Flourishes

21 entries in Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Flourishes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Walter B. Gibson* Billard Ball Act
  • perfect color change
  • extra ball getaway
  • down the ladder
  • through the pocket
  • gaining white ball
  • throw color change
  • the vanish getaway
  • instant ball to silk
  • the smash change
  • quick one to four
Related to
 Feb. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 28)
115
Jean Hugard The Roll Flourish
June 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 1)
229
Jean Hugard Throughth Flourish similar to the Cups and Balls sequence, where one cup falls through second cup, done with billiard balls
 		Dec. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)
272
Victor Sendacz, Vic Sendax The Walking Ball billiard ball rolls over and under first and second finger
Also published here
 Dec. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)
272
E. Brian MacCarthy A Billiard Ball Flourish ball is tossed in the air and apparently caught between two fingers
 		1946
Modern Sleights
5
Arthur H. Buckley Moving the Ball Down from the Fist Position to the First and Second Fingers
1948
Principles and Deceptions
180
Arthur H. Buckley The "Ball Roll" From Finger to Finger
1948
Principles and Deceptions
186
Arthur H. Buckley The "Ball Roll" With Another Ball Concealed in your Palm
1948
Principles and Deceptions
188
John R. Boyko Catch catching a ball between two fingers
 		June 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 180)
721
Jack Miller Miller's Mighty Mite flourish with ball, rubber cement
 		Apr. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 227)
906
Spin Flourish
1960
Billiard Balls
1
Stanley Collins A Flourish two balls moved around between the fingers, suggested with coins by Fulves
 		May 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)
623
Victor Sendacz The Walking Ball billiard ball rolls over and under first and second finger
Also published here
 Feb. 1975
Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 1 No. 2)
7
Ball Roll
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
140
Elevator two balls rolled upwards between palms
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
141
Richard Kaufman To Roll a Ball between fingers
 		1977
Balls!
7
Quickie Billiard-Ball Flourishes three flourishes
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
210
Walk-Up Flourish two balls squeezed upwards between the palms
 		1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
40
Walking Ball Flourish à la Cardini
 		1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
41
Alex Elmsley Two-Ball Roll rolling two balls between fingers of both hands
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
22
An Egg Flourish rolling egg between two fingers, as with billiard ball
Also published here
  • "An Egg Move" (Fifty Fakes, p. 13)
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
245