Miscellaneous

49 entries in Pearl & Marble / Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Kurt Lisser Neuer Chinesischer Muskattrick three pearls placed in mouth, then put into fist one by one, they vanish, appear elsewhere, travel back into mouth, pop-up move
 		July 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 9)
139
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant A Trick From a Little Shot spectator puts a combination of black and white shots/pearls in a (bottomless) container, performer divines the content
 		1935
They're Off
30
Danny Dew Walking Through a String of Beads 1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
131
Carl Waring Jones Divination with Marbles color is correctly named
 		1938
Greater Magic
893
Ellis Stanyon The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls part 12, including
- The Travelling Sugar
- Four Paper Balls and Plates
- The Walnut Shells and Pea
- Thimble Rigging
- Chinese Marbles
 		July 1938
The Jinx (Issue 46)
314
Ellis Stanyon The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls part 13 (final), Hindoo Beans
 		Aug. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 47)
332
Franklin M. Chapman Tap-Tap marble vanishes from handkerchief
 		July 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Der Mysteriosen Perlen Ching Lung Soo's four pearl are placed inside nose, ear and eye and all end up in mouth
 		Feb. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 2)
2
Interlude with a Marble marble through table, it vanishes from handkerchief above table by secretly locking it in the fabric with a rubber band
Also published here
 Oct. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 5)
160
Silent Mora Traveling Marbles four different colored marbles travel from hat to hat
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
30
C. James Rainho Miracle Necklace cut and restored pearl necklace, in glass
 		1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue 1956 Yearbook 1956)
9
Jochen Zmeck Das Wunder der Perlenkette pearl necklace is cut and pearls put in tube one by one, necklace pulled out restored
 		1960
Das Jochen Zmeck Skriptum
18
Magische Tips tips on
  • Yoghurt-Becher (on using yoghurt cups instead of glasses(
  • Glasperlenspiel (pearls in glass chaos & order)
  • removing thumb, with thimble
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 4)
93
Ernst "Ernesto" Müllhaupt, Henk Vermeyden Das Perlenmirakel different colored pearls in two cubs are mixed together and separated by magic
 		1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
24
Raymond Hafler Color Mental three safety pins with colored beads, performer divines color behind back
 		June 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 8)
186
Silent Mora, Herbert Kaplan Silent Mora's Passe Trick four marbles travel from under one borrowed hat to another, see p. 206 for references
 		July 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 9)
195
Parker Swan The Great Jewel Robbery or "How to Stretch a Two Minute Trick Into a Twenty Minute Routine"
pearl necklace vanishes and reappears on display stand, lots of comedy props
 		1970
How to Force a Watermelon
7
Paul Maurer Streichholzschachteln und farbige Kugeln three matchboxes and three different colored balls, performer divines which color is in which box
 		1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 1)
1
Horace E. Bennett The Pearl routine with pearls, shell and a ring box, pearls travel, change color and grow
 		1975
Bennett's Best
5
Hank Lee, Philip T. Goldstein* Zorita picture of woman with crystal ball covered, then a marble is chosen from a bag and the crystal ball picture changed to match the color of the marble, then a bill with torn-off corner changes to newspaper and the bill is found behind the picture
 		1976
Hank Lee's First American Lecture
[4]
Punx Indisches Märchen pearl necklace is cut and restored, pearls travel to hand and necklace enlarge
 		1977
Setzt Euch zu meinen Füssen...
25
Romaine The Perplexing Persian Pearls
  • The Production
    - The 'Split' To Two
    - The Table Transposition
    - The Pocket Transposition
    - The Split To Three
    - First Three Ball Transposition
    - Second Three Ball Transposition
    - Hiding Them In The Sand
    - Finding Them In The Sand
    - The Fourth Dimension
    - Plucking From The Air, The Stroke
    - Eyes And Ears
    - The Gambling Game
 		1978
The Real Secrets of the Three-Ball Routines
45
Bill Wisch Transit Spheres - Plus four marbles travel from one hand to the other, one then changes into larger crystal ball
 		1979
Wisches
[11]
Don Tanner, Jean de Merry Perles cut and restored necklace, with bag
 		1981
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 2)
45
The Vanishing Marble marble through table, it vanishes from handkerchief above table by secretly locking it in the fabric with a rubber band
Also published here
 1981
The Magic of Jimmy Grippo
140
Milton Demosthenes' Marbles using mouth
 		Mar. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 3)
605
Al Mann Ideo-Motion moving objects based on ideomotor phenomenon
  • The key
  • The mystic door
  • The pen of Dr. Faust
  • The psychic marble
 		1982
Eff-Oes
14
Nelson Lyford Die Juwelen des Kaisers Wang Foo routine with pearls, wine glasses and change bag
 		Jan. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
153
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Toward 2000 Plus One! ten marbles inside box, one is selected and color is divined
 		Apr. 1985
Magick (Issue 350)
1749
Dick Piser, Jean de Merry Le Coin de Jean de Merry: Le Collier de Perles cut and restored pearl necklace
 		1985
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 46 No. 1)
26
Schusser impromptu magic items and gags with pearls
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
141
Eugene Burger A Magic Crystal transformation of a small object in the hands seated at a table
 		1989
The Experience of Magic
72
Stewart James Eyes of Sefalaljia color of marble is divined behind back
 		Dec. 1989
Magick (Issue 432)
2159
Jonathan Pendragon The Hand that Speaks eight white and 1 black marble, spectators choose one each unseen, a puppet hand finds out who has the black one
 		1990
Spectacle
149
John Carney The Thirteenth Victim bullets travel from hand to hand, presentation for marble trick
 		1991
Carneycopia
259
David Regal All Strung Out prediction effect with different colored pearls
 		Apr. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 4)
2053
Willy "Zolano" Kessler Zum Kugeln three balls formed from tin foil from cigarette packet, two placed inside ears and third one is thrown away, all end up in mouth, then balls vanish, sort of Claude Rix' pearl routine
 		1992
Seminar '92
5
Steve Draun Steve's Marbles manipulation Routine
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
140
Come-Back Bread Crumb two in hand, one away, it returns, repeat
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
64
Martin Gardner* Rising Marble marble rises to the top in rice-filled glass
Also published here
  • "Physics Teacher" (Sept. 1994)
 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
115
Paul Harris Collapsing Marble Myth large marble visibly shrinks and drops in bottle
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue 8 Conversations from the Edge)
315
Martin Gardner* The Rising Marble
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
dry rice with marble is shaken and marble rises, also with mix of small and large nails
 		Sep. 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 1)
75
Daniel Cros They called it Puppy Love... pearls change to figurine puppy
Related to
 Feb. 2004
MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 6)
46
Barrie Richardson Marble Memories marble distribution taken by spectators divined, clear change bag
Also published here
  • Vibrations, May 2004
Inspired by
 2005
Act Two
150
Doug Edwards Bead-azzled! two beads on string, one penetrates string and hand
 		2006
Brass Knuckles
179
Karl Fulves* Rising Sphere marble rises to top of rice-filled glass by shaking
 		2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
605
Jay Sankey Seer sock full of marbles, spectator removes one, color is divined, repeat
 		2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
685
Alexander de Cova Fünf kleine Perlen five little beads/pearls, taken in and out of mouth, vanish and reappearance
  • Die Problematik des Tricks
  • Der Grundgriff
  • Das Deponieren der Perlen im Mund
  • Das in die Faust geben der Perlen
  • Requisiten
  • Phase 1 - Das Konditionieren der Zuschauer
  • Phase 2 - Alle Perlen verschwinden
  • Phase 3 - Das Wiedererscheinen der Perlen
  • Phase 4 - Das einhändige Verschwinden
  • Phase 5 - Das einhändige Erscheinen der Perlen
  • Phase 6 - Die große Perle
 		2018
Burners — Vol. 6
257
Luis Zavaleta Elena's Candy Separation two types of candies are mixed in clear glasses and separated again, classic bead separation
 		Jan. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)
71