Gaffed

135 entries in Wand & Stick / Gaffed
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To thrust a peece of lead into one eie, and to drive it about (with a sticke) betweene the skin and flesh of the forehead, untill it be brought to the other eie, and there thrust out lead put in one eye (really into hollow wand) and brought out the other
 		1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXXIII)
197
Producing Clink with Wand when tapping on clothing, two methods (gimmicked wand and ungaffed)
 		1876
Modern Magic
170
The Half-crown (or Florin) Wand
1876
Modern Magic
203
Sweets from Wand gaffed wand to produced sweets
 		1876
Modern Magic
253
The Firing Wand
1890
More Magic
2
The Electric Wand as practical joke to shock spectator or heckler (!)
 		1890
More Magic
4
The Magnetic Wand and Walking Card selection lifted out of deck which rests in spectator's pocket
 		1890
More Magic
124
Coin to Bottle Wand mechanical wand to introduce folding coin into bottle
 		1890
More Magic
160
W. J. Collins The Wand passed through the Hat telescopic wand
 		1890
More Magic
312
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen about the magic wand and some gaffed versions
  • hollow wand to produce silk
  • hollow wand with section of handkerchief for destroyed & restored routines
 		Jan. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • wand with hollow tip for silk production
  • different preparations for stealing a silk
  • wand penetrates borrowed hat
  • object produced from mouth of spectator
  • wand with knife tip to secretly cut something like spring flower package
 		Feb. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 2)
17
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • wand for continuous cigarette production
  • wand to ignite candle, chemical or with match
  • coin catching wand, two versions (one with folding coin, continued in next issue)
 		Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
33
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • continuation of description of coin catching wand with folding coin
  • feather flower tree/bouquet from hollow wand
  • wand that can shoot
 		Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
49
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • continued explanation of shooting wand
  • Chinese Sticks with wands
 		May. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 5)
65
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • continuation of Chinese sticks explanation
  • omelette appears in pan via hollow wand with egg mixture
  • gold fish appear in bowl via hollow wand
 		June 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6)
81
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen paper shell wand vanishes in piece of paper
 		July 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 7)
97
Appearing Gold Fish three methods, visibly while stirring in a glass with a wand (hollow wand with fish inside) or loaded from table edge with handkerchief cover
 		Aug. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8)
117
Kartenfang in der Luft catching cards at end of wand
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
185
Der Zauberstab zum Lichtanzünden "after Ludwig P., Vienna", wand to light candles
 		Sep. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 9)
141
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Verschwinden und Erscheinen No. 26, wand travels from paper to paper tube on table, two methods
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
77
Noll Marcellin Das seine Farbe wechselnde Tuch silk knotted around wand changes color, secret tubes that can slide on and off wand
 		July 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7)
103
Der bezauberte Ring finger ring slides up and down a wand
 		Dec. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12)
188
Der Thalerstab No. 8, coin wand, either with coin attached to rubber band or with folding coin that retracts into wand, for continuous production
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
23
Tuch und Zauberstab No. 12, wand wrapped in newspaper, silk vanishes, newspaper torn apart and silk comes out
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
135
Das kletternde Ei No. 20, egg slowly climbs a stick, thread, hollow stick with sand to control speed
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
153
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab als Kartensteiger four cards selected from examined deck and returned, deck placed in houlette that is stuck on a wand, selections rise one by one, last one sinks and rises again
Variations June 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 6)
84
G. Restell Der Zauberstab zum Münzenfang coin catching wand
 		Nov. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 11)
168
Wands for the Production of Handkerchiefs "Special Wands for Various Purposes"
four wand constructions
 		1903
Later Magic
122
A Wand for the Production of Cigars
1903
Later Magic
130
The "Swallowing" Wand wand pushed down throat of spectator, moving tube on end
 		1903
Later Magic
132
To Catch Rings on the Wand three borrowed rings vanish from glass, reappear on end of wand one by one
 		1903
Later Magic
191
Production from the Wand
Related to 1903
Later Magic
222
Carl Willmann Der magnetisierte Zauberstab wand rises up in hand, rubber band inside
 		Feb. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 2)
20
Carl Willmann Zum wandernden Tuch silk (re)appears in paper cylinder
 		Feb. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 2)
26
Emil Clauß Zum "Zauberstab als Kartensteiger" routine ending
Inspired by June 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 6)
84
Der Billardball als Seiltänzer ball(s) balances on wand or stick and rolls back and forth, thread
 		Oct. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 10)
151
Carl Willmann Der neue Zauberstab zum Geldfang coin wand
Inspired by
  • Willmann's Salon-Magie, p. 144
 Nov. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11)
169
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Coin Wand
1909
The Art of Magic
273
The New Coin Wand
1909
The Art of Magic
275
Oswald Rae A Combination Wand multi-effect wand
  • handkerchief appears on end of wand
  • wand rises in hand
  • wand is forced down a boy's throat
  • ring climbs on wand, answers question
  • stick to fingers
Also published here
  • "A Combination Wand" in " The Linking Ring"
 1930
Original Magic
38
Tom Sellers Novel Silk Vanish matchbox covers stacked, silk pushed inside vanishes
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
6
Tom Sellers Handkerchief Production from an Empty Glass hollow wand and hole in glass
 		1933
More Secrets
10
Vanish of Cigarettes from a Glass with handkerchief cover, thread
Also published here 1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
24
A Bill and an Egg bill found inside egg
  • a. (gaffed wand)
  • b.
 		1937
Money Magic
51
Method No. 6. The Wand and Rising Card Hair and Wax Pellet, hollow wand with thread in it (weight on one end)
 		1938
Greater Magic
391
Franklin M. Chapman Rollable Wand banner with message can be rolled up to look like a wand
 		July 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 1)
2
Harry Bertall Le mystère des trois disques paper with three different colored discs, discs are pierced and handkerchiefs with same color appear
 		Dec. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
5
Lloyd W. Chambers Incomprehensible Predictability out of a hat, magician picks envelope containing $5 among envelopes containing just $1, steel in envelope and magnet in wand
 		1941
Original Ideas in Magic
11
The P-L Vanishing Wand wand wrapped up in paper vanishes, paper shell
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
47
Simplex Handkerchief Producing Wand gaffed wand to produce handkerchief
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
55
Vanishing Handkerchief Wand vanishes inside wand
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
56
The Rising Wand rubber band
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
58
Sure-Grip Magnetized Wand
1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
59
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell's Magnetized Wand thread
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
60
William G. Edwards Edwards' Magnetic Wand other things stick to wand
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
63
An Emergency Magnetic Wand if wand on page 63 is unavailable, tape
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
67
The Penetrating Wand sliding ends
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
67
Card in the Egg - Wand torn and restored card to egg
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
69
Eddie Joseph Jelly from Cup jelly produced from cup, using a wand with hook
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
32
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty Mon Café express water changes to coffee, using wand
 		Jan. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 1)
6
Aufhebung der Schwerkraft balancing a wand
 		Mar. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 3)
2
Hans-Paul Wipf Der Zauberstab als Helfer und Freund des Magiers on magi wands and various gaffed models
 		May 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 5)
1
A. Vantur Apparition d'un bouquet de fleurs au bout de la baguette "Erscheinen eines Blumenbuketts an der Spitze eines Zauberstabes", flowers appar at tip of wand
 		Oct. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 10)
2
George L. Neilson An Original Routine with the Milk Pitcher and other Items most Magicians Have
1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
12
Phil Huckabee "That's All" Wand wand with message banner
 		1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
30
R. J. Cooper Wand Shells, Candle Shells etc. how to build shells
 		Mar. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)
109
The Swallowing Wand wand thrust into assistants mouth and out
 		June 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 1)
124
Ernst "Ernesto" Müllhaupt 2. praktische Anleitung - Die Hilfsmittel on important props, various wands and servantes
  • I. Der Zauberstab
  • A. Der gewöhnliche Zauberstab
  • B. Der hohle Zauberstab
  • C. Die Zauberstab-Attrappe
  • II. Die Servanten
  • Sichtbare Servanten
  • Unsichtbare Servanten
 		1945
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 4)
13
A. Vantur Das drollige Seidentuch silk vanishes from paper cone and appears on back of spectator, using wand, followed by french translation "Le foulard facétieux"
 		Sep. 1945
La Baguette Magique (Issue 5)
7
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column using "Vampire Flexible Glass" with mirror and break-away wand
 		Jan. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 8)
184
Milbourne Christopher Shooting Surprise shooting wand and toy pistol gag
 		Nov. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 6)
264
A. Vantur Les trois boules équilibristes balancing three balls on a wand, followed by german translation "Die drei gleichgewichthaltenden Kugeln"
 		1947
La Baguette Magique (Issue 16)
2
Michel Francis La Baguette élastique wand appears in mouth of assistant, followed by german translation "Der elastische Zauberstab"
 		Mar. 1948
La Baguette Magique (Issue 20)
9
Jack Yeager Card in Egg Routine De Luxe torn card restored in egg, corner verification, with wand
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
17
Bert Douglas A Comedy Wand wand bends in hands of spectator
 		Jan. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4)
14
Bill Williston, Ray Cox Half Dollar in Egg
June/July 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9 & 10)
10
Dr. William Weyeneth Neue Verbesserung beim Seiltrick using a wand to load extra piece
 		1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)
141
Yellowstone Bank Night with Eggs with card in egg wand
 		1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
38
Don Tanner At Last, A Wand No. 19, Bouquet Producing Wand
 		1958 ca.
50 Tricks and Ideas with Spring Flowers
6
Max Malini Bills, Lemon and Egg bill in lemon and bill in egg, bills vanish from handkerchief, with wand
Related toAlso published here 1962
Malini and His Magic
33
Dr. William Weyeneth Magische Tips
  • sugar turns into sugar cube, with matchbox and cigarette
  • cut and restored rope idea, with gaffed wand
 		1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 1)
163
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein neues Zauberstäbchen das viele Möglichkeiten bietet magnet on stick, inside a wand
Related to 1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 1)
3
J. A. Bowling The Bowling Coin Wand
1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
477
Billy McComb A Gag with the Wiggly Wand deck becomes crooked when waved over with S-shaped wand
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
131
Billy McComb Ear! Ear! shooting-combinatin-flash wand
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
147
The Handkerchief Wand handkerchief is pushed into a paper cone and vanishes
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
17
The Rising Wand
1976
The Big Book of Magic
18
The Breakaway Wand comedy prop
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
19
The Balancing Wand
1976
The Big Book of Magic
20
Jean Hugard Verschwinden von Zigaretten aus einem Glas with handkerchief cover, thread
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 1)
17
Jean Hugard Verschwinden von Zigaretten aus einem Glas with handkerchief cover, thread
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 1)
17
Jean Hugard Des cigarettes disparaissent d'un verre with handkerchief cover, thread
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 3)
85
Coin Wands no details
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
95
Jochen Zmeck Der verrückte Zauberstab white tips of wand fall off in routined sequence
 		1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
18
Jochen Zmeck Das haut hin wand given to spectator, it breaks into two halves and one half rotates on the other half
Also published here
  • marketed by Conradi-Horster, 1950
 1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
20
Jochen Zmeck Tip zum verschwindenden Stab vanishing wand that can be crumpled up and re-used
 		1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
22
Don Tanner Wand wand produced from cloth bag, break-away
Also published here 1978
It's in the Bag
13
Jumping Wand wand jumps from hand
 		1979
Elastrix
28
Don Tanner Baguette wand produced from cloth bag, break-away
Also published here 1981
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 1)
25
Billiard Ball Wands ball appears inside cup, cup attached to wand
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
117
Balancing Billiard Balls on a Wand
1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
118
The Chosen Card in the Egg two versions, stand and wand
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
144
Trevor Lewis The Flower Pot routine with flower in pot, flower is removed, vanishes and appears on boys back then it vanishes from cone and appears back on stem in pot, with firing wand
 		1985
More Party Pieces
33
Patrick Page The Vanishing Handkerchief silk vanishes and appears at back of performer
Also published here 1990
Pages From Patrick's Notebook
40
Karrell Fox Silkenbac silk vanishes from paper cone, reappears on child's back
 		1991
Goodies
58
Patrick Page Das verschwindende Tuch silk vanishes and appears at back of performer
Also published here Nov. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3)
115
Mila Trnka Das Geschockte Tuch silk visually appears from top of wand (pulled inside), then candle changes into silk in paper, lit candle removed from pocket
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2)
63
Rubber-Tipped Wand Rising Card
1993
Card File
61
A Card & Egg Trick trick wand, reprinted from Vol. 1 No. 1 of "The Wizard", Sept. 1905
 		Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
4
Joe Rindfleisch Slim to None building an eatable wand
 		June 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2)
9
Karrell Fox The Super-Simple Coin Wand
1995
Much Ado About Something
70
J. W. Sarles Three To Go three silks vanish in hand one by one with wand, with tubes that can be unloaded in wand
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
91
Karl Fulves Loophole #2 extra rope in hollow wand
Related to 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
335
Don Miller Water-Shooting Wand
Aug. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 12)
85
Joseph Ovette The Egg Wand - First Type egg-catching wand
Also published here
  • "An Eggstraordinary Experiment" (The Linking Ring, Vol. 5, New Year Supplement No. 5, 1927, p. 157)
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
38
Harold G. Beaumont The Egg Wand - Second Type egg-catching wand
Also published here
  • Dope Sheet, No. 13, 1948, p. 3
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
38
Alan Peterson Eggs from Bowler Hat - Fourth Method: The Peterson Version wand with sucker used to pick up eggs from behind table and load them into hat
Also published here
  • "Many More" (The Magic Wand, Vol. 21 No. 154, June 1932, p. 74)
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
59
Omelet without Eggs omelette appears in empty hot pan, hollow wand
Also published here
  • The Art of Modern Conjuring, 1909, p. 191
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
73
Alan Peterson The Disappearing Egg - Second Method: Vanishing a Raw Egg with wand
Also published here
  • "With a Genuine Egg" (The Magic Wand, Vol. 21 No. 154, June 1932, p. 75)
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
78
Alan Peterson The Disappearing Egg - Third Method: With a Rubber Sucker wand with sucker
Also published here
  • "A Sucker Vanish" (The Magic Wand, Vol. 21 No. 154, June 1932, p. 75)
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
78
August Roterberg Stacking the Eggs several eggs balance on top of each other
  • On the Hand
  • On the Wand
Also published here
  • Latter Day Tricks, 1896, p. 45
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
96
Card in Egg - First Method: The Card-in-egg Wand
2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
259
Max Malini Dollar Bill in Egg - Second Method: The Malini Treatment bill in lemon and bill in egg, bills vanish from handkerchief, with wand
Also published here 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
263
Joseph Ovette Dollar Bill in Egg - Third Method: Ovette's Version
Also published here
  • "Bill, Lemon, and Egg" (Eggstraordinary Ways of Eggshibiting with Eggs, p. 28)
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
265
Tiziano Medici Wand Warm-Up wand routine with pop-away wand
 		May 2005
Magic (Vol. 14 No. 9)
100
Robert Kraft Refractive wand in glass of water is straight despite physics
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
357
Patrick Page The Breakaway Wand
2011
Magic Page by Page
289
Patrick Page Wanderful black part of wand is removed
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
292
Patrick Page Breakaway Wand
2011
Magic Page by Page
295
Roy Baker Breakaway Breakaway breakaway wand sequence
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
296
Patrick Page It's My Turn Now using a breakaway wand for a kids show
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
296
Patrick Page On the Back wand vanishes and appears on assistant's back
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
316
Mickey O'Malley Vanishing Wands different methods to vanish wands
Also published here
  • Genii, June 1978
 Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
150
Christian Scherer Der Zauberstab mit dem Klick construction of a magic wand who does a click when hit on the hand
Also published here 2014
Schlaglichter
186
Christian Scherer Click Wand construction of a magic wand who does a click when hit on the hand
  • Construction
  • Handling of the Wand
  • The Meaning of a Magic Wand
Also published here 2024
Mosaic
197