Shell Game

51 entries in Nut / Shell Game
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Lewis Ganson "The Walnut Shells and Pea"
  • 1. The Shells
  • 2. The Pea
  • 3. The Working Surface
  • 4. The "Basic" Move
    • (a) How to hold the shell (right hand)
    • (b) How to move a shell
    • (c) How to steal and replace the pea
  • 5. The "Kick" Steal
    • (a) The "Steal"
    • (b) The Replacement
  • 6. The Finger on the Shell
  • The Routine
  • Additional Sleights for the "Walnut Shells and Pea"
    • To steal the pea
    • The tea cup
    • Pic-a-back
    • The "Spread" (all three shells held between fingers of one hand)
 		1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
65
Theodore Annemann Three Card Monte Outdone with three aspirin boxes and one penny
Related to 1952
Annemann's Buried Treasures
7
Eddie Joseph Where is that Coin? three matchbox drawers and a coin, monte / shell game
 		1954
A Magician Goes to Dinner
26
Hans E. Trixer Routine with the Miniature Cups and Balls
1954
Routined Manipulation Finale
175
James G. Thompson Jr. Peas and Cues routine, several phases
Also published here 1956
Top Secrets of Magic
32
Dr. William Weyeneth Versuchskaninchen shell game using a small foam rabbit, idea
 		1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 1)
3
Harry Stanley, Lewis Ganson The Modern Shell Game
  • the shells
  • the pea
  • working surface
  • the basic move
  • the routine (with under glass finale)
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
100
Dr. William Weyeneth Schlussapotheose zum Nusschalentrick production of mini plastic babies as climax
 		1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
54
Wilf. Huggins Why Not? shell game with three thimbles
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
64
Dr. William Weyeneth Wo ist der Fünfer? shell game using three bottle caps and a coin, with magnet
 		1970
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 4)
63
David Lederman Thimbles & Pea cups and balls routine with thimbles and pea, sponge ball final loads
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
187
Tom Osborne Osborne's Three Shell Game Routine No. 426, more than two pages
  • Starting Routine
  • Routine Regular
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
116
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Push Back Steal within No. 426, spelled "Rush Back Steal"
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
118
Three Shell Game No. 429, three pages
  • Starting Routine
  • Regular Routine
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
120
Dr. Jacob Daley Three Shell Game No. 445, suggestion to use glass to cover a shell
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
127
George Schindler Introduction credit information
 		1974
All in a Nutshell
9
Frank Garcia The Shells
1974
All in a Nutshell
11
Frank Garcia The Pea and "The Working Surface"
 		1974
All in a Nutshell
11
Frank Garcia The Moves
  • Basic Move
  • Bluff Move
  • The Escobar Move
  • Swivel Move
  • Bust-Out Bluff
 		1974
All in a Nutshell
12
Frank Garcia Frank Garcia's Routine
Variations 1974
All in a Nutshell
20
Frank Garcia Extra Ideas
  • Ginsburg Push
  • Handkerchief Steal
 		1974
All in a Nutshell
74
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Tip zum Nussschalentrick stealing extra ball for phase where spectator can chose where it shall appear
 		1975
Joros Seminar
14
Patrick Page The Three Shell Game
  • general comments
  • The Steal
  • The Load
  • The Kick Steal
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
177
Three Shell Game
  • Required
  • The Basic Move
  • To Load Pea into Shell
  • A Typical Series of Moves
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
210
Three Shell Game
  • Move Number One - To Steal the Pea
  • Move Number Two - To Load the Pea
  • Move Number Three - To Show a Shell Empty
  • The Routine
 		1977
Close-up Cavalcade Finale
131
Juan Tamariz 4. Bolita Bajo Cascaras de Nuez -I- three shell game, ball changes color
 		1977
Magicolor
104
Juan Tamariz 5. Bolita Bajo Cascara de Nuez -II- three shell game, ball changes color
 		1977
Magicolor
105
Gary Ouellet Supershells four phases
 		1979
Supershells
4
The Steal classic steal
 		1979
Supershells
8
The Load
1979
Supershells
13
Gary Ouellet The Pinky Pinch
1979
Supershells
33
Gary Ouellet The Pinky Acquitment hand turned over to show empty shell while pea is hidden
 		1979
Supershells
36
Gary Ouellet The Sidesteal Sequence way to steal the pea
 		1979
Supershells
37
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm idea for color changing peas
 		Mar. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 3)
318
Karl Fulves Three-Shell Monte three different colored peas
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
61
James G. Thompson Jr. Das Nusschalenspiel
Also published here Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
142
Karrell Fox "Shell-Shock" sponge balls appear under shells as finale
 		1988
My Latest Book
40
Giovanni Livera Shell Shocked! routine with shot glass, white dice, small letter P
 		1992
Confessions of an Italian Magician
19
Sid Fleischman Adventures With the Three Shell Game
  • A Tip on the Pea
  • Mind Reading with Shell
  • Bottom Up
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
207
Karl Norman The Three Shell Game - Karl Normal Routine
1994
Close-Up File
183
Jerry Mentzer Easy Shell Game plastic cubes instead of shells
 		1994
Close-Up File
191
Karl Norman Three Shell Game four phases, climax with shotglass
 		1995
40 Years at the Forks
75
Jörg Alexander Weber Eine harte Nuss multi-phase routine with glass finale
Inspired by 1995
ZauberKunst
10
Die Technik basic steal
 		1995
ZauberKunst
12
Kurti Freitag Mein Nuss-Schalen Spiel mit Verschlusskappen Three Shell Game Routine
  • Stehlen (classic steal)
  • Laden (classic load)
  • Zusatzgriff 1 (additional steal)
  • Zusatzgriff 2 (additional load)
  • Ausweichgriffe
  • Königsgriff (Kurt Freitag)
  • Tipps
 		2000
Mein Nuss-Schalen Spiel mit Verschlusskappen
1
Marc DeSouza Shell-Act routine, with vanishing shot glass
 		2001
DeSouza's DeCeptions
135
Jack Avis Three Shell Game "Siva's Master Move"
with sticky tape
 		2006
Rara Avis
212
Alexander de Cova Das Hütchenspiel
  • Die Schalen
  • Die weiche Erbse
  • Die harte Erbse
  • Die Unterlage
  • Palmagepositionen
  • Der Pinch
  • Deep Pinch
  • Front Pinch
  • Der Transfer
  • Das Leerzeigen der Schalen
  • Backpinch
  • Der Escobar-Griff
  • Escobar Exquisit
  • Das Stehlen unter dem Glas
  • Das direkte Stehlen- Das "Zwei-Erbsen-Konzept"
  • Zur Routine
  • Scheinbares Stehlen
  • Die Finte mit dem Glas
  • Abschlusseffekte
  • Skarabäus
  • Literatur zum Hütchenspiel
 		2015
Burners — Vol. 3
68
Juan Villarejo El Trilero multi-phase routine, with a glass
 		2017
El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I
67
Alexander de Cova Finte beim Nussschalenspiel for phase with small glass over shell
 		2018
Burners — Vol. 6
60