Thread Work

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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
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
13
A Card having been withdrawn and replaced, to call it from the Pack, and to make it come to you of its own accord thread, tabled rising card from spread
 		1876
Modern Magic
117
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
 		1876
Modern Magic
125
Professor Alberti Alberti's Rising Cards hair and wax
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
121
The Rising Cards (La Houlette) various thread methods (including "Sand Riser"), routine and pseudo-mistakes
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
211
Professor Alberti The Rising Cards - Alberti's Method thread attached during routine, free selection
 		1890
More Magic
91
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs' Method metal houlette on top of bottle
 		1890
More Magic
93
Buatier de Kolta de Kolta Rising Cards brief, for correction see reference
Related to 1890
More Magic
94
Prof. Duprez Ribbon Rising Cards glass houlette suspended on ribbons
 		1890
More Magic
95
The Walking Card named card moves from spread out cards on table
 		1890
More Magic
126
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 attached to a thread
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
9
Die gehorsamen Karten No. 23, three selections jump out of deck held in one hand one by one into other hand, thread across stage
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
28
Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 24, card rises out of deck in glass
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
30
Der Zauberwurf No. 26, deck thrown in deck, cards remain together until deck hits floor
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
32
Die wandernde Karte No. 46, card moves around on table and follows performer
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
55
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
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
59
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 Frankfurt
Related to 1895
Der Kartenkünstler
86
Die Karte als Luftkönigin No. 10, card floats out of deck, across stage, into glass, and back, everything is then examined
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
99
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
 		Jan. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1)
7
Der Karten-Jongleur card balances on hat or elsewhere, thread
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
71
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster The Flying Card card thrown in air comes back, on thread tied to ceiling
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
73
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Kartenturm severals cards placed upright on table to tower/house
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
76
Die neue Eckkarte corner torn off, thrown back and it visibly restores
Related toAlso published here 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
138
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die thatsächlich verschwindende Karte card pull into sleeve
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
183
Einfacher Kartensteiger deck shell
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
207
Der Kartensteiger im Glase
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
208
Mysteriöses Kartensteigen cards rise out of deck and float in air
Related to 1896
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 selection
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
213
Carl L. Curiel Der Kartenfang in der Luft thread attachment into sleeve, also for production of other items
 		Mar. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3)
41
Die Eckkarten second method, corner torn off, thrown back and it visibly restores
Also published here Aug. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12)
177
The Hypnotised Card deck cuts itself at chosen card on table, hair
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
68
The Queen of the Air card rises from pack and floats to glass goblet on other side of stage, transforms in midair
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
69
The Terpsichorean Card card stands upright on table, then even dances to music
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
92
The Obedient Card
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
111
The Balanced Card on hat, thread
Related toAlso published here 1897
New Era Card Tricks
146
The Cards and Mirror deck thrown on mirror, three selections stick to it
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
171
The Flying and Obedient Card wide distance boomerang card, thread
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
194
The Cards Rising Through The Air selected cards rise from pack and float into performer's hand
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
205
The Rising Cards and Tumbler solo or with assistant
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
209
The Hand of Cagliostro model of hand used in rising card presentation
VariationsAlso published here 1897
New Era Card Tricks
217
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
 		Feb. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2)
21
Der Ringzieher "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
reel, vanishing a finger ring, vanishing a card
 		Mar. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7)
97
Die mysteriöse Geisterhand wax puppet hand pulls cards out of deck à la rising cards
Related to Dec. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6)
88
Carl Willmann Die Einwirkung des Luftzuges auf eine Karte thread attached with wax to borrowed deck
 		May 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5)
69
Die Kartenbrücke No. 3, deck spread out between hands about fifty cm, stays suspended, secret rubber band/thread set-up
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
65
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenfontaine No. 4, card fountain from bare hand
Also published here 1900
Der Amateurzauberer
67
Eduard W. Lufa "Ihnen fliegen alle Herzen zu!" eight cards noted down and wrapped in handkerchief, eight Heart cards, the packets transpose, packed of divided cards (connected with a thread for security so it is not fanned to widely)
 		Nov. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11)
164
Carl Willmann Thread Rising Card without assistant
 		Nov. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11)
176
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card table with deck on top tilted, only selection remains on table, thread with wax
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
71
The Rising Card Trick assistant
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
113
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
119
Howard Thurston Thurston's Kartensteiger floats out of deck into hand
Related to May 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5)
67
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger im Glas
Aug. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8)
115
Fortuné Hechinger Zu Thurston's Kartensteiger different thread hookup
Related to Oct. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10)
147
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger auf der Flasche houlette construction on top of bottle
 		Oct. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10)
149
Phantome Variation zur "Steigenden Karte" deck placed between two vest buttons, card rises out perpendicularly sideways, duplicate rises from within vest
 		Oct. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 10)
148
Carl Willmann Die Königin der Luft I. card rises sideways out of deck that is held in one hand and floats across to other hand
 		Nov. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 11)
164
Carl Willmann Die Königin der Luft II. two glasses on two chairs, deck put in one, card rises and floats across into other glass and back
 		Dec. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 12)
179
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli III. Aus dem papierenen Königreich card is balanced on hat, deck is divided into two glasses and card floats from glas to glas, two cards are placed under two plates and the cards change places, selection is placed inside a book and performer shows envelope with miniature duplicate with correct page number and part of the text on that page written on it
  • 1. Die Karten-Balance
  • 2. Die Karte als Königin der Luft (with assistant)
  • 3. Die Kartenwanderung
  • 4. Eine magische Hypnose
 		1903
Moderne Magie
80
Die magnetischen Karten three cards taken and apparently magnetised, they cling to each other, making a row of three cards that is held at the top, threads across back
 		Apr. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 4)
53
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card deck placed on table, table tilted forwards, only selection remains on table, wax on thread
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
44
The Rising Card Trick several selections
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
81
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards five cards rise out of deck and float into hand one by one
  • First Method
  • Second Method for Stage
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
88
T. Nelson Downs The Tattling of Toto six selections, penny in glass jumps up and down to communicate with performer
Inspired by
  • French magazine "The Illusioniste"
 1909
The Art of Magic
184
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards three selections
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
191
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
194
Prof. Duprez, Harry Stork The Rising Cards in the Swinging Houlette
1909
The Art of Magic
198
Howard Thurston, J. N. Thornton The Thurston Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
202
John Northern Hilliard Anywhere Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
204
Resurrection of the Cards four selection burnt, ashes in glass, restored cards "walk" out of glass
 		1909
The Art of Magic
207
Martin Chapender Chapender's Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
208
Hugh Mulloy Mulloy Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
210
Morgan H. Winans Winans' Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
210
Further Rising Card Methods without Assistant
1909
The Art of Magic
210
Obliging Bouquet "one of Alexander Herrmann's masterpieces", selections rises out of real flower bouquet held by spectator
 		1909
The Art of Magic
211
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die drei Kräfte three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
196
Louis F. Christianer The "L. C." Rising Cards with thread with weight that goes through sleeve to inside the coat
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
3
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
Also published here 1933
Al Baker's Book
14
Tom Sellers New Magnetic Card card adheres to pencil
 		1935
Quick Tricks
23
J. F. Orrin The Pocket Rising Card card rises from breast pocket, thread, Menetekel Deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
259
The Animated Card card "walks" out of deck, thread and stripper deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
266
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Rising Card from Tumbler weighted thread gimmick
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
69
Method No. 1 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938
Greater Magic
370
M. Laissus Method No. 2 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938
Greater Magic
374
Method No. 3 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938
Greater Magic
375
Method No. 4. The Book Houlette cards freely chosen, no assistant, from book
 		1938
Greater Magic
376
, Robert Heller Method No. 1. Packet of Duplicate Cards Concealed on the Table Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, several variations and presentational ideas:
  • With an Assistant and without
  • By Fanning the Deck
  • Pip Change
  • Addressing the Queen
  • Card Rises Reversed then Turns Around
  • The Blank Card Gag
  • The Broomstick Rise (by Robert Heller)
  • With a Silk in the Glass
 		1938
Greater Magic
377
Method No. 2. Threaded Packet from Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938
Greater Magic
380
Method No. 3. With a Borrowed Pack Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938
Greater Magic
381
Method No. 4. Card Rise Spontaneously from the Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938
Greater Magic
382
Method No. 5. Chosen Card Rises from Pack Held in the Hand Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, hole through whole deck
 		1938
Greater Magic
382
Buatier de Kolta, Harry Stork Method No. 6. The All Rising Cards all cards jump out of class, card fountain, discussion of methods with details for some
  • Buatier DeKolta
  • Harry Stork
  • third method
 		1938
Greater Magic
383
Method No. 7. The Swinging Rising Cards Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, houlette is attached at string and swings back and forth
 		1938
Greater Magic
385
Method No. 8. The Joker Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out JOKER
 		1938
Greater Magic
386
Method No. 9. The Celebrity Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out a chosen celebrity
 		1938
Greater Magic
386
Professor Alberti Method No. 1. The "Alberti" Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 		1938
Greater Magic
387
Adrian Plate Method No. 2. Adrian Plate's Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 		1938
Greater Magic
388
Method No. 3. Card Rising from Hand to Hand Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air to other hand
 		1938
Greater Magic
389
Method No. 4. From a Glass Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air from glass to hand
 		1938
Greater Magic
390
Method No. 5. Tube and Thread Hair and Wax Pellet, tube with thread in it (weight on one end) is hidden in clothing
 		1938
Greater Magic
391
Method No. 6. The Wand and Rising Card Hair and Wax Pellet, hollow wand with thread in it (weight on one end)
 		1938
Greater Magic
391
Donald Holmes The Holmes Spindle little mechanism that's attached to rim of glass
 		1938
Greater Magic
404
Harlan Tarbell The "Sandu" Rising Cards trickling sand principle as mechanism, in glass on table
 		1938
Greater Magic
407
Henry Gordien The Gordien Rising Cards gramophone motor attached to table, thread
 		1938
Greater Magic
408
The Hand Houlette houlette and cards ungaffed, one gimmicked card
 		1938
Greater Magic
410
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards The Aerial Cards, floating across stage with named cards (assistant)
 		1938
Greater Magic
412
A Method for Parlor The Aerial Cards, floating card
 		1938
Greater Magic
413
A Second Method The Aerial Cards, floating card, no assistant
 		1938
Greater Magic
413
The Queen of the Air The Aerial Cards, card floating from one table to another
 		1938
Greater Magic
414
Dr. Jacob Daley The Card Windlass or Reel handling for the gaffed method (windlass or Thornton Reel), originally from "Art of Magic"
 		1938
Greater Magic
426
Theodore Annemann, Holden The Rising Card credits see p. 461
 		Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 66)
459
Theodore Annemann, Thirteen of Magic Authentical rubber banded deck stands on edge during rise
 		Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 73)
487
Tom Sellers New Rising Cards deck wrapped in newspaper, duplicates
 		1939
Scots Magic
8
Jean Hugard The Rising Cards and Glass Bottle deck placed in cut-open glass bottle, selections rise one by one while bottle is held by spectator
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
22
Jean Hugard The Hugard Rising Cards three cards
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
201
Charlie Miller The Mesmerised Cards thread & wax
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
205
R. M. Jamison The Cards Rise Again two cards, thread, houlette
 		1941
More Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
37
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards "The Baker Method for Club Work"
with hanging houlette
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
31
Keith Clark Rising Card from the Pocket from breast pocket
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
241
Rising Cards from Glass Goblet three cards, with loop moves, variation with assistant (page 249)
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
243
Al Baker Rising Cards from Goblet - Al Baker Method different hook up
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
249
Henry Gordien Rising Cards from Goblet - Henry Gordien Method different hook up
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
250
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards rise and float into hand
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
250
Paul Fox, Harlan Tarbell Superba Rising Cards four cards rise and float into hand
Related to 1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
255
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta Card Fountain all cards except one jump out of glass, thread
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
259
Jean Hugard The Aerial Cards - Jean Hugard Method three cards rise out of the deck and float into other hand
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
23
Tom Sellers Two Card Rise
1943
Magical Mixture
21
Bob Hummer Bob Hummer's Whirling Card
VariationsAlso published here 1943
Hummer's Whirling Card
2
Bob Hummer Impossible Location impossible location, with hair
Also published here 1944
Six-Trix for 1944
7
Bob Hummer Do As I Do with hair
Also published here 1944
Six-Trix for 1944
7
Modern Rising Cards from Envelope packet of cards is put in envelope, selection rise from it
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
135
Enchanted Cards and Envelope three cards are put in envelope and rise from it
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
139
Bewitched Rising Cards and Envelope three cards are put in envelope and rise from there
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
142
Myterious Bookmarks - Rising Cards from Book three cards are put in different places in a book and rise from there
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
145
Harlan Tarbell Rising Cards Through Hat cards are put in glass under hat, selections rise through hat into view
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
150
Rising Cards out of Hat selections rise out of hat
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
152
Harlan Tarbell Haunted House Rising Cards deck put in small house, selections rise through chimney...
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
154
Peter Warlock My Best Rising Cards chair thread set-up
 		1945
My Best
66
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Rising Cards several cards rise from a houlette
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
124
Audley Walsh King of (Nite) Clubs rising card routine, as climax a puppet rises from deck with outstreched arms
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
60
Bill Simon Cig-Card-Rise from cigarette case
 		Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 164)
659
Maurice Kump The Hommade Magician
  • Hair (for thread work)
  • Thumbtips
  • Slates
  • Carbon
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
1
Al Baker The Balancing Card card stands upright on performer's palm, thread
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
13
Al Baker The Card from the Hat thread
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
14
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
16
Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
18
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
22
Clifford Bruce Cheescake Card Trick card travels from one sock to the other
 		1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
38
Bruce Elliott The Card in wallet - Again thread with wax
 		1956
The Best in Magic
166
Dai Vernon The Rising Card
1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
27
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts Itself
1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
30
Dai Vernon, Al Baker The Walking and Jumping Card card "walks" out of a hat and jumps out of it
 		1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
33
Alan Alan Rising Card cards in case
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
165
George Blake Thread Case Holdout
Sep. 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 11)
122
Don Nielson Rising Cards probably not serious
 		Mar. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 5)
164
Edward Marlo The Emerging Card or Fingertip Rise fingertip peeked at card rises, thread, dated 1964, see page 155 for additional observations
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
99
Fernando Larraín, Ramon Varela La carta volante card floats from one hand to the other
 		1970
Trucky-carto-magia
109
Alan Alan Rising Card loop from sleeve
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
108
Mike Rogers The Zany Gaff deck placed on table, covered with handkerchief, selection comes face up to top, magnetic thread gimmick between hands
 		Dec. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12)
93
Billy McComb Frolics with the Hummer Whirling Card
  • A Variation
  • A Don't! - If You Unravel Your Own!
  • A Miracle!
  • You're All Set!
  • Light Weight - But Great!
  • True Story!
Inspired by 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
51
Donna Delbert The Travelling Card card floats from hand to hand
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
166
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Thread Gag No. 163, cryptic note on thread hook-up for rising cards
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's New Horizontal Card Rise No. 252, card rises out of deck forward with deck held flat
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
63
Paul Fox Paul Fox's Button Trick No. 380, might be about his rising card method?!
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
104
Roterberg New Era No. 691, on hat, thread
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
187
Roterberg Caglistro Hand No. 694, model of hand used in rising card presentation
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
187
Dick Zimmerman Crystal Card Box deck in clear box, selection comes out of the deck, pushes the lid open and falling on the table
 		1973
Creative Magic
11
Cardini Cardini's Rising Card floats up into hand, write-up by Milton Tropp
Related to 1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)
937
Karl Fulves Other Applications of sleeving
  • Hofzinser Ace Problem with Aces in spectator's pocket
  • Rising Card Hook-up
  • Sticky Tape at outside of Sleeve
  • Sleeving into Envelopes
 		1977
Impromptu Holdouts
47
Paul Fox, Danny Dew The Paul Fox Rising Cards (Danny Dew Version)
1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
142
Karrell Fox Instant Replay - Card to Pocket last card can be seen visibly crawling over chest
Related to 1979
Another Book
249
Rick Johnsson Yours, Mine & Ours with "My Card" & " Your Card" written on blank cards
 		Aug. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8)
887
Bob Hummer Impossible Location impossible location, with hair
Also published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
24
Bob Hummer Do As I Do with hair
Also published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
24
Bob Hummer Hummer's Whirling Card
Related toAlso published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
84
Ross Bertram, Edward Marlo The Haunted Deck plastic on thread
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
97
Gaëtan Bloom One-Card Card Castle card stands on its edge, uncredited
 		1983
The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1
190
John Kennedy Animated Card Location three selections, one rises from pocket, second shoots from deck, last rises from deck and floats into hand
 		1983
Lecture III
12
Mark Lefler Whirling Card card shoots out of deck and floats into hand
Related to 1983
Lecture III
16
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
150
Pascal Monmoine Card Through the Table from a Distance signed card, spectator lights a piece if pyropaper on the deck, the card flutters beneath the center of the table to the floor
 		May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1229
Danny Korem The Acrobatic Haunted Card thread set-up between two fingers
 		1985
Korem without Limits
141
Martin Lewis The Impossible Miniature Card Rise Two cards rise, mini deck used, sealed by inverted glass on tray
 		1985
Martin's Miracles
62
Frederick Braue FB Adaptation Thayer Rising Cards with houlette and thread (1937)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
27
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard Rising Cards
1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
28
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller The Rising Cards three cards (1940)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
3
Frederick Braue Braue Impromptu Rising Cards selection peeked (1959)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
15
Frederick Braue Platform Rising Cards finger tip for end of thread (1959)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
17
Eugene Burger Sylvia's Cards a bizarre presentation for the rising cards
 		1987
The Performance of Close-Up Magic
91
Karl Fulves, Al Baker Haunted thread
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
40
Karl Fulves Close Up Riser set-up with thread is done entirely on the table
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
42
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
9
Karl Fulves Hangout deck face up on table, spectators cut anywhere and remember cards while the magician's back is turned, located
 		1987
Secret Session — Part One
11
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1987
Carney Up Close
[9]
David Britland Elastic Thread on invisible elastic thread
 		1988
Card Kinetics
20
Ricardo Baccarini Materialization Mental card appears under paper
 		1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12)
2005
Jerry Mentzer Card Rise from Wallet Magical Lee card rises from wallet
 		1991
Card to Wallet
153
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1991
Carneycopia
107
Will Ayling The Rising Cards extract from Dean's "Hocus Pocus", version with a hair
 		1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
6
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards in glass, selection jumps out, different versions
Related to 1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
6
The Duplicate Stack Method
1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
9
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards
Related to 1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
10
Walter Wandman Rising Cards from Opera Hat three selections rise from hat, gimmick
 		1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
10
Will Ayling Jumbo Rising Cards with houlette, card rises from envelope, similar to Jim Hooper's "Nemo Jumbo Rising Cards"
 		1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
18
A Novel Presentation extract from Roterberg
Related to 1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
23
Ellis Stanyon The Wonderful Floating Card Trick selection floats from deck into other hand
 		1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
23
Will Ayling, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Moving Pip Card moving pip in conjunction with rising cards, anecdote of De Kolta's daughter manufacturing multi pip cards
 		1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
26
Karrell Fox Simply Thurston
1991
Goodies
96
Edward Wase Production of Three Cards production of cards that come from sleeve with thread pull
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
8
Steve Dusheck A Moving Experience five cards on a stand, chosen one falls over
 		1993
Dusheck's Mental Magic
99
Steve Dusheck Universal Gimmick hook-up for invisible thread that can be attached to clothing, with weight to pull back thread, with applications:
  • rope floats to hand
  • third tassel gag for Chinese sticks
  • rising card with card floating to hand
  • as pull, match or coin vanish
Inspired byVariations
  • "Invisible Thread Retractor" (Steve Dusheck, marketed 1978)
Also published here
  • marketed in 1968
 1994
Dusheck's Close-Up Magic
74
Robert Parrish Do the Spirits Return? rapping hand answers questions, rising cards with the hand, card stands upright
Inspired byRelated to 1995
Great Tricks Revisited
25
Michael Kaminskas Heli-Card card rises from deck then it is signed and is spinned in the air, Steve Fearson Hookup
 		1996
Miracle Material
19
Jon LeClair Animator Rising Card
1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
131
Jon LeClair Static Card card stands on hand on edge
Inspired by
  • "Standing Card" (Gaëton Bloom)
 1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
135
Jon LeClair Whirling Card
Inspired by 1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
137
Jon LeClair Impromptu Animated Deck with borrowed deck, tabled or in the hands
 		1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
145
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998
Spooked
6
Nicholas Einhorn Warning! on thread work
 		1998
Spooked
16
Easy Riser out-of-hands in glass
 		1998
The Rising Card Book
25
Phil Kannen Free Float card rises out of cased deck held by spectator
 		1998
The Rising Card Book
29
Ron Bauer, Edward Marlo The Mechanical Deck using Marlo's gimmick on thread, done as a kind of side-ways card rise
 		1999
Mechanical Deck
2
Ellis Stanyon Balancing Any Card on a Hat No. 11, card moves in hat and then stands
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
160
Ellis Stanyon The Simple Throwing of a Card No. 14, card boomerangs back, thread attached
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
162
Ellis Stanyon The Electric Pack of Cards No. 48, floating spread between hands
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
184
Ellis Stanyon The Animated Card No. 17, card rises out of tabled spread
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
211
Baltazar Fuentes Two Intuitions card spectator cuts to is predicted with three mates, another previously tabled card turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired by 2000
I'm Dancing
23
Baltazar Fuentes Styrofoam Switch card on table is apparently picked up with another card and switched, it is actually on a string with styrofoam cube at the end and pulled into lap quickly
 		2000
I'm Dancing
27
Simon Lovell Business Card Flash! blank card tabled, coin on top, flash paper on coin, ignited and card visibly prints, pull into lap, also with playing card
Also published here
  • video "The Office Animal"
 2000
Son of Simon Says!
139
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Three Powers three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
146
John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
 		2002
The Book of Secrets
300
John Carney Variations with a Hat card out of head, then card fountain without motor or thread
 		2002
The Book of Secrets
314
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
78
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards "The Baker Method for Club Work"
with hanging houlette
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
168
Al Baker The Balancing Card card stands upright on performer's palm, thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
361
Al Baker The Card from the Hat thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
362
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
365
Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
367
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
371
Al Baker Card-Rising Wand
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 9 No. 2, April 1910
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines)
617
Peter Pit, Persi Diaconis The Card on the Back card appears on performer's back
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1981
 Nov. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 11)
23
David Regal Satan's Sandwich signed card cleanly appears between two tabled Jokers, thread
 		2008
Approaching Magic
209
Fred Robinson The Rising Cards à la Fred using wooden box and thread gimmick, described by Patrick Page
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
172
Al Baker, Eric Evans Al Baker Meets Hofzinser's Ghost ITR (Spider Pen) method
Inspired by 2012
53 Friends
31
Kiko Pastur Ases Soplados Aces are blown out of the deck on by one, two from spread, one in squared deck and one while cards are dribbled
 		2014
El Puente Invisible
23
Jim Steinmeyer The Last Card Up the Sleeve
  • Conjuring
card visibly creeps over vest, elastic pull
Related to Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
28
Alexander de Cova Comedy Karte an Decke deck tossed towards ceiling, no card sticks, selection levitates from floor to performer's hand
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
191
Mel Mellers Card Plucking chosen card caught out of shower of cards with empty hand
 		July 2016
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 11)
60
Denis Behr Haunted Herbert haunted deck into three directions, ends relatively clean
  • Tabled Handling
  • In-the-Hands Handling
Inspired byRelated to 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
74
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 2020
Sleights & Insights
285
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