Conover — Volume 1: The Magic of Tim Conover

Book
2025
Written by Eric Mead
Work of Tim Conover
174 pages (Hardcover), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
54 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Eric Mead Acknowledgements
ix
Eric Mead Author's Preface
xiii
Shari Conover Rosenberg Acknowledgements
xvii
Shari Conover Rosenberg Foreword on Tim Conover
 		xix
David Williamson Foreword
xxi
Eric Mead True Believer on Tim Conover
  • Obsession
  • Turning a Card
  • A Lesson (1)
  • Thinking in Pictures
  • On Creativity
  • Heeeere's Timmy!
  • A Lesson (2)
  • 9/11
  • Ethics
  • Packing Up
  • Magic for Strangers on a Snowy Evening
  • Beautiful Dreamer
 		xxv
Tim Conover Turning a Card on the turnover of a card at the end of an effect
 		xxviii
Tim Conover A Lesson (1) on the presentation of Vernon's Triumph
 		xxix
Eric Mead One Coin Across to illustrate a point about "Thinking in Pictures"
 		xxxi
Tim Conover My Greatest Lesson in Magic "As Written by Tim Conover", on ethics in magic, FISM Flash credit information (Scotty York), Buddy Smith
 		xxxviii
Tim Conover The Ethics of Magic
xl
Tim Conover Splitting the Rose flower is twisted out of tissue paper, in a flash it changes into a real rose, which is split into two for two spectators
Also published here
  • MUM, May 2006
 1
Tim Conover Goshman Shakers Simplified two silver coins are produced from a purse frame, they travel under pepper and salt shakers and back to the purse frame various times, with transposition with a copper coin with hole in spectator's hand
Inspired by 7
Albert Goshman Toss Vanish
10
Double Click Pass with two coins
 		12
Tim Conover Modified Retention Pass
12
Tim Conover Modified Bobo Switch
Inspired by 14
Tim Conover On Shifting Palm Position don't do it
 		15
Tim Conover The Bending Coins six coins with different dates, they bend visibly and in groups when shaken in a glass
 		19
Shuttle Pass with stack of coins
 		24
Tim Conover Thumb Palm Bobo Switch
Inspired by 27
Tim Conover The Mouse small toy mouse appears on table between hands and vanishes again, using a transfer of the pupped inspired by "Time to Change"
Related to 35
Tim Conover The Money (901)
  • Part 1 - The Signature Routine
six $1 bills change to $5 bills, then $10, $20 and finally $100 bills
  • Set #1 - Easy Money/Flash Cash
  • Set #2 - The Conover Gimmicks
  • The Wallet
 		39
Tim Conover, Eric Mead Part 2 - A Cautionary Tale, A Mystery, And Some Wild Speculation reconstruction of a variant design for the Conover Gimmicks that allows for an additional change into $50 bills
 		49
Tim Conover Fred Kaps' Chinese Coin Trick Simplified a Chinese coin grows, smaller one found under handkerchief on table, large coin vanishes and appears under handkerchief, the different-sized Chinese coins transpose, they grow again and larger Chinese coins are produced, mouse brass statue (or hourglass) appears
Inspired by 61
Tim Conover Shot Glass Apparition hands and handkerchief are shown empty, filled shot glass appears on hand
 		73
Tim Conover Shot Glass & Bottle Routine full shot glass appears, bottle appears, filled shot glass vanishes again, with handkerchief
Inspired by 79
Tim Conover Purse Frame and Coins six coins appear from purse frame, coins travel from hand to hand on table, coins across with three in each hand, all six coins vanish again in purse frame
 		83
Tim Conover Translocation Interpretation four coins in a vertical row on the table, both hands palm down on table, one by one they travel across
Inspired by 87
Han Ping Chien Move
89
Tim Conover On the Proper User of a Pull avoiding the telltale jump of material
 		91
Tim Conover Lenses giant contact lens is produced from eye and pocketed, repeated with other eye
 		95
Tim Conover On Sight Gags and Comedy in Magic
97
Tim Conover Salt Pour salt poured in hand vanishes, then it appears again and pours from fist, then from both fists
Inspired by 99
Tim Conover Goldfinger six silver dollar coins are taken from pure, five placed back in purse, remaining coin is changed to gold, coins in purse change to gold and purse itself as well
Inspired byVariations 109
Tim Conover Coin Transformation coin held with both hands and apparently warmed up with both fingers
 		111
Tim Conover Purse Switch seated
 		112
Fred Kaps Purse Switch seated, alternative
Inspired by 113
Tim Conover Goldfinger Deluxe six silver dollar coins are shown in pure, one coin is removed and changed to gold with zippo lighter, coins in purse change to gold, lighter put inside purse, pocket knife changes to gold, lighter and purse itself as well
Inspired by 114
Tim Conover Goldfinger Simplified six silver dollar coins are taken from pure, five placed back in purse, remaining coin is changed to gold with lighter, coins in purse change to gold and purse itself as well
Inspired by 116
Tim Conover Ouroboros - The Unequal Ropes routine in which the ropes become one and then three again, with Tabary's "Fusion" absorption phase
Inspired by 119
Tim Conover Sockless Coins four silver coins are placed into spectator's hand and plucked out one by one, copper-silver transposition as finale
Inspired by
  • "Socked Coins" (Tommy Wonder, Visions of Wonder DVDs, 1996)
Also published here 		133
Tim Conover Shell Drop Transfer coin drops out of shell into other hand
Also published here 136
Tim Conover On Copper/Silver Transpositions different framing
Also published here 144
Tim Conover Cups and Balls modelled after Dai Vernon's routine with original opening sequence, four billiard balls as final loads
 		147
False Transfer
153
False Roll-Under ball is rolled under cup, actually past it into other hand
 		155
Toolbox
167
Tim Conover On the Tommy Wonder Deck Switch
Inspired by 167
Tim Conover On the Tamariz False Shuffle spread on table, method to set up in front of audience
Inspired byRelated to 168
Tim Conover Pre-Show Card having a favorite card named before the performance, here in the context of a "thought-of" card stabbing
 		169
Tim Conover Locating and Controlling Specific Cards Quickly
170
Tim Conover Bill (or Card) in the Can (The Bruno Hennig Switch)
171
Photo Credits
174
Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2025.