Vanish

96 entries in Bill / Vanish

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
H. F. C. Suhr	Der bezauberte Fünfmarkschein	bill vanishes in flash of fire, appears again, flash paper bill		July 1901	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7)	109	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish Light & Fire / Fire Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Dr. Edward G. Ervin	Repeating Vanishing Bill	rolled-up bill vanishes, reappears, vanishes again, fake stuck to first finger for vanish		1937	The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin	21	Bill / Vanish
	a. Bill Crumpled Into Ball	false transfer with crumpled bill		1937	Money Magic	7	Bill / Vanish
	b.	false transfer with crumpled bill		1937	Money Magic	7	Bill / Vanish
	c.	false transfer with crumpled bill		1937	Money Magic	8	Bill / Vanish
	d. The French Drop	false transfer with crumpled bill		1937	Money Magic	8	Bill / Vanish
	2. The Slide With a Folded Bill	bill folded in strip, false transfer		1937	Money Magic	8	Bill / Vanish
	3. Palming From Left Fist	bill pushed into left fist, it vanishes, similar to sponge-ball vanish		1937	Money Magic	9	Bill / Vanish
	a.	crumpled bill vanishes in flash of fire		1937	Money Magic	16	Bill / Vanish Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
	b.	folded bill pressed into spectator's hand, it vanishes from his fist		1937	Money Magic	17	Bill / Vanish
	a. Envelope With a Slit in its Face			1937	Money Magic	17	Bill / Vanish Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
	b. With a Plain Envelope			1937	Money Magic	18	Bill / Vanish
	c. Another Way with a Plain Envelope			1937	Money Magic	18	Bill / Vanish
	d. With A Match Box			1937	Money Magic	19	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Bill / Vanish
	Bill Rubbed Into Elbow	ditched in collar		1937	Money Magic	28	Bill / Vanish
	Bill Vanish under Handkerchief	with dummy sewn in		1937	Money Magic	33	Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Bill / Vanish
Jonny	2.- Wie gewonnen, so zeronnen	bill vanish, spectator tries to grab it on the count of three		Sep. 1942	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9)	2	Bill / Vanish
	Bill Vanish in Handkerchief	impromptu, corner of handkerchief simulates bill		1942	Quick Tricks	4	Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Bill / Vanish
	Bill Pull			1945	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	47	Bill / Vanish
Sid Lorraine	A "Flash" Opener	flash paper bill vanish		1945	My Best	320	Bill / Vanish Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Bill Nord	The Poke Bill Vanish	bill poked into fist vanishes		Mar. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)	518	Bill / Vanish
Samuel Berland	Berland's Vanishing Bill	bill folded to simulate two bills	Related to Bill (10) (Samuel Berland, 1951) Variations The Berland-Gardner-Judah-Swinford-York Vanishing Bill Trick (Paul Swinford, 1971)	1949	Over the Coffee Cups	5	Bill / Vanish
Dr. William Weyeneth	Magisches Zitronat	bill vanish under handkerchief, bill sewn in center instead of corner		1950	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 11 No. 5)	39	Bill / Vanish
Edward Marlo	The Flash Bill Routine	borrowed bill disappears in flash, reproduction from fist		1951	Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes	14	Bill / Vanish
Bruce Elliott	No Five	five dollar bill put on one dollar bill, five dollar bill vanishes	Also published here Bill (50) (Bruce Elliott, 1951)	Mar. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 225)	898	Bill / Vanish
Samuel Berland	Bill (10)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks bill folded to simulate two bills	Related to Berland's Vanishing Bill (Samuel Berland, 1949)	Apr. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 11)	781	Bill / Vanish
Bruce Elliott	Bill (50)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks bill fold, bill vanish, without explanation	Also published here No Five (Bruce Elliott, 1951)	May 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 12)	789	Paper / Origami Effects Bill / Vanish
Norman Jensen	The Sticky Steal	vanish of a bill in envelope / stealing something from an envelope		Jan. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 246)	983	Bill / Vanish Billet / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Gaylord E. Hill	Gaylord's Impromptu Bill Vanish	rolled bill secretly behind ear	Also published here Impromptu Bill Vanish (Gaylord E. Hill, 1989)	Sep. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 316)	66	Bill / Vanish
Bruce Elliott	The Rip	one of five bills vanishes, practical manipulative method	Also published here The Rip (Bruce Elliott, 1956)	1956	The Best in Magic	59	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish
Bruce Elliott	The Fold-Around	one of five bills vanishes, folding method		1956	The Best in Magic	61	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish
Bruce Elliott	The Rip	one of five bills vanishes, practical manipulative method	Also published here The Rip (Bruce Elliott, 1956)	Feb. 1956	The New Phoenix (Issue 336)	152	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish
Stan White	Clear-Vu Bill Vanish	bill vanishes from plastic box, with rubber band		1958	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)	6	Pull & Holdouts Bill / Vanish
Lewis Ganson	The Bill Tube	folded bill vanishes from under handkerchief and appears in locked tube		1967	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1	267	Bill / Vanish Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill Tube
Eddie Joseph	The Note Evaporates	bill vanish in bare hands, using mirage holdout		1969	The Art of Eddie Joseph	336	Pull & Holdouts Bill / Vanish
Roy Johnson	The Bargain (with Apologies to Bert Allerton)	story presentation, bill vanishes among pieces of newspaper	Inspired by Bamboozle (Bert Allerton, 1947)	1970	The Roy Johnson Experience	37	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Vanish
Paul Swinford	The Berland-Gardner-Judah-Swinford-York Vanishing Bill Trick	bill folded to simulate two bills	Inspired by Berland's Vanishing Bill (Samuel Berland, 1949) Related to Scarne's Magic Tricks, p. 73	1971	Lecture Notes	10	Bill / Vanish
Max Malini	Malini's Hank Vanish Of Bill	No. 714	Also published here Malini's Hank Vanish of Bill (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Bill / Vanish
Ian Adair	Tip von Adair	using folded corner of handkerchief to simulate a bill		1975	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 3)	59	Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Bill / Vanish
Lawrence Nudelman	A Snappy Money Effect	a five-dollar bill vanishes from among three one-dollar bills		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes	2	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish
Lawrence Nudelman	Vanishing a Dollar Bill	bill folded up vanishes		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes — Volume 3	3	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Lawrence Nudelman	Quick Count - One or Two?	one bill (with secret slit) is folded so it looks like two		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes — Volume 4	5	Bill / Topological Effects Bill / Vanish
	Two for One	"as shown to me by Deren Gertz" bill fold that makes one bill look like two, leaving it as tip		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes — Volume 7	8	Bill / Topological Effects Bill / Vanish
Tommy Wonder	Splitting the Money	published under the Name "Jos Bema"	Related to Splitting the Profit (Tommy Wonder, 1996)	Oct. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)	475	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish
Tommy Wonder	Splitting the Money	splitting dollar bill in 2 that become 1 again	Also published here Splitting the Profit (Tommy Wonder, 1996)	1977	Jos Bema — Lecture	9	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish
Mike Bornstein	Instant Disappearing and Appearing Dollar Bill	bill held in empty hands, it visually vanishes and reappears, zig-zag-fold and thread that folds it up when pulled		1980	The Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	9	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish
Bob Fitch	No-Switch Bill Go	bill vanishes in flash		Jan. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 1)	583	Bill / Vanish
John Cornelius	Borrowed Bill Routine	borrowed large denomination bill is folded and ignited, it vanishes in a flash, paper rolled up and ignited, it changes into rolled-up $1 bill in a flash, that changes into borrowed bill	Variations Quadradical Currency (Jamy Ian Swiss, 2006) Also published here The IncrediBill Routine (John Cornelius, 2001)	1984	Borrowed Bill Routine	1	Bill / Vanish Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
	Double Your Money	No. 11, folding one bill so it looks like two	Related to Double Dollar (Jack Vosburgh, 1940)	1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	23	Bill / Topological Effects Bill / Vanish
Wilfrid Jonson	The Levitator Pull	bill vanish	Related to Wilfrid Jonson's "Conjuring" Also published here Der Schwebe-Zieher (Wilfrid Jonson, 1988)	1987	The Pull Book	49	Pull & Holdouts Bill / Vanish
Ray Grismer	Shorty!	five one-dollar bills and one five-dollar bill, a one-dollar bill vanishes and reappears, then the five-dollar bill vanishes The Gimmick (two bills glues at short ends) Making the Set with Real Bills A Special Note to Foreign Magicians Preparation Performance and Patter Simplified Handling Notes and Comments	Related to Bank Teller (Lawrence Nudelman, 1975-1978 ca.)	1987	Shorty!	1	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish
Michael Ammar	Thumb Tip Finesse	Technique #1 (vanish a bill) Technique #2 (vanish a cigarette) Technique #3 (vanishing with middle finger) Pocket Loading (pocket management)	Also published here Thumbtip Finesse (Michael Ammar, 1991) Bill Vanish #2 (Michael Ammar, 2006)	1988	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)	1	Bill / Vanish Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Wilfrid Jonson	Der Schwebe-Zieher	bill vanish	Also published here The Levitator Pull (Wilfrid Jonson, 1987)	Dec. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2)	62	Pull & Holdouts Bill / Vanish
Tenkai Ishida	Phoenix Bill Vanish	bill is placed in sheet of paper		1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	193	Bill / Vanish
Joseph K. Schmidt	The High Cost of Living	folding a single bill so it looks like two		Sep. 1989	Epoptica (Issue 12)	571	Bill / Topological Effects Bill / Vanish
Gaylord E. Hill	Impromptu Bill Vanish	No. 12, rolled up behind ear, apparently vanishes from spectator's hand	Also published here Gaylord's Impromptu Bill Vanish (Gaylord E. Hill, 1954)	1989	Self-Working Coin Magic	16	Bill / Vanish
Joe Monti	Shades of Flipstick			Sep. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 9)	1827	Bill / Vanish
Michael Ammar	Thumbtip Finesse	Technique #1 (vanish a bill) Technique #2 (vanish a cigarette) Technique #3 (vanishing with middle finger) Pocket Loading (pocket management)	Also published here Thumb Tip Finesse (Michael Ammar, 1988)	1991	The Magic of Michael Ammar	60	Bill / Vanish Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Michael Ammar	Das Verschwinden des Geldscheins nach Michael Ammar	bill vanish with thumb tip		Nov./Dec. 1991	Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4)	18	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Steve Dusheck	Experiment No. 3	hinged thumb tip, insides look like candles, or rolled dollar bill, for clean vanish		1991	Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic	47	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Candle / Vanish
Roger Klause	The Vanish	bill vanishes in hand		1991	Roger Klause: In Concert	71	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Roger Klause	Billusion	bill appears from purse frame, changes, vanishes again	Variations The Purse'n'l Load (Doug Conn, 1999) Also published here Billusion (Roger Klause, 2006)	1991	Roger Klause: In Concert	75	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Purse Frame Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Roger Klause	Going South	stealing bill out of envelope with slit for Terry Seabrooke's bill to wallet	Related to Burnt Note In Wallet (Terry Seabrooke, 1986)	1991	Roger Klause: In Concert	137	Bill / Torn & Restored Bill / Vanish Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Daryl Martinez	A Puzzling Bill Vanish	bill vanishes among others, puzzle-story presentation	Also published here And Then There Was One (Daryl Martinez, 1993)	1992	Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic — Session 1992	7	Bill / Vanish
Larry Becker	Monte Crispo	signed bill in one of three envelopes, two are burnt, apparently mistake and bill appears in insurance envelope, with variation using a paper shredder Author's Note: Shred a Few Tears of Joy & Sorrow	Inspired by Larry Becker's "Monte Inferno" in "Mentalism for Magicians" Related to Burnt Note In Wallet (Terry Seabrooke, 1986)	1992	Stunners!	39	Bill / Torn & Restored Bill / Vanish Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Shredder
Daryl Martinez	And Then There Was One	bill vanishes among others, puzzle-story presentation	Also published here A Puzzling Bill Vanish (Daryl Martinez, 1992)	Mar. 1993	The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 1)	4	Bill / Vanish
Martin Gardner	The Come-Back Bill	folded bill vanishes and reappears under interlocked fingers, optional transformation kicker		Oct. 1993	Magic (Vol. 3 No. 2)	59	Bill / Vanish
Steve Dusheck	Keys and Cash	dollar bill placed in clear plastic case under handkerchief, vanishes and appears elsewhere		1994	Dusheck's Close-Up Magic	103	Bill / Vanish Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	Geldschein-Umschlag	for stealing and burning bill		Nov. 1994	Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)	26	Bill / Vanish Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Tommy Wonder	Splitting the Profit	splitting dollar bill in two that become one again	Related to Double Dollar (Jack Vosburgh, 1940) Splitting the Money (Tommy Wonder, 1977) Variations Feathers and Bricks (Nancy Colwell, 2021) Also published here Splitting the Money (Tommy Wonder, 1977)	1996	The Books of Wonder — Volume 2	46	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish
Edward Marlo	Die Kugelröhre als Verschwinde-Gimmick	steel ball tube for vanishing bill, bill in lemon or potato		1996	Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 3)	123	Steel Ball & Tube Bill / Vanish Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
Harry Lorayne	Any Bill Vanish	one of two bills placed in Himber wallet disappears, also with cards (SBS)		1998	The Himber Wallet Book	3	Bill / Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Same Both Sides (SBS)
Steve Mayhew	$100 Gag	gag trick, a $100 bill and a few $1s are rolled into balls and all tossed into audience, no one comes up with the $100	Also published here $100 Gag (Steve Mayhew, 2014)	1998	Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 1)	19	Bill / Miscellaneous Bill / Vanish
Max Malini	Malini's Hank Vanish of Bill		Also published here Malini's Hank Vanish Of Bill (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Bill / Vanish
John Cornelius	The IncrediBill Routine	borrowed large denomination bill is folded and ignited, it vanishes in a flash, paper rolled up and ignited, it changes into rolled-up $1 bill in a flash, that changes into borrowed bill	Also published here Borrowed Bill Routine (John Cornelius, 1984)	2001	The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius	129	Bill / Vanish Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Al Baker	Dollar Bill Vanish	for Brema Bill Tube, thumb tip		2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)	711	Bill / Vanish Bill / Bill Tube
David Acer	Make This Disappear	"THIS" written on bill changes to "DISAPPEAR", then bill vanishes		2004	Random Acts of Magic	217	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Daryl	Diminishing Returned	number riddle about paying three hotel rooms is illustrated with bills, two bills vanish		Sep. 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 9)	80	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Vanish
Lance Pierce	Bill Vanish with Thumb Tip			2005	The World-Famous Bowl Routine	39	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Roger Klause	Billusion	bill appears from purse frame, changes, vanishes again	Also published here Billusion (Roger Klause, 1991)	2006	Switch	188	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Purse Frame Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Marvyn Roy	Tip for Tat	borrowed Twenty vanishes, a One dollar bill changes into that Twenty		2006	Switch	255	Bill / Vanish Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
John Lovick	Chapter 21: Bill Vanishes	intro		2006	Switch	302	Bill / Vanish
Paul Gertner	Bill Vanish #1		Also published here Tobacco Road (Paul Gertner, 1983)	2006	Switch	302	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Michael Ammar	Bill Vanish #2		Also published here Thumb Tip Finesse (Michael Ammar, 1988)	2006	Switch	304	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Roger Klause	The Spider Vanish		Related to The Chimerical Bill (Roger Klause, 1991)	2006	Switch	306	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Joe Givan	Crumbling Cash	bill changes into confetti		2006	Switch	307	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Miscellaneous
Mike Caveney	Bill Steal from Envelope			2013	Wonders	251	Bill / Vanish Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Alexander de Cova	Shaxon-Umschlag II	with stack of envelopes à la Alan Shaxon	Also published here Shaxon-Umschlag II (Alexander de Cova, 2015)	Feb. 2013	New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 4)	19	Bill / Vanish Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Ron Jaxon	Bill Burner	bill wrapped around clear plastic lighter, hand close and opened, bill vanished, small piece of hand print card (à la DeLand's Fadeaway Card) as kind of paper sanada gimmick		2013	Ron Jaxon's Bill Burner Clear	2	Bill / Vanish Light & Fire / Lighter Hand Gimmicks / Shell & Sanada
Steve Mayhew	$100 Gag	gag trick, a $100 bill and a few $1s are rolled into balls and all tossed into audience, no one comes up with the $100	Also published here $100 Gag (Steve Mayhew, 1998)	2014	Mayhew	277	Bill / Miscellaneous Bill / Vanish
Alexander de Cova	Shaxon-Umschlag II	with stack of envelopes à la Alan Shaxon	Also published here Shaxon-Umschlag II (Alexander de Cova, 2013)	2015	Burners — Vol. 1	269	Bill / Vanish Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Roberto Giobbi	Idea for a Bill Routine	pencil through bill, promising to make hole disappear but making whole bill vanish, similar gags		2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 28)	341	Bill / Vanish Bill / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Alexander de Cova	Gelscheinverschwinden	bill vanish in silk, finger tip		2017	Arbeitsbuch Daumenspitze	50	Bill / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Al Schneider	The Finger Clip False Transfer			July 2019	Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)	68	Bill / Vanish
Alexander de Cova	Bill in Envelope Fold	Notizen bill put in envelope folded in half, stolen out and folded smaller behind envelope		Dec. 2019	Genii (Vol. 82 No. 12)	68	Bill / Vanish Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Nancy Colwell	Feathers and Bricks	Dollar bill splits into 2, then becomes 1 bill, then seems to increase in value before returning to original value	Inspired by Splitting the Profit (Tommy Wonder, 1996) "Tenfold" (Jay Sankey, Kaleidoscope, 2009) "CamoCash" (Suzanne, Penguin LIVE Lecture, 2016)	2021	Lorem Ipsum	13	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Vanish Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands