Appearance & Production

41 entries in Ball / Appearance & Production
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Cannon-balls in the Hat loading ball in (borrowed) hat from table/servante, further production of fake balls
Variations 1876
Modern Magic
304
Multiplying Balls fake cloth-covered balls with spring
 		1876
Modern Magic
307
Professor Hoffmann The Cannon-Ball Trick "improved", cannon-ball from hat
 		1890
More Magic
291
Ball aus dem Hut "Gegenstände aus dem Weltausstellungs-Cylinder, dem Tamburin, dem Tuch etc."
production items, compressible balls with spring
 		Feb. 1898
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 8)
121
Carl Willmann Entstehen und Vergehen production balls, black back for black art vanish
 		May 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 5)
72
Senor Charles Mardo The Homing Ball Ball and Cone routine, narrow top of cone has natural Chop Cup mechanism, “my variation of the Jameson Mystery”
 		1945
Routined Magic
8
Milbourne Christopher Miser's Dream with Balls six balls appear from paper bag
 		Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
621
Milbourne Christopher With a Box producing objects from a box with a lid, rubber cement
 		Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
621
Al Leech A Quick Opener three tricks in thirty seconds, a knot appears in a silk, a golfball vanishes and reappears and a coin travels into a glass
 		1952
Manipulating with Leech
11
Der neue Ballfang balls produced from thin air and placed in paper cone
 		1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 1)
779
Charlie Miller David Devant's Silver Ball only effect description
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
80
John A. M. Howie Cylinder, Ring and Cord jardine ellis ring vanish threaded on a rope from under a handkerchief under a cylinder, then the ring passes through a wand and under the cylinder appears a ball
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
320
Jerry Andrus Mylar Mystery ball appears and disappears in plastic sheet
Also published here 1974
Special Magic
2
Jerry Andrus Mylar Mystery ball appears and disappears in plastic sheet
Also published here 1977
More Sleightly Slanted
2
Erhard Liebenow Ball Production large ball appears behind a card
 		1978
Liebenow On Cards
6
Keith Charnley, Henry Hay, Paul Harris One in the Eye two-coin routine which ends with glass eye
 		1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)
1005
Billiard Ball Wands ball appears inside cup, cup attached to wand
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
117
The Goldstone Billiard Ball Stand four balls are removed from triangular stand, vanish and reappear on stand
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
130
Billiard Ball Stands different models, Thayer, Willmann, Conradi, Klingl, Abbott
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
133
Karl Fulves, Charles R. Brush Curiosities two cannon balls materialize in fish tank
Also published here
  • "Baffles Appearing Cannon Ball" (The Sphinx, May 1925)
 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 33)
1394
David Williamson Wand Ball Production one end of wand blown into sharply, ball produced
 		1989
Williamson's Wonders
95
Mike Rose Pen Gag steel ball from "ball point pen"
 		1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)
738
John Scarne Play Ball production of two baseballs, body loads, 1956
Related to
  • "The Odds Against Me" (John Scarne, Chapter 11)
 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 1)
1
Victor Sansoucie The Cosmic Crystal selection is found to have picture of crystal on it, then crystal is produced from card and picture has vanished
 		Jan./Feb. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 27)
308
Richard Sanders Plop Small rubber ball visually appears as invisible purse frame is opened
Also published here May/June 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 53)
615
David Berglas Turning the Clock Back different effects are performed and noted on a board, at the end, time is turned back and everything undone until the board is blank again
  • No. 1: Three balls, disappear and change into a pack of cards
  • No. 2: Four coins vanish and reappear in a glass
  • No. 3: Signed card vanishes and reappears in photo frame
  • No. 4: Arrow stops at chosen number 11
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
182
Martin Lewis Deja-Chew: The Magic Gumball Machine cardboard with colored balls shown, chosen color is removed as real ball
Variations Sep. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 9)
61
Lenny Lombardo Bowling Ball from Briefcase Routine
Mar. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 7)
86
Gaston Quieto Campana Bolante "Bell Ball", steel ball from ballpoint pen, small bell pushed into ball bearing, ball now sounds like a bell, see next column
Related toAlso published here Aug. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 12)
84
David Acer High Invisibility Ball vanishes and reappears held between two fingers visually
 		2004
Random Acts of Magic
251
Richard Sanders Plop! Small rubber ball visually appears as invisible purse frame is opened
Also published here 2004
Random Acts of Magic
273
Jerry Andrus Acupressure steel ball production from empty hands
Also published here
  • Genii, Oct. 1989
 Sep. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 9)
73
Steve Cook Balls 2 one of three different-colored balls is chosen and materializes, then other two appear as well
 		2008
Mind Blasters
172
Troy Hooser The Bottomless Box Objects produced from bottomless box, strange things happen when placed in it (Produce crystal balls, linking ribbons, spongeball routine, ring links on ribbon)
Inspired by 2010
Moments
41
Martin Lewis It's Deja Chew, All Over Again!
  • Making Magic
cardboard with colored balls shown, chosen color is removed as real ball, stage version
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Zone Zero" (Jerry Andrus, Andrus Notes, 2004)
 May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
48
John Gaughan The Miraculous Glass Casket
  • Chamber of Secrets
compressible balls appear in clear box
 		Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
22
Ben Hart The Human Lottery Machine four-digit number chosen, four balls with those digits are regurgitated by performer
 		2020
The Darkest Corners
232
Christian Scherer Production of two Ping-Pong balls from purse frame, handling
 		2022
Der Pokal mit der goldenen Kugel
6
Gaston Quieto Campana Bolante "Bell Ball", steel ball from ballpoint pen, small bell pushed into ball bearing, ball now sounds like a bell, see p. 115 for credit correction
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
113
Andrew Mayne Featherweight bowling ball appears in seemingly empty and light paper bag
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
908
Gregory Wilson Mulligan from a packet that holds three golf balls a total of six balls are extracted
 		June 2024
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)
14