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)
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
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
  • "Hypnotic Joker" (Hugard's Magic Monthly, May 1962)
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
Peter Alexis Strange reversed Ace of Spades ends up next to selection, then changes back color
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 439
Edmund Rowland News Test newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper
Related toVariations Vol. 6 No. 10 Aug. 1971 440
Burling Hull Slate Trick Master Slate Writing, writing appears on slates, described thanks to Mickey Hades (see p. 460)
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 11 Sep. 1971 441
Robert (Bob) Hess L'Express top and bottom card of deck transpose, see correction on p. 460
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 11 Sep. 1971 442
Karl Fulves Unmatch five reds and five blacks mixed, spectator points to any five, removed as block, cards from both piles simultaneously turned over, always one red and one black, see also p. 460
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 11 Sep. 1971 443
Paul Swinford Pirouette flourish for ring and rope routine, see also p. 521 for J. G. Thompson Jr. comment
Vol. 6 No. 11 Sep. 1971 444
Karl Fulves, Sam Leo Horowitz S. Leo Horowitz
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 446
Sam Leo Horowitz 3-Card Princess as finale in last phase the other two vanish, see also p. 476
Related to Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 446
Sam Leo Horowitz The Okito Box Routine copper-silver transposition, also using deck of cards, six phases
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 447
Sam Leo Horowitz Assembly Turnover Move lid replaced, box turned over in process
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 448
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Control red-backed card cut into blue deck, spectator names correct one, originally marketed in the 1930s, see also p. 504 for further information (Ed Marlo's Phantom Deck)
Also published here Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 449
Sam Leo Horowitz Master Card Routine routine of packet tricks, see following items
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 449
Sam Leo Horowitz Oil & Water Aces and Queens
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 450
Sam Leo Horowitz End Grip Buckle bottom card of packet held in right hand, buckled and transferred to bottom when placed on left-hand packet
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 450
Sam Leo Horowitz Follow The Leader two four-of-a-kinds
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 451
Sam Leo Horowitz, Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 451
Sam Leo Horowitz Honeycutt Plus Queens and Kings are paired, yet separate again
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 452
Sam Leo Horowitz Displacement Move & Display two packets are apparently put on top of each other, but some cards are displaced
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 452
Sam Leo Horowitz Royal Marriage six phases, miniature card finale, see also p. 476
Related to Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 453
Sam Leo Horowitz Cups and Balls six phases, see also p. 476
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, September 1938
Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 454
Sam Leo Horowitz Put-Back Move one card exchanged while two four-of-a-kinds are displayed and separated
Related toVariations Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 456
Sam Leo Horowitz Master Copper & Silver copper/silver routine with two cards and newspaper sheet, eight phases
Variations Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio Autumn 1971 457
Ken Krenzel Protean Pelf see also p. 521 for Bill Everett comment
Variations Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 459
Karl Fulves Babel price increase
Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 460
Jerry K. Hartman Notes on 3 Card Catch three selection, found with four aces
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 461
Harvey Rosenthal Notes on 3 Card Catch different grip
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 461
Simplex Method selection stays in center and is dragged out from there, "Several magicians suggested the handling about to be described."
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 462
Francis Haxton Joker, Jr. ungaffed method, odd-backed joker placed next to mate of named card, joker transforms into named card
Inspired by Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 462
Ben Christopher Nokito Box using bottomless Okito box, three phases, different gaff options in "Added Notes"
Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 463
Roy Walton Chameleon Cards color changing backs small packet routine, four blue-backed queens and green joker shown, situation reverses, then queens become red-backed, see also p. 486
Inspired by
  • "Look An Illusion" (Larry Jennings, Genii Magazine)
Variations
Vol. 6 No. 12 Oct. 1971 464
J. W. Sarles End Result in-the-hands version
Inspired byVariations Vol. 7 No. 1 Nov. 1971 465
Karl Fulves Hex Squared 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, see also p. 512 and also p. 550 for ideas by "Eddie" Cowles and Karl Fulves
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 1 Nov. 1971 466
Don Nielsen Trance Coin copper coin in match box, silver coin in Okito box, copper travels into Okito box, lifts lid and jumps out, see also p. 486 for credit information and comment by Kenn E. Eastin
Related to
  • "Tribute to Okito" (Dennis Loomis, 1963, Tops)
Vol. 7 No. 1 Nov. 1971 466
J. W. Sarles Further Than That credit information (Larsen & Wright's "Bonus Card Trick"), production of selection, Royal Flush, see also p. 840 for idea by Cushing Strout
Inspired byVariations Vol. 7 No. 1 Nov. 1971 467
10-20 Force
Vol. 7 No. 1 Nov. 1971 467
Karl Fulves Jacob Daley's Notebooks
Related to Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 469
Karl Fulves Babel Lou Tannen, John Holt, must-read card books, Kabbala as Pallbearers-imitation, Swinford's More Faro Fantysy
Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 470
Dr. Jacob Daley Deuce Sandwich card sandwiched and cut in deck, top card shown, it transposes with card in sandwich which then changes back to original selection
Related to Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 471
Sam Leo Horowitz 8's & 9's
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 471
Arthur Finley Sleeve-A-Coin coin vanish and reproduction, coin dropped in sleeve when pen is removed from inside pocket
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 472
Arthur Finley Ace Vanish face-up with palmed cover card, also as color change
Variations Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 472
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Automatic Poker same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 473
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Coincidence performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 473
Dr. Jacob Daley, Eddie McGuire Poker Face II same structure as Fingerprint Trick
Related toAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 474
Al Baker Ambitious Card phase from Daley Notebooks, then sequence using Ace, Two and Three
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 474
Al Baker Coins & Purse three coins removed from purse vanish, the reappear in two pockets and underneath purse, then purse with coins vanishes
Vol. 7 No. 2 Dec. 1971 475
Neal Elias Ambitious Get Ready "Get Ready For Braue After Zingone" (see next trick)
Inspired by Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 477
Louis Zingone Surprise Reverse card on top, another card put in center, it rises to top and other card is reversed in center, for Dai Vernon credit see p. 484
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Surprise Reverse (Cigam, Walter Schwartz, 1931)
Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 477
Karl Fulves Babel on Fred Lowe and his death
Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 478
Robert (Bob) Hess Droxene's Ring two paper rings link onto a ribbon, then with each other
Related to Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 479
Ben Christopher Double Mental two selections
Related to Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 480
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486
Related toVariations Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 481
Norman Houghton Hyper Silk silk through wand, see also p. 679 for references
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 482
J. W. Sarles Notes on Hyper Silk, also with ring
Inspired by Vol. 7 No. 3 Jan. 1972 482
Gene Finnell Mathematical Twins spectator cuts to a card and places it aside, then cuts another packet off and mate is found with Milk Build procedure and down-under deal, see also p. 508
Related toVariations Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 483
Karl Fulves Babel Mike Rogers about First American Cardman's Day
Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 484
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Thimbles With A Light Touch by Kirk Stiles
brief
Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 484
Norman Houghton Money Count Gag gag when getting money in bank
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 484
Dai Vernon The Loving Couple King and Queen transpose in the deck, Queen turns face up, see also p. 486
Related toAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 484
Stewart Judah Dice Go two red dice in one dice cup transpose with two green dice in second cup, see also p. 508
Related to
  • "Patriotic Dice" (Walsh/Mishell, Dice Dexterity, p. 15)
Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 485
Sid Lorraine Token Trickery metal token with performer's name engraved, it changes into name of selection
Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 485
Charles Hudson, Al Weyfield, Bill Taylor, Kenn Eastin Etcetera
Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 486
Karl Fulves Mathematical Twins Variation mate found after klondike shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 487
Robert (Bob) Hess 22¢ Trick two glasses with a dime and penny in each, dime penetrates bottom of each, see also p. 640 for suggestion by reader
Variations Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 487
George Zacharellis Zacharellis' Double card spring off from thumb between first two fingers
Related to Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 487
Martin Gardner Color Thot spectator pushes out twenty-six cards from tabled spread
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 4 Feb. 1972 488
Karl Fulves J. G. Thompson, Jr. introduction to the Folio
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 490
James G. Thompson Jr. Eye Spy spectator writes with lipstick on mirror, performer divines the information
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 491
James G. Thompson Jr. Twin Forcast two predictions written on business card, business card stabbed into deck between prediction
Related toVariations Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 491
Top Card Glimpse deck face-up, rear card jogged to right slightly
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 491
James G. Thompson Jr. Third Eye window envelope handling, see p. 527 for idea by Bob Still
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 492
James G. Thompson Jr. Tangible Intangible presented as thought-of card
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 493
James G. Thompson Jr. Master Move as Switch replacing card to bottom, actually second from bottom
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 494
James G. Thompson Jr. Improved Question Reading envelopes
  • Part Two (shorter test with only three envelopes)
  • Part Three (as a two-person act)
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 494
James G. Thompson Jr. Jet Thought one of five cities predicted in envelope (with index)
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 497
James G. Thompson Jr. Strongest Thought five spectators write stuff on billets, secret instructions on what type of information to write on billet, sealed envelope reading method, chalk with razor blade
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 498
James G. Thompson Jr. Thoughts At Work selection removed from deck and checked that it's missing, yet removed card changes to indifferent card and selection is back in deck
Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 500
James G. Thompson Jr. Mentalism by Design one of nine designs chosen, performer duplicates it, same designs in different orientations
Related toVariations Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio Winter 1972 501
Milton Tropp Sam Schwartz Issue issue intro about Sam Schwartz
Vol. 7 No. 5 Mar. 1972 503
Karl Fulves Babel Sam Schwartz, S.A.M. Boston Assembly's Golden Anniversary Celebration, Charles Reynolds's "Innovations", Joseph Dunninger, Buckley Bottom Deal anecdote
Vol. 7 No. 5 Mar. 1972 504
Jay Weiler Brainwave Gag
Vol. 7 No. 5 Mar. 1972 504
Sam Schwartz Odd-Even-Odd four odd and four even cards on two piles, on the odd side are then the even cards and on the other side the four kings
Inspired byVariations Vol. 7 No. 5 Mar. 1972 505
Sam Schwartz Three Way Ropes
  • Equal-Unequal
  • Knotting the Ropes
  • Three to One
see p. 520, p. 550 and p. 1300 for credit information on the plots
Vol. 7 No. 5 Mar. 1972 506
Sam Schwartz Incredi-Box Magic combination of Boston & Okito box with shims in bottom and lid
  • Construction
  • Instant Push Through (coin through bottom of box)
  • Quick Change (four half dollars change to four quarters in box)
Related to Vol. 7 No. 5 Mar. 1972 510
Theodore Annemann Psychic Ring rope tied on both wrists of the performer, spectator's as well but with hands behind him, plastic ring is linked onto spectator's rope, then also his own rope then only performer's rope, see also p. 513
Related toVariations Vol. 7 No. 6 Apr. 1972 511
Karl Fulves Babel Buffalo Convention, Tenkai's death, Kreskin, Eric Impy/Impey, Martin Gardner
Vol. 7 No. 6 Apr. 1972 512
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Dove Pan-Orama by Bruce Posgate
brief
Vol. 7 No. 6 Apr. 1972 512
David Gale, Richard Karp The Well-Taught Deck dealing five poker hands, the hands come out in ascending order at third deal, see also p. 550 for comment by J. G. Thompson Jr.
Related to Vol. 7 No. 6 Apr. 1972 513
Al Koran Numerology ca. nine called-out four-digit numbers written on paper and put in bowl, spectator takes out paper and it is predicted, disappearing ink, see p. 552 for credit information, see p. 608 for comments by Mike Rogers and Sam Dalal
Related to
  • "Decision Control" (Syd Bergson)
VariationsAlso published here
Vol. 7 No. 6 Apr. 1972 514
Frank Thompson Chink-A-Chink credit information, bottle caps, without crossing of hands
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 515
Karl Fulves Babel Henry Christ's death, Kreskin, Mark Wilson's "Magic Circus"
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 516
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Unknown Influence by J. Stewart Smith
brief
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 516
Color-Vision Extra method variation
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 516
Martin Gardner Three Rings red, white and blue ring on rope that is tied to performer's wrists, order of rings change
Inspired by Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 517
Roy Walton Simple Math pseudo math presentation to spell to selection which also reversed itself
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 517
Dr. Jacob Daley Quick Bet spectator initials back of high card, performer of low card, signatures transpose
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 520
Tom Sellers Want Ad Test apparently contents of newspaper ads memorized (Stanley Jaks presentation), see also p. 565
Related to Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 520
Gene Nielsen, James G. Thompson Jr., Bruce Arnold, Bill Everett Etcetera
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 521
Peter Alexis Foto Finish
Vol. 7 No. 7 May 1972 522
Oscar Weigle Ring on Stick
Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 523
Karl Fulves Babel Kreskin article from Canadian Star Weekly
Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 524
Bill Fleischman Fleischman's Djinn one of five quarters marked, marked one vanishes from hand and reappears in pocket with audible clink, then vanishes from there and travels back
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 525
Bill Logan More News newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper
  • The Folding Force
Inspired by Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 525
Steve Freeman, Bob Still, L. Vosburgh Lyons Etcetera
Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 527
Downer down-under location from twenty card packet, only odd-colored card in one half
Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 528
Wilfrid Jonson Swindles comedy patter about swindles, silk vanishes and reappears, paper fold vanish of coin with flash paper, coin reappears in orange, borrowed watch vanishes and does not reappear with gag, see also p. 565 and p. 585
Inspired by
  • a monologue by G. W. Hunter in an early Wizard or Magic Wand issue
Also published here
  • "Swindles" (Thayer's Trick Of The Month Club, Series 2, No. 10, April 1933)
Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 529
Larry Jennings Bottom Slip Cut in context of remember and forget routine
  • Summary Of The Bottom Slip Cut
Related toAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 8 June 1972 530
Karl Fulves, Leslie P. Guest Bro. John Hamman, S. M. intro to Folio
Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 532
Brother John Hamman Double Surprise Elevator Ace through Four of Spades in row on table, rise to top of packet, change to Hearts and the Spades cards are in three pockets and on chair of performer
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 532
Brother John Hamman Royal Gambol cards of a mediocre poker hand in row on table, some cards are exchanged, royal flush
Variations Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 533
Brother John Hamman The Double Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 533
Brother John Hamman Ace-Sational four Aces, placed face-to-face with both hands, the change places when hands are pulled apart, change to queens in the end, stripped double facers
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 534
Brother John Hamman Out Of Print two selections on table turn blank on both sides as they are repeatably turn over and back to normal, same with full deck
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 536
The Wild Card Switch
Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 536
Brother John Hamman Hamman Surprise Ace through Four of Clubs turn face-down one by one, then both sides change color
Inspired by
  • Mike Rogers effect
Also published here
Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 537
Brother John Hamman Hamman's Escanio
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 537
The Flushtration Move
Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 538
Brother John Hamman New Hue two Fives on table, four Queens change to red-backed and all red Queens, then blue-backed and black Queens, then back to green, then orange
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 539
Brother John Hamman The Hamman 2-For-4 Count
Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 539
Brother John Hamman Suit Yourself even suits match
Inspired byVariations Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 540
Brother John Hamman A Four-tunate Choice four Fours, two are freely chosen, they are odd-backed and the other Fours change to Queens
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 542
Francis Carlyle Paddle Move with Cards
Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 542
Brother John Hamman Chinese Miracle location of two cards and their four-of-a-kind via spelling, rest of deck sorted into four-of-a-kind groups, impromptu, see also p. 684
Related toAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio Summer 1972 543
Mike Rogers Elusive Sphere longer manipulative ball and silk combination in which ball repeatedly vanishes and reappears
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 545
Karl Fulves Babel Frank Garcia lecture, Bernard Taylor on British Ring I.B.M. convention, Tarbell Course anecdote
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 546
Karl Fulves (reviewer) ESP Session by Nick Trost
brief
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 546
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Magnetrix by Theo Doré
brief
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 546
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Magic That Moves Me by David Ginn
brief
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 546
Roy Walton Duo Colors shuffled deck location, spectator has to count number of red cards in a dealt packet and count through the black cards in the rest of the deck to that number
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 547
Milton Kort Nielsen's Problem three balls and bowls in different colors, choice of ball and bowl predicted
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 547
James G. Thompson Jr., "Eddie" Cowles Etcetera
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 550
Change-Over Palm with ball and silk
Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 551
Robert (Bob) Hess The 13th Card prediction under magazine matches thirteenth card after free spectator cut
Variations Vol. 7 No. 9 July 1972 552
James G. Thompson Jr. Think-A-Word cards with words, one chosen, performer divines it by rattling off all letters, can get one "no"
Related to Vol. 7 No. 10 Aug. 1972 553
Mike Morhman Twice Wrong two decks, two times the cards the performer and magician choose do not match, then suddenly they do
Vol. 7 No. 10 Aug. 1972 554
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Two Hats two coins travel from one hat to another, with sound illusion when coins are dropped in one hat but apparently in the other
Vol. 7 No. 10 Aug. 1972 555
William P. Miesel Card to Pocket solution to third Hofzinser Problem, transposition of card with pocketed card, three phases
Vol. 7 No. 10 Aug. 1972 555
Riffle Force to break
Vol. 7 No. 10 Aug. 1972 555
Karl Fulves The Second Roy Walton Issue (Vol. 2 No. 4 was the first one)
Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 557
Karl Fulves Babel Mike Rogers, Charlie Miller, Mark Stone failed on Carson Show
Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 558
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Double Feature by Sid Lorraine
brief
Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 558
Roy Walton Ambitious 1-2-3-4 ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection, see p. 608 for comment by Walton, see p. 640 for get-into by Robin Robertson
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 559
Roy Walton Long Shot four spectators select the only red cards from about half the deck
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 560
Roy Walton Twister two six-card packets (one red and one black) on table, spectator moves one over from one packet to the other, located, six red cards change to black
Also published here Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 561
Roy Walton The N.C. Game betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see p. 608 for correction
Inspired by Vol. 7 No. 11 Sep. 1972 562
Ken Beale Ring Sation two rings on string, one comes off, originally published by Lou Tannen, with variation:
  • The Hard Way
see also p. 565 for background information, see p. 608 for comment by Paul Brian
Related to Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 563
Karl Fulves Babel Bruce Elliott's card accident, 26th All-Day Magic Convention, puzzle from Playboy about perspective (solution on p. 582)
Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 564
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Tricks And Treats by Dr. Ben B. Braude
brief
Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 564
Jerry K. Hartman Caught in the Middle
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 565
Ben Christopher Unlimited Elevator four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King
  • Impromptu Method
Related toVariations Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 567
Sam Leo Horowitz Reverse Count Switch
Related to Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 567
George Blake Elusive Lady two Jokers and a Queen, Joker and Queen transposes
Vol. 7 No. 12 Oct. 1972 568
J. W. Sarles A Coin Switch table edge, suggestions with magnetic or hook coin in "Added Notes", see also p. 679 for reference
Related to
  • "The Portcullis Coin Switch" (Abra #803)
Variations
Vol. 8 No. 1 Nov. 1972 569
Karl Fulves Babel Wong Chun Lan, Steve Martin, Francis Marshall falls down stairs, Larry Arcuri cartoon
Vol. 8 No. 1 Nov. 1972 570
Karl Fulves Computer cards spelled out, the deck is always wrong, color-changing back kicker
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 1 Nov. 1972 570
Karl Fulves Sum Spell performer and spectator write numbers on each side of a business card, those numbers are later spelled (!) to find a selection
Related to Vol. 8 No. 1 Nov. 1972 571
Don Nielsen Nielsen's Idea Sarles move as loading move under card
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 1 Nov. 1972 572
Karl Fulves Okito Problem two silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates to between the silver coins, posed as problem
Related to Vol. 8 No. 1 Nov. 1972 572
Bob Stencel Cannibal Cards two cards vanish between the four cannibals, see p. 608 for correction
Inspired by
  • "The Cannibals and the Missionaries" (Alex Elmsley)
Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 573
John Fowles The Prince And The Magician reprinted story
Also published here
  • "The Magus", Chapter 65
Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 574
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 575
Peter Alexis Okito Ideas - Simplex Turnover
Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 575
Peter Alexis Silver Trap copper coin sandwiched between silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates and falls out, then back in again between silver coins
Related toVariations Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 576
Bill Logan Perfect Packet Spell spectator removes a couple of number cards, performer arranges them instantly so they spell out in wanted order one by one
Variations Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 576
Breakless Biddle Steal
Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 577
Bob Stencel The Ditch
Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 578
Bob Stencel Counting Four as Five
Related to Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 578
Sam Lloyd The Missing Digit spectator form two numbers from all ten digits, adds them and removes one digit from answer which the performer divines, from a Dover collection edited by Martin Gardner
Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 578
Larry Jennings Two Placement Cuts
  • The First Cut
  • The Second Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 1972 580
Derek Dingle Coins Thru Table four coins
  • The First Coin (after Thompson Jr.)
  • The Second Coin
  • The Third Coin (after Vernon)
  • The Last Coin
  • Alternate Handling of the First Coin
  • Second Alternate Handling
see also p. 625 and p. 711
Inspired byVariations Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 581
Karl Fulves Babel Lin Searles shot in magic shop, newspaper clipping, on Lin (Lynn) Searles
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 582
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Stage Illusions by Burling Hull
brief
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 582
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Master Mentalist by Richard Rightmire
brief
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 582
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Straight Line Mysteries by Arthur Setterington
brief
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 582
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Doorway To Delusion by Paul Siegel
brief
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 582
Peter Alexis Silver Trap II "Okito Notes Part 2", two silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates to between the silver coins
Related to Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 583
Peter Alexis Copper Ghost silver coin in box, copper coin touched on box and heard inside, but is not there, invisible copper coin again penetrates box, is heard to fall inside and then is really there, see also p. 618
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 583
Peter Alexis Classic Palm Load as lid is picked up, classic palmed coin is dropped in box
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 583
Peter Alexis Unloading Techniques
  • First Method
  • Second Method
see also p. 618
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 584
Sid Lorraine Just Chance - Credit Information
Related to Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 585
Karl Fulves Coins Thru Table shout out for Roger Klause's routine
Related to Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 585
James G. Thompson Jr. Holding Back a Coin
Related to Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 586
Derek Dingle Propelled Coin Lap fourth finger shoots coin into lap
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 586
Derek Dingle Han Ping Chien coins held in spread, one lapped followed by Han Ping Chien
Related to Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 587
Karl Fulves Voodoo Cards three numbered cards used for routine
  • The Even Money Match
  • Blind Match
  • Another Bet
  • Number Divination
  • Test Conditions
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 588
Al Mann Delphic Dominoes featuring envelope with four compartments that can deliver one of twelve predictions, here used with pictures of dominoes
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jan. 1973 590
Sam Randlett Bob Neale Issue issue intro
Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 591
Karl Fulves Babel Walter Gibson, Kreskin, Dick Zimmerman's Linking Rings, Uri Geller, Robert Nelson's death, Maurice Fogel
Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 592
Robert E. Neale End Game three objects moved according to instructions, outcome predicted
  • History
  • The Children's Game (Rock Paper Scissors)
  • The System
  • A Variation
  • Two Betting Games
  • Addendum
  • The Second Game (with cube/die)
  • The Election Game
Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 593
Robert E. Neale Fold, Cut, and Fail pre-folded paper square with sixteen digits in two colors, folded and cut, all digits of one color except chosen one is in one pile
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three
  • Final Notes
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 595
Robert E. Neale New Hunter Knot never-letting-go-knot, string
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 597
Karl Fulves Book Shelf new column for reviews
Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 599
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Dictionary of Mentalism by Burling Hull Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 599
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Second Time Around by Roy Johnson Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 599
Robert E. Neale Number Hummer four cards mixed face up face down by spectator, values of face up cards divined or predicted
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 8 No. 4 Feb. 1973 600
Harvey Rosenthal Ring Off see p. 608 for comment
Inspired by
  • "Ring" (Ray Grismer, Genii, May 1971)
Variations
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 601
Karl Fulves Babel Jean Dixon's prediction, Derek Dingle, Martin Gardner's fiction book "The Flight of Peter Fromm", Jerry Fulton
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 602
Karl Fulves Die Problem rolling die and mentalist knows number, posed as problem, electronics
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 602
J. W. Sarles Coin Problem any coin placed in matchbox, performer divines the type of coin, posed as problem, "Exotic methods like radioactive daub are to be shunned."
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 602
Cy Keller Telephone Card Divination automatic number is called and selection named, gag
Related to Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 602
Carl Newton Inspiration from the French two cards selected from ten-card packet, cards in row on card stand and a piece of tissue in front of each, tissue touched with cigarette, bright flashes at selections
Related to Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 603
Ben Christopher Spello sentence spelled to arrive at selected card, featuring simple placement
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 603
Karl Fulves Retrospective new column featuring tricks from hard-to-get sources
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 606
Alex Elmsley Twister puzzle about twisted wide rubber band
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 606
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card
Variations Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 606
Alex Elmsley Melbourne position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-deal
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 607
Mike Rogers, Sam Dalal, Paul Brian Etcetera
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 608
Sam Dalal Disappearing Ink
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 608
Eric F. Impey Impromptu Rope Cut variation of Hindoo Turban effect, from 1929
Variations Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 609
Derek Dingle Impromptu Elevator four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King, see also p. 728 for comment by John Holland
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 610
One-Handed Step Break
Vol. 8 No. 5 Mar. 1973 610
Oscar Pladek A Modern Chinese Marvel "two in the hand, one in the pocket" routine, credit information on the plot, with pop-up move, five phases
Related toAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 611
Karl Fulves Babel Uri Geller, Randi, psychics, Edgar Mitchell
Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 612
Stanley Collins Whisper Word two sets of word cards, one word chosen by one and five words by another spectator, performer finds out the word by first spectator, using words that spell differently but sound alike
Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 613
Jay Ose, Gerald Kosky Your Favorite Ace named Ace produced with four different procedures, jukebox
Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 613
Sam Schwartz Noah's Friends three cards find their mates
Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 617
Karl Fulves Okito Notes Part Three intro
Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 618
Alan Brown Ritual Coin dime covered with dollar bill, card and copper coin, the dime vanishes, dime appears under copper coin in Okito box, using coin attached to bill with Monofilament/thread
Vol. 8 No. 6 Apr. 1973 618
Horace E. Bennett Ghost Knot knot while the spectator holds both ends, in the end the rope is linked to performer's buttonhole
Inspired by
  • "Secret of Gordius" (John Benzais, The New Jinx #58)
Also published here
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 619
Karl Fulves Babel Wonderama, Charlie Miller Notebook, Laser Beam routine, George Daily, Richard Leavitt walking on fire
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 620
Karl Fulves New Shell Gaff shell with disc inside that can be shown from both sides, idea, "mint condition"
Related to Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 620
Ray Grismer Mind Ray spectator deals card on table according to some instructions
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 620
Alan Brown Sealed Future ESP deck (or five-way forcing deck) shuffled and put in glass, card counted off deck until stopped, card predicted
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 621
Stanley Collins A Flourish two balls moved around between the fingers, suggested with coins by Fulves
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 623
Slip Cut
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 623
Karl Fulves, Ken Beale Etcetera anonymous letter about what kind of card magic should be published and commentary by Fulves, see p. 1036 for real author (Beale)
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 624
Robert (Bob) Hess Focal Point one of ten cards, OOSOOM
Inspired by
  • Hull's "Mental Discernment"
Variations
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 625
James G. Thompson Jr. History of the Scrabble Principle
Related to Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 625
Frederick Braue One Pack Triple Do spectator and performer have half the deck each, three cards taken out by each, they match, two handlings
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 626
Frederick Braue Ambitious Variation
Vol. 8 No. 7 May 1973 626
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai's Copper-Silver
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 627
Karl Fulves Babel Tony Curtis, Mark Wilson, Mike Skinner, Amirillo Slim, Kennie Kingston, "Laser Beam" effect
Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 628
Morty Rudnick Impromptu Mis-Indexed Bill ten-dollar bill with hundred-dollar index
Related to Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 628
Karl Fulves Disc Gaff
Related to Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 628
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 629
Roy Walton Color Flite a card from red and blue deck are chosen, jokers pushed in deck of other color, they're supposed to be next to selections, but change in actual selections
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 632
Bill Fleischman Polaroid Problem coin with secret slot
Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 633
Karl Fulves Sliding Shell shell with half the rim removed
Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 633
Robert E. Neale The Two Guns square with nine sections, two miniature guns moved according to instructions end up in predicted section
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 8 June 1973 634
Horace Goldin, Frank Garcia Horace Goldin's Cup & Ball Move ball vanishes when two cups are banged together with ball between them, see also p. 815 for comment by Roger Crabtree
Related toAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 635
Karl Fulves Babel Jerry Boker
Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 636
Cy Keller Telephone Card Divination II more details on the gag
Related to Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 636
Mitchell Dyszel Spirit Shot full shot glass covered with hand and it is empty when hand is removed
Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 636
Charles Ostin Trance Slate sliding slate used for a word divination by spectator
Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 637
Allan Slaight Top Twenty Poker, Gin, Blackjack combination
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 637
J. A. Lindon Shed another Tear paper with text torn and one half destroyed, other half reads as a coherent text, repeated, two examples, see also p. 758 for comment by Sam Dalal
Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 638
J. A. Lindon A Poem palindromic poems in which the sentences mirror, not the letters
  • Doppelgänger
Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 639
Robin Robertson Etcetera variation of Long Shot
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 640
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
  • Cup & Ball Opener
three balls placed under three cups gather under one cup, no extra ball
Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 641
John Cornelius Metamorphosis tabled coin changes by waving over it with the hands, see also p. 728 for comment by Bob Bruning
Variations Vol. 8 No. 9 July 1973 642
Data entered by Denis Behr.