Moves with Balls & Wand

90 entries in Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Balls & Wand
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Palming Small Balls
1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 8
Apparently Swallowing Ball after false transfer
 		1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 10
How to make a great Ball seem to come through a Table into a Cup from bottom of table to under cup after spectator checked the cup by himself
 		1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 15
1. To Palm the Ball three methods
 		1876 Modern Magic 273
2. To Reproduce the Palmed Ball at the End of the Fingers
1876 Modern Magic 274
To Reproduce a Ball from the Wand
1876 Modern Magic 276
To Return a Ball into the Wand
1876 Modern Magic 277
Method of Palming the Ball small ball
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 183
Laurie Ireland The Cup and Balls including moves
  • Pass
  • To load the ball under the cup from the finger palm
  • To pass the ball into the left hand
  • The Palm
Related toAlso published here 1931 Ireland Writes a Book 33
Ellis Stanyon The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls part 3, palming methods
 		1937 The Jinx (Issue 37) 248
Ellis Stanyon The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls part 4, moves with balls, wand, cups
 		1937 The Jinx (Issue 38) 254
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm intro
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 8
Eddie Joseph The Single Palm ball vanishes using the classic palm
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 8
Eddie Joseph The Double Palm palming two one-inch balls at once
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 9
Eddie Joseph The Triple Palm palming three one-inch balls at once
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 10
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Drop palming three one-inch balls at once, variation
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 10
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Pass false transfer with three balls at once
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 11
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Slide vanishing a ball when already palming two
 		1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 11
Eddie Joseph One Hand Production of Three Single Balls
1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 11
Eddie Joseph One-Hand Production of Two Balls Together
1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 11
Eddie Joseph Producing Three Balls Singly a la Billiard Balls
1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 12
Thumb Palm of ball, brief
 		1948 John Ramsay's Routine with Cups and Balls 41
John Ramsay Passing the Wand Through the Cups
1948 John Ramsay's Routine with Cups and Balls 44
John Ramsay Loading a Small Ball under the Left Cup
1948 John Ramsay's Routine with Cups and Balls 54
Dai Vernon Vanish put-type
 		1949 Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1) 75
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora The Vanish of a Ball whilst Spinning the Wand
1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 137
Sam Aaronson The Basic Sleight false transfer
 		Aug. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10) 778
Scotty York Fake Wand-Spin Vanish
1975 Cups & Balls 7
Frank Garcia Passing a Wand Through 3 Nested Cups
1979 The Very Best of Cups and Balls 105
Basic Ball Vanish - Method One false transfer
 		1979 The Chop Cup Book 49
Basic Ball Vanish - Method Two wand pushed through fist with ball
 		1979 The Chop Cup Book 53
Danny Korem The UDT Cups and Ball Routine clean vanish of ball from cup, pendulum holdout
 		1980 The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II 15
Gary Ouellet The Whoops Move vanish of a ball
 		1980 The Two Goblets 28
David Williamson The Striking Vanish
  • Alternate Handling (closed fist)
Variations 1981 Encore II 21
David Williamson Striking Vanish with alternative handling with closed fist
Also published here 1984 For Your Eyes Only 25
David Williamson The Striking Vanish with alternative handling with closed fist
Also published here 1984 Striking Magic 21
Larry Jennings Fake Transfer
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 253
Push-Through Vanish
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4,5&6) 12
David Williamson Striking Vanish brief
 		1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4,5&6) 14
Dai Vernon The Dai Vernon Wand Spin
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4,5&6) 22
David Williamson The Striking Vanish
1989 Williamson's Wonders 17
David Williamson The Open-Hand Vanish striking vanish as overt vanish
 		1989 Williamson's Wonders 17
David Williamson The Close-Hand Vanish striking vanish as secret steal
 		1989 Williamson's Wonders 19
David Williamson The Visible Change via striking vanish
 		1989 Williamson's Wonders 20
Ball and Wand Transfer ball concealed, hand to hand
 		1989 Williamson's Wonders 92
Wand Through Cup
1989 Williamson's Wonders 94
David Williamson Wand Ball Production one end of wand blown into sharply, ball produced
 		1989 Williamson's Wonders 95
Push-Through Vanish ball vanishes as wand is pushed through fist
 		1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 12
David Williamson Striking Vanish
1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 16
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora The Dai Vernon Wand Spin
1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 26
Gary Kurtz The False Transfer false throw à la Goshman
 		1991 The Cups and Balls 17
Laurie Ireland Rutina "Ireland" de Cubiletes translation by Ascanio
including moves
  • Pass
  • To load the ball under the cup from the finger palm
  • To pass the ball into the left hand
  • The Palm
Also published here 1992 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5 69
Karl Fulves Spinout on Mora's original wand spin, sequence with coin outlined
 		1993 Verbatim (Issue 5) 44
Paul Gertner False Transfer with steel ball
 		1994 Steel and Silver 197
Marcelo Contento Cup/Ball/Wand - Twice two ball appearances in the left hand
 		Nov. 1995 Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 11) 2572
John Riggs Palm-to-Palm Load
1995 The Magic of John Riggs 8
Bartolomeo Bosco Bosco Palm low finger palm
 		1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 21
Harold Cataquet HPC For Cup And Ball Hand Ping Chien
 		July 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7) 2815
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora Wand Spin
1998 The Book 38
Jay Sankey Two Way Toss
1998 The Book 38
David Williamson Drummer's Move
1998 The Book 39
David Williamson Striking Vanish
1998 The Book 40
Gregg Webb The Wand Spin and Vanish as a Color Change
  • The WebbMaster
 		Sep. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 9) 50
Gregg Webb Wand Spin As A Production
  • The WebbMaster (Billiard Balls No. 8)
 		Nov. 2001 Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11) 69
Dai Vernon The Mora/Vernon Wand Spin Vanish
2002 Constant Fooling 1 180
John Carney Cup Load as hand passes cup
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 126
Charlie Miller Cup Penetration Move actually credited to Mexican magician by Miller
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 129
John Carney Three Ball Vanish
2002 The Book of Secrets 133
Ron Bauer Fake Put Sequence Take Vanish vs. Put Vanish (Charlie Miller), En Route Principle
 		2002 Dixie 18
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Spinning the Wand Vanish
2002 Kreative Magie 21
Luis H. Trueba Desaparición de una Bola false transfer with ball, while holding wand
 		2003 Magia y Dramagia 191
Ross Bertram The Cups and Balls ball under hand on table, ball on hand and cup covers it and slides it apparently down on the table
 		Mar. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3) 59
Alexander de Cova A Novel Ball Vanish ball drops into other hand secretly as it reaches toward the wand under the arm
 		2004 Treasures 15
Gabi Pareras, Albert Goshman Falso depósito de A. Goshman false transfer with ball
 		2008 ca. El Chop-cup 21
Gabi Pareras Falso depósito n° II false transfer with ball
 		2008 ca. El Chop-cup 22
Gabi Pareras Crecimiento I ball placed in hand grows in size
 		2008 ca. El Chop-cup 26
Gabi Pareras Crecimiento II ball placed in hand grows in size
 		2008 ca. El Chop-cup 27
Al Schneider Rest Positions while palming a ball
 		2011 Al Schneider Magic 120
Al Schneider Ball Palms palms for cups and balls, Finger Palm, Tweezers Palm, Final Load Palm
 		2011 Al Schneider Magic 121
Al Schneider Schneider Vanish put-type vanish
 		2011 Al Schneider Magic 126
Al Schneider Catch Drop Vanish
2011 Al Schneider Magic 142
Al Schneider Palm Shift palm change
 		2011 Al Schneider Magic 170
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora El "Wand Spin"
2014 A Fuego Lento — Volumen I 265
Danny Dew Danny Dew Final Vanish of the balls, ditch in breast pocket
Related to 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 32
David Williamson, Johnny Thompson Covered Striking Vanish
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 92
Al Schneider Small Ball Finger Palm
Nov. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11) 61
Al Schneider Palming Three Balls
Nov. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11) 61
Christian Scherer Dai Vernon's Spinning the Wand Vanish without the wand
 		2021 Die Magie der Logik 9
Guy Hollingworth False Transfer
2022 Slow Motion Cups & Balls 14
Michael Lair Expertalk: Michael Lair on Sleeving "Cross Sleeve", with wand
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2005
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 412