Miscellaneous

63 entries in Wand & Stick / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To make a Person tired, or sweat, at carrying a small Stick of a Room bet / wager
 		1784
Breslaw's Last Legacy
52
Professor Hoffmann The Magic Wand
1876
Modern Magic
4
Professor Hoffmann The use of the Magic Wand
1889
Tricks with Cards
36
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
Das Niederdrücken eines Billard-Queues Die Experimente der Mrs. Abbott, "Der kleine Magnet"
"Erste Ausführung", strong man stunt with billiard queue
Related to June 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6)
89
Das Niederdrücken eines Billard-Queues Die Experimente der Mrs. Abbott, "Der kleine Magnet"
"Zweite Ausführung"
Related to July 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 7)
108
Das Umdrehen eines Queues Die Experimente der Mrs. Abbott, "Der kleine Magnet"
strong man stunt with billiard queue
 		Aug. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8)
122
Das Zurückdrängen eines Billard-Queues Die Experimente der Mrs. Abbott, "Der kleine Magnet"
strong man stunt with billiard queue
 		Aug. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8)
122
Das Aufheben eines von 5 Personen belasteten Billardqueues Die Experimente der Mrs. Abbott, "Der kleine Magnet"
strong man stunt with billiard queue
 		Sep. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9)
139
Die auf jedem Stab laufende Billardkugel billiard ball rolls and balances on stick, thread
 		Apr. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 8)
120
Der zerschlagene Stock wooden stick held by two paper rings, stick broken with a hit but paper remains intact
 		Apr. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4)
61
Charles Lang Neil The Wand general comments
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
29
Professor Hoffmann Chapter IV - The Magic Wand and Tricks Therewith chapter intro
 		1903
Later Magic
102
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli III. Der Zauberstab on the magic wand, construction
 		1903
Moderne Magie
48
Charles Lang Neil The Wand
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
15
Stanley Collins A Stock of Sticky Sticks three different colored sticks / wands are wrapped in a corresponding colored paper, then the sticks change places, then all sticks are wrapped together and change into one tricolor stick
 		1920
Deceptive Conceptions in Magic
70
Somersaulting a Pack of Cards stunt of flipping deck over on table edge and catching it, also with wand
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
92
John Northern Hilliard The Cups and Balls The Wand
The Balls
The Cups
 		1938
Greater Magic
658
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
Franklin M. Chapman Vanishing Glass on Wand under handkerchief
 		Oct. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 4)
4
Theodore Annemann Wand information
1941
The Jinx (Issue 123)
715
Magnetic Wand glass of liquid suspended on wand
 		July 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)
137
Fragen und Antworten
  • trick with coaster, handkerchief appears from center, pierced with pencil
  • transposition of two marked matchboxes
  • on a trick called "Sympathetische Steine"
  • how to make a varnish for paper wands
 		1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
11
Richard Vorndran A Sticky Idea wand clings to hand, latex glue
 		1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
13
Yellowstone Tricky Tidbits ideas, gags and puns
  • Joy Buzzer
  • Flexible Glass
  • Bill in Cigarette
  • Sucker Silk Vanish
  • Coin in Egg
  • Dancing Hanky
  • Egg Bag Finish
  • Swallowing Wand Gag
  • Stamp Album
  • Diminishing Bills Finale
  • Torn and Restored Paper
  • Floating Bulb
  • Milk in Light Bulb
  • Handkerchief Frame
  • Hat Production
 		1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
Henry O. Silsbee III Ideas on magnets, wands and Halloween
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
53
Conrad Schmoranzer Der steigende Würfel rising cube on wand
 		1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 4&5)
974
Ali Bongo The Baffling Bangle bracelet appears knotted to a rod, under handkerchief
 		1966
The Bongo Book
40
Eddie Joseph Eddie Joseph's Remarkable Release rings, handkerchief, ropes and Wand penetration, ring from handkerchief to wand
 		1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
149
David Berglas Switching A Long Object
1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
207
William Humphries Off Beat Ideas various ideas
  • flag appears on wand
  • Gravity Glass
  • Anti Gravico
  • vase and cord
  • Milk Pitcher
  • orange silk changes into lemon
  • Bang Gun
  • Magic Con Block & Coin Slide
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
88
Joe Berg, Theo "Okito" Bamberg Ring on Wand rings with different colors, one is selected threaded on a ribbon and placed in a box, Wand is then pushed through the box and ring travels from ribbon on the wand, locking jap-box
 		1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
100
Bob Read The Penultimate Cups and Balls humorous routine, three different cups, with smashed watch and wandering tip wand
 		1974
The Penultimate Cups & Balls
2
Richard Merry, George Mackenzie Humoristische Vortragssplitter und Magische Gags various gags
  • Begrüßung
  • Freiwillige Helfer
  • Geld (Münzfang)
  • Handguillotine
  • Kopfguillotine
  • Karten
  • Mentalmagie
  • Schwebeeffekte (Sambakugel)
  • Seile
  • Verschiedenes
  • Wenn das Weihnachtsfest vorbei ist
  • Zauberstab
  • Zigaretten
Also published here
  • The Gen & Genii
 Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
24
Patrick Page The Wand general comments
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
15
The Rings on Rod Illusion box with magic wand, rings penetrate
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
211
Stephen Minch Milo the Magnificent comedy routine with puppet, comedy wands
  • ball & cone phase
  • milk pitcher
  • finds card after many failed tries, puppet assistant brings jumbo card
 		1977
Creations of a Magical Madman
87
Father Bandy Wanderful, Wanderful on using the wand for steals, transfers and so on, actually page "Bonus Page 1"
 		1977
Innovative Magic No. 1
11
Jochen Zmeck Der verrückte Zauberstab white tips of wand fall off in routined sequence
 		1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
18
Karrell Fox Wand-Two-Three gag wand routine
 		1979
Another Book
186
Steve Beam Fairy Story gag when using a wand
 		1980
Diary of a Deranged Deck
15
Ken De Courcy The Wander-Combo card chosen and put in envelope, borrowed bill also put in envelope, borrowed finger ring in handkerchief, ring penetrates onto wand, wand broken and bill and card are rolled-up inside
 		1980
Cards in Cabaret
48
Hen Fetsch Der Uri Geller Bleistift bending illusion with pencil, apparently soft
 		Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
106
The Ball on the Wand ball balances on wand and rolls from left to right
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
114
Piet Forton Dein Zauberstab kann sich biegen und kann schweben... magic wand bends and sticks on hand, various methods, production of a handkerchief
 		1983
Je geschickter desto Zauberer
23
Flip Hallema Body Holdout holding pen against body
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
5
Rhett Bryson The Magician's Helper wand / plunger gag
 		1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 33)
592
Alex Elmsley Magnetic Monte three miniature wands, one is shown magnetic
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
192
Yank Hoe Razors and Paper Loops stick is broken on paper without harming paper
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1225
Joe Rindfleisch Slim to None building an eatable wand
 		June 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2)
9
Pavel Der Magnetische Zauberstab handkerchief appears knotted on wand
 		1995
M wie Magie
26
Eric T. Dockery The Genie Bottle “Genie Vase”, wand hangs from bottle and bottle hangs from wand, spectator is allowed to pull hard on the wand, flash of fire from bottle for finale
 		1999
Labyrinth (Issue 10)
22
Jay Sankey Broken English "Chinese characters" written on a wooden chopstick change into TWO OF HEARTS, divining the selection
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
20
Danny Orleans The Magic Pro Magic Wand uses for the small toy wands that spring open
 		May 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)
46
The Wand Spin brief
 		2010
Vortex
207
Román García La Varita de los Cigarrillos two cigarettes morph together so they look like a magic wand
 		2010
Nanomagias
217
Wand Spin brief
 		2010
Benson Burner
22
Patrick Page From Down Under boomerang wand, gag
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
286
Patrick Page Up Up Up Up Up knob of stick travels to other side of stick, gag
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
291
Patrick Page Cue for Magic gag with wand, chalking end
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
291
Patrick Page Breakaway Wand
2011
Magic Page by Page
295
Roy Baker Breakaway Breakaway breakaway wand sequence
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
296
Eric Buss Prediction Wand card chosen, wand used to find it which doesn't work, wand unrolled into prediction of card
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
314