Button

41 entries in Button
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Der bezauberte Knopf coin vanishes and is reproduced from a button on the jacket
 		Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
47
Das Knopfabschneiden button cut off spectator's jacket and restored
 		Mar. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 3)
46
Al Baker Button Button! thread-penetration, using mini-drawer box
Also published here 1935
Al Baker's Second Book
30
Nat Louis Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? button vanish
 		1941
Reel Magic
39
Wallace A Button off the Vest button torn off spectator's vest and restored
 		1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
72
Button (1)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
button in drink seems to rise and fall on command
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
819
Button (2)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
button on coat is removed and replaced
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
819
Button (3)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
button spinner, toy with button and thread
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
819
Button (4)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
"The Five Buttons", buttons in ears, eyes and nose end up in mouth, pearl trick
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
819
Max Malini The Button Trick button biting trick
Related toVariations 1962
Malini and His Magic
37
Don Tanner The Back Room on Micky Hades, Jesse J. Langston, Eddie McGuire on Malini's button biting and more, gags by Goodlette Dodson
Related to Sep. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 383)
362
Al Leech Al Leech's Coin Trick spellbound with surprise ending
 		1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
393
Dr. William Weyeneth Okay Gag! button is reattached on vest, magnetic
Related to 1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 5)
87
Eddie Joseph Bewildering Buttons routine with buttons and plastic cups and magnet gimmick at finger (impromptu chop cup style)
  • Downward Penetration
  • Upward Penetration
  • Direct Penetration
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
179
Amedeo Vacca Button-Button vanishing button with reel through sleeve fabric
 		1974
Amedeo's Continental Magic
37
Ken Bowell Knopfologie three large buttons are on suit, one dangling, they behave like in Chinese sticks
 		Mar. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
87
Tom Zoss The Zoss... Button-Writer button on coat as alternative nail writer
 		1978
Magick (Issue 217)
1082
Hen Fetsch Die Fingerhutspitze secret inner nesting thimble for
  • threading a button
  • thread restoration
  • cigarette vanish in thimble
 		Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
87
Tony Slydini The Invisible Tailor button from spectator's coat is torn off and restored
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
65
Richard Bartram, Jr. "This Ain't Psychokinesis!!" "UP" elevator button always turn over in performer's hand
 		1985
Close-Up of the Damned
19
Michael Weber The Healer button torn off spectator's shirt, then buttonhole on other side is vanished
Inspired by 1985
Seminarheft
[23]
Eric Mason Collarboon collar stud button travels from one button hole to another as performer turns around with his arms up
 		1985 ca.
Stuff
138
Lawrence Frame Spellbound Climax after spellbound routine, coin changes to coat button, and coin is now found attached to coat
Also published here 1986
Close-up Framework
4
Ian Baxter Stitched chosen button is magically sewn to lapel
 		1994
Close-Up File
153
Joshua Jay Button Buster Small button enlarges, then attaches permanently onto magician's shirt
Also published here 1999
Magic Atlas
23
Barrie Richardson Molecules in Motion initialed coin in bottle, then other objects as well like key, button, ring, bottle smashed at the end
Inspired by 1999
Theater of the Mind
30
Joe Givan Keep Them in Stitches buttons assemble on handkerchief, then they are found to be sewn on
Inspired by
  • Lamont Ream version of this Steve Schneiderman plot
 1999
More Magic from the Attic
1
Joshua Jay Button Buster small button enlarges, then attaches permanently onto magician's shirt
Also published here 1999
A Teen's Routines
18
Alain Iannone Sewn in Rome card appears sewn to silk lining inside the magician's jacket
 		Oct. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 10)
65
Al Baker Button Button! thread-penetration, using mini-drawer box
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
117
Karl Fulves Maximum Malini "Problems"
button turn off, then button hole disappears, posed as a problem
 		2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
377
Vanni Bossi Buttoned 2 card appears on shirt button, reel
 		2005
Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture
6
Trevor Lewis Birthday Button hindu thread presentation, using large button
 		2009
Routines Matter
92
Dan Sperry Pin Striped Pants Two different buttons fastened on trousers switch places with a wave of the hand
 		2010
Notes About Nothing
26
Jay Sankey Tracking Device button vanishes in flash an appears in deck sewn onto selection
Related to
  • "Royal Rivet" (Jay Sankey, Definitive Sankey Vol. 3, p. 1279)
Also published here
  • Revolutionary Card Magic DVD, 2003
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1
341
Wayne Dobson On the Button six buttons on cloth, one chosen, it is the only one sewn onto cloth, Hot Rod Force
 		2013
More Look No Hands
17
Alberto de Figueiredo El dominó child holds white handkerchief, a string and buttons, then a dominoe stone is selected from a plastic bag and string and buttons are found sewn onto handkerchief to match chosen dominoe
 		2018
Veinticinco
101
Christoph Borer Wofür Zauberei gut ist button is removed and reattached to shirt
Related to 2022
A String of Pearls
68
Max Malini Button Biting discussion and various possible methods
  • Method One - Fabric Feke & Extra Button (Stanyon's)
  • Method Two - Extra Button Only (The Magician Monthly)
  • Method Three - The Unbutton (U. F. Grant)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The Magician Monthly, Aug. 1905
  • Stanyon's Magic, "The Great Button-Biting Trick", Jan. 1904
  • U. F. Grant, "Secrets", 1928
 2022
Max Malini
171
Max Malini Button Biting about doing it in Malini's platform act
 		2022
Max Malini
393
Lawrence Frame Spellbound Climax after spellbound routine, coin changes to coat button, and coin is now found attached to coat
Also published here 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
144