142 entries in Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Prof. M. Verbeck Verbeck's Wedding-Ring Trick ring is hammered on, then put in paper programme and crumbled up, transforms into nest of envelopes with ring inside, with repeat
1890 199
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Des indischen Marabuts Sehergabe three numbers named and cards counted to, numbers and cards predicted, prepared envelope, faced deck
Related to 1896 57
Un Billet d'amour card chosen, letter comes from mailman from back of audience, it is transformed into selection
1896 163
X Rays cards in envelopes are divined, two methods, envelopes marked visually or haptically
Related to 1897 144
The Spirit Envelope three selections, slip of paper with their names appears in previously empty envelope
Variations 1897 173
Envelope with See-Through Dummy
1897 175
The Envelope Card envelope changes into card
1897 258
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli 5. Das amerikanische Couvert neuster Fasson envelope to make billets or bills appear
1903 61
Stanley Collins False Envelope Insertion only part of the cards are inserted into the envelope
1915 29
Charles T. Jordan The Letter-Mailing Mystery No. 7, stack of chips with numbers, set of envelopes, envelope and postage chosen with stack of chips are divined
1920 17
Theodore Annemann The Impression Moderne wax coating on envelope as impression device
Related toAlso published here 1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
43
An Envelope Mystery forced cards put in envelopes with punch marks, including "A Variation"
1935 14
Edward Bagshawe Sealed Mystery spectator names number and counts to that number in deck, magician predicted card arrived at
1936 ca. 26
Robert Parrish The Ultimate One Man Sealed Message Reading System 1. Collecting the Envelopes
2. Reading the Messages
3. Returning the Card and Envelope
4. Returning the Next to the Last Message
5. Reading the Last Message
1937 22
a. Envelope With a Slit in its Face
1937 17
Jean Hugard Robert-Houdin Problem letter by Hugard about a burnt paper restored in nest of envelopes, posed as problem
Related to Sep. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 48)
339
Sid Lorraine Prediction method for sealed prediction envelope
Also published here Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 65)
456
Edward Victor A "Matter-Thro'-Matter" Penknife Effect penknife is pushed through a silk and seen penetrating an envelope on other side, silk is undamaged, prepared envelope
1940 ca. 135
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 11
Lloyd W. Chambers Impossible Spirit Test with lights off, magician divines names written on cards sealed in envelopes
1941 13
Bert Allerton A Close Fit optical illusion in which envelope seems to small to fit a playing card
Variations 1942 5
Jean Hugard The WAACS and the Doughboys hotel story trick, Queens and Jacks in five envelopes change places
Variations June 1943 1
Gimmicked Envelope coin vanish from envelope via slit in bottom, opaque disc inside envelope visible from outside is used as coin dummy
1944 98
Theodore Annemann The Impression Moderne wax coating on envelope as impression device
Also published here 1944 42
Sid Lorraine Prediction method for sealed prediction envelope
Also published here 1944 170
Clarence Hubbard My Case word from ten selected, appears on previously empty slate, flap with corner cut, tray to add envelope
Also published here 1944 214
James G. Thompson Jr. Mephisto Thot medium divines things written on papers
Also published here 1944 259
Eddie Clever Answer to a Mentalist's Prayer indetectible method to mark an envelope and several applications
1945/27 202
Milbourne Christopher Burning a Half Dollar marked coin is burnt inside envelope and appears inside purse held by spectator
May 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 12)
216
Murray Fields, Jean Hugard The WACS and the Doughboys climax for Hugard's routine, hotel story trick, Queens and Jacks in five envelopes change places
Inspired by Oct. 1946 259
Howard A. Adams Interstices piece of glass is put in envelope and pierced with pencil and knife, stays unharmed
Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 124)
499
Paul Curry Ripping, Eh, What! for Annemann's Pseudo Psychometry, as a two person mental stunt, coding idea for assistant's tearing of the envelopes
Related toAlso published here July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 129)
520
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley Baseball Prophecy baseball game result is predicted, carbon envelope
1947 35
Bob Spencer E-Z! gaffed envelopes
Sep. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 160)
644
Don Greenwood Bill and Nest of Envelopes signed bill vanishes from purse and appears in nest of envelopes
Aug. 1948 455
Al Baker Envelope as an Accessory slit, steal
Also published here 1949 46
The Envelope Vanish slit
1952 61
Norman Jensen The Sticky Steal vanish of a bill in envelope / stealing something from an envelope
Jan. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 246)
983
Gene "Phantini" Grant Shades of Cassandra multiple prediction, billet in envelope
1955 17
Leonard Austin Dolly's Dresses four doll's dresses of different colors, chosen one vanishes and appears in chosen envelope
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
24
Tony Corinda (12) Trickery with Envelopes
1958 98
Len Belcher Enclosed Thoughts five selection sealed in envelopes and one removed, performer knows all cards also missing one, gaffed envelope
1960 79
The Amazing Maurice Mental Currency one of four bills is put in an envelope, performer divines which, olfactory method
1961 17
Robert A. Nelson Nelson's Notes ideas for Mental Curency
1961 17
Ronald B. Edwards Money in Circulation dollar bill and half dollar in envelopes change places
June 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 358)
259
Karl Fulves Quartet selection in envelope, both torn, envelope restored, then card inside
Jan. 1966 16
Ali Bongo Penetration Minus big metal disc in envelope is penetrated with object, then vanishes entirely
1966 18
Alton Sharpe Impossible Card Vanish card vanishes from pay envelope, slit at bottom
1969 36
Arnold De Seiver Seven Colours Of Wisdom keys in envelopes with different colored ribbons
1969 48
Tom Sellers Envelope Marking System just to mark the different one
1969 49
Floyd Shotts, Frank Novotny I Predict: You Pock prediction of two cards, one written down and one is spelled to
1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
126
Anna Eva Fay Paraffin Envelope for impression
Related to July 1970 347
Gene Nielsen 89c Fooler leaving price tags on gaffed objects, convincer
1972
Magick (Issue 50)
250
Card To Envelope Wrinkle No. 565, erasing pencil-written address and write spectator's address on it
Variations 1972 158
Jack Avis The Wishing Envelope gimmick envelope, including three routines with it
  • The Wishing Envelope
  • The Jokers Wild
  • Transposed Marlo Reverse
Also published here Oct. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 2)
161
Karl Fulves Envelope Solid State previous trick with pay envelope instead of card, or with full card appearing from torn envelope
1975 49
Burling Hull Volta Spiro-Predicto word or prediction appears on blank card with spectator's signature on other side, switching paper with stack of envelopes
1976 19
A Letter from the Vicar envelope is cut to look like a vicar's collar
1976 39
Al Mann Break Through card and headline prediction, nest of envelope sent to a member of the audience by mail
1977 1
Al Mann The Photon Shield Sealed Envelope sealed envelope, that can be opened any time
1977 3
Al Mann The Book Mark two books with bookmarks, spectator chose a word and find that bookmarks are envelopes with predictions of the chosen words
1977 18
Al Mann The Secret of Abonutichus message reading from sealed envelope, like a center tear
Related to 1979 14
Karroll Priest The Phoenix Effect impression device, wax in envelope
Related to 1979
Magick (Issue 234)
1167
Karrell Fox Mind-velope billets mixed in envelope, some held back secretly when others are dumped out
Related to 1979 152
Paul Maurer Mentalmagie Eröffnungseffekt baby gag, person and amount of money in spectator's pocket is predicted on business card, nail writer with a pen / ink
1980
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 41 No. 4)
139
Roger Curzon Creased playing card is placed in small pay envelope and folded two times, when card is removed it is unharmed
Jan. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9)
158
William Goldman The Magic Coin bill travels to envelope, with torn corner, coin vanish and production intermezzo
Also published here Mar. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)
202
Vanishing the Credit Card stolen out of slit in envelope
1982 6
Thomas Alan Waters Riffledex selected word from a book is predicted in envelope, spectator can change his mind
1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 1: The Book Test)
362
Thomas Alan Waters, James G. Thompson Jr. Jato word from book is predicted in envelope
Inspired by 1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 1: The Book Test)
370
Karl Fulves Variation blank card in envelope against glass, ace in hand, suddenly envelope travels to hand and ace is inside, against glass only blank card
1983 5
Joseph Dunninger A Mystic's Favorite sealed message reading, slit in envelope
Related to
  • Paul Kara's "Karaism", 1926 and Nelson's "Mind Divination"
1983 7
Jack Paul, Alan Shaxon Stellaporation credit card in envelope is placed inside a book, other book is shown with an envelope at same position, then credit card travels inside other envelope
Also published here 1983 21
Don Tanner, Trevor Lewis, Philip Reed Willmarth Six Card Mental Test Again! billet in envelope prediction
Variations 1984 20
Karl Fulves Rupert the Great No. 37, animal cut and folded from envelope finds card
1985 65
Karl Fulves Spellbox No. 7, posed as a problem:
(1) coin changes into small envelope à la spellbound, back and forth, coin in envelope
(2) spellbound changes with box and lid
1985 99
Bruce Bernstein Picture Duplication drawing on card placed in small envelope which is then crumbled into ball
Also published here 1985 7
Kuverts two impromptu magic items and gags with envelopes
Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
132
Al Mann Postman's Curve spectator writes on back of a envelope and folds it, reading method
1988 7
Karrell Fox "E.Z.-est-yet" Mindreading billets mixed in envelope, some held back secretly when others are dumped out
Related to 1988 83
Roger Klause Going South stealing bill out of envelope with slit for Terry Seabrooke's bill to wallet
Related to 1991 137
Get the Cash method of stealing money from sealed envelope
Also published here
  • "Spycatcher" (Peter Wright)
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
73
Larry Becker Midnight Miracle design duplication, stealing billet from envelope
1992 121
Leo Boudreau The Mind's Eye: Envelope Stacking stacking envelopes using gray code, no marks
Related to Apr. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 10)
10
Leo Boudreau The Mind's Eye: Dead Letter eight pieces of paper in eight envelopes, divination of dead person, Gray Code envelope stacking
Related to May 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 11)
10
Jack Paul, Alan Shaxon Stellaporation credit card in envelope is placed inside a book, other book is shown with an envelope at same position, then credit card travels inside other envelope
Related toAlso published here 1994 26
Rudolf Braunmüller Trickumschläge I article about gaffed envelopes
July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
184
Roy Johnson Der Mehrzweck-Umschlag switching an object under a stack of envelopes with hollow section
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
22
Al Baker Geldschein-Umschlag for stealing and burning bill
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
26
Fake envelope dump card loaded on outside of envelope appears to dump out together with other objects that are actually inside
1994 17
Ted Karmilovich Swami Tips
  • Swami Tip #1
  • Swami Tip #2
Feb. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 8)
11
Raimo Patronen Psychic Beer five tubes with numbers, four are eliminated and under remaining one is a beer, envelopes with numbers, spectator selects same number as one with beer
July 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 1)
11
Alexander de Cova Kuvertschablone making your own envelopes in the right size
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
52
Al Mann The Veils of Isis - Part 1 on the Khan envelope, Corinda envelope, transparency principle
Related to May 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 11)
12
Al Mann The Veils of Isis - Part 2 on the semi-transparent envelope, Charles Foster, Augustus Rapp
June 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 12)
12
Tommy Wonder The Ring, the Watch and the Wallet ring, watch and bill disappear from envelope and reappear at finger, arm and in wallet
Related toVariations 1996 302
William Goldman Die Zaubermünze bill travels to envelope, with torn corner, coin vanish and production intermezzo
Also published here 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4 & 5)
171
David Solomon Switching Envelope with window cut out
Variations 1997 121
Enveloped deck in envelope, selection rises out
1998 33
Karl Fulves Do You Swear "Unsolved Mysteries"
three envelopes with messages, no effect given, posed as a problem
1998 178
Ellis Stanyon An Envelope Changes to the Chosen Card No. 27, hinged gaff
Variations 1999 172
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note prediction envelope has a card back on other side, all cards have an envelope on other side with same card predicted, switch in stand or upright book
Inspired by 1999 172
Jeff Sheridan The Svengali Envelopes image drawn on white card that is put in an envelope is divined
Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
61
Paul Curry Pseudo Psychometry Tip as a two person mental stunt, coding idea for assistant's tearing of the envelopes
Also published here 2001 267
Karl Fulves Special Delivery "Problems"
only flap from envelope in hand, a smaller envelope produced à la purse frame, posed as a problem
2001 153
Alexander de Cova Kuvertschablone making your own envelopes in the right size
Also published here 2002 14
Al Baker Envelope as an Accessory slit, steal
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
310
Al Baker Coin in Envelope shadow of coin is seen when empty envelope is held against light
2003 697
Jay Sankey Special Delivery Signed card appears in window envelope
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Tricks of the Trade)
33
Jay Sankey Pandora's Envelope Indifferent card in black envelope (with hole) changes into selection, then second signed selection appears visually in envelope
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Sankadelic Magic)
52
Karl Fulves Envelope Illusion optical illusion in which envelope seems to small to fit a playing card, with short card-to-envelope routine
Inspired by 2004
Charlatan (Issue 8)
102
Wonder Man Fred Three Envelope Test tip for handling the envelope in Cassidy's routine, routine is not explained
Inspired by 2004 190
Wonder Man Fred Headline Prediction oder Headline Production on the headline prediction, sent by mail
  • Die massgeblichen Kriterien
  • Die Herstellung gleicher Umschläge
  • Der Austausch
2004 289
Bob Ostin The Envelope Hold-Out envelope to add cards on top of the deck
2005 124
Jack Avis An Idea for Adding a Card to the Top of the Deck using an envelope
2006 140
Jim Steinmeyer Pasteboard Under Glass using Okito's Substitution Principle with hollow stack of envelopes
Inspired by
  • Card in Bottle in "This Magic Stuff" (Robert Harbin, Abracadabra, Vol. 6 No. 138, Sep. 1948, p. 115)
Also published here
2009 14
Christoph Borer Mord am runden Tisch prediction in envelope, murder and victim are predicted, various ideas for using the same method in different contexts
2010 20
Karl Fulves Tick Tock card in envelope put on one side of cardboard wallet with strips, another card on the other side, the envelope only changes place when closed and opened
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
506
Bruce Bernstein Picture Duplication #1 drawing on card placed in small envelope which is then crumbled into ball
Also published here 2012 10
Steven Hamilton The Envelope Thing prediction taken from envelope, envelope torn, prediction says "look in envelope", envelope is restored and signed selection taken from it
Also published here 2013 98
Mike Caveney Bill Steal from Envelope
2013 251
Colin McLeod By Association game of word association, last word is predicted on business card inside envelope
2014 12
Jim Steinmeyer Pasteboard Under Glass using Okito's Substitution Principle with hollow stack of envelopes
Also published here 2014 3
Jim Steinmeyer The Top Secret Envelope
  • Conjuring
envelope with a hole is threaded onto two ropes and removed under a cloth cover
Inspired by
  • "The Plastic Pendant" (Gordon Howatt, Let's Make Magic)
June 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)
28
Alexander de Cova Geldschein in Zitrone bill put into envelope unfolded, secretly folded and extracted as envelope is handled and closed
2015 35
Roberto Giobbi, Jean Hugard Robert-Houdin's Trick Problem burnt paper restored in nest of envelopes, posed as problem, quoted from reference
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Feb 11)
46
Roberto Giobbi, Dr. Jacob Daley Card to Envelope and Wallet erased address is replaced by spectator's address
Inspired byAlso published here 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 17)
112
Roberto Giobbi Cutting Edge Magic impaled envelope as intrigue object
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue June 23)
181
Roberto Giobbi Envelopes for Magic ideas for special envelopes
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 6)
287
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia Project Fear spectator writes a fear on a paper, performer divines it
2016 5
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia Psychometry with an Envelope several ideas, drawings in envelopes
2016 15
Tom Cutts The Gift spectator selects a picture with different presents, the same picture is found in an envelope and the person receives the gift as a climax
2016 19
Joaquín Matas Aparición "Flash" production of a large envelope or similar object in a flash, with candle
2016 181
Peter Brynolf, Jonas Ljung Group Dynamics Bank Night combined with Chair Test, gaffed envelopes
Nov. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11)
90
Alexander de Cova Ring, Watch and Wallet ring, watch and bill disappear from envelope and reappear at finger, arm and in wallet
  • Stand-up Version
2016 87
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 15: Omni Glance three spectators, one thinks of name, one thinks of time and one draws picture, performer correctly gets name, sets a watch to correct time and draws matching picture
Also published here
  • Roy Miller's Mental Montage
2017 85
Jim Steinmeyer Fake Envelope Exchange miming exchanging two envelopes
Also published here Aug. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 8)
48
Alexander de Cova Bill in Envelope Fold
  • Notizen
bill put in envelope folded in half, stolen out and folded smaller behind envelope
Dec. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 12)
68
Alberto de Figueiredo El viaje de los espectadores photographs of spectators are made before the show and printed, two are selected and they travel from one envelope to another
2019 85
Jim Steinmeyer Fake Envelope Exchange miming exchanging two envelopes
Also published here June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
51
Jim Steinmeyer The Lurker
  • Conjuring
stack of envelopes, interlocked flaps used as "impromptu rough/smooth"
Aug. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 8)
50
Tom Stone Post Nord signed postcard is supposed to travel from one postbox prop to another in a comedy of errors routine, eventually it found in a sealed envelope elsewhere
Inspired by
  • "The Efficiency Stamp" (Jim Steinmeyer, The Conjuring Anthology, 2006, p. 8)
2022 2