Production & Appearance

48 entries in Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Production & Appearance
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Willmann's Servanten für Billardbälle holder, table edge servante, production stand, see page 95 for correction
 		May 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5) 73
Unknown Der sich vermehrende Billardball multiplying balls, two half balls stuck together, optional vanish by attaching it to a pull loop
 		Sep. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3) 35
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der Zauberstab als Billardkugelmagazin billiard ball produced from wand, ball starts in fold of sleeve
 		Nov. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11) 172
Charles T. Jordan A Clean Ball Production No. 8, empty glass put in paper tube, ball rolls out, wax
 		1920 Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks 19
Charles T. Jordan A Manipulative Opening No. 9, card, thimble and billiard ball are produced
 		1920 Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks 21
Laurie Ireland The New Multiplying Golf Balls two shells, clinging shell feature
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 5
Laurie Ireland The Simultaneous Production of One to Eight Balls no body loads
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 8
Unknown Production of Four Solid Billiard Balls without using a Shell "very rapid and effective"
 		1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 74
Unknown A Billiard Ball Phantasy four different colored solid balls
 		1938 Greater Magic 637
Unknown Production of a Billiard Ball from a Playing Card
1938 Greater Magic 641
Edward Victor Production of Four Billiard Balls utilizing the previous vanish move and comedy ball concept without revealing as a gag
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part Two 97
Eddie Joseph Producing Three Balls Singly a la Billiard Balls
1942 The Last Word on Cups and Balls 12
Walter B. Gibson Billard Ball Act
  • perfect color change
  • extra ball getaway
  • down the ladder
  • through the pocket
  • gaining white ball
  • throw color change
  • the vanish getaway
  • instant ball to silk
  • the smash change
  • quick one to four
Related to 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 28) 115
Arthur H. Buckley The Production of Eight Solid Balls at the Fingertips without a Shell
1948 Principles and Deceptions 206
Jerry Hornak Production of Four Solid Billiard Balls
1953 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953) 17
Unknown Balls from the Air Miser's Dream with balls and paper cone, three methods
 		1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 21
Jack Miller Ball from Silk ball appears from silk, repeated for second ball, see also p. 410 for coin version by Harold Bester
 		Winter 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio) 375
Dick Zimmerman Surprise Ball Routine eight balls are produced, then all change colors, loop ball
 		1973 Creative Magic 4
Karrell Fox Ball-o-matic single ball instantly becomes four balls, all attached to each other
Variations 1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 145
Unknown Recoveries
  • From your nose
  • From under hand
 		1976 Now you see it, now you don't! 132
Bill Tarr The Bill Tarr Continuous Ball Production
1976 Now you see it, now you don't! 138
Richard Kaufman Elevation Eight Ball interlocked four ball production, different colors
 		1977 Balls! 23
Jerry Andrus The Master Move showing piece of cardboard on both sides while hiding ball, Zone Zero
 		1977 More Sleightly Slanted 24
Jerry Andrus The Perfect Package flat box is opened, ball appears and vanishes, flat box put in flat envelope
Also published here 1977 More Sleightly Slanted 26
Tenkai Ishida Überraschende Tuch- und Billardball Produktion silk production after showing both hands empty (bundle on thread behind hand), then ball appears
Also published here
  • Genii, Dec. 1959
 Mar. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1) 26
Karrell Fox Dia-Ball-ical #124 one-to-four sequence, sponge balls
 		1979 Another Book 259
Karrell Fox Dia-Ball-ical #428 four-to-eight sequence, threaded sponge balls
 		1979 Another Book 261
Al Leech Chicaco Balls The Chicago Ball Trick And A Routine general comments, with sponge balls
 		1980 Al Leech's Legacy 64
Al Leech Substitution For Chicago Balls
1980 Al Leech's Legacy 72
Al Leech A Rainbow Routine billiard ball routine
 		1980 Al Leech's Legacy 83
Don Nielsen One Ball to Three one ball cracked on glass edge into three, only effect description
 		1987 Secret Session — Part Three 59
John Bannon Trick Shot Production producing eight ball from card case
VariationsAlso published here 1989 Without 8
John Bannon Single Bullet Theory large steel bearing from paper bag after routine with small steel bearing and bag
 		1989 Without 9
John Bannon Trick Shot Production producing eight ball from card case
Also published here 1991 Smoke and Mirrors 59
John Bannon Single Bullet Theory large steel bearing from paper bag after routine with small steel bearing and bag
 		1991 Smoke and Mirrors 79
Sid Fleischman Lady McBathtub continuous ball production with hand with is made to look like a face/puppet
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 39
Danny Archer Balls routine with small rubber balls that appear, vanish and change
 		1994 Working Alone 2
Tommy Wonder The Big One giant ball production as climax
 		1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 2 184
Steve Bedwell Ferrero Rocher Anyone? "balls from mouth"
 		1998 ca. Flexing and Twisting 8
Gregg Webb Segue To Color-Change Section
  • The WebbMaster
ball of idfferent color is produced during balls from silk routine
 		Jan. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1) 58
Marc DeSouza Miniature Bowling Ball From Briefcase tiny briefcase, two sponge balls are taken out, then a solid steel ball that wouldn't have fit in
 		2001 DeSouza's DeCeptions 17
Jeff McBride EZ Ball Act two balls connected with thread
 		2003 Manipulation Without Tears 9
Jerry Andrus The Perfect Package flat box is opened, ball appears and vanishes, flat box put in flat envelope
Also published here Sep. 2004 Genii (Vol. 67 No. 9) 75
Tom Stone Mitosis Maneuver one ball becomes two which become four, sequence with shell
 		2011 Maelstrom 107
Tom Stone Ball Climax molded four-ball-climax
 		2011 Maelstrom 119
Imam Balls From Mouth
July 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7) 76
Kazu Katayama Cup, Ball, Silk, And You
  • Tokyo Workshop
endless ball production with a paper cup, they all change into a silk
 		Aug. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 8) 41
Tom Gagnon Chalk It Up dice stacking routine with pool chalk, eight ball final load
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 428