Transposition

24 entries in Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Transposition
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Billardkugel-Changements red and white billiard balls wrapped in newspaper and put into two goblets, they transpose, two methods, see p. 24 for ending
 		Sep. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1)
12
Carl Willmann Tuch und Billardball auf der Wanderschaft billiard ball in ball vase transposes with silk in hand
 		May 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 5)
74
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli VI. Ohne Karambolage billiard ball routine, ball appears, travels, changes color, second ball appears and balls transpose wrapped in paper, balls vanish again
  • 1. Der Zauberstab als Billardkugelmagazin
  • 2. Eine Tunnelfahrt
  • 3. Magische Färberei
  • 4. Erhaschen
  • 5. Platzwechsel
  • 6. Analyse (ball is dropped in glass of water and vanishes, under handkerchief, glass shell)
  • 7. Vermehrung, Verminderung & Vernichtung
 		1903
Moderne Magie
98
A. J. Ballmysterien ball becomes two, one covered in hand with handkerchief, other put in hat, travels to other one under handkerchief, one becomes red, they transpose, shell
 		Oct. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 10)
151
Carl Willmann Billardball und Taschentuch billiard ball in glass transposes with silk in hand
 		Oct. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 10)
153
Carl Willmann Die ihre Plätze wechselnden Billardbälle two billiard balls of different color are wrapped in paper and transpose
 		Nov. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11)
168
The Traveling Balls red and black ball each wrapped in paper transpose
 		1909
The Art of Magic
314
Tom Sellers Bow Balls three balls of different color threaded on rope, they change places
 		1933
More Secrets
8
Edward Victor A “Passe-Passe” Billiard Ball Effect transpo of two different colored balls, each on a candlestick and covered with matching handkerchiefs
 		1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part Two
98
A Mysterious Ball Transposition two balls in silk and glass goblets transpose
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
313
Walter B. Gibson, Henry Hatton, Adrian Plate In the Pocket two different colors change places, hand and pocket
 		July 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 14)
55
Sam Leo Horowitz The Egyptian Ball Mystery
1947
Stars of Magic (Vol. 3 No. 4)
50
George G. Kaplan A Billiard-Ball Transposition two balls and two glasses, shell
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
260
U. F. Grant Silks Ahoy two different-colored silks transpose in borrowed hats, hollow ping pong balls as gimmicks
 		June/July 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9 & 10)
11
Ronald B. Edwards Money in Circulation dollar bill and half dollar in envelopes change places
 		June 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 358)
259
Jack Posetary Silk & Ball Transposition hollow extra ball
Related to
  • suggestion by George de Ghetto on p. 230
 July 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9)
189
Charles T. Jordan The Lemon and Potato Trick potato in stemmed glass is covered with a handkerchief, it transposes with a lemon
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
252
Charles T. Jordan The Lemon and Potato Trick potato in stemmed glass is covered with a handkerchief, it transposes with a lemon
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
263
Ross Bertram The Egyptian Ball - Bertram Style two balls transpose with goblet and silk, no extra ball
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
106
Karl Fulves The Lizard of Oz ball in silk transposes with plastic ring outside
Related to 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 7)
1128
Peter Warlock Das Wicks' Thema time turned back, illustrated with
  • Triumph (cheek to cheek)
  • linking ropes
  • transposing balls in glasses
  • numbered dice
Inspired by
  • "Lost Time" (Charles Wicks, The Magic Wand)
Also published here
  • Pentagram, 1955
 May 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
33
Mike Caveney A Transposition red ball wrapped in red handkerchief and put in a glass transposes with blue ball in a blue handkerchief put in a second glass
Inspired by
  • a trick (?) from "Rupert Howard Course in Magic"
 1982
Ideas
6
Vito Lupo Visual Color Change transposition of different colored billiard balls featuring color change move
 		1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
103
Michael Ammar Bill to Cigarette first rolled up bill and cigarette change places, then cigarette vanishes bill changes into cigarette eventually bill is found in cigarette
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
112