Mike Bornstein

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Cliff Green, Tenkai Ishida	Interlocked Production	here credited to Green but it's not his actual method but presumably Tenkai's which was worked out after seeing Green perform, for credit information see Cliff Green's 1961 write-up	Related to The Interlocked Card Production (Cliff Green, 1961) Interlocked Production (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations M.B. Card Production (Mike Bornstein, 1982)	1940	Expert Card Technique	159	Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Interlocked Production
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Mike Bornstein, Karrel Fox, Stuart Jules, Martin Gardner, Burling Hull		Dec. 1946	The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 116)	468	Articles / Columns
Mike Bornstein	Zombino	as Kolma, floating ball, thumb tip with wire and ball	Related to Improved Floating Dollar Bill (Mike Bornstein, 1984) Experiment No. 13 (Steve Dusheck, 1991)	Jan. 1947	The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 117)	469	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Gaffed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Paul Draylin, Mike Bornstein	The Impossible Television Frame!	card appears in social security card case, wrapped with rubberbands		Dec. 1947	The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 141)	565	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Other item Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Frame
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jay Marshall, Lee Noble, Carl Ballantine, Mike Bornstein, Jerry Cohen, Dai Vernon, Cy Endfield, Milbourne Christopher		June 1949	The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 180)	722	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Vernon, Martin Gardner, Mike Bornstein		Aug. 1950	The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 210)	841	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	Remembrance of (Magical) Things Past...	on Fred Keating and his idea with the Vanishing Bird Cage, Mike Bornstein's production of a huge foulard, Keith Clark's ring through door, Houdini, Thurston, Richiardi Jr. & Sr.		1961	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)	78	Pull & Holdouts Bird Cage / Vanish Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / Bare Handed Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous Articles / Anecdotes Hand Gimmicks / False Finger
Brother John Hamman	2 Shuffles Harry	red black kicker	Related to Two Card Reverse (Mike Bornstein, 1982) Variations "TSHocker" (David Grenewetzki, Brother John Hamman, 1982) Also published here Two-Shuffles Harry (Brother John Hamman, 1989)	Aug. 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 8)	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	Triangle Angle	matrix type effect with coins and a dollar bill		Mar. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)	169	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Clip-Joint	two-pronged paper clip penetrated bill		Sep. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 9)	244	Bill / Penetration
Mike Bornstein	Bill-Vedere	gaffed		Nov. 1980	Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 11)	415	Bill / Torn & Restored
Mike Bornstein	Bet-A-Buck	prediction on dollar bill changes to fit selection		Dec. 1981	Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 12)	570	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Mike Bornstein	Throw-Out Cardcase	gag in which case is thrown out on Chinese Yo Yo		Aug. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 8)	665	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
Mike Bornstein	Introduction			1982	Triumph Outdone	5	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Mike Bornstein	Topsy Turvy Aces	deck shuffled face up into face down, Aces appear one by one on the face, triumph as climax		1982	Triumph Outdone	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Topsy-Turvy Aces
Mike Bornstein	M.B. Shift	bottom block transfer, deck on edge, push through shuffle		1982	Triumph Outdone	9	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Transfers & Displacements
Mike Bornstein	Topsy Turvy Aces Kicker	Topsy-Turvey Aces, Aces change into Kings as kicker		1982	Triumph Outdone	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Topsy-Turvy Aces
Mike Bornstein	Four Ace Control	finding four Aces in process		1982	Triumph Outdone	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Topsy-Turvy Aces
Mike Bornstein	Two Card Reverse	two selections, cards shuffled face up into face down, deck is cut and selections end up as only reversed card in each pile	Related to 2 Shuffles Harry (Brother John Hamman, 1978)	1982	Triumph Outdone	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	Sandwich Triumph	sandwich cards end up reversed with selection in between, after triumph	Variations Fresh Sliced (Al Smith, 1983) Fresh Sliced (Al Smith, 1991)	1982	Triumph Outdone	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	Cherchez La Femme Triumph	collectors meets triumph, using four Aces and four Queens		1982	Triumph Outdone	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	Lalapalooza Aces	Aces lost in one pile and four selections in second pile, piles shuffled face up into face down, all cards end up face down except four pairs each consisting of an Ace and a selection		1982	Triumph Outdone	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	Four Pile Triumph	deck shuffled face up into face down, cut into four piles and Aces appear on the bottom of each pile, triumph ending		1982	Triumph Outdone	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Color Poker Triumph	deck shuffled face up into face down, Royal Flush is produced which then turns out to be with different colored backs, triumph ending		1982	Triumph Outdone	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Color Changing Back Kicker Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Paint Brush Poker	deck shuffled face up into face down, Royal Flush is produced, triumph ending		1982	Triumph Outdone	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Sleights / Mat Things / Paint Production on Rubber Back
Mike Bornstein	Paint Brush Production	deck brushed on map / table and card appears		1982	Triumph Outdone	41	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled Cards / Sleights / Mat Things / Paint Production on Rubber Back
Mike Bornstein	One Hand Multiple Card Palm	squeezing deck and separating cards with first finger, similiar to Rene Lavand's palm		1982	Triumph Outdone	42	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / One-Handed
Mike Bornstein	M.B. Card Production	from top of the hand, variation to Cliff Green /Tenkai's method	Inspired by Interlocked Production (Cliff Green, Tenkai Ishida, 1940)	1982	Triumph Outdone	44	Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Interlocked Production
Mike Bornstein	Your Favorite Ace	four coins travel from box to under four cards		1982	Triumph Outdone	48	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Mike Bornstein	The M.B. Vanishing Deck	with card case shell		1982	Triumph Outdone	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Shell
Mike Bornstein	Simple Four-Ace Triumph			Apr. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 4)	765	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Mike Bornstein	Paint-On Aces	aces painted on surface		Sep. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)	821	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Multiple Shift			Sep. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)	821	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled
Mike Bornstein	Running Force	during running cut, Hindu Force variation		Sep. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)	822	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Running Cut & Stop
Al Smith (reviewer)	Triumph Outdone	by Mike Bornstein (written by Walt Lees)		Feb. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 8)	1087	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Al Smith	Fresh Sliced	sandwich/triumph combo	Inspired by Sandwich Triumph (Mike Bornstein, 1982) Also published here Fresh Sliced (Al Smith, 1991)	Sep. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 12)	1147	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	Sans Thumbtip	bill rolled into tube, salt poured in it, doesn't come out at the bottom		July 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 7)	946	Bill / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	The Hydrostatic Dollar Bill	rolled bill is filled with salt, turned over and salt remains inside, gaffed bill		1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	5	Bill / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Improved Floating Dollar Bill	with alternative method	Inspired by Zombino (Mike Bornstein, 1947)	1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	10	Bill / Animation / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	The Photostatic Dollar Bill	copying a part of a bill on a blank card		1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	15	Bill / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Mike Bornstein	Stretching a Dollar Bill or How to Make Money Go a Long Way!			1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	20	Bill / Topological Effects
Mike Bornstein	Standup Bill	bill stands on hand		1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	24	Bill / Animation / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Simplex Money Maker	piece of paper is put between two playing cards, transforms into a bill and back to blank paper		1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	28	Paper / Transformation Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Mike Bornstein	The Elusive President	face of president appears on wrong bill		1984	More Money Magic of Mike Bornstein	32	Bill / Topological Effects
Yoshio Hirose	The Invisible Hole	pencil through bill	Variations Apocalypse Variations or Additions (Lenny Greenfader, 1985) Enlarged Invisible Hole (Mike Bornstein, 1985) Puncture (Murray Sumner, Rick Johnsson, Yoshio Hirose, 1989) Billgate (Meir Yedid, 1994)	Mar. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 3)	1038	Bill / Penetration
Mike Bornstein	Cased-Deck Penetration	card though case, flap gaff		Mar. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 3)	1040	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case
Mike Bornstein	Miniature Mindreading Miracle	though of card, wrong card changes into miniature brainwave deck		May 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)	1060	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Supreme Oil and Water	4&4		July 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)	1085	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Odd Backed
Mike Bornstein	Enlarged Invisible Hole	coin through bill	Inspired by The Invisible Hole (Yoshio Hirose, 1985)	Nov. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 11)	1136	Bill / Penetration
Harry Lorayne	Mike Bornstein	mini bio		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	150	Articles / Biographical
Mike Bornstein	On Target	featuring a key card cutting placement		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	151	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Mike Bornstein	Svengali Prediction	svengali deck		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck
Mike Bornstein	Stretch Out	long spread of card between the hands without visible support, rubber band		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	544	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Defying Gravity
Mike Bornstein	Bill Stretch			Dec. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 12)	1290	Bill / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Four-Instants		Variations Apocalypse Variations or Additions (David Regal, 1987)	Mar. 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 3)	1325	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed
David Regal	Apocalypse Variations or Additions		Inspired by Four-Instants (Mike Bornstein, 1987)	Aug. 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 8)	1390	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed
Mike Bornstein	Enlarger	normal card comes out of box and becomes giant card when fully removed		Oct. 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 10)	1408	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Rainbow Transposition	Oddbacked		Feb. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 2)	1460	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Static Cling			Sep. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 9)	1537	Bill / Animation / Static Electricity
Mike Bornstein	Finger Ring Pass Through	ring vanishes and instantly reappears on rope		Dec. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 12)	1575	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Mike Bornstein	The Little Bit of Rubbing	Image of Bill is rubbed on blank Card		Sep. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 9)	1686	Bill / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Color me Blue			Jan. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 1)	1734	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Mike Bornstein	Ace to Fifty	Coins from Box to under four Aces		June 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)	1798	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Mike Bornstein	Seen Between			Jan. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 1)	1882	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Mike Bornstein	Poker Matrix	Effect Combo, Royal Flush Finale		Aug. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 8)	1967	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Steve Dusheck	Experiment No. 13	needle on end of thumb tip for rising card or floating bill	Related to The Card Case and Finger Tip (1938) Zombino (Mike Bornstein, 1947)	1991	Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic	56	Bill / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Al Smith	Fresh Sliced	sandwich/triumph combo	Inspired by Sandwich Triumph (Mike Bornstein, 1982) Also published here Fresh Sliced (Al Smith, 1983)	1991	Hot Stacks & Cold Decks	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Mike Bornstein	To the Top	four Aces		Feb. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)	2032	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Mike Bornstein	Bargain Four	ala swindle cut		Jan. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 1)	2165	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Every Fourth	combo with Royal Flush kicker	Variations Majesties (Aldo Colombini, 1995)	Sep. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 9)	2260	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Mike Bornstein	Two Card Reverse	with two selection		1993	Card File	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Mike Bornstein	Bornstein's Shift	bottom block transfer, deck on edge		1993	Card File	36	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Transfers & Displacements
Mike Bornstein	Band-It	rubber band diagonally around deck vanishes and reappears around selection	Variations Band-It (Neal Elias, 2001) Also published here Backstage - A Journal for Magicians (Chuck Windley)	1993	Card File	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards
Mike Bornstein	Special Coin-Turnover Move			May 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 5)	2362	Coin / Sleights / Doubleface-display
Mike Bornstein	All Hands on Deck	overhand		Sep. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)	2410	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Overhand
Mike Bornstein	Simplex Money Maker	blank paper sandwiched between two playing cards, changes into bill, becomes blank again		1994	Close-Up File	62	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Mike Bornstein	Double Matchit	card chosen and lost, dollar bill changes into matchbook, mini card inside which matches selection	Also published here Latest Money Magic (Bornstein)	1994	Close-Up File	67	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox/Matchbook Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Majesties	combo with Royal Flushes kicker	Inspired by Every Fourth (Mike Bornstein, 1993)	1995	What's Up Deck?	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Neal Elias	Band-It	rubber band around deck vanishes and reappears around selection, Twirl Pass application	Inspired by Band-It (Mike Bornstein, 1993) Variations Jump Shot II (Karl Fulves, 2001)	2001	New Card Controls	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards
Josh Janousky	Frost	borrowed credit card penetrates bill	Inspired by "Elastic Penetero" (The Latest Money Magic of Mike Bornstein)	2017	Just Joshin'	17	Bill / Penetration Credit Card / Penetration

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