Other Work

142 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Distinguish the Court Cards by Touch preparing by "bending" edges slightly upwards with knife
 		1876
Modern Magic
69
Carl Willmann Card Clip to mark a Position small metal clip attached to a card to make a key card, "impromptu" long card
 		Aug. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 8)
117
Hugo Schrader Neues Hilfsmittel zum Auffinden einer gezogenen und wieder eingesteckten Karte tiny wax ball on finger to mark card
 		Sep. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9)
140
The Stabbed Card using sticky card to control selection
Variations
 1909
The Art of Magic
127
T. Nelson Downs Sixth Method featuring a new locator card, alternative for long card with portion sticking out in middle of one end
Also published here
Related to
 1909
The Art of Magic
155
The Key Card - Warring celluloid or metal piece sticking out the middle of one end
Also published here
Related to
 1913
Tricks With Prepared Cards
4
Dr. Ford Rogers Rough-Smooth as Haptic Cue
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
71
Theodore Annemann* The "Really New" Locator Card broken corner
Related to
 1931
The Book Without A Name
10
Victor Farelli The Marvellous Discovery card removed from pack while performer is not looking, yet he quickly finds two cards that denote the selection by value and suit without looking at the faces
  • First Method
  • Second Method ("Shades")
  • Third Method (Difference in Design)
Related to
 1931
Controlled Coincidence
12
Tom Sellers Unique Control Card rubber spot on card
 		1934
Card Tricks That Work
16
Theodore Annemann* Broken Corner Locator Card
1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
27
New Card Locator coin impression locator card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
299
Softened Corner corner bent back and forth until soft/broken, short card substitute
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
395
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Wax Technique
Related to
  • Brain Food, David Parr
 1938
Greater Magic
57
John Scarne Scarne Ridge Technique
1938
Greater Magic
59
Nail-Pricking the Surface of a Card
1938
Greater Magic
63
The Knife-Blade Detection scratching the face
 		1938
Greater Magic
65
The Warring Principle permanent metal tab at card
Also published here
Related to
 1938
Greater Magic
77
Removable Metal Clip adaption of The Warring Principle
 		1938
Greater Magic
78
Crescent Locator Card piece cut out and glued on card
 		1938
Greater Magic
78
Double Locator Card Court Loator Card ("Master Card") and Pip Locator Card, pieces glued on card
 		1938
Greater Magic
79
Silk Locator Card
1938
Greater Magic
79
Alfred Caroselli Celluloid Key Card transparent celluloid card as locator card
 		1938
Greater Magic
80
Harry Blackstone Card and Number number named, that many cards are cut to and selection is at that position, belly stripper card
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
461
Impromptu Short Card broken corners
 		1938
Greater Magic
464
The Long Card impromptu long card with paper clip
 		1938
Greater Magic
477
Will De Sieve* Two New Locator Cards - Coin Impression "Master Card Control", coin leaves circular impression
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
478
Jontay Another "Ridge" Preparation ridge along line on picture card
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
479
Howard Warringer Fingeraura challenge location using scotch tape secretly applied to card
 		Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 73)
489
Paul Rosini Daub Work
1940
Expert Card Technique
217
Charles Hopkins 37 - Use of "Locators". Short cards, nicked edges, scraped edges, crimps
 		1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
54
Edward Marlo Sensitive Fingers Aces are located apparently by sense of touch, using a short card with broken corner
Also published here
 1941
Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)
44
Edward Marlo Sensitive Fingers Aces are located apparently by sense of touch, using a short card with broken corner
Also published here
 1941
Amazing — Isn't It?
20
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control certain crimp
Related to
 1942
Let's See the Deck
6
Laurie Ireland Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal with unknown and selected hole card, tactile marks on side of card
 		1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
21
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • "Mappen"-Karte
  • Nagelmarkierung
  • Markierung mit der Stecknadel
  • "Brücke" am Ende des Spieles
  • Ein Ersatz für die lange Karte
  • Staniol auf der Rückseite der Karte
  • Auffinden der Schlüsselkarte durch den Index
Related to
 1946
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2)
6
J. B. Bobo A New Key Card single rough-smooth pair
 		1947
Watch This One!
31
George G. Kaplan Impromptu Marking of Cards rubbing thumb-nail on pencil
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
37
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control
Related to
 1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
4
Edward Marlo Broken Corner corner short substitute, Note 1
 		1956
Fingertip Control
22
Dr. Spencer Thornton The Locator Card locator card with a thread
 		1958
Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic
26
Edward Marlo Heat Crimp leaving a card in the heat so it warps
 		July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
21
Hal Sparks Nic & Will on having two Will de Sieve "Master Card Control" cards (coin impression crimps) in a memorized deck and uses for it, spectators cut at predicted cards, or deals out a poker hand which is divined
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
27
Edward Marlo Marlo Short Card like single stripper card, with handling and method to locate it like tapping, airing, ...
Related to
 1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
9
Edward Marlo Different Short Cards see also following pages, for riffle shuffle work
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
13
Marconick A Card Locater coin leaves circular impression
Related to
 1967
Original Magic
18
Al Koran, Alton Sharpe Borrowed You Find It two methods: sticky card and belly-stripped card
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
93
Will De Sieve* Coin Key
Fall-Spring 1971
The Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
289
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverse Anneman No. 148, Annemann typo, unclear but a guess: one-handed riffle stop force to broken corner
Related to
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
39
Ted Huber Ted Huber Location No. 396, razor blade preparation on picture card
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
108
Dr. Jacob Daley Ace Location No. 579, locator cards by wetting center of cards and letting it dry
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
161
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh's Location No. 728, coin impression crimp, deck tossed on table and upper half turns over
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
194
Theodore Annemann* Snapped Corner corner broken but attached
 		1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
3
Bob Carver, Charles J. Pecor Dracula's Coffin one of five cards is divined, with dracula presentation
 		1974
Magick (Issue 98)
489
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Force and Location
  • Card forced while deck is held behind the back
  • Marking cards with sunlight
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
175
Charles T. Jordan The Latest Haunted Ace spectator removes a suit and makes three pile, performer knows in which pile the Ace is and whether it is facing up or down, other twelve cards have shorted corners and Ace sticks out a bit
Also published here
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
172
Dr. Ford Rogers Rough-Smooth as Haptic Cue
Also published here
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
223
Leo McCauley Control locator card, piece of plastic is stuck on card
 		1977
Magick (Issue 185)
922
Tan Hock Chuan Another Torn Corner Location Quickly locating a card with a torn corner in the deck
Inspired by
  • Torn Corner Location (Lewis Ganson, Abra 255)
 1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
7
Looy Simonoff Crayon Vanish using card signed with crayon as sticky card
 		Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
41
Broken Corner
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
37
Die Markierungs-Daumenspitze gaffed thumb tip for marking cards
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
73
Ken De Courcy Culluloid Lug Locator insert for key card to make a piece that sticks out of deck to cut to
 		1980
Super Spell
3
Bruce Bernstein Borrowed Princess card groups marked on the fly with nail writer
Also published here
 1981
Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers
12
Geno Munari Special Cards for "7" Card Stud Low or "Razz" marked cards on the face, using exacto knife
 		1981
The Magic of Jimmy Grippo
171
Tape Locator Card transparent tape
Also published here
 1982
Audience Involvement
15
Karl Fulves* Curvature different coins and cards removed and remembered by spectators and shuffled back, performer blindfolded, all cards located and coins as well, coins leaves circular impression
Inspired by
Related to
 1983
After Jordan
2
Will De Sieve* Master Card Control Gimmick coin impression
 		1983
Intimate Power
58
Edward Marlo Olram's Key Card glueing single cut out Spade pip on card
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
161
Edward Marlo Refined Ace Cutting from "Lost Shuffle Manuscript", using crimps or raised surfaces
Inspired by
 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
216
Dick Koornwinder Koornwinder Kard Kontrol key card with glue dots
Also published here
Variations
 1984
Diverting Kreations
13
Dick Koornwinder Card Location with locator card
 		1984
Diverting Kreations
13
Dick Koornwinder To Force a Card spectator cuts at locator card
 		1984
Diverting Kreations
13
Another Locator thread glued inside split card, tactile
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
8
Dan MacMillan Punch Me Again glue, with (obvious) "Marlo Suggestion"
 		1986
Riffling the Pasteboards
67
Gary Ouellet Key Cards on different Key Card concepts
1. The Short Card
2. The Corner Short
3. The Long Card
4. The Thick Card
5. The Jimmy Ray Card
6. The Kornwinder and similar cards
 		1986
ProControl
13
Gary Ouellet The ProControl Card scotch tape
 		1986
ProControl
16
Gary Ouellet ProControl Techniques 1. Cutting to the Key Card
1.1. The Normal Cut
1.2. The Drop Cut
1.3. The Swing Cut
2. Returning the Selected Card to the Deck
3. Security Check
 		1986
ProControl
18
Paul LePaul, Gary Ouellet The Spread Pass Technique normal and with the ProControl Card
Also published here
 1986
ProControl
28
Gary Ouellet The Overhand Shuffle Technique with the ProControl Card
 		1986
ProControl
37
Gary Ouellet Charlier Technique cutting at ProControl card
 		1986
ProControl
43
Gary Ouellet Further Applications 1. The ProControl Multiple Card Control
2. ProControl Variations (Glen Brown)
3. The ProControl Force
4. The New Break Method
5. The Flourish Drop Cut
 		1986
ProControl
46
Will De Sieve* Key Card
Related to
 1987
For Friends Only...
25
Davide Costi Queen of Hearts
Also published here
Related to
 1987
For Friends Only...
28
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
30
Dai Vernon A Sticky Solution sticky edges
 		1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
207
Alex Elmsley Rough Tracker edge marked and roughed locator card
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
370
Edward Marlo Putting in Wave Work
Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
12
Edward Marlo Magician Cuts the Aces with wave work in cards
 		Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
13
T. Page Wright The Force with outs
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
93
Edward Marlo Updating the X-Force cross card force handling with prediction effect, with additional thoughts on slick/wave crimp cards
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
13
Vanni Bossi Three Original Key Cards different types of thinned-out corners
  • First Type
  • Second Type
  • Third Type
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
15
Karl Fulves* Punched Card Notes No. 47, on punching cards on the fly with thumb nail or in a location with coins in the handling
Related to
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
54
Charles T. Jordan The Latest Haunted Ace No. 187, spectator removes a suit and makes three pile, performer knows in which pile the Ace is and whether it is facing up or down, other twelve cards have shorted corners and Ace sticks out a bit
Also published here
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
224
Vicente Canuto La Esquina Doblada corner bent back and forth until soft/broken, short card substitute
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
337
Will De Sieve* The Will De Sieve Gimmick coin leaves circular impression
 		1994
Paramiracles
19
Jontay The Jontay Gimmick ridge along line on picture card
 		1994
Paramiracles
20
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Gimmick glue spots
 		1994
Paramiracles
21
Gene Maze Soft Deck softening a deck except the Aces
 		1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
140
Karl Fulves* Topped Gaff gaff in which short card is glued inside thick card
 		1996
Blocking Off
121
Bob Driebeek Sherlock Holmes oder: Das ökonomische Kartenstechen deck wrapped in paper
 		1996
Aenigmas Rätsel
65
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Card Control key card with glue dots, reprinted from 1972, how to cut to it and how to control a selection with it
Also published here
Variations
 1998
The Koornwinder Kar & The Koornwinder Card Control
10
Jeff Busby Thousands of Tricks on different locator cards, and the option of doing that material with an edge-marked card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
58
Ellis Stanyon To Distinguish Court Cards by Touch No. 35, blurred edges with knife
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
50
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Forcing and Self-shifting Pack No. 20, having a piece of metal around one end of a card (similar to paper clip) as key card
  • The "Waterfall" Shuffle (with the key card)
  • Dispensing with the "Key"
  • "Bridging"
  • To Force any Two Cards (performer cuts apparently randomly)
Related to
 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
203
Ellis Stanyon The Chosen Card Is Dropped at a Given Signal No. 22, dribble force with tactile key card
Related to
 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
205
Dai Vernon Sub Rosa Crimp
  • The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon
nick in center
 		Jan. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1)
42
Don May Flummoxing Find peek challenge location, fourth finger nail makes mark on face at break
 		May 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 9)
71
Tape Locator Card transparent tape
Also published here
 2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
74
Will De Sieve* Master Card Control Gimmick coin impression
 		2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
147
Neal Elias Marking Cards tactile marks with razor blade at edge of card, key card or fully marked, marking stack number instead of value
 		2000
Gambling Notes
4
Karl Fulves* Binary Court Card Marking ridge along line of half the picture cards
Inspired by
 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
37
Karl Fulves* Top Notch edge mark line on top near edge, not on edge
Related to
 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
46
Steve Forte Ironing Cards achieving different snap in plastic cards
Also published here
  • "Phantoms Of The Card Table" (2003)
 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
76
Karl Fulves* Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to
 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
84
Karl Fulves* Bumper Cards discussion of different locator cards, including gluing extra pip on a card
Related to
 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
86
Karl Fulves* Note on the location of edge marks on the card, gambler's ploy of punching with a diamond ring turned to the inside, altered glue in high cards
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 6)
112
Davide Costi Queen of Hearts
Also published here
Related to
 2004
Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi
105
Martin A. Nash The Infinity Principle
2007
Diplopia
4
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
Also published here
Variations
 2007
Chapter One
2
Steven Youell The Angle Cut Key Card using a single stripper cut card as key card
  • Manufacturing An Angle Cut Key Card
  • Advantages Of The Angle Cut Key Card
 		2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
41
Patrick Dessi Quid de la carte clé? on various key cards
  • Les cartes redimensionnées
    • La carte courte
    • La carte étroite
    • La carte épaisse
  • Les cartes amputées
    • La carte au pouce
  • Les cartes déformées
    • La carte doublement cornée
 		2009
Le chapelet Periodo-Aperiodique C-PAP
91
Vernon Winiecke Coffee Cup Crimp locator card by putting card into hot steam
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
442
Will De Sieve* Coin Impression Locator
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2010
X-Ray
15
An Addendum of Ideas
  • Heavy Breather
  • The Coin Method
  • The "X" Method
  • The Tent Method
  • Infinity
  • Mechanical Means
  • The Commonality
  • The Selection, or the One Above?
  • The Controversy
  • A Six Card Arrangement
  • Outs
  • Finally
 		2010
X-Ray
22
Max Maven* The Coin Method credit information for Will De Sieve's Coin Impression
 		2010
X-Ray
22
Steve Dusheck Double Coin Impression two coins leaves circular impression
Inspired by
 2010
X-Ray
23
Will De Sieve* Will de Sieve Locator
Feb. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 2)
37
John Born The Delayed Crimp Softening the corner of a card, so it can be detected while dealing onto the table
 		2012
Seeking the Bridge
80
Bruce Bernstein Borrowed Princess card groups marked on the fly with nail writer
Also published here
 2012
Unreal
131
Alexander de Cova Magician Fooler every second card marked on face
Also published here
Inspired by
 Aug. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 9)
29
The SCaM Card on the "Shortened, Crimped and Marked Card"
Related to
 2014
Classic Fantastic
15
Alexander de Cova Magician's Fooler every second card marked on face
Also published here
Inspired by
 Jan. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 3)
24
Alexander de Cova Not Blind But Silly every second card marked on face
Also published here
Inspired by
 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
118
Vanni Bossi Cornered three locator cards
  • The Incised Corner
  • The Thin Corner
  • The Jointed Corner
 		2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
65
Vanni Bossi Sugar Locator Card
Inspired by
 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
190
Sun Bleached Back
2017
Black Tears
[9]
Will De Sieve* The Will De Sieve Gimmick coin impression
 		2017
Teaching Magic
113
Dick Koornwinder Koornwinder Card glue dots
 		2017
Teaching Magic
114
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
Also published here
Variations
 2018
Repertoire
45
Greg Chapman Stack Work some general comments
  • Memorized Deck
  • Partial Stack
  • Stack Number versus Position
  • Memorized Deck versus Stacked Deck
  • Stack-friendly
  • Stack-dependent
  • Stack-independent
  • Home
  • Crimp
  • Work
    • Top and Bottom
    • 13, 26, 39, 52 (quartiles)
    • 18 and 35 (thirds)
    • 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
    • Eight Belt Positions
    • Work Without Additional Preparation
    • Edge Marks
  • Architecture of Deception
  • Getting Started the Right Way
 		2021
Architettura I
17
Vanni Bossi Blister Key Card
2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 20)
152