Unexplainable Acts

Book
1990
Written by Richard Kaufman
Work of Gary Kurtz*
102 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Richard Kaufman
Language: English
47 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Roger Klause Foreword
7
Gary Kurtz* Preface
9
Gary Kurtz* Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet
Variations
 11
Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo K.M. Move
12
Gary Kurtz* One-Handed Get-Ready
13
Gary Kurtz* Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Also published here
 14
Gary Kurtz* Inside/Outside two stapled cards turn inside out
Also published here
Related to
 16
Gary Kurtz* Unidirectional Turnover
Related to
 19
Gary Kurtz* Constant Return with "mine"/"yours" written on coins
 		20
Gary Kurtz* Attraction mysterious sliding on stick
 		23
Gary Kurtz* Wishful Thinking effect combination
 		25
Gary Kurtz* Slip Force Handling
Inspired by
Variations
 26
Gary Kurtz* Top to Bottom Pivot Palm
Related to
 27
Gary Kurtz* Bottom Palm Replacement
28
Gary Kurtz* Fingertip Longitudinal Steal from the center
 		28
Gary Kurtz* Split Disclosure Half the Card travels in Wallet, half in anything
 		30
Gary Kurtz* Body Heat using Scotch and Soda Gimmick
Related to
 32
Gary Kurtz* Four-Fisted Copper/Silver - Transformation Combo
Related to
 35
Gary Kurtz* Special Delivery
Related to
 39
Gary Kurtz* Orange lemon and tomato change into fruit in cardboard
Related to
 43
Gary Kurtz* Name It! at the end spectator's name appears on back of card
Related to
Variations
 46
Gary Kurtz* The Anticipator performer removes same coin as spectator from pocket
 		49
Gary Kurtz* The Empty Hand Inside Jacket Pocket
Also published here
Related to
  • Luis Trueba's "Carta al Bolsillo" in ""La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 106, 1983. P. 197.
  • The Empty Hand (Gary Kurtz*, The Secrets of So Sato, 2016)
Variations
 51
Gary Kurtz* Interchange
Variations
 54
Arturo de Ascanio Las Vegas Ascanio Spread
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Gary Kurtz* Inside Jacket back on pack
 		56
Gary Kurtz* Zarrow's Triple Buckle
58
Gary Kurtz* Multiple Palm small packet
 		59
Gary Kurtz* Coming out Ahead mental lead in, using bag, multiple coins
 		61
Gary Kurtz* Artistic License modern art theme, yellow and blue sections on a card morph to green
Variations
 65
Gary Kurtz* Erdnase's First Transformation
65
Gary Kurtz* Trio long combination
Related to
Variations
 67
David Roth Curl Palm
67
Gary Kurtz* Coin-on-Shell Drop solid sound, bottom of page
 		70
Gary Kurtz* Transfer thumb to finger
 		71
Derek Dingle The Silent Steal
71
Geoffrey Latta One-Hand Vanish third finger curl palm, "Nowhere Palm"
 		76
Gary Kurtz* All Together Four of a kind in Spectators palms
Variations
 79
Gary Kurtz* Swing Cut Palm
81
Gary Kurtz* Cigar
Also published here
Related to
 83
Gary Kurtz* Mirror Image topological thing, words on paper held in front of a small mirror, they end up written backwards
Also published here
 88
Gary Kurtz* Flurious using Jumbo Coins
Related to
 91
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Change Overs
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Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin silk cover
 		91
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Vanishes two methods
 		94
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Vanish Sleeve or Breast Pocket
 		99
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Transformation using silk
 		99
Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2004.