271 entries for Curtis Kam

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Paul LePaul There It Is! visual thing, drawing on cover of Dover Reprint..., for credit information see references
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940
Expert Card Technique
167
Terry Lynn The Lynn Pennies seven coins counted into spectator's hand, one magically removed, repeated twice
Related toVariations 1948
Principles and Deceptions
83
J. B. Bobo The Bobo Switch
Related toVariations 1952
Modern Coin Magic
10
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Pennies Point Transfer
Variations 1953
Six Tricks by Tenkai
10
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
197
Cliff Green General Delivery - Cards to the Pockets six cards, red black alternating, vanish and reappear color-separated from two different pockets
Variations 1961
Professional Card Magic
134
Howard Schwarzman Shuttle Pass pick-up shuttle pass, cards can be dumped in other hand
Variations 1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
419
Dick Zimmerman Slippery Rocks stick with jewels
Variations 1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
134
Rick Johnsson Kamikazee Koins one of two coins (copper and silver) penetrates table, see p. 786 for credit information
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 11)
794
Scotty York Three Coins and A Ring two phases, coin assembly (to ring) and coins across
Variations 1975
Lecture
3
Allan Ackerman EvaporACEtion
Variations 1978
Here's My Card
24
David Roth Hanging Coins
VariationsAlso published here June 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 6)
68
Bill Voss Relentless four silver and four copper coins transpose one by one, using c/s coin
Variations Aug. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 8)
231
Dai Vernon, Frank Garcia Spellbound for Experts see p. 1300 for comment
Related to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 16)
1215
Daryl Martinez The Mysterious Cross of India based on routine by Tagaki, four coins in each hand
Related toVariations 1980
Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler"
70
Larry Jennings The General Card ungaffed, three selections
VariationsAlso published here June 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)
349
Sol Stone One-Hand Triple Spellbound No. 1
Variations 1981
CoinMagic
102
Paul Harris The Vacuum Cleaner Card Case case stuck to deck
Variations 1981
Close-up Fantasies Finalé
5
Meir Yedid, Paul LePaul There It Is Variation double card and unload, as a change
Inspired byRelated to 1982
Incredible Close-Up Magic
48
Curtis Kam All The World's A Stage...
1982
All the World's a Stage
Curtis Kam ...And All Stages, Worlds
1982
All the World's a Stage
Curtis Kam Coercive Purse purse frame routine, copper and silver coins transpose with one in purse, jumbo coin from purse finale
Also published here 1982
All the World's a Stage
1
Curtis Kam Snap Back Vanish in Purse
1982
All the World's a Stage
3
Curtis Kam Tenkai Tossover coins shown in both hands, they are secretly switched, one a copper/silver
Inspired byAlso published here 1982
All the World's a Stage
4
Curtis Kam Inverted Spellbound spellbound routine, including an "inverted" (filed-down) coin, nine changes
Related to 1982
All the World's a Stage
10
Curtis Kam Flat on Fingers Change
1982
All the World's a Stage
16
Curtis Kam Relentless, But Honest three Chinese coins transpose with half dollars one by one
Inspired byRelated to 1982
All the World's a Stage
18
Curtis Kam Out any number card thought of is divined
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
21
Curtis Kam "E-Z Magic" Between your Palms ungaffed method
Inspired by 1982
All the World's a Stage
24
Curtis Kam, Chris Kam The VCCC Cleans Up Its Act case stuck to deck, gag routine with case as vacuum cleaner
Inspired by 1982
All the World's a Stage
30
Curtis Kam Condens-ace-tion
Inspired by 1982
All the World's a Stage
33
Curtis Kam Overdunn indicator cards change into mates of selection, missing sucker element
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
36
Curtis Kam Inverted Matrix I
1982
All the World's a Stage
38
Curtis Kam Pick-up Move Variation coin slided in finger palm
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
40
Curtis Kam Inverted Matrix II using two coins glued together
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
46
Curtis Kam Frozen Concentrate chapter intro
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
49
Paul Taylor Flip-Down Vanish
Related toVariations 1982
All the World's a Stage
49
Curtis Kam Flipdown-Popup combination with pop-up move
Inspired by 1982
All the World's a Stage
51
Curtis Kam In the Side Pocket
1982
All the World's a Stage
52
Curtis Kam Half-Baked section intro
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
54
Curtis Kam The Cannibal Closer idea
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
54
Curtis Kam An Ambitious Problem problem posed of culling mates of ambitious card during routine
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
54
Curtis Kam Inferential C/S Transposition off-beat use of copper-silver-coin
Related toVariationsAlso published here Mar. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 3)
753
Jeff Busby (reviewer) All the World's a Stage by Curtis Kam (written by Curtis Kam) Jan. 1983
Epoptica (Issue 3)
142
Curtis Kam Coffee & Dough using mug and crumpled bills
 		Sep. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9)
961
Louis Falanga Jazz Fusion Jazz Aces variation with O. Henry kicker, double backer
Variations 1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
84
Harry Lorayne Curtis Kam mini bio
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
174
Curtis Kam Jack In The Box joker vanishes from card case visibly and reappears inside
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
175
Curtis Kam Palm to Case Transfer palmed card is loaded under case in gesture
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
176
Curtis Kam Case Extraction
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
178
Curtis Kam "Lonely" Coins Through Table getting rid of superfluous couting
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
180
Mike Gallo, Curtis Kam Coins Through Table Kicker
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
183
Curtis Kam A Cardcase Vanish cardcase gaff with flap
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
185
Ken Krenzel, Curtis Kam Ken Krenzel's Suggestion card case and selection vanishes, reappear in pocket
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
188
Martin Lewis Cardiographic
Variations 1985
Martin's Miracles
67
Larry Jennings Coins and Handkerchief silk is held by spectators as table
VariationsAlso published here 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
107
Bruce Burrell Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by Jan. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 1)
1160
Mark Vincent The New York Magic Symposium 1986 on the convention in Tokyo, Adam Fleischer, Max Maven, Curtis Kam, Jay Sankey, Maki Kitami, Bill Spooner, Gene Matsura, Tommy Wonder, David Roth, John Kennedy, Hiroshi Sawa, Jeff McBride, Lisa Menna
 		1987
Gimmick (Issue 8)
14
Darwin Ortiz The Dream Card odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to wallet
Related toVariations 1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
81
Dai Vernon All Sound and Fabric through table done with silk
Variations 1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
128
Gary Kurtz Trio long combination
Related toVariations 1990
Unexplainable Acts
67
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card
VariationsAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
246
Curtis Kam Fortunate Break ring vanishes and appears in chosen fortune cookie, other cookies are smashed with a hammer
 		Mar. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 1)
1
Curtis Kam Dedication
1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
Curtis Kam Twisted Trio
  • Three Coin Production
  • Visible Coins Across
  • The Reproduction of Three Coins
  • The One-at-a-Time Vanish of Three Coins
Inspired by 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
5
Curtis Kam Twist Production hands twisted back and forth, suddenly coin appears
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
6
Curtis Kam Twist Shuttle Pass coins turned over between hands a few times
Variations 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
8
Curtis Kam Utility Switch one of a fan of coins
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
11
Geoffrey Latta, Curtis Kam French Pop One Handed French Drop Vanish
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
13
Curtis Kam Rolling Shuttle Pass coin roll as shuttle pass
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
14
Curtis Kam Downs Palm Transfer to finger palm of other hand
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
19
Curtis Kam Framed Wild Pocket three coins from purse frame, smaller Chinese coin contacts coins and they change one by one to Chinese, then one shrinks
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
22
Curtis Kam Twist Change Twist Shuttle Pass as transformation
Inspired by 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
27
Curtis Kam Coercive Purse purse frame routine, copper and silver coins transpose with one in purse, jumbo coin from purse finale
Also published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
29
Curtis Kam Snap Back Vanish in Purse
1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
30
Curtis Kam Tenkai Tossover coins shown in both hands, they are secretly switched, one a copper/silver
Related toAlso published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
32
Curtis Kam The Flying Shuttle Pass
Also published here
  • "Make Your Money Work for You" lecture notes, 1993
 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
36
Curtis Kam Chick-a-Chink diamond layout
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
38
Curtis Kam Copper/Silver Flurry copper coin given to spectator, flurry routine with silver coins, then transposition
  • Handling A
  • The Flurry Sequence
  • Handling B (gaffed coin)
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
43
Curtis Kam Hopping Half Hopping Half routine with only copper/silver coin, guessing game, with pocket
Also published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
45
Curtis Kam Kamnibal Cards
1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
51
Curtis Kam Shrink a Card diminishing cards in stages, miniature card removed from fan which is selection, deck grows again
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
59
Curtis Kam Timing Hindu Shuffle Force not the usual bluff
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
61
Curtis Kam Move to the Front of the Glass signed card travels to face of deck that is in glass with handkerchief cover, repeat, card appears in stages (blank, faded, ...), SBS
Variations 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
64
Curtis Kam About Face! deck with selection handed to performer behind his back, when performer turns around he has the card on his forehead
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
68
Curtis Kam Hard Boiled Detective
1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
71
Curtis Kam Greensleeves four cards vanish one by one from hand and reappear in different pockets
Inspired byAlso published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
73
Curtis Kam A Girl's Best Friend Jumping Gems stick routine, made to look like ear rings
Inspired byAlso published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
85
Curtis Kam Ring, Ring & Rope using extra ring with slit
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
93
Curtis Kam The Twenty One Cent Murder Mystery presentation for 21 cent trick
Also published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
103
Curtis Kam Tablehopper's Salt Trick idea for getting a tip for salt vanish from hand
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
105
Curtis Kam The Las Vegas Dream Routine one of three cards chosen, multiple out prediction
Also published here 1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
105
Curtis Kam Coffee and Dough bill torn and both halves crumbled up for short cups and balls routine, restoration and load of coins
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
107
Curtis Kam Hawaiian Pop-Up Move
Jan. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1)
43
Jay Sankey Leaving Home key penetrates visually on shoe lace
VariationsAlso published here June 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 6)
35
Gordon Bean (reviewer) Palms of Steel: I by Curtis Kam Oct. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)
72
Lee Asher, Allan Ackerman The Losing Control Light Reft Spread Pass, out-jogged card feature by Ackerman, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001
Hand Jobs
6
Reed McClintock Seven The Hard Way in-the-hands production of seven coins
Related toVariations 2002
Knuckle Busters Vol. 2
17
Curtis Kam No One to Four four coin production
 		2003
Knuckle Busters Vol. 4
7
Reed McClintock Freedom Flight three coins travel between fingertips
Variations 2004
Knuckle Busters Vol. 6
4
Curtis Kam "What's all this, then?"
2004
Dangerous Notions
4
Curtis Kam "Shirley, you can't be serious" on performance style with many effects, hallucination effect
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
5
Curtis Kam Spectators, Silk and Silver some comments on plot and transfers
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
6
Curtis Kam Bending The Chinese Coin giant coin, bending gag
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
7
Curtis Kam Fingertip Wildcoin: Seeing what's not there comment on the effect
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
7
Curtis Kam Beijing Coins: The Standing Coins Across three coins across sequence
Also published here 2004
Dangerous Notions
7
Curtis Kam The In Closing Steal coin in left hand tapped with coin in right hand and left hand closes, coin stolen out, edge grip
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
8
Curtis Kam Fan Drop Retention Vanish coin fan in right hand, bottom coin is apparently dropped into left hand, mime
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
9
Curtis Kam "Watch the Birdies" credit information and various tips
  • Following the Last Coin
  • Going a Little Further...
  • ...or Further...
  • ...or All the Way
  • Just a Moment
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
11
Curtis Kam Tales of the Wandering Magician - Part 1
2004
Dangerous Notions
14
Curtis Kam "Whatever Happened To..." on triple transpositions
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
15
Curtis Kam Triple Alliance 2.0
Inspired by
  • "Triple Alliance" (Curtis Kam, Palms of Steel 3: Silverado)
 2004
Dangerous Notions
15
Curtis Kam Tales of the Wandering Magician - Part 2
2004
Dangerous Notions
18
Curtis Kam "Excellent Birds" two rows, three coins on one side and two on the other, Flying Eagles
  • First Flight: By Way of the Extra Coin
  • Second Flight: The Shuttle-Click procedure
  • Third Flight: The Payoff
  • Mr. Harbottle's Bonus (Kainoa Harbottle)
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
19
Curtis Kam "Reality Check Please" with folded handkerchief on table, working behind
Inspired by
  • "Three Coins In the Hat" (Andrew Galloway, The Ramsay Legend, 1969)
 2004
Dangerous Notions
23
Curtis Kam Tales of the Wandering Magician - Part 3
2004
Dangerous Notions
26
Curtis Kam Stories, Lectures & Games on scripting tricks
Related to 2004
Dangerous Notions
28
Curtis Kam The Las Vegas Dream one of three cards chosen, multiple out prediction
Also published here 2004
Dangerous Notions
33
Curtis Kam A Girl's Best Friend Jumping Gems stick routine, made to look like ear rings
Also published here 2004
Dangerous Notions
35
Curtis Kam The Twenty One Cent Murder Mystery presentation for 21 cent trick
Also published here 2004
Dangerous Notions
38
Curtis Kam Half-Gaffed Hopping Half Hopping Half routine with only copper/silver coin, guessing game, with pocket
Also published here 2004
Dangerous Notions
40
Curtis Kam Money Talks patter themes for coin magic
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
43
Curtis Kam Praise The Load cup shown empty, then final load appears, no small ball sequence at all
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
46
Curtis Kam This is not the End
2004
Dangerous Notions
48
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) The Rat Pack by Curtis Kam Apr. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)
105
Curtis Kam Curtis Kam
2006
Mr. Eclectic
1
Curtis Kam About These Notes
2006
Mr. Eclectic
2
Curtis Kam Overview & Toolbox following routines are meant as one long set, on the flipper coin
 		2006
Mr. Eclectic
2
Curtis Kam Production Sequence: Three Coin Monte production sequence using Twist Production
 		2006
Mr. Eclectic
4
Curtis Kam First Verse: The Dance of the Thumbs three coins across sequence
Also published here 2006
Mr. Eclectic
5
Curtis Kam The In Closing Steal coin in left hand tapped with coin in right hand and left hand closes, coin stolen out, edge grip
 		2006
Mr. Eclectic
5
Curtis Kam Second Verse: Seeing Things
  • First Flight, Freedom Flight
  • Second Flight, Test Flight
  • Third Flight, Delayed
Inspired by 2006
Mr. Eclectic
7
Curtis Kam Third Verse: Dance with Coins flurry that starts with three coins, ends with one
 		2006
Mr. Eclectic
11
Curtis Kam Fourth Verse: Leave 'em Laughing comment on "Thru and Thru", no details
Related to
  • "Thru and Thru" (Curtis Kam, Palms of Steel 3: Silverado)
 2006
Mr. Eclectic
13
Curtis Kam Onward
2006
Mr. Eclectic
14
Curtis Kam Our story so far... on presentation and scripting
  • Step One: Find an Interesting Premise
  • Step Two: Communicate your premise effectively
 		2006
Earning Interest
2
Curtis Kam Edgy New York Spellbound applying edge grip techniques to the routine
Inspired by
  • "New York Spellbound" (Curtis Kam, Palms of Steel 1)
 2006
Earning Interest
3
Curtis Kam Edgy Triple Spellbound using edge grip
Inspired by 2006
Earning Interest
5
Curtis Kam Foolish Consistencies on consistency in magical routining
 		2006
Earning Interest
9
Curtis Kam Tablehopper's Trio three coins, mix between coin through table and coins across
 		2006
Earning Interest
10
Curtis Kam Continuity on Continuity in Coins through Table routines
 		2006
Earning Interest
12
Curtis Kam Koans Through the Table three coins through table, with a Chinese coin in the handling
 		2006
Earning Interest
13
Curtis Kam Standing Lap one arm under table
 		2006
Earning Interest
14
Curtis Kam Casting Shadows on shadow zones, misdirection
 		2006
Earning Interest
16
Curtis Kam Manipulating Silence on holding out
 		2006
Earning Interest
18
Curtis Kam Triple X three coins appear at once openly on the table under misdirection, then they vanish and reappear, one openly on table again, repeat
 		2006
Earning Interest
19
Curtis Kam End Games on the production of a jumbo coin
  • Super Size Me?
  • Or Have It My Way?
 		2006
Earning Interest
25
Curtis Kam Tablehopper's Jumbo jumbo coin appears as climax of a routine, then vanishes again
 		2006
Earning Interest
25
Curtis Kam The Dime Machine three dollar coins shrink as climax of a routine, anti-theses to jumbo coin finale
 		2006
Earning Interest
28
Curtis Kam And so...
2006
Earning Interest
30
Curtis Kam Curtis Kam In Print, Out of Print & Not Print
2007
By All Means
1
Curtis Kam By All Means, An Introduction
2007
By All Means
3
Curtis Kam Remain in Light Hanging Coins routine with a small flashlight as part of the routine
Inspired by 2007
By All Means
4
Curtis Kam Plural Pushthrough Variation
Inspired by
  • "Plural Pushthrough" (Kainoa Harbottle, Cointopia, 2003, p. 3)
 2007
By All Means
10
Curtis Kam Silk de Soleil routine comprised of the following parts
 		2007
By All Means
12
Curtis Kam Transfer to Third Finger Curl Palm with handkerchief, nowhere palm
 		2007
By All Means
12
Curtis Kam Seven the Hard Way slight rehandling, in-the-hands production of seven coins
Inspired by 2007
By All Means
13
Curtis Kam High Flying Coins Across six coins across à la balls and net with stretched-out handkerchief
 		2007
By All Means
16
Curtis Kam Going Down coins through stretched-out handkerchief held by spectators
Inspired by 2007
By All Means
18
Curtis Kam Take Us Home coins change to set of keys, gypsy switch
 		2007
By All Means
19
Curtis Kam Minimillion three coins taken from purse, they change to brass, three gold coins are in purse, then they come out of a pen, three red coins in purse, silver coins come out of pen
  • Who Ordered Chinese?
  • The Teller's Pen
  • Seeing Red
  • A Bic Finish
Inspired by
  • "Tiannamen Square" (Curtis Kam, Palms of Steel 2: Fists of Fury)
Variations 		2007
By All Means
20
Curtis Kam Fingerpalm-to-Fingerpalm Change with two stacks
Also published here
  • Palms of Steel 2: Fists of Fury
 2007
By All Means
23
Curtis Kam Tales of the Wandering Magician
2007
By All Means
27
Curtis Kam Move to the Front of the Glass simplified handling, signed card travels to face of deck that is in glass with handkerchief cover, repeat, card appears in stages (blank, faded, ...), SBS
Inspired by 2007
By All Means
28
Curtis Kam Spot, The Wonder Shell card ends up folded inside of sea shell
 		2007
By All Means
33
Curtis Kam Coin through Hand
Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
24
Curtis Kam A View of the Stage on close-up vs. stage magic
 		2008
The StageCoach
3
Curtis Kam Cup One with coffee cup and rolled-up napkin, two final loads
Inspired by 2008
The StageCoach
5
Curtis Kam GreenSleeves four cards vanish one by one from hand and reappear in different pockets
Also published here 2008
The StageCoach
9
Curtis Kam On Story Decks
2008
The StageCoach
15
Curtis Kam Play It Again Sam recommended with jumbo cards for stage
 		2008
The StageCoach
16
Curtis Kam Dreamographics presentation for Cardiographic
Inspired by 2008
The StageCoach
22
Curtis Kam Close Hangers
Inspired by 2008
The StageCoach
26
Curtis Kam Shuttle Pass Variation pick-up shuttle pass, cards can be dumped in other hand
Inspired by 2008
The StageCoach
26
Curtis Kam A Kiss Goodnight
2008
The StageCoach
29
Curtis Kam Introduction
2008
The Pocketbook
3
Curtis Kam Choice of Coins, Care and Feeding
2008
The Pocketbook
5
Curtis Kam Books: the "Big Three" discussion of the following three books
 		2008
The Pocketbook
7
Curtis Kam (reviewer) 1. Modern Coin Magic by J. B. Bobo by J. B. Bobo 2008
The Pocketbook
8
Curtis Kam A False Placement is not a "Vanish" comment on Bobo's terminology
  • Using a different method is not doing a differente effect
 		2008
The Pocketbook
8
Curtis Kam The "Bobo" Switch comments and credit information
Related to 2008
The Pocketbook
9
Curtis Kam The Click Pass comment
 		2008
The Pocketbook
10
Curtis Kam (reviewer) 2. CoinMagic by Richard Kaufman 2008
The Pocketbook
11
Curtis Kam (reviewer) 3. David Roth's Expert Coin Magic by David Roth (written by Richard Kaufman) 2008
The Pocketbook
12
Curtis Kam Coin Sizes
2008
The Pocketbook
13
Curtis Kam Classic Palm discussion, practice techniques
 		2008
The Pocketbook
15
Curtis Kam Click Pass discussion
 		2008
The Pocketbook
17
Curtis Kam Ditching
  • Ditching that extra coin
  • Digging Ditches? Check These Out
  • Deeper Ditches
 		2008
The Pocketbook
19
Curtis Kam Effects list of 52 coin effects
 		2008
The Pocketbook
21
Curtis Kam Endings on endings for coin routines
  • Vanish the coins
  • Changing them into your keys
  • Shrink them to dime size
  • Closure
 		2008
The Pocketbook
29
Curtis Kam Examination about having props examined
 		2008
The Pocketbook
31
Curtis Kam False Transfers general tips
 		2008
The Pocketbook
33
Curtis Kam Finesse
  • When performing a Utility Switch
  • After a false transfer
  • Use the move that fits the moment
 		2008
The Pocketbook
35
Curtis Kam Finger Palm comments, on accessing top and bottom of a stack
 		2008
The Pocketbook
37
Curtis Kam Framing
2008
The Pocketbook
39
Curtis Kam Gaffs on the use of gaffs
 		2008
The Pocketbook
41
Curtis Kam Getting Caught
2008
The Pocketbook
43
Curtis Kam Handwashing
2008
The Pocketbook
45
Curtis Kam Important Moves That Are Not In MCM "Published before 1952 i.e. Pre-Modern Coin Magic"
 		2008
The Pocketbook
47
Curtis Kam Important Moves That Are Not In MCM "Published after 1952, i.e. Post-Modern Coin Magic"
 		2008
The Pocketbook
49
Curtis Kam Listening on listening to the audience
  • Important things I've learned from listening
 		2008
The Pocketbook
51
Curtis Kam Muscle Pass comments and tips
 		2008
The Pocketbook
57
Curtis Kam Naturalness
2008
The Pocketbook
59
Curtis Kam Nomenclature: speaking proper "Coinese" list of technical terms with explanations
 		2008
The Pocketbook
61
Curtis Kam Presentation
2008
The Pocketbook
63
Curtis Kam Repetition
2008
The Pocketbook
65
Curtis Kam Retention Pass
2008
The Pocketbook
67
Curtis Kam Routining
2008
The Pocketbook
69
Curtis Kam Sleeves and their use in coin magic
 		2008
The Pocketbook
71
Curtis Kam Ten Tells in coin magic
 		2008
The Pocketbook
73
Curtis Kam Books Beyond the "Big Three"
2008
The Pocketbook
75
Curtis Kam Works by the Author
  • Video
  • Print
 		2008
The Pocketbook
81
Curtis Kam Acknowledgements
2008
The Pocketbook
83
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Cashablanca: Palms of Stell 4 by Curtis Kam Nov. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11)
101
Brian Roberts, Curtis Kam Rotating Throw Switch with copper/silver coin
 		2010
Reinventing the Real
134
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Palms of Steel 5: Pirates of the Rising Tide by Curtis Kam July 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 7)
82
Curtis Kam Delta Force "cross-cut in the hands", reverse spreading
Inspired by June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
50
Steve Mayhew The 50 Card Deal playing with five spectators simultaneously
Variations 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
88
Curtis Kam Shooting Fish In A Barrel
Inspired by 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
91
Curtis Kam Introduction
2015
Wrestling With Magic
3
Curtis Kam Experience Trumps Theory
2015
Wrestling With Magic
3
Curtis Kam Kayfabe
2015
Wrestling With Magic
5
Curtis Kam The essential skills of a magician list of five points
 		2015
Wrestling With Magic
10
Curtis Kam What is a magician, anyway?
2015
Wrestling With Magic
11
Curtis Kam Naturalness is only one way to be invisible. Invisibility is just one way to deceive.
2015
Wrestling With Magic
12
Curtis Kam The lesson of the Cigarette through Quarter
2015
Wrestling With Magic
14
Curtis Kam Being likable is not the most important thing. likeable
 		2015
Wrestling With Magic
16
Curtis Kam Endings
2015
Wrestling With Magic
18
Curtis Kam The Three Presentations
  • Stories
  • Lectures
  • and Games
Related to 2015
Wrestling With Magic
19
Curtis Kam Stuff that doesn't "always" make a trick better
2015
Wrestling With Magic
25
Curtis Kam A Magic Show is a Conversation
2015
Wrestling With Magic
26
Curtis Kam So where do I find some Tricks? on Kam's output
 		2015
Wrestling With Magic
27
Curtis Kam Ring on Chain borrowed ring through chain
Inspired by Sep. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 9)
44
Miguel Ángel Gea Inferential Wild Coin four coins change one by one and are put in spectator's closed fist instead of a cup
  • Post-Meta-Thoughts (by Kainoa Harbottle)
Related to Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
28
Curtis Kam Quartermaster six quarters and one copper coins put in spectator's hand, three travel to performer's hand one by one, copper coin transposes with a quarter
Inspired by Jan. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 1)
47
Curtis Kam Pair False Count coins counted in pairs
Inspired by Jan. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 1)
47
Curtis Kam Coin False Count counting coins into spectator's hand
 		Jan. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 1)
48
Curtis Kam Ten Card Texas Hold 'Em version
 		2019
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum
8
Bob Farmer Contents of the DVD
  • Even Up + 3-Phase Routine (Allan Ackerman)
  • The Tim Card Poker Deal (Tim Ellis)
  • Ten Card Texas (Curtis Kam)
  • Porstmann's Paladin Stage Routine (Mike Porstmann)
 		2019
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum
36
Curtis Kam, Jonathan Friedman Zooming In photo taken of coin, performer zooms in on photo and real coin becomes jumbo coin
 		Apr. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 4)
60
William A. Wells (reviewer) Curtis Kam Penguin Live Act by Curtis Kam May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
82
Michael Rubinstein Purse-Palm Subtlety hiding coin in purse palm while showing other coins
Related to
  • "Front Finger Hideout" (Curtis Kam)
Also published here
  • Coinvention Lecture Notes, 2003
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
62
Curtis Kam French Pop Variation
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
205
Curtis Kam Inferential Copper-Silver Move off-beat use of copper-silver-coin
Also published here 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
414
David Regal (reviewer) Dinglish Deck by Curtis Kam Apr. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 4)
87
Curtis Kam Ring Fling finger ring on thumb, it is dumped into other hand and travels back
 		July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
66
Curtis Kam CoinRoll three coins in one hand, one by one a small silver ball is seen rolling over the table from that hand to the other where it changes back to a coin
 		Apr. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Richard Hucko TripSwitch three different coins are distributed in pocket, left fist, right fingertips, they switch/transpose around, ungaffed
Variations May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
33
Curtis Kam Modern Coin Mentalism spectator makes decisions about placements of three coins (on hand, in hand, pocket) which are wrongly predicted and the magically corrected, "TripSwitch" presented as prediction
Inspired byVariations May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
40
Curtis Kam Three as Two Display Sequence fan of two with hidden coin behind is transferred from hand to hand and turned over
 		May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
43
Jeremiah Zuo 2nd Time's A Curse three different coins are distributed in pocket, left fist, right fingertips, they switch/transpose around, ungaffed
  • Bonus Ending (coins vanish as finale)
Inspired by May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
49
Danny Cheng Cigars From Florence handling for continuous cigar production
  • The Curtis Kam Suggestion
  • The Jeremiah Zuo Suggestion (hand burn gag)
 		June 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
59
Curtis Kam Sticks and Stone cigars from purse, multiplying cigars, large wooden match from purse, purse becomes a stone
Inspired by
  • "Stoned Purse" (Nathan Kranzo)
 June 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
69
Curtis Kam Continuous Cigar Production continuous visual splits
 		June 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
73
Curtis Kam Kam's Caress hand shown empty before and after change
  • Variations
    • More cards, more changes
    • More faces, wore changes
 		July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
97
Curtis Kam Time Traveling Joker Joker visually changes into selection and back, then single ambitious phase
 		July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
103
Danny Cheng Current Favorite color changing knife, fake explanation in which another knife is produced from a tiny purse, along with a fake finger and another knife
Inspired by July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
106
Curtis Kam F3L three-packet Follow the Leader routine, four blacks, four reds and four picture cards
 		Sep. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
172
Curtis Kam RingWraiths finger/thumb ring used as portal for three-coins across routine
Inspired by Oct. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 7)
189
Curtis Kam Edge Grip Pop-Up Move
Oct. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 7)
192
Curtis Kam It Can't Be Done Any Faster Matching the Cards, quick Ace Cutting and red-black separation in fifteen seconds
 		Nov. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 8)
205
Curtis Kam There It Is Production Handling production sequence with change of first card
Related to Nov. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 8)
207
Curtis Kam Revelation 9 selection is found nine times (top, middle, bottom, forehead, three pockets, shoe, envelope)
 		Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 9)
238
Curtis Kam Almost Lucky spectator cuts four times and takes top card, performer next card, performer ends up with Aces
 		Mar. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
325
Curtis Kam In-N-Out Coins Across three coins travel from hand to hand at once, finger ring part of handling
 		Mar. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
329
Curtis Kam Psychic Exchange five different coins in handkerchief, spectator removes one, all other coins change to match
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1029
Curtis Kam Lemon Stunner chosen fruit from list appears under cup
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1043
Joshua Jay Connecting Columns suggestions and credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1154
Curtis Kam Vase Revisited with ball-in-eye climax, fake eye ball in vase
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1191
Joshua Jay Connecting Columns credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, June 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1214
Curtis Kam Slow Jazz Aces eight-card assembly, double backer
Inspired by Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
632