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Reginald Scot Of private confederacie, and of Bandons pigeon on using stooges, for example for burnt and rediscovered cardRelated to The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XIII) 174
Unknown How to tell what card anie man thinketh, how to conveie the same into a kernell of a nut or cheristone, &c: and the same againe into ones pocket: how to make one drawe the same or anie card you list, and all under one devise card thought of is predicted on piece of paper in nut or button on spectator's coat, stooge, another person selects this card from deck, in optional repeat a nut with ink is cracked by some suckerRelated to The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXVIII) 190
Hocus Pocus Junior Conveyance of Cards and Dice mentioning card tricks and principles without details
- divided cards
- advantage dice by cutting off a strip
- "nipping" (punch?), corner crimp, dots		 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 51
Unknown To tell what Card you think on in the whole Pack. probability and rudimental form of fishing Breslaw's Last Legacy 63
Unknown La Carte Dansante (The dancing card) selection appears on the wall, goes left and right and up until the card vanishes and appears again, thread and duplicate La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 13
Unknown Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 1
Unknown La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 19
Unknown Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 39
Henri Decremps Tour du Piquet incompréhensible, nouvellement perfectionné. performer always has best five cards from chosen suit, spectator deals several hands, inspired by a routine in Guyot Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée 225
Unknown Fourth Method equivoque procedure Modern Magic 45
Unknown The Cards having been freely shuffled, and cut into three or four heaps, to name the top card of each heap Modern Magic 108
Unknown Eights as Sevens Modern Magic 49
Unknown The Inseparable Sevens Eights as Sevens, robbers Modern Magic 77
Unknown To make a Card vanish from the Pack, and be found in a Person's Pocket stuck to back of hand Modern Magic 46
Unknown Two Heaps of Cards, unequal in Number, being placed upon the Table, to predict beforehand which of the two the Company will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming) Modern Magic 103
Unknown To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and dividing the Pack into three heaps, to cause the Card thought of to appear in whichever heap the Company may choose Modern Magic 108
Professor Hoffmann Mode of Preparing specially adhesive Wax for Conjuring Purposes Modern Magic 118
Unknown To name any Number of Cards in succession without Seeing them cards named one by one with deck behind backs, two methods Modern Magic 70
Professor Hoffmann Concealing the Cause Modern Magic 69
Unknown To allow several Persons each to draw a Card, and the Pack having been Shuffled, to make another Card drawn haphazard Change successively into each of those first chosen Modern Magic 87
Unknown Third Method spectators remember cards and their positions Modern Magic 44
Unknown A Card having been withdrawn and replaced, to call it from the Pack, and to make it come to you of its own accord thread, tabled rising card from spread Modern Magic 117
Unknown The Rising Cards (La Houlette) "Several Cards having been drawn, returned, and Shuffled, to make them rise spontaneously from the Pack"
some variations in apparatus explained		 Modern Magic 125
Unknown To allow a Person to think of a Card, and to make that Card appear at such Number in the Pack as Another Person shall Name card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with that number, with variationRelated to Modern Magic 52
Unknown The Cards being Cut, to tell whether the Number Cut is Odd or Even Modern Magic 51
Unknown The Whist Trick. To deal yourself all the Trumps all four hands contain all cards of a suit Modern Magic 51
Unknown Shuffling Deck with Key Card Modern Magic 65
Unknown Turning Cards End for End small packet Modern Magic 73
Unknown To Detect, without Confederacy, which of Four Cards has been Turned Round in your Absence one-way margins Modern Magic 57
Unknown To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained Modern Magic 50
Unknown The Whist Trick. Improved Method. "To deal yourself all the Trumps, the three other Players holding the usual mixed Hands" Modern Magic 119
Unknown The Long Card Modern Magic 60
Unknown Dribble Force Precursor using wide card Modern Magic 65
Unknown Changing Card-boxes, and Tricks performed with them Modern Magic 134
Unknown The Mechanical Card-box Modern Magic 137
Unknown The "Card and Bird" Box Modern Magic 138
Unknown The Card Tripod switching device Modern Magic 139
Unknown The Changing Card-Drawer Drawer Box for card tricks Modern Magic 347
Unknown The Fairy Star five cards put in pistol and shot on star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five points Modern Magic 454
Unknown To Distinguish the Court Cards by Touch preparing by "bending" edges slightly upwards with knife Modern Magic 69
Unknown To Guess, by the aid of a Passage of Poetry or Prose, such one of Sixteen Cards as, in the Performer's Absence, has been Touched or Selected by the Company verbal code Modern Magic 56
Unknown To Divide the Pack into several Packets on the Table, allowing the Company to stop you at any Moment, and to cause the Top Card of the Heap last made to Change into the Chosen Card wide card as key card Modern Magic 65
Unknown A Card having been Chosen and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to Produce the Chosen Card instantly in various ways long card or stripper deck, see following tricks Modern Magic 62
Unknown To Let all the Cards fall, save the One Chosen long card or stripper deck Modern Magic 62
Unknown To Change a Card drawn haphazard to the Chosen Card long card or stripper Modern Magic 63
Unknown The Jumping Cards "Two or three Cards having been drawn, returned, and shuffled, to make them jump out of the Pack"
using prop box		 Modern Magic 130
Unknown The Changing Ladle on a stick, to change flat objects, as card burning, paper switch or Q&A deviceRelated to Modern Magic 358
Unknown The Card Bouquet six cards are shot on a fake flower bouquet, they appear around the bouquet, optionally they change into 6 other selections, mechanical Modern Magic 457
Unknown The Demon's Head papier maché head rolls eyes and moves mouth, deck put in mouth, chosen cards fly out of mouth and appear between hornsRelated to Modern Magic 458
Unknown Black Backed Card Tricks with Cards 152
Unknown Billet Index Tricks with Cards 232
Unknown Equivoque one out of four Tricks with Cards 112
Unknown Eights as Sevens show fan of Eights as Sevens Tricks with Cards 92
Unknown Two Heaps of Cards having been placed upon the Table, to Predict with Certainty which Heap a Spectator will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming) Tricks with Cards 79
Unknown Everybody's Card Tricks with Cards 120
Unknown The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead Tricks with Cards 127
Professor Hoffmann Card tricks with Apparatus, or requiring Special Cards introduction Tricks with Cards 136
Professor Alberti Alberti's Rising Cards hair and wax Tricks with Cards 121
Professor Hoffmann Deck Pull Tricks with Cards 199
Professor Hoffmann Card Tricks without Apparatus, and chiefly dependent upon Sleight of Hand - Advice to the Neophyte
- The Conjurer's "Patter"		 Tricks with Cards 99
Unknown The Rising Cards (La Houlette) various thread methods (including "Sand Riser"), routine and pseudo-mistakes Tricks with Cards 211
Unknown Odd-Even Divination performer knows whether cut-off number is odd or even Tricks with Cards 77
Unknown The Pack being divided into two Heaps on the Table and a Card taken from each Heap and placed in the other: to discover such Cards two methods (odd/even or bridge) Tricks with Cards 81
Unknown Shuffling with Key Card "very small risk of the two cards being parted" Tricks with Cards 41
Unknown Reversing the Selection stripper deck, two methods Tricks with Cards 40
Unknown Fifth Method nailnick Tricks with Cards 70
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile Tricks with Cards 60
Unknown The "Alternate Card" Trick cards coming out in order via down-under-deal, thirteen-card and 32-card version Tricks with Cards 72
Unknown To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained Tricks with Cards 76
Unknown The Whist Trick dealing four hands, one contains winning suit and others are either mixed or also sorted in suits Tricks with Cards 78
Charlier The Charlier System punch marked deck Tricks with Cards 55
Unknown Tricks with Long Cards simple location of a card, either by using long card as key or by forcing long card Tricks with Cards 41
Unknown Long or Wide Cards Tricks with Cards 38
Unknown with the aid of a wide card - Third Method
wide card as key card		 Tricks with Cards 69
Unknown The Card Table round small tray Tricks with Cards 158
Eugene Bosco The Sand Frame Tricks with Cards 171
Unknown The Magic Star and Cabalistic Pointer six cards in star configuration, an arrow pivots and stops at selections Tricks with Cards 201
Unknown The Cabalistic Star five cards appear on points of star apparatus Tricks with Cards 210
Unknown The Crystal Houlette requiring prepared wand Tricks with Cards 219
Bland The Wonderful Fan and Enchanted Card card is shot on lady's fan with pistol, fan opens and card appears on it Tricks with Cards 223
Unknown Card Stamp Tricks with Cards 226
Unknown The Cascade of Cards card fountain with or without special apparatus Tricks with Cards 228
Unknown The Crystal Frame "For the Production of a Card" Tricks with Cards 237
Unknown The Black Velvet Frame "For the Production of a Card" Tricks with Cards 238
Unknown The Card in the Candle card appears on top of candle Tricks with Cards 239
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stackAlso published here Tricks with Cards 95
Unknown The "Spelling" Trick spelling every value in a thirteen-card packet Tricks with Cards 75
Unknown Four-of-a-kinds deck is dealt in thirteen piles, value named, one pile is removed that consists of all those cards Tricks with Cards 78
Unknown Card comes to Top/Bottom on hand or with paper-wrapped deck, long card Tricks with Cards 42
Unknown The Pocket-picking Trick selection extracted by feel from deck in spectator's pocket, stripper or long card or ungaffed Tricks with Cards 45
Unknown To pick out a Chosen Card under a Handkerchief long card, stripper or ungaffed Tricks with Cards 97
Unknown Card-Boxes No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4: "Card-and-Bird" Box
No. 5
No. 6: Bland's Brass Card-box
No. 7: The Card-Drawer
No. 8: The Double Card-Drawer		 Tricks with Cards 151
Unknown Jumping Cards "To Make Selected Cards Jump out of the Pack"
king of mechanical houlette		 Tricks with Cards 168
Professor Field Professor Field's Card Frame pieces shot with pistol on the frame Tricks with Cards 172
Unknown The China Plate and Flying Cards deck laid on plate, selections fly out horizontallyRelated to Tricks with Cards 185
Bland The Card-Catching Plate four cards appear attached to rim of plate when deck is thrown at it Tricks with Cards 187
Unknown The Fairy Star five cards lost and found, then teared up and put in pistol and shot on star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five points Tricks with Cards 206
Unknown, Bland The Card Bouquet five cards are destroyed and shot on a fake flower bouquet, they appear around the bouquet, some reverse and one has a corner missing which is visibly restored, very mechanical apparatus Tricks with Cards 241
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked Tricks with Cards 63
Unknown The new Watch and Card Target pistol shot on target, where card appears minus corner, then corner as well, watch appears there tooInspired by More Magic 403
Unknown Card from Changing Card-box to Deck two cards chosen and put in box, apparently named one travels back to deck More Magic 123
Unknown To Name Cards without Seeing them More Magic 30
Professor Alberti The Rising Cards - Alberti's Method thread attached during routine, free selection More Magic 91
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs' Method metal houlette on top of bottle More Magic 93
Prof. Duprez Ribbon Rising Cards glass houlette suspended on ribbons More Magic 95
Unknown The Walking Card named card moves from spread out cards on table More Magic 126
Professor Hoffmann Card-Vanisher pull with clip More Magic 133
Unknown French Card-Vanisher pull with clip More Magic 137
Buatier de Kolta de Kolta Rising Cards brief, for correction see referenceRelated to More Magic 94
Unknown Fifth Method nailnick as selection is replaced underneath fan More Magic 22
Unknown The "Alternate Card" Trick with a Complete Pack apparently mixed deck comes out in order via down-under deal More Magic 42
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile More Magic 69
Charlier The Charlier System of Card-Marking punch marked deck More Magic 66
Unknown New Numerical Trick with Cards three heaps formed while performer is blindfolded according to some mathematical instructions, performer in the end know amount of cards in center pile More Magic 25
Unknown The Cabalistic Star for the Production of Cards six cards appear on points of star apparatus More Magic 107
Professor Hoffmann Introducing a Stacked Deck More Magic 74
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stackVariationsAlso published here More Magic 27
Unknown The "Alternate Card" Trick thirteen-card packet comes out in order via down-under deal More Magic 31
Charlier Reading the Cards More Magic 68
Unknown Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck More Magic 81
Unknown To name the Article taken by each of Four Persons four objects pocketed while performer is out of room, but linked to four memorized punch-marked cards More Magic 87
Unknown The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code More Magic 242
Professor Field, Unknown Frames of various kinds of Producing Cards - Field's Card-Frame
- The French Card-Frame
- The Sand Frame (attr. to "the elder Bosco")
- The Velvet Frame and Artist's Easel
- The Crystal Frame		 More Magic 98
Unknown The Black Cloth Target. Another Magic Pistol nine shuffled cards stuck to board covered with black cloth, performer shoots on board and hits selection More Magic 111
Unknown The Improved Card Drawer "To produce Two Cards in succession from an Empty Drawer", with routine suggestions, including having the spectator decide whether the two selections should appear in the box face-to-face or back-two-back More Magic 118
Unknown A New Changing Card-box, an Tricks therewith More Magic 121
Unknown The "Spelling" Trick from thirteen-card packet every value from Ace to King is spelled out More Magic 31
Unknown Practical Illustrations - top cards named after cut
- spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted		 More Magic 75
Unknown Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position More Magic 79
Unknown Das Durchdringen der Stoffe No. 4, card in envelope put underneath top hat, card is pulled out of top hat visibly, envelope empty Der Kartenkünstler 90
Unknown Die verschwundene und wiedergefundene Karte card is burned or vanishes, it reappears gradually as it is pulled out of the bottom of a hat, using a foldable card with black cloth back Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 11) 169
Unknown Der magische Tastsinn No. 36, deck put in pocket, any card called for removed Der Kartenkünstler 43
Unknown Das glückliche Wiederfinden No. 41, card vanishes from envelope and reappears in cigar, card either forced or freely chosen with cigar index Der Kartenkünstler 49
Unknown Das Vorherbestimmen menschlicher Gedanken No. 6, spectator choses one of two piles, selection is predicted with "eight", one pile contains Eights, the other eight cards Der Kartenkünstler 8
Unknown Die Macht des Zauberstabes No. 44, four packets cut by performer, he names top cards of all piles Der Kartenkünstler 52
Unknown Das verwandelte As No. 5, black Aces and Ace of Diamonds shown, those three cards given to spectator, Diamonds changed to Hearts, pip covered by black Aces so Ace of Hearts poses as Diamonds, Ace appears to be in the center which makes covering unclearRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 7
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die unsichtbare Reise - Second Method without duplicate, Seven/Eight of Diamonds as pseudo duplicates Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3) 40
Unknown Mit verbundenen Augen sämtliche Karten eines Spieles zu nennen No. 33, blindfolded, cards held to forehead are named Der Kartenkünstler 39
Unknown Erklärungen zu den vorstehenden Kunststücken explanations to all fifteen tricks Der Kartenkünstler 108
Carl Willmann Die Kartenschule "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
more comments on writing a card college
- Zur Einleitung		 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8) 113
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenschule introduction to start of a card college series Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1) 2
Unknown Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 24, card rises out of deck in glass Der Kartenkünstler 30
Unknown Der Zauberwurf No. 26, deck thrown in deck, cards remain together until deck hits floor Der Kartenkünstler 32
Unknown Die wandernde Karte No. 46, card moves around on table and follows performer Der Kartenkünstler 55
Unknown Gerade oder Ungerade No. 3, packet of cards is counted as an odd or even number, depending on what the spectator wishes, two cards stuck together with "weak rubber solution, soap or onion juice" Der Kartenkünstler 5
Unknown Eine gezogene Karte zu verwandeln No. 38, selection put on top, another card is on top when checked again after putting hand on top of deck, sticky hand Der Kartenkünstler 45
Unknown Der Kunstschütze Eine Kartensoirée No. 3
card held by spectator is shot at, a hole appears in its middle		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2) 22
Carl Willmann Die Kartenschule "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
introduction to Willmann's plan to write a card college in the magazine and comments on card magic		 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 7) 98
Unknown Einen Thaler durch ein Kartenspiel wandern zu lassen No. 7, deck placed on glass, coin dropped on top appears in glass, assistant pulls off bottom card which is at a thread Der Kartenkünstler 9
Unknown Die gehorsamen Karten No. 23, three selections jump out of deck held in one hand one by one into other hand, thread across stage Der Kartenkünstler 28
Unknown Ein ganzes Kartenspiel in freier Hand verschwinden zu lassen No. 50, deck cut in half with pivot point on pull, fan looks like normal deck, thread into sleeve Der Kartenkünstler 59
Unknown Der Kartensteiger auf dem Rücken einer Person No. 1, deck attached to back of spectator, three cards rise out of it one by one, dealer's item by C. L. Wüst from FrankfurtRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 86
Unknown Die Karte als Luftkönigin No. 10, card floats out of deck, across stage, into glass, and back, everything is then examined Der Kartenkünstler 99
Unknown Die gehorsamen Karten two or three cards selected and lost, one by one they rise out of deck and float into other hand, solo version Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1) 7
Unknown Die magische Sehkraft No. 18, a picture card is turned around, performer knows with one Der Kartenkünstler 23
Unknown Erklärung zum Vertauschen eines Kartenspiels a. Mit Servante (deck switch with chair servante)
b. Ohne Servante (using holder under vest)		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1) 8
Unknown Eine gezogene Karte aufzufinden No. 29, key card palmed onto selection Der Kartenkünstler 34
Unknown Wide Cards Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 5) 78
H. F. C. Suhr Zweiter Teil - Kartenkunststücke mit mechanischen Apparaten - Vorbemerkung
chapter intro		 Der Kartenkünstler 61
Unknown Der bezauberte Rosenstock No. 1, card appears at top of rose plant Der Kartenkünstler 63
Unknown Der Kartenleuchter No. 3, flame of candle changes into selection Der Kartenkünstler 66
Unknown Das Kartenkästchen No. 8, card box with second bottomRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 74
Unknown Der Teufelskopf Eine Kartensoirée No. 4
patter introduction to effect		Related to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2) 23
Unknown Die Kartenlaterne Eine Kartensoirée No. 6
card appears in lantern		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3) 41
Unknown Delayed Stack Use starting with a trick that does not change order Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 5) 76
Unknown Sämtliche Bilderkarten eines Spieles mit verbundenen Augen aufzufinden No. 35, all picture cards found blindfolded Der Kartenkünstler 42
Unknown Non plus ultra No. 49, spectator removes three cards from new deck and places them under handkerchief, performer touches cards through handkerchief, they are replaced and found, punched through handkerchief Der Kartenkünstler 58
Unknown Non plus ultra Eine Kartensoirée No. 7
four cards chosen, placed under handkerchief, then shuffled into deck, found by performer, cards punched on the fly with needle attached to ring		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3) 42
Unknown Das Hellsehen No. 17, one of three cards chosen, performer divines, assistant codes with position of cigarette in mouth Der Kartenkünstler 22
Unknown Gedankenübertragung - 1. Methode - 1. Experiment mit Karten medium on chair divines selected cards, marked and coded by performer in way he holds the card Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3) 39
Unknown Der Kartendegen Eine Kartensoirée No. 2
four cards selected and shuffled back by spectator, stabbed at once from card shower		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2) 20
Unknown Grande clairvoyance mystèrieuse two decks, two chosen cards match, decks marked, one in new deck order, second method with Mexican Turnover, third method in which one card is secretly transferred to the other deck at the beginningRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4) 60
Unknown Der Kartenstern No. 4, five cards selected, deck thrown towards star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five pointsRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 67
Unknown Die Kartenlaterne No. 5, card appears in lanternRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 69
Unknown Der Teufelskopf No. 6, devil's head mask on which four cards appear, fourth one comes out of mouthRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 70
Unknown Die Kartenpresse No. 7, money press for cardsRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 72
Unknown Die materialisierte Geisterhand No. 9, doll hand pulls selected cards out of deckRelated to Der Kartenkünstler 75
Unknown Der Teufelskopf continuation of description, four cards selected and two borrowed ring put in glass and covered with handkerchief, cards vanish from deck and glass with rings vanishes, cards and rings appear on devil head puppet apparatusRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3) 37
Unknown Das Vorherbestimmen mehrerer gewählten Karten deck dealt into four piles, one chosen, all cards in this pile are predicted Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 5) 76
Unknown Die neue Eckkarte corner torn off, thrown back and it visibly restoresRelated toAlso published here Der moderne Kartenkünstler 138
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Reise durch den Cylinderhut card penetrates top hatRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 162
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster In fremder Hand verschwindende Karten cards disappear into tray Der moderne Kartenkünstler 181
Unknown Die Eckkarten second method, corner torn off, thrown back and it visibly restoresAlso published here Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12) 177
Unknown Der Gedächtniskünstler card taken out, spectator reads off remaining cards, performer names missing card, clocking mod 10 but with only thirty-two cardsVariations Der moderne Kartenkünstler 100
Unknown Das mysteriöse Couvert card in nest of envelopes, free choice with envelope index Der moderne Kartenkünstler 49
Unknown Das Sortier-Etui Related to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 178
Unknown Kunststück à la Cumberland three cards removed by spectators and placed in handkerchief, predicted on three billets in goblet, they travel back into deck, billet index Der moderne Kartenkünstler 61
Unknown Das Mädchen für Alles in Gestalt eines Kartenspieles combination of effects from book
1. Die magische Sehkraft
2. Die Kartenwage
3. performer repeatedly names card where spectator cuts to
4. Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen
5. Das Sortier-Etui (removing named cards from pocket)
6. Das unsichtbare, geheimnisvolle Uhrwerk
7. performer can always cut at a King (four Kings crimped)		 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 85
Unknown Vingt-un Twenty-One Card Trick, but card is at the end palmed out and an envelope with a duplicate from an envelope index presented Der moderne Kartenkünstler 97
Unknown Eine Imitation Related to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 219
Unknown Der Zuschauer als Karten-Kommandant card shuffled back by spectator, yet it appears on topRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 224
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Verschwinden einer gezogenen Karte in ein zehnfach verschlossenes Couvert card to envelope, freely chosen card an card-in-envelope indexRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 225
Unknown Experto credite! named card is missing from new and sealed deck, with risky psychological force, out with card index and deck switch Der moderne Kartenkünstler 230
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Verschwinden einer gezogenen Karte in ein zehnfach verschlossenes Couvert card to envelope, freely chosen card an card-in-envelope indexRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 99
Unknown Das Wiederfinden zweier Karten matrix-layout, magician's choice of two cardsRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Prof. Hofzinser's Geheimnis "Die isolierte Karte", spectator locates card via matrix-layout of deck on table and magician's choiceRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 51
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Gezwungene Wahl magician's choice from 32 cards and layout on tableRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 121
Unknown Nennen zweier Karten deck cut in two piles, performer names top two cards Der moderne Kartenkünstler 43
Unknown Das magische Trio one card palmed from the start Der moderne Kartenkünstler 107
Unknown Moisture Palm card clings to hand when pressed on top of tabled deck Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8) 115
Unknown Der Kartenseher face cards of deck named one after the other, finger ring as shiner Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10) 147
Unknown Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen deck behind back, performer names one card after the other, two handlings Der moderne Kartenkünstler 42
Unknown Das desertierte und wiedereingefangene Ass four Aces shown and lost in deck by spectator, one Ace disappears and travels to spectator's pocket, Diamond spot card masks as Ace with other pips covered by other AcesRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 23
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Karten-Changements two cards underneath separate hats or plates transpose, three methods:
I. duplicate
II. pseudo duplicate by covering a pip (Conradi-Horster)
III. double facers		 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 45
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Verwandlung der vier Point-Acht-Karten four spectators each take a card, they're the Eights, those then change to Sevens and the Eights are back in the deck, impromptu double-endersRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 54
Unknown Der Bube als "enfant terrible" four cards selected, they're the Eights, Eights held by spectator, four other cards placed on table, Eights returned into deck, cards on table turn out to be three Eights and a Jack, jack transformed into missing Eight and four Jacks produced from pocketRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 84
Unknown Die magische Sehkraft cards given to blindfolded performer are named by him Der moderne Kartenkünstler 36
Unknown Die magische Sehkraft performer blindfolded, spectators hand him cards which he holds to his forehead and divines, palmed mirror Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5) 73
Unknown Die von drei Personen gedachten Karten erraten zu können three spectators each think of one of three cards, performer divines them Der moderne Kartenkünstler 48
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Kartenturm severals cards placed upright on table to tower/house Der moderne Kartenkünstler 76
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Conradi's Kartenwanderung red cards folded into paper and sealed, card from black half chosen, travels into red halfRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 32
Unknown Abrakadabra deck thrown in air and selection caught on plateRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 228
Unknown Der Karten-Jongleur card balances on hat or elsewhere, threadRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 71
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster The Flying Card card thrown in air comes back, on thread tied to ceilingRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 73
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die thatsächlich verschwindende Karte card pull into sleeve Der moderne Kartenkünstler 183
Unknown Einfacher Kartensteiger deck shell Der moderne Kartenkünstler 207
Unknown Der Kartensteiger im Glase Related to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 208
Unknown Mysteriöses Kartensteigen cards rise out of deck and float in airRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 211
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenmagneta two selections, deck in a glass, one selection rises out of deck and floats to other glass and in midair changes to second selectionRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 213
Carl L. Curiel Der Kartenfang in der Luft thread attachment into sleeve, also for production of other items Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 41
Unknown Vertauschen eines Kartenspieles vermittelst Klammer deck switch using holder at body Der moderne Kartenkünstler 177
Carl Willmann Willmann's Kartenklammer further designs for deck holders that can be attached to a table or chair, and a holder for body loading, deck vanish via pullRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 42
Dr. Arnfeld Die verschwindende Karte card vanishes from deck, spectator pushes card into clip in deck which is pulled out Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 12) 181
Unknown Das Wiederfinden der Karten two cards are lost and found, divided deck, either red-black or odd-even Der moderne Kartenkünstler 103
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Card Turnover deck on a tray to achieve reversed replacement Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 100
Unknown Amerikanische Methode nail nick Der moderne Kartenkünstler 131
Unknown Natürliche Methode observing irregularities in back design Der moderne Kartenkünstler 132
Unknown Card Punch on Pull in sleeve Der moderne Kartenkünstler 34
Unknown Deutsche Methode punch mark Der moderne Kartenkünstler 130
Unknown Das mathematische Mischen deck shuffled by a (real) controlled Charlier Shuffle type procedure, with tables how the order changes, 32 or 52 cards Der moderne Kartenkünstler 113
Unknown Das mathematische Mischen - 4. fourth application, deck "shuffled" two times, then card at any position named Der moderne Kartenkünstler 120
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster On Memorized Deck & Applying Controlled Shuffle using the controlled shuffle to set-up for "Die künstliche Reihenfolge"Related to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 120
Carl Willmann Karten-Servante servante on table or behind chair Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 10
Unknown Karten-Experimente coding cards Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 6
Unknown Die rätselhafte Harmonie spectator choses same card as other spectator, key card Der moderne Kartenkünstler 102
Unknown Eine Karte am Geruch erkennen locating a card because of its smell, key card Der moderne Kartenkünstler 102
Unknown Noli me tangere several cards on table, spectators turn cards end for end and performer identifies which ones, one-way punch mark Der moderne Kartenkünstler 36
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Apparate und sonstige Hilfsmittel zur Vorführung von Kartenkunststücken chapter intro for chapter five Der moderne Kartenkünstler 175
Unknown Der Kartenleuchter card appears in flame of candle Der moderne Kartenkünstler 187
Unknown Die Blumenvase flower bouquet, card appear on it Der moderne Kartenkünstler 193
Unknown Der grosse Kartenrahmen in frame appear cards, plate, rings, ... Der moderne Kartenkünstler 195
Unknown Mysteriöses Glaskästchen card appears in transparent glass case Der moderne Kartenkünstler 200
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenwage performer names number of cards in cut-off pile, with patter Der moderne Kartenkünstler 87
Carl Willmann Zum Geheimnis der Falschspieler about naturally marked cardsRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 6) 93
Unknown Könige, Damen und Buben picture cards shuffled and placed underneath handkerchief, performer produces all kings, queens and jacks without looking, two methodsRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 34
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Non plus ultra several cards chosen, placed under handkerchief, then shuffled into deck, found by performer, cards punched on the fly Der moderne Kartenkünstler 35
Unknown Die geheimnisvollen Würfel - two dice thrown and sum counted to repeatedly until deck is divided in two halves, they're separated in red and black
- red and black separation by performer without dice but crimp or punch instead		 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 110
Carl Willmann Willmann's Kartenklammer card holder at table edge or behind prop, for switching deckRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2) 25
Unknown Der Gedächtniskünstler im Salon continuation of explanation, verbal code methodRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 104
Unknown Zur Tachypsychographie oder Hellsehen by "C. K. from Hannover", placement on table cloth codes card to assistant, code of silence, also other objects like coins possibleRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10) 153
Unknown Kartenspiel und Würfel card chosen and lost, six piles made by performer, spectator throws die and the number indicates the pile with the selection
- 1. Ausführung (six banks of the same six cards each, separated by wide cards)
- 2. Ausführung (ungaffed)		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 5) 67
Unknown Der allwissende Künstler "by H. Sch., Dresden", deck laid out on table, performer can find any named card from the back, switched for stacked deck Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 4) 60
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Neueste Methode, Karte zu erraten Stebbins type stack with 32 cards Der moderne Kartenkünstler 92
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Des indischen Marabuts Sehergabe three numbers named and cards counted to, numbers and cards predicted, prepared envelope, faced deckRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 57
Unknown Das Kartenkästchen card box with second bottomRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 179
Unknown Amerikanischer Kartenrahmen sand frameRelated toAlso published here Der moderne Kartenkünstler 180
Unknown Die Diogenes-Laterne card appears in small lanternRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 189
Unknown Der Teufelskopf devil's head mask on which cards appearRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 190
Unknown Der Kartenstern five cards appear at end of star apparatusVariations Der moderne Kartenkünstler 191
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Kobold in der Flasche card jumps out of bottle Der moderne Kartenkünstler 199
Unknown Das bezauberte Karten-Foulard deck placed on (gaffed) plate, selections shoot out of deck (really plate)Related to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 202
Unknown Die Kartenpresse money press for cardsRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 202
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das fliegende Kartenhäuschen ohne Bedeckung card house built out of seven chosen card, it vanishes from one tray and reappears on another Der moderne Kartenkünstler 203
Unknown Der Kartenrahmen cards appear on sheet of framed glass Der moderne Kartenkünstler 220
Unknown Der amerikanische Kartenrahmen sand frameAlso published here Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 8) 114
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann, Carl Willmann Röntgenstrahlen-Phantasien image of card appears on white cardboard in card case prop, set-up with three stands and x-ray patter, also an image of spectator's hand appears as x-ray on white cardboard, more variations Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 4) 57
Unknown Das Verwandlungsbuch using a book to switch cards or flat things, card case prop alternative Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 4) 62
Unknown Das Kartenbild burned card shot onto framed glass with pistol, card appears on glass Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 6) 91
Unknown Die künstliche Reihenfolge der Karten simple cyclical stack, divination of chosen card Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 97
Unknown Gerade oder ungerade performer knows if cut-off pile has odd or even number of cards, red-black alternating Der moderne Kartenkünstler 89
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Prädestinationsgabe two decks, spectator remembers one and its position in one deck, then he counts down in second deck from position to previously predicted number, selection is thereRelated toAlso published here Der moderne Kartenkünstler 111
Unknown Das Umzählen on the reverse counting of decks and packetsVariations Der moderne Kartenkünstler 124
Unknown Die Unzertrennlichen deck shown mixed and taken under a handkerchief, performer brings out all fours-of-a-kind one after the other, two methods (stacked stripper deck, deck switch) Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 6) 83
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Prädestinationsgabe two decks, spectator remembers one and its position in one deck, then he counts down in second deck from position to previously predicted number, selection is thereAlso published here Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 11) 161
Unknown Die künstliche Reihenfolge deck dealt out with down-under deal in new deck order as climax to card performance, for 32 or 52 cardsRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 108
Unknown Newspaper-Covered Cards back covered with newspaper to hide them on a newspaper New Era Card Tricks 80
Unknown The Improved Torn Corner Card torn corner visibly reappears, can be examinedRelated to New Era Card Tricks 241
Unknown The Card Receptacle Related to New Era Card Tricks 63
Unknown The Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket New Era Card Tricks 65
Unknown The Appearance of Desired Cards top card of shuffled deck changes into any named cardRelated to New Era Card Tricks 64
Unknown The Improved Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket, featuring detachable inside pocket, also with selections and no card index New Era Card Tricks 66
Unknown The Obedient Card Related to New Era Card Tricks 111
Unknown Festina lente spectator remembers card and its position, performer tables a card which changes into the selection, originally tabled card taken from envelope, patter by Conradi Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1) 11
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Magisches Fin de siècle one of six colors, coin, domino brick and playing card are chosen, all things predicted in envelope, mix of forces and indexes Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 4) 50
Unknown Mnemonics Applied to Cards deck really remembered New Era Card Tricks 177
Unknown Multiple Out Envelope four outs New Era Card Tricks 135
Carl Willmann Card Clip to mark a Position small metal clip attached to a card to make a key card, "impromptu" long card Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 8) 117
Unknown Die Abhebe-Karten bridging both halves in opposite direction Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 12) 181
Unknown Nine as Ace pseudo duplicate New Era Card Tricks 134
Unknown Singular Transposition two cards travel from middle to bottom, two methods (pseudo duplicate pairs) New Era Card Tricks 182
Unknown Die natürliche Gedächtniskunst - das Spielkarten-Kunststück mnemonics for playing cards, thirty-two cards memorized by performerRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 9) 138
Francis King Der Kartenkünstler als Mnemotechniker apparently thirty-two-card deck memorized, position named by spectator and performer names card, three key cards memorized throughout deck and the closest one brought to correct position with passRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 7) 100
Unknown Die gehorsamen Asse Aces put in center, spectator choses how many Aces should appear on top and bottom, Conus Aces gag sequence, four Aces under spectator's hand transpose with four other cards, deck changes into all-Aces Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 11) 164
Francis King Der Kartenfang deck put on plate and tossed in the air, selection caught with plate Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5) 78
August Roterberg On Display of Skill New Era Card Tricks 31
Unknown The Hypnotised Card deck cuts itself at chosen card on table, hair New Era Card Tricks 68
Unknown The Card Caught on the Plate deck thrown in air, card sticks to plateRelated to New Era Card Tricks 72
Unknown The Card and Handkerchief card visibly appears attached to handkerchief New Era Card Tricks 89
Unknown The Card, Ribbon and Envelope selection in deck, other selection pierced an threaded on ribbon, ribbon-card changes to first selection, second selection travels to envelop New Era Card Tricks 106
Unknown Der Ringzieher "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
reel, vanishing a finger ring, vanishing a card		 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 97
Francis King Die Karte im Glase card thought of and card chosen and lost, they are the same, it travels into a handkerchief-covered glass Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2) 21
Unknown The Queen of the Air card rises from pack and floats to glass goblet on other side of stage, transforms in midairRelated to New Era Card Tricks 69
Unknown The Terpsichorean Card card stands upright on table, then even dances to music New Era Card Tricks 92
Unknown The Balanced Card on hat, threadRelated to New Era Card Tricks 146
Unknown The Cards and Mirror deck thrown on mirror, three selections stick to it New Era Card Tricks 171
Unknown The Flying and Obedient Card wide distance boomerang card, threadRelated to New Era Card Tricks 194
Unknown The Cards Rising Through The Air selected cards rise from pack and float into performer's handRelated to New Era Card Tricks 205
Unknown The Rising Cards and Tumbler solo or with assistantRelated to New Era Card Tricks 209
Unknown The Hand of Cagliostro model of hand used in rising card presentationVariations New Era Card Tricks 217
Unknown Edge Marked Locator New Era Card Tricks 75
Unknown Die mysteriöse Geisterhand wax puppet hand pulls cards out of deck à la rising cardsRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6) 88
Unknown Mystic Divination pile of card selected and pocketed by spectator, cards are divined by performer New Era Card Tricks 191
Unknown I. Methode spectator says stop during deal and remembers the card, key card location Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10) 150
Unknown Undoing Riffle Shuffle with Stripper New Era Card Tricks 55
Unknown The Demon Envelope seven cards predicted in nesting envelopes New Era Card Tricks 100
Unknown Thought Foretold deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted New Era Card Tricks 135