Collins Ace Routine

69 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Collins Ace Routine
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Mickey MacDougall The Four Aces reappearance in poker deal
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 476
Dai Vernon Solo Flight Aces as finale four cards change into Aces one by one
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 254
Stanley Collins The Alpha Four Ace Trick
1945 My Best 131
Arthur H. Buckley Four Aces
1948 The Card Expert Entertains 119
Unknown The Glide with small packet, Collins Aces
 		1948 The Card Expert Entertains 1120
Edward Marlo Four Ace Vanish featuring four different vanishes
Variations 1953 The Cardician 166
Stanley Collins Collins' Ace Trick
1953 Classic Secrets of Magic 66
Stanley Collins, Cy Endfield Aces for Connoisseurs Collins Aces
Variations 1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II 46
Cliff Green The Evaporating Aces different vanish for each aces
 		1961 Professional Card Magic 92
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Favourite Four Aces Trick
1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 165
Alan Keith Sock it to Me aces reappear sticking out of four vest pockets (duplicates)
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 125
Edward Marlo Stanley Collins Ace Vanish Variation
1969 Expert Card Mysteries 151
Edward Marlo The Surprise Packet card in named hand shown indifferent during poker deal, they change into Aces, possible follow-up to Collins Aces
 		1970 Hierophant (Issue 3) 140
Edward Marlo Blank Ace Assembly suggestion of doing ace assembly with aces and blank cards
 		1971 Those Wild, Wild Aces 6
Roger Smith K-S Vanish handling for method 4 of Marlo reference
Inspired by 1971 The K-S Control System 9
Steve Saunders, James R. Hicks Four Aces 1,000,001 Aces vanish and are found again by spelling the cards
Inspired by 1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 4) 1
Francis Carlyle The Stanley Collins - Carlyle Ace Trick aces reappear in named hand
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 9
José de la Torre Follow the Leader
  • First part: The Aces Follow the Leader (Aces and Joker lost in the deck, all come to top)
  • Second part: Triumphant Aces and the Leader
  • Third part: Again the Four Aces and the Leader (Collins Ace type routine with deal into wanted hand)
 		1977 Magicana of Havana in New York 9
Stanley Collins Collins Glide Display
1978 New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 11) 2
Paul L. Smith Chased Aces all vanish, are reproduced from deck with various methods
 		May 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 5) 339
Arturo de Ascanio Ases para Conocedores (Saludo a Fred Kaps)
Inspired byAlso published here 1980 El Manejo de la Carta Doble 7
Al Smith WATA - Where Are The Aces? Collins Aces, spelling finish
Inspired by 1980 Cards On Demand 30
Ed Balducci, Frank Mireider The Auto Mazo Deck 1934, see also p. 63 for comment by Ralph W. Hull
#1 Thought of Card Reversed
#2 Alternate Reverse Trick
#3 Selected Card Found Reversed
#4 Selected Card Transferred from One Half of Pack to Another
#5 Three Card Monte
#6 The Vanishing Aces
Variations 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 58
Peter Duffie Collins Upturned Aces change to Kings in packet instead of vanishing, Drunken Poker Deal finale
 		1984 Close-Up to the Point 17
Martin Lewis The Spelling Collins' Aces
Variations 1985 Martin's Miracles 36
Unknown Slippery Aces Collins Aces with dealing finale
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 6
Tommy Martin Four Aces
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 14
Arthur H. Buckley, Unknown Four Ace Moves
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 14
Frederick Braue FB Four Aces (1937)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 18
Edward Marlo New Ace Vanishes for Collins type routines
 		1986 Thirty Five Years Later 31
Edward Marlo Olram's Updated Collins
1986 Thirty Five Years Later 32
John C. Wagner J.C. on Collins Aces
1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 54
John C. Wagner J.C.'s Collins Kings
1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 72
Nate Leipzig Leipzig on the Collins Ace Trick
1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 224
Henry Christ Vanish for the Collins Ace Trick
1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 229
Dr. Jacob Daley Alternative Ending - Daley's Vanish vanish of an ace from a packet
 		1988 The Cardwright 127
Edward Marlo Packet Switches - Third Method peel switch handling for switching all cards
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1965
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 131
Justin Higham Surprise Ace Assembly Aces vanish one by one from their packet, then last pile has all Aces face up
 		1989 West End Card Session 12
John Bannon Travelling Jack's Sideshow Aces jacks vanish from their packets, fourth packet transforms into aces, jacks from pockets
 		1990 Impossibilia 28
Simon Aronson Under Her Spell Queens vanish from their packets, named Queen spelled out, other Queens produced as well
Also published here 1990 The Aronson Approach 3
Stanley Collins Collins Vanish brief
Also published here 1990 The Aronson Approach 4
Steve Draun Technical Tips on the Collins Vanish
1990 The Aronson Approach 9
Simon Aronson Active Aces merging the beginning of Collins Aces with ending of Christ Aces
Inspired by 1990 The Aronson Approach 29
Arturo de Ascanio Ases para Conocedores (Saludo a Fred Kaps)
VariationsAlso published here 1992 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 6 17
Unknown Slippery Aces
1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 83
Eddie Fechter, Del Ray Fechter's Aces Aces vanish from four packets and are found again, improvisational manner
Variations 1993 Fechter 138
Alex Elmsley Collinspell collins aces with spelling finale, setting cards with a faro, featuring interesting vanishes
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 357
Joe Rindfleisch Poker-Deal Aces
May 1995 Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 5) 2502
Simon Aronson Stack In Trade Aces stacked to performer and shown during deal, then another player has Aces and performer Royal Flush
  • Overhand Shuffle Methode (Version 1)
  • Streamlined Handling
  • Collins Method (Version 2)
Inspired by 1995 Simply Simon 52
Edward Marlo Latest Ace Vanishes Ace (or card) vanishes in packet, five methods
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1968
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 37
Pablo Domenèch En Torno a los Cuatro Ases - Ases para Conocedores
1996 La Magia de Pablo Domènech 27
Larry Jennings The Jennings/Collins Aces
1997 Jennings '67 220
Richard Kaufman A few words about "The Collins Aces credit information
 		1997 Jennings '67 220
Michael Vincent The Many Faces of a Woman longer routine about the four queens
 		Oct. 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 10) 2845
Wesley James Stanley Collins Meets The Progressive Aces
Inspired by Dec. 1999 Onyx (Issue 9) 27
Stanley Collins Collins Ace Vanish
Related to
  • Magazine of Magic, Oct. 1914
 2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 69
John Neely The Resurrection Aces vanish à la Collins Aces and are found again à la Christ Aces
 		2000 Card File Two 91
Reinhard Müller The Glide Vanish
  • The Side-Glide Vanish
  • The Deal Vanish
  • The Spectator's Glide
Inspired by 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6) 180
Karl Fulves Collins Ace Vanish Credit Information references
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 7) 114
Simon Aronson Under Her Spell Queens vanish from their packets, named Queen spelled out, other Queens produced as well
Also published here 2003 Lecture Notes 6
Stanley Collins Collins Vanish brief
Also published here 2003 Lecture Notes 6
Arturo de Ascanio Aces for Connoisseurs
Inspired byAlso published here 2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 175
Arturo de Ascanio The Aces of My Exam
Related toAlso published here 2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 182
Joaquín Matas Los Ases de Mi Examen Aces appear face-up in different parts of the deck
Inspired byRelated to 2014 A Fuego Lento — Volumen I 215
David Britland Mickey's Aces
  • Cardopolis
Collins Aces, reappearance of Aces in poker deal
Inspired by Oct. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10) 48
Arturo de Ascanio, Jesús Etcheverry The Aces of my exam
Also published here 2020 Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling) 149
Steve Reynolds Invisible Poker Deal Collins Aces, Aces reappear face-up when dealing a face-down poker hand
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Next Stop... Larceny
 2021 Output (Issue 16) 26
Rico Weeland Thank You, Eddie Aces vanish from four packets in different ways and are found again at four numbers or values in improvisational manner
Inspired by Oct. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10) 466
Dai Vernon Collins Aces Tips from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 82