Nest of Boxes

64 entries in Apparatus / Nest of Boxes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Nest of Boxes
1876 Modern Magic 197
Unknown The Locked and Corded Box "Washerwoman's Bottle" to steal handkerchief stuffed in opaque bottle, reappears in box or nest of boxes or elsewhere
 		1876 Modern Magic 241
Carl Willmann Die Post im Salon finger ring vanishes (changes into spring flowers in the performer's hand) and reappears in nest of boxes attached to a flower bouquet
 		July 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 7) 105
Unknown Der singende Kopf in der Kiste living head in nest of boxes
 		Jan. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 1) 12
Carl Willmann Das siebenfache Kästchen nest of boxes with watch
Inspired by
  • Willmann's Salon-Magie, p. 406
 Apr. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4) 55
Professor Hoffmann, Joseph Michael Hartz, Professor De Vere The Locked and Corded Boxes nest of boxes
  • The Old Method
  • The Writer's Own Method
  • The Hartz Method
  • The De Vere Method
 		1903 Later Magic 172
Wilhelm Zimmermann Ring- und Tuch-Kunststück borrowed finger ring knotted in silk and put in glass, vanishes there and reappears in chosen bread roll, silk and ring vanish again, ring in nest of boxes that was given to spectator at the beginning
 		May 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 5) 74
Franklin M. Chapman The Fastest Trick in the World with two nest of boxes and matchbox, transposition of two coins
 		1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 6) 3
Henry Hardin Aladdin's Box paper travels from nest of boxes to another box
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 97) 598
Shaman Curious Coin marked coin wrapped in newspaper and burned, appears in nest of boxes
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 112) 667
Eugene Laurant The Nest of Boxes four rings tied on ribbon, in boxes, with assistant
 		1941 Our Mysteries 39
Unknown French "Pill Box" Coin Mystery three coins from pill box to nest of packages
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 160
William H. Wilson Watch and Nest of Boxes Without Assistent watch in present (nest of boxes)
 		1945 My Best 339
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Nest of Boxes Routine for closeup
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 319
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty Une grande illusion doves and watch to nest of boxes, followed by german translation "Eine grosse Illusion"
 		Aug. 1948 La Baguette Magique (Issue 22) 3
Jack Yeager Three Nest of Boxes coin vanishes when dropped in glass of water and appears in one of three nest of boxes, free selection
 		1949 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 22
John Hamilton Nested handling for nest of boxes
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 235) 939
Hans Trunk Magische Tips ring to nest of boxes
  • Die Wunderschachteln
 		1951 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 12 No. 1&2) 6
Eugene Gloye Build It Yourself Nest of Boxes parcel, with a watch
 		1952 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952) 14
Rolland Hamblen Coin in Ball of Wool and Nest of Boxes entertaining routine with trick funnel and magic awl
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 299
Unknown Ein Uhr Mysterium watch vanishes and appears in orange which was inside a bag and a box
Also published here
  • in "Magikeren"
 1953 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4) 127
Harry Reno Meine Uhrenwanderung watch placed inside glass of milk, glass vanishes in tube and watch is found in nest of boxes
 		1967 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 4) 61
Frederica Boxology marked coin on a box, hand comes out and takes it inside, then the coin is found in a nest of boxes
 		1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 80
Ellison Poland The Bill In The Barrels nest of barrels, flash bill
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by
  • version in MUM, Dec. 1960
 1969 Wonderful Routines of Magic 195
Alan Shaxon, Tommy Scott The Watch in Bottle! coin in bottle, then watch to nest of boxes
Related to 1970 My Kind of Magic 33
Billy McComb Thirty Years of Rings in Nests of Boxes
1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 103
Theo "Okito" Bamberg, Joe Berg Nest of Boxes ring in nest of boxes, two methods
 		1973 The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs 61
Patrick Page The Nest of Boxes coin vanishes under handkerchief and appears in nest of boxes
 		1974 Tricks with Coins 15
Patrick Page The Nest of Boxes ring vanishes under handkerchief and appears in nest of boxes
 		1976 The Big Book of Magic 231
Tommy Wonder The Auction watch is destroyed and found unharmed inside a box
Inspired by
  • Jean Hugard's "5. The Auction" in "Modern Magic Manual", 1939.
Variations 		1977 Jos Bema — Lecture 2
Unknown Nest of Boxes detailed overview, watch or ring to nest of boxes
  • No-Assistant Nest of Boxes (9 methods, Okito, John Pomeroy, Hughes, Himber)
  • Assistant Nest of Boxes (2 mehods, Martinka,
  • The Tabaret Loading Table
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 179
Ron Ferris The Card Cocoon nest of boxes with folded cards for a coin
 		Aug. 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 8) 373
Derek Dingle The Nefarious Nest of Boxes
1981 CoinMagic 256
Jack Hughes Dove Nest of Boxes
1981 Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One 172
Jack Hughes The Nest of Boxes
1981 Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One 189
Derek Dingle Nest of Boxes I
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 34
Derek Dingle Nest of Boxes II
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 35
"Fast Mike" Lewinski The Simple Killer card in signed envelope changes into ashes and is found in nest of boxes, Himber Wallet, duplicate
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 32
Richard Hughes Shooting a Girl into a Nest of Boxes signed billet is shot with a small cannon into a box, Lippencott Coin Box
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 127
Steve Dusheck Eggsceptional Eggs borrowed ring into nest of plastic eggs
 		1984 Magic with Finger Rings 67
Karrell Fox Nest O' Purses ring to nest of purses
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 32
Karrell Fox The "Foxy" Nest O' Bags finger ring in nest of bags, glass with rolled up silk in final bag
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 119
Ron Wilson Flight of the Phoenix finger ring appears around borrowed bill in nest of boxes
Also published here
  • in "Genii" April, 1977
 1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 122
John Bannon One is the Onliest one coin routine with signed coin and jumbo finale, coin to nest of boxes
 		1989 Without 4
John Bannon One is the Onliest one coin routine with signed coin and jumbo finale, coin to nest of boxes
 		1991 Smoke and Mirrors 29
Alexander de Cova Russian Delivery bill to nest of Matryoshka dolls
Also published here 1991 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4) 18
Alexander de Cova Russian Delivery bill to nest of Matryoshka dolls
Also published here 1992 Magic for You! 8
Edward Marlo Olram's Nest of Purses marked coin into nest of purses
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 16) 6
Alexander de Cova Russian Delivery bill to nest of Matryoshka dolls
Also published here 1993 Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993 10
Alexander de Cova Russian Delivery bill to nest of Matryoshka dolls
Also published here 1993 Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1993 10
Robert Parrish The Nest of Boxes borrowed watch in nest of boxes, linking ring routine woven into structure (but not described)
 		1995 Great Tricks Revisited 1
Tommy Wonder The Watch in Nest of Boxes "A Quest for Ideal"
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
Inspired byRelated to 1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 2 267
Tommy Wonder Too Perfect?
  • The Watch in Nest of Boxes
  • Going On or Going Back
Related to 1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 2 319
Camilo Vázquez La Moneda en la Pastilla de Alka Seltzer signed coin to Alka Seltzer, in nest of boxes
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 207
Jörg Alexander Weber Ring und Geschenk ring & string routine with borrowed finger ring, then ring vanishes and travels into nest of boxes
Also published here 2008 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 2 56
Alexander de Cova Der Reisekoffer nest of boxes variation
 		2011 Seminar-Leviten 6
John Gaughan The Nest of Boxes
  • The Chamber of Secrets
twelve boxes
 		Jan. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1) 18
Alexander de Cova Erweiterung zu Boxed nest of boxes extension to "bill in zipper"
Related toAlso published here Dec. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 13) 412
Alexander de Cova Boxed "The Ultimate Signed Bill in Zippo-Lighter"
signed bill vanishes and reappears inside lighter that is inside a rubber-banded pack of cigarettes, optional nest of boxes extension
Also published here Dec. 2013 Scrapbook (Issue 2) 9
Alexander de Cova Russian Delivery bill to nest of Matryoshka dolls
Also published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 2 57
Alexander de Cova Erweiterung zu Boxed nest of boxes extension to "bill in zipper"
Related toAlso published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 3 223
Jörg Alexander Weber Ring and Giftbox ring & string routine with borrowed finger ring, then ring vanishes and travels into nest of boxes
Also published here 2017 Magic Illusions 27
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay Knowing the Unknowable word from dictionary book predicted in nest of boxes
Inspired by 2020 Parlour Tricks 159
Michael Rubinstein Nest of Boxes substitution trunk presentation
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 334