
Card from Case from underneath flap
Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 437
Tan Hock Chuan Tan's Trick pattern folded into paper behind back on signed paper that should not be possible so quickly, see also p. 476 for comment by Gershon Legman and p. 521 for Bruce Arnold comment
Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 437
G. W. Hunter Resusciated Tissue Paper
Related toAlso published here
  • Effective Modern Tricks (Will Goldston, 1914/1915)
Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 438
Data entered by Denis Behr, February 2016.