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Unknown To make a pot or anie such thing standing fast on the cupboard, to fall downe thense by vertue of words stooge with thread The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXX) 192
Unknown How to conveie (with words or charmes) the corne conteined in one box into an other previous box used to vanish grains, it reappears in bell type box that has grains behind leather separater that drops down when set hard on table (chop cup like)Related to The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXXI) 193
Unknown Boxes to change Graine box with false bottom and layer of grains glued on it, turned over for transformation or vanish, also appearance in bell type boxRelated to The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 32
Unknown The Cone, or Skittle also "La quille", cone with shell changes place with ball under paper cone cover, also with larger cone and orange Modern Magic 360
Camill Bihler Der verschwundene Ring "Ein Gesellschaftsscherz"
cup upside down on table, borrowed finger ring wrapped in paper and put on bottom of cup and burned, ring is found underneath cup		 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 11) 172
Martignoni Martignoni's Billardspiel I. Ausführung
routine with ball and cup, shell		Related to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 2) 25
Carl Willmann Der magische Becher cup filled with grains or something, vanishes or changes into silk, Boston box principle Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4) 53
Carl Willmann Willmann's magische Kaffeetasse coffee poured in cup on saucer transforms into confetti or something elseRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 7) 104
Tom Sellers Silks From Confetti confetti in cups transform into ribbons Condensed Conjuring 4
Unknown Vanishing Coffee Steam steam suddenly stops After the Dessert 12
Walter B. Gibson Confetti of Cathay three cups, one filled with confetti, confetti vanishes and travels to another, published under Hee Foo You The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 9) 35
Edward Marlo Foo Dice Cup cup for switching dice Shoot the Works 24
T.J. Crawford Under the Pan four balls travel from under four plastic pans under one My Best 200
Harlan Tarbell An Empty Cup Fills with Milk with two cups The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 343) 196
Harlan Tarbell Milk Multiplication with cups The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 343) 196
Harlan Tarbell Multiplying Corn Flakes and Milk rice bowls variation with cups The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 343) 197
Harlan Tarbell An Emergency Servante The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 343) 197
U. F. Grant Lilly - Levi knife in paper cup, knife is held and cup remains suspendedRelated to
  • Stewart James in Tops, April, 1940.
 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 351) 231
The Amazing Maurice ESP Tumblers chip is placed under any cup, performer divines where Still More Miracles in Mentalism 18
U. F. Grant Infallible Prediction ping pong ball is placed under one of three cups, different colors, predictionVariations The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 394) 405
Karl Fulves Infallible Prediction Variation golf ball placed in one of three cups, prediction in form of a second ball in chosen cupInspired byRelated to The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 395/396) 408
Don Nielsen Problem in Prophecy three different colored cups, and three different colored balls, matching, posed as problem, see p. 426 & 428 for comments and ideasInspired byRelated toVariations The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 397) 416
Milton Kort Paul Fox Coin Cups Routine coins penetrate cup and hand, then cup penetrates and coins remain The New Modern Coin Magic 495
Al Koran Note Under Cup bill put under one of three cups, performer know which oneVariations Al Koran's Professional Presentations 127
Horace E. Bennett, Larry Jennings Cup Loading Move with a handkerchiefRelated to The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 119
Gene Nielsen Coffee to Go filled coffee cup through table under napkin The Compleat Magick - Volume 1 (Issue 17) 83
George Johnstone Coffee Float! floating coffee cup The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 58) 288
Captain F.W. Collins, John Ramsay, Bob Ostin Off the Handle Related to Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 7) 234
Karrell Fox Cup and Saucery gag in which the cup on a saucer almost drops on spectator but is held in place with a finger through the handle Clever.... Like a Fox 199
Gene Nielsen Menta-Coin coin in one of four cups is moved in steps The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 192) 958
Gene Nielsen, Bascom Jones Psi-Cup '3' question written on paper and hidden under one of three cups, question is answered and paper located The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 194) 968
Bill Coomer Stay Up coffee cup clings to hand The Chronicles (Issue 9) 1154
Francis Carlyle "Proposition" Bet exploiting optical illusion of cup design The Very Best of Cups and Balls 115
Paul Swinford, Bob Hummer Silver and Gold various parity effects (six routines) inspired by Bob Hummer's work with numbered chips and small metal cups Arcane (Issue 2) 17
Bob Hummer, Al Koran Mathematical 3 Card Monte bill under one of three cups, back of performer is turned and after some changes in the order of the cups, performer divines cup with billVariations Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 35
Bob Hummer, Al Koran 3-Cup Monte bill under one of three cups, back of performer is turned and after some changes in the order of the cups, performer divines cup with bill Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 60
Bob Hummer Hummer's Mathematical Shell Game with four cups or four shells and two dice Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 78
Karl Fulves The Old 4-Shell Game different bills under four styrofoam coffee cups Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 80
Jack Kent Tillar Mental Monte bill put under one of three cups, performer know which oneInspired by The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 260) 1297
Roy Baker "Stuck-Kup" Gag, cup is seemingly stuck on saucer Baker's Capers 9
Roy Baker "Catch the Cup" Gag, pretend to throw cup at spectator shouting "CATCH" when actually throw napkin Baker's Capers 10
Doug Edwards Undertown liquid penetrates inside cup of two nested paper cups Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 9) 1541
Jim Kleefeld Put a Lid on It plastic drink lid, bumps on lid depress one by one The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 2) 11
Karl Fulves The Cheshire Cat chips and cups are used for game in which performer has better chances Swindle & Cheat 20
Karl Fulves Shocked hidden joy buzzer under metal cup, as burglar alarm when spectator takes out a coinRelated to Rigmarole (Issue 5) 52
Paul Harris McGimmick mcdonald's shake is lifted by sticking only one finger in it The Art of Astonishment - Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 49
Goutam Guha The Flying Ring ring travels from under a cup to under another cupRelated to Tricks with the Jardine Ellis Ring 23
Karl Fulves Insto Transpo "Methods?"
rope through cup's handle, finger ring dropped in cup, now cup drops and ring is on rope instead, posed as problem		 The Fine Print (Issue 3) 54
Milton Kort, Don Nielsen Precognitive Cups & Balls Predict color of ball chosen, prediction in one of three cupsAlso published here Kort 335
Karl Fulves Flip Your Lid "Unsolved Mysteries"
lid of styrofoam cup flips up and down by itself, answers questions, posed as a problem		 The Fine Print (Issue 10) 331
Martin Gardner Suspend A Cup "Two Floating Cup Ideas"
plastic cup clings to hand		Inspired by
  • suspended tumbler in Hatton & Plate's "Magician's Tricks" (1919)
Variations		 Underworld (Issue 10) 134
Martin Gardner Cheap Zombie "Two Floating Cup Ideas"
styrofoam cup floats between hands, hole in back		Variations Underworld (Issue 10) 134
Karl Fulves Mathematical 3-Cup Monte idea with three styrofoam cupsInspired by Underworld (Issue 10) 135
David Berglas Predicting the F.A. Cup Final written prediction of football game in trophy cup The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 113
Sol Stone Abracadaver cork from wine bottle stand up under cup Best of Friends - Volume III 43
Patrick Page Cord-A-Cup handle of coffee cup is threaded on rope, cup penetrates rope, with normal cupInspired byVariations Magic Page by Page 224
Christian Scherer Entfesselt handle of coffee cup is threaded on rope, cup penetrates rope behind back, with normal cupInspired byRelated to Entfesselt 3
Christian Scherer Version 2 different handling of "Entfesselt" Entfesselt 10