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44 entries in Box
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
1
La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
19
La Balle Jettée Dans la Petite Maison à Trois Portes & Sortant Par l'une des Trois à Volonté a ball is thrown in a little house with three doors and is coming out of the chosen door
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
44
Le Coffre Qui s'ouvre à Volonté lid of box opens at will
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
53
Light and Heavy Chest with cigar box on plate, electro magnet
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
74
Tom Sellers Off And On Again ribbon is removed from a gift box and under cover the ribbon appear again tied around the box, shell
 		1939
Scots Magic
11
L. Vosburgh Lyons Okito Outdone okito box with a rectangular box
 		Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 50)
205
R. M. Jamison Force Box
Nov. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 72)
294
L. Vosburgh Lyons, Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson, Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson Boxed piece of a magazine is put on a string and the ends of the string thread through two holes in a box, a word is selected and when checked on the piece on the string all words are crossed out except the selected one
Related to Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
328
Billy McComb William Turns Gravity Upside Down board on two trestles with three bricks on top, trestles are removed and the rest floats, then board, lowermost and middle brick are removed one by one, still suspended in the air
 		1947
The First Book of William
49
Martin Gardner Box
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
general comments on boxes
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
815
Box (1)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
living finger in box
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
815
Box (2)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
boiling water in cardboard box
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
815
Box (3)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
color vision with different colored balls in box
 		July 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)
815
Theodore Annemann Three Card Monte Outdone with three aspirin boxes and one penny
Related to 1952
Annemann's Buried Treasures
7
Blocks of India Variation on Blyth's Domino Box, uses colored dominoes
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
110
Al Murdy The Novelty Novel box to carry tricks, designed as book
 		1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
31
(11) The Prediction Chest brief
 		1958
Predictions
98
Tony Corinda (7) Corinda's "Money Box" coins in box are removed, performer names amount and dates on the coins, electronic version
Related toVariations 1958
Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes
150
Dr. Stanley Jaks Die Miniaturklopfhand rapping noise from a small box
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
74
Frederica Spiritune a tune is selected and predicted with a music box, when the music box is opened, it's found empty
Variations 1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
171
Bob Ostin Thimble Box thimble vanishes and appears in a box
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
179
Music Box Prediction cards with songs, one chosen, music box produces this song and then turns out to be empty, "suggested in Great Britain a few years ago"
Related to Dec. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 2)
308
Sid Fleischman Haunted House Plus Two using Jap Box, moving silk
Related to 1972
Magick (Issue 61)
302
Dick Zimmerman Crystal Card Box deck in clear box, selection comes out of the deck, pushes the lid open and falling on the table
 		1973
Creative Magic
11
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Tea Canister Mystery object from canister travels to other canister, then fish appears
 		1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
89
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Jewel Chest Mystery box with objects from the audience vanishes and appears again, uses the Substitution Principle
 		1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
112
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther 'Test' Conditions number on poker chip is divined, in rattle box
 		1975
Magick (Issue 131)
652
Erwin Schussel Pandora's Box of the Future prediction of events happening during the show, in locked box, several pieces of paper
 		1976
Magick (Issue 158)
787
Al Mann The Reach of the Mind box with several pendulums of different lengths, chosen one starts to move
Related to 1977
Psycho-Mentisis
16
Tan Hock Chuan The Box from Singapore Production Box
 		1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
27
Tan Hock Chuan Night-Club Double Box Illusion
1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
31
Tan Hock Chuan The Reappearing Pearls String of pearls appear in empty box
 		1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
39
Thomas Alan Waters Box Office box with amulets on a tray, one is removed and under the tray but in the box is a prediction with the right choice
Related toVariations 1979
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)
5
Alexander Renno Mind's Eye several chess pieces in a box, performer divines the one which is removed
Related toVariations 1979
Magick (Issue 242)
1207
Larry Becker Spectromental
  • Effect #1: color of poker chip in cardboard box is predicted, other two are divined
  • Effect #2: drawing in cardboard box is divined
Variations 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
44
Al Mann Cagliostro's Message! No. 39, question locked in box is answered
 		1983
101 Psychic Tests
11
Martin Lewis My Great-Great Grandfather's Card Trick Signed card travels to deck locked in antique wooden case
 		1985
Martin's Miracles
52
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Sounds of Music a tune is selected and predicted with a music box, when the music box is opened, it's found empty
Variations Feb. 1986
Magick (Issue 365)
1822
Jim Hyams The Traveling Toupee toupee vanishes from head and appears in clear plastic box, Crystal Casket
 		1987
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20)
344
Ted Lesley The Box vibrating box, instant stooge
Inspired by Sep. 1997
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3)
11
Robert Cassidy The Prediction Chest idea for using a normal box in combination with a Lippincott box
 		2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
218
Bob Ostin The Ring In The Glass of Beer ring placed inside rattle box vanishes and appears in beer glass, glass covered with tissue and ring found with hook, Okito Glass
Also published here
  • "The Conjuror" Vol.1, No.2. December, 1995.
 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
16
Dr. Stanley Jaks Miniature Rapping Hand rapping noise from a small box
Related toAlso published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
193