Cup

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tony Cole A Three Cup Routine with sponge balls, billiard ball loads
 		Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
138
Charlie Miller Cups and Balls tips, ideas and theory
 		1967
Charlie Miller Lecture Notes
9
Marconick Cups of Plenty silks produced from two cups
 		1967
Original Magic
50
Marconick Cups from Tubes four cups are produced from two tubes
 		1967
Original Magic
56
Marconick Production of Cups from a Scarf
1967
Original Magic
80
Al Koran Note Under Cup bill put under one of three cups, performer knows which one
Inspired byVariations 1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
127
Arthur Setterington Joe Smith - Hypnotist paper ball travels from pocket to under cup, the third time it changes color
 		1968
The Joe Smith Mysteries
6
Dan Tong Cup & Three Balls three phase routine, see p. 200 for reference
Related to Apr. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 6)
174
Alex Elmsley Cups & Balls salt production as finale, see also p. 206
Related to
  • suggestion by Jules Conway on p. 216
Also published here 		Sep. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 11)
203
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Move
Sep. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 11)
207
Roy Walton Ghost Cup addition for cup-through-cup sequence
 		Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
221
Bob Ostin The "One Cup, One Ball, One Move" Routine normal cup
Also published here 1968
Fingertip Fantasies
14
Paul Maurer Eine kleine 3-Becher Routine three magnetic cups, using heads of plastic baby dolls
 		1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
49
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen One Cup - Two Balls chop cup, two large balls as climax
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
130
David Berglas, Lewis Ganson, Ralph W. Hull The Master Move For 'The Homing Ball' moves for ball and cone
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
182
David Berglas, Alex Elmsley The Cups and Balls billiard balls as final loads
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
192
Edward G. Brown A Routine for the Cups & Balls
Related to Apr. 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 6)
251
Edward G. Brown Cups & Balls part 2, see p. 265 for further references
Related to May 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 7)
259
Kirk Stiles Cop Out one-cup routine performed on left hand, using silk and second cup
 		Sep. 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 11)
279
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Cups And Balls using servante, actually page 298A
 		Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
298
Bounce Steal card thrown under cup stolen, actually page 298A
 		Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
298
Reverse Spin Steal actually page 298A
 		Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
298
Eddie Joseph Bewildering Buttons routine with buttons and plastic cups and magnet gimmick at finger (impromptu chop cup style)
  • Downward Penetration
  • Upward Penetration
  • Direct Penetration
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
179
Aaron Black Black's Magnetic Cup Routine with three balls and one cup, three final sponge ball loads
Related to 1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
169
Dai Vernon Cups and Balls Routine
1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
3
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
18
Bob Zraick Zraick's Chop Cup Move
1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
79
Frank Pongrac Tips various ideas
  • Snkae Drawer Box
  • Blooming Stooge, German Sealed Milk Glass & Baker Shaker combination
  • Multiplying Billiard Balls & Cups and Balls combination
  • idea for Allerton's Aspirin Box
Inspired by 1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
137
Peter Alexis Canterbury Cups with various sleights and loads
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)
359
Karl Fulves Visible Penetration ball through cup
 		Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)
362
Peter Alexis Cup & Ball Techniques
Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
367
Tipover Move loading move
 		Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
367
Peter Alexis Clip Steal ball stolen from top of cup as another cup is put onto it
 		Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
368
Peter Alexis Routine very short two-cup routine with final load
 		Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
368
Peter Alexis Delayed Lapping Move ball lapped from cup
 		Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
368
Galloping Post sequence with cups and ball
Related to
  • Modern Magic Manual (Jean Hugard)
 Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
369
Al Baker Cups & Balls routine via John Braun, H. Adrian Smith, Lou Tannen
eight phases
 		Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
381
Ger Copper Cups and Balls sponge balls
  • ball vanishes between two stacked cups
  • showing tabled cup empty despite a ball being underneath
  • dropping classic palmed ball into upright cup when reaching to wand
 		1970
Magic from Holland
4
Stewart Judah, John Braun Stewart Judah's Cups & Balls "An Article by John Braun"
 		Mar. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 5)
408
Sam Leo Horowitz Cups and Balls six phases, see also p. 476
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, September 1938
 Autumn 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)
454
Gene Nielsen Coffee to Go filled coffee cup through table under napkin
 		1971
Magick (Issue 17)
83
Steve Spillman 39c Routine chop cup with Oriental ceramic cup
 		1971
Magick (Issue 26)
128
Paul Swinford A Chop Cup Routine with small opaque glass as part of routine
Related to 1971
Lecture Notes
1
David Lederman Thimbles & Pea cups and balls routine with thimbles and pea, sponge ball final loads
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
187
Fred Kaps, Larry Jennings Combination. Larry Jenning's One Cup-Three Ball & Chop Cup Routine
Related to 1972
Fred Kaps Lecture
3
George Johnstone Coffee Float! floating coffee cup
 		1972
Magick (Issue 58)
288
Billy McComb Chop Cups for All using glass with paper cover and magnet secretly added
Inspired by
  • Jennings Chop Cup routine, Genii, Mar. 1965
 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
83
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Cups And Balls No. 210, "Small cloth ball routine"
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
51
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Cups And Balls No. 211, "Large paper ball routine"
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
51
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Cup And Ball Extra Move No. 261, ball penetrates cup and is then split into two (perhaps)
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
65
Cups And Balls Monte Effect No. 470, idea of using an odd-colored ball for monte effects
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
131
Cup And Ball Variation No. 484, routine of using egg cups, egg as final load
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
135
Cup And Ball Move No. 517, balls from hand to under cup
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
145
Dr. Jacob Daley Cup And Ball Final Production No. 551, flowers as final load as gifts for ladies
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
154
Dr. Jacob Daley Cups And Balls Glass Routine No. 563, routine with paper-covered glasses, a ball changes color and final loads, glass through table
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
157
Al Baker Al Baker Cup Cup Ball Move No. 624, using five balls, no details
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
174
Horace Goldin, Frank Garcia Horace Goldin's Cup & Ball Move ball vanishes when two cups are banged together with ball between them, see also p. 815 for comment by Roger Crabtree
Related toAlso published here July 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 9)
635
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
  • Cup & Ball Opener
three balls placed under three cups gather under one cup, no extra ball
 		July 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 9)
641
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
  • Three To Go
 		Aug. 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 10)
646
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
  • The Close Out
four phases, cup penetrates table as finale
 		Sep. 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 11)
657
Frank Garcia The "Garcia" Cups and Balls Routine short outline
 		1973
Lecture Notes No. 2
28
Steve Spillman Al Wheatley-Revisited on the Chop Cup
 		1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
58
Steve Spillman The Soup Can using a soup can for Chop Cup
Related to 1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
58
Steve Spillman Oriental Tea Cup using a oriental ceramic tea cup for chop cup
 		1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
60
Steve Spillman Handling - Chop Cup
1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
61
Steve Spillman Color Changing Load final load is covered again with cup and changes color
 		1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
62
Pete Biro Cup Chop
  • The Karate Acquitment
showing cup empty despite ball underneath
Related to Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 6)
723
Sam Aaronson Cups and Balls see also p. 780 for note by Mike Rogers, p. 863 for Al Cohn credit by Richard Stride, p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10)
778
Sam Aaronson The Basic Sleight false transfer
 		Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10)
778
Sam Aaronson The Basic Loading Move
Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10)
778
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
Sep. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 11)
791
Karl Fulves Speedball featuring hand-to-hand transfer of ball with cup
 		Sep. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 11)
791
Don Nielsen Dice Cup dice chop cup, used for visual die through cup
Related to Nov. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 1)
821
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
Loading Move
1974
The Penultimate Cups & Balls
6
Horace Goldin Frank Garcia erklärt Horace Goldin's Becherspiel Griff ball vanishes when two cups are banged together with ball between them
Also published here Apr. 1974
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 4)
72
Jerry Andrus Twin Pipes Routine routine with two brass tubes and three balls
  • Tip Over Move
  • False Load
  • Slow Motion Vanish
  • Twin Pipes Routine
Also published here 1974
Special Magic
8
Tony "Doc" Shiels The Summer Cups personal anecdotes
 		July 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 11)
127
Max Malini A Malini Note on his cups and ball routine, glasses wrapped in newspaper
 		June 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 8)
974
Scotty York The "X-Rated" Cups and Balls Routine three cups, no loads from pockets, seated
 		1975
Cups & Balls
1
Scotty York The Basic Move hiding a big ball in the cup
 		1975
Cups & Balls
3
Cup through Cup with ball hidden
 		1975
Cups & Balls
6
Scotty York Fake Wand-Spin Vanish
1975
Cups & Balls
7
Scotty York, Larry Jennings Center of the Mat Cup Load Jennings' loading sequence without the handkerchief
Related to 1975
Cups & Balls
12
Scotty York The "Technicolor X-Rated" Cups and Balls with different colored balls
 		1975
Cups & Balls
13
Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon Cups and Balls Based on Vernon's routine with different endings
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
135
Sam Leo Horowitz Two Tumblers and a Coin - Horowitz Cup through cup standard illusion, but with coin inside one of the cups
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
153
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Becher, Münzen und Bälle cups and balls with small cups and coins
Also published here
  • Magigram
 June 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
80
Gerald Kosky Impromptu Magnetic Cup magnet in aluminium foil, cover for glass
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
233
Frank Garcia A Lesson on the "Cups and Balls" outline of routine, very brief
Also published here 1975 ca.
Lecture Notes No. 1
8
Joseph LaMonica, Lawrence Nudelman Cups and Bills into Change chop cup with rolled-up bill as ball, final production of spring bill bouquet and cup full of coins
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 7
1
Dai Vernon Cups and Balls "short, very direct Cups and Balls routine"
 		1976
The First California Lecture
8
Dai Vernon The Cone, Ball and Handkerchief short comments
 		1976
The First California Lecture
10
Frank Garcia The Soft Chop-Chop or You Don't Have to Be Chinese to Do This Trick chop cup routine with sponge balls, magnet in sponge
 		1976
The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic
173
Captain F.W. Collins, John Ramsay, Bob Ostin Off the Handle
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 7)
234
Ian Baxter My Cup Flippeth Over throwing a loaded cup from hand to hand
 		Aug. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12)
298
Albert Cohn Cups & Balls five phases, see p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to 1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)
940
Paul Harris Bayberry Bag Swindle chop cup routine with paper bag and paper ball loads
Also published here 1976
The Magic of Paul Harris
3
David Berglas Cups and Balls using sleeving
 		1976
David Berglas Lecture
9
Karrell Fox Cup and Saucery gag in which the cup on a saucer almost drops on spectator but is held in place with a finger through the handle
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
199
Patrick Page The Cups and Balls three cups
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
124
Ralph W. Hull Kegel und Ball ball and cone
Also published here
  • Ralph W. Hull's "The Homing Ball" in "Smart Magic", 1935.
 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 4)
112
Bill Tarr Cups and Balls
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
152
Palming
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
152
Introducing the Ball loading the cup
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
152
Placing Ball under Cup
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
153
Appearing to Place Ball under Cup
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
153
The Penetrating Cups
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
153
Bill Tarr A Cups and Balls Routine
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
154
David Roth Roth Chop Cup Routine
1976
Darwin's Theories
5
Larry Jennings The Larry Jennings Chop Cup Routine
Related toVariations 1977
Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling
57
David Carré Impromptu Cup & Ball impromptu chop cup with a mug
 		Feb. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 6)
370
Dai Vernon Cups and Balls without wand, five phases
Related to 1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #7)
997
Barry Govan Cup and Ball Trio one cup and three balls, four phases
 		1977
Close-up Cavalcade Finale
121
Beer Can Routine bottomless beer can for cup and three balls (rolled-up bills) routine
 		1977
Close-up Cavalcade Finale
139
Aldo Colombini The Cups and Balls
  • The Colombini Presentation
  • Requirements
  • Set-Up
  • Getting Ready
  • Performance
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
7
The Optical Move showing cups empty
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
10
Aldo Colombini The Can-Can Move hiding balls in cup, while tossing them from hand to hand
Variations 1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
12
Aldo Colombini The Tilt Move tilting the cup from another cup, stealing a ball
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
12
Aldo Colombini The Flying Catch ball is dropped from cup and caught under it, hiding other balls
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
14
Aldo Colombini The Travelling Balls
1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
15
Aldo Colombini Ball Through Table, Hand and Cups
1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
16
Charlie Miller Miller's Penetration
1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
18
Aldo Colombini The Balls Penetrate Two Cups
1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
19
Aldo Colombini The Ultimate Vanish ball vanishes by hitting two cups against it
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
20
Aldo Colombini The Final Load
1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
22
Aldo Colombini The Climax three large balls appear
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
25
Gene Nielsen Menta-Coin coin in one of four cups is moved in steps
 		1977
Magick (Issue 192)
958
Gene Nielsen, Bascom Jones Psi-Cup '3' question written on paper and hidden under one of three cups, question is answered and paper located, center tear
Related to 1977
Magick (Issue 194)
968
Stephen Minch Cups and Flies balls change into plastic flies one by one, plastic spider final load and bug aerosol can
 		1977
Creations of a Magical Madman
53
Tommy Wonder Cups and Balls two cup routine
Related to 1977
Jos Bema — Lecture
12
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's One Cup Routine one-cup routine with solid cup finale
Related to 1977
Shigeo Takagi's One Cup Routine
1
Ein billiger Chop Cup chop cup made from paper cups
 		1977
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 38 No. 1)
3
Roy Johnson Close Up Parade chop cup routine with dice cup and balls, combination after dice stacking
  • Phase 1 - Chink a Chink
  • Phase 2 - The Homing Pigeon
  • Phase 3 - Odd Man Out
  • Phase 4 - A Cup and a Ball
 		1977
Third Dimension
9
David Carré, Larry Jennings One Potato Two Patato
Inspired by Mar. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 7)
543
Francis Carlyle The Cups and Balls baby chicks as final loads
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
132
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff UnCanny chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
Related toVariations 1978
Las Vegas Close-Up
10
Frank Garcia Double Post stacked cups, ball secretly between, cups dragged down on table with balls underneath
Inspired by
  • "Galloping Post" (Hugard's Modern Magic Manual, 1939, p. 130, item 4)
 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 2)
1076
Bill Coomer Stay Up coffee cup clings to hand
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 9)
1154
Karl Fulves Random Walk on Op-Trik, Bob Fitch, coin banks that look like cans, chop cup with dollar bill cone
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 24)
91
Karl Fulves (E) Cup Gaff thin cup shell, posed as problem
 		1978
Interlocutor (Issue 24)
94
John F. Mendoza The Chop Cup
Variations 1978
The Book of John
105
Barry Nelson The Flash Cups very short routine (one minute) that ends with final loads
 		1978
The Book of John
116
Horace E. Bennett With a Grain of Salt salt finale
Inspired by 1978
On Your Feet
71
Frank Garcia A Lesson on the "Cups and Balls" outline of routine, very brief
Also published here 1978
Lecture Notes — No. 1
11
Fred Kaps, Larry Jennings Kombination - Larry Jenning's Chop-Cup Routine mit einem Becher und drei Bällen
Related to 1978
Fred Kaps Lecture
4
Ron Hicks A Cup & Ball Move apparently placing ball into cup
 		1978
Challenging Coin Capers
40
Frank Garcia The Oldest Deception comments
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
15
Frank Garcia The Frank Garcia Million Dollar Cups and Balls Routine
  • First Phase of Frank Garcia's Routine
  • Variation on the "Oldest Deception"
  • Phase #2
  • Phase #3
  • Phase #4
  • Phase #5
  • Phase #6
  • Phase #7
Variations 1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
17
Frank Garcia The "Scoop" or "Lift Up" Move showing cup empty despite ball
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
34
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The "Galloping Post" Move
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
35
Charlie Miller Miller's Drop Through Move
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
51
Horace Goldin "Click" Move ball vanishes between to cups that are banged together
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
61
Old Pop Kreiger Shower of Balls
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
65
Paul Gertner The Cups and Balls with Steel Ball Bearings
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
81
Paul Gertner Secret Loading of a Ball Underneath a Cup with steel ball
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
82
Paul Gertner The False Load steel ball apparently placed under cup
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
84
Sam Leo Horowitz S. Leo Horowitz's Cup & Ball Routine
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
91
Horace Goldin The Horace Golding Baffling Cup gaffed cup to vanish a ball under it
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
103
Frank Garcia Further Ideas and Reflections
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
103
Frank Garcia Passing a Wand Through 3 Nested Cups
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
105
Sam Leo Horowitz Coin Through Cup
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
106
Cup Through Cup
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
109
Herb Morrissey Fako Move sequence for showing cups empty
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
111
Frank Garcia, Max Malini Magical Odd Facts About the Cups and Balls, Ideas and Further "Reflections" about Malini's Cups and Balls
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
114
Francis Carlyle "Proposition" Bet exploiting optical illusion of cup design
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
115
Francis Carlyle Francis Carlyle's Patter Introduction to Cups and Balls
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
116
To Show that a Cup is Deeper Inside than Out
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
117
Frank Garcia Additional Sequence
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
117
John Northern Hilliard Some Great Quotes by the Late John Northern Hilliard who wrote "Greater Magic"
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
119
Mark Wilson Introduction
1979
The Chop Cup Book
1
Mark Wilson The Cup
1979
The Chop Cup Book
3
Mark Wilson The Simplex Routine
1979
The Chop Cup Book
5
Mark Wilson A Simplex Variation with color changing ball
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
17
Mark Wilson The Final Load from lap
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
25
Mark Wilson The Multiplication Cup ball multiplies into 4 balls during routine
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
31
Basic Ball Vanish - Method One false transfer
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
49
Basic Ball Vanish - Method Two wand pushed through fist with ball
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
53
Mark Wilson One Cup - Three Balls
1979
The Chop Cup Book
57
Earl Nelson The Nelson Chop Cup Routine
1979
The Chop Cup Book
71
Alan Wakeling The Pseudo Cup ungaffed cup, with sponges
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
87
Karl Fulves, Tony Slydini Notes Slydini on Okito box magic, Cups & Balls and card tricks
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1238
Robert Parrish On Rosini's Cups & Balls Routine
1979
Interlocutor (Issue 32)
124
John F. Mendoza "Big Load" Technique for chop cup, dice stacking, ...
 		1979
Close-up Presentations
23
John F. Mendoza On the Solid Block Climax to chop cup type routines
 		1979
Close-up Presentations
79
David Garrard Shell-Shocked! cups and balls routine with plastic egg shells and coins
 		Feb. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2)
305
Allan Hayden One-Cup Routine ungaffed cup
 		Nov. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 11)
417
Paul Swinford, Bob Hummer Silver and Gold various parity effects (six routines) inspired by Bob Hummer's work with numbered chips and small metal cups
 		1980
Arcane (Issue 2)
17
Al Schneider Quickcups with magic kit cups and balls
 		1980
Al Schneider On Close-Up
137
Danny Korem The UDT Cups and Ball Routine clean vanish of ball from cup, pendulum holdout
 		1980
The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II
15
Danny Korem The Routine three cups and balls routine using pendulum holdout
 		1980
The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II
16
John F. Mendoza The Cup Switch solid cup finale
 		1980
John: Verse Two
93
Bob Hummer, Al Koran Mathematical 3 Card Monte bill under one of three cups, back of performer is turned and after some changes in the order of the cups, performer divines cup with bill
Related toVariations 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
35
Bob Hummer, Al Koran 3-Cup Monte bill under one of three cups, back of performer is turned and after some changes in the order of the cups, performer divines cup with bill
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
60
Bob Hummer Hummer's Mathematical Shell Game with four cups or four shells and two dice
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
78
Karl Fulves The Old 4-Shell Game different bills under four styrofoam coffee cups
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
80
Gary Ouellet The Two Goblets with two cups, one chop cup, three large balls as climax
 		1980
The Two Goblets
4
Gary Ouellet The Cenotaph Illusion showing the cups empty
 		1980
The Two Goblets
9
Gary Ouellet The Cenotaph Placement placing apparently empty cups on table
 		1980
The Two Goblets
11
The Tip-Off Move
1980
The Two Goblets
14
The Put-Down Move
1980
The Two Goblets
15
Gary Ouellet The Shameful Lapping final load move
 		1980
The Two Goblets
20
Gary Ouellet The Throw-Back Technique final load move, seated
 		1980
The Two Goblets
20
Gary Ouellet The Whoops Move vanish of a ball
 		1980
The Two Goblets
28
Jack Kent Tillar Mental Monte bill put under one of three cups, performer know which one
Inspired by 1980
Magick (Issue 260)
1297
Bob Fitch Productions - Steals - Loads stealing from the topit, with applications
  • XII-A. Direct Steal
    • 1) Egg on fan
    • 2) Invisible deck
    • 3) Cups & Balls
    • 4) Dye Tube
    • 5) Produce scissors
    • 6) Balloon to Dove
    • 7) Flames from Hands
    • 8) Fishbowl production
    • 9) Fountain of Silks
  • XII-B. Indirect Steal
    • 1) Rabbit and Tray
    • 2) Molding a Rabbit
 		1980
Topit Again & Again
5
Ken Brooke Cups and Balls three cups
 		1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
211
Ken Brooke Routines with the Chop Cup intro
 		1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
216
Ken Brooke My Chop Cup Routine
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
218
Ken Brooke Bertie the Baseballer
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
221
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's New One Cup Routine one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open
  • Shigeo Takagi's Climax
  • Additional Load Climax
  • A Non-Lap Handling
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980
Shigeo Takagi's New One Cup Routine
1
Shigeo Takagi Lapping Move small ball, solid cup
 		1980
Shigeo Takagi's New One Cup Routine
2
Johnny Cooper Cups and Balls - the way I do it with sponge balls
 		1980
Polished Presentations
31
Roger Smith The Cups and Balls Ala Smith "The speed at which the routine is done is incredible.", large loads shown at beginning
 		1980
The Smith Notes!
5
Jeff White Flabbergasted first wand appears, chop cop routine, seated
 		1980
Visual Inspirations — Part Two
30
Steve Spillman Pea Soup Can using a soup can for Chop Cup
Related to 1980
The Spill Bar and Grille
63
Ray Mertz, Dai Vernon Cards & Coins Ala Cups & Balls Vernon's routine with jumbo cards and coins
 		Oct. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 10)
546
Jim Ryan Jim Ryan's Classic Cups and Balls Routine three cups, three final loads, with purse frame and sponge balls
Related to 1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
1
Jim Ryan The Little Finger Steal
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
1
Jim Ryan Slide Steal
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
2
Jim Ryan Phase One - Production of Balls, Display of Cups
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
4
Cup Through cup
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
4
Jim Ryan Phase Two - Two Balls Penetrate the Center Cup
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
6
Jim Ryan Phase Three - A Ball Moves around & Penetrates Upwards
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
7
Jim Ryan Phase Four - In the Spectator's Hand
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
9
Jim Ryan Phase Five - Too Many Balls
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
13
Jim Ryan Phase Six - The Great Finale
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
15
Jim Ryan Bare Bones of the entire routine
 		1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
16
Jim Ryan Cups for the Jim Ryan Routine
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
20
David Williamson The Striking Vanish
  • Alternate Handling (closed fist)
Variations 1981
Encore II
21
Carl Brema The Cups and Balls No. 31, simple routine
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
38
Peter Wilker Chop Cup stehend stand up chop cup version
Inspired by 1981
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 4)
109
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Das Kugel- und Becherspiel on the cups and balls and the changes over the centuries
 		1981
Joro's Becherspiele
3
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Grundgriffe basic cups and ball moves
  • 1) Der Rollgriff
  • 2) Das Laden eines Bechers mit einer "Muskate"
  • 3) Das Laden eines Bechers mit einem grossen Ball
Also published here 1981
Joro's Becherspiele
7
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Klassische Routine using three cups
Also published here 1981
Joro's Becherspiele
11
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Routine für die Strasse mit 2 Bechern und grossen Schwammbällen three cups routine, using sponge balls
Also published here 1981
Joro's Becherspiele
22
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Herstellung der Filzbälle für die Schlussproduktion how to make balls for final load of cups and balls, template
Related to 1981
Joro's Becherspiele
32
Barry Govan Las Vegas Dice one cup routine using dice instead of balls
 		May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
629
Peter Kane One-Two-One Load for the Cups and Balls loading sequence
 		Oct. 1982
Epoptica (Issue 2)
118
Jim Cellini The Elevator Move
1982
The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part I
94
Frank Garcia The Chop Cup Revisited using three different colored balls
 		1982
The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II
51
George Schindler Great Loads using Rubik's cubes as final loads in cups & balls
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
31
Bob Follmer The Orange Chop chop cup with juice can
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
54
Tom Gagnon A Ball Penetration ball on top vanishes and appear under it
Also published here
  • "A Ball Penetration" in "The Blueprint"
 1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
56
Stephen Tucker Tickup two cups, hole in bottom of one cup
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
5
Cup through Cup Move
1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
6
John Brown Solidarity idea for Solid Cup Routine, apparently filling cup with milk
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
16
Wayne Dobson T 4 U move with cup that has a handle and ball
 		July 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15)
291
Ron Fredrick The Ron Fredrick Chop Cup Routine with small opaque glass as part of routine
Related to 1982
The Professional Routines of Ron Fredrick
35
Dai Vernon Tuch, Ball und Kegel
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Sep. 1951
 Apr. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
26
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