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S. W. Erdnase Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling
  • Two-Card Stock
  • Three-Card Stock
  • Four-Card Stock
  • Five-Card Stock
  • Twelve-Card Stock--For Draw Poker
  • Euchre Stock--Four-Handed Game-1
  • Euchre Stock--Four-Hande Game-2
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1902 68
Stanley Collins Le Dernier Cri Mutilated Card Experiment card cut into four pieces, three are burnt and found restored in nest of envelopes
Related to 1915 46
John Scarne Scarne's Triple Climax with obvious one-way backs
Related to 1933 30
Stewart Judah The Spectator's Choice Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer, spectator choses which one remain after dealing procedure, see page 172 for correction
Related toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 17)
92
Victor Farelli The Harrison Deal Royal Flush lands in magician's hand
Variations 1936 36
Milton Sleight of Foot deck is kicked with foot and splits at selection, salt
Variations 1937 39
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card. Tankai's Method "Tenkai" misspelled in title
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 202
Nate Leipzig The Sympathetic Clubs double facers
Related to 1938 562
Herbert Milton Sympathetic Clubs twelve double facers
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 53)
380
Theodore Annemann Slates and Aces initialed message on slate changes itself
Also published here 1939 14
Le Temps Switch
Variations 1940 249
L. Vosburgh Lyons Black Sandwich, Red Sandwich card travels from sandwich in one half to sandwich in other half
Variations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 110)
654
Al Flosso Seven Coins coins travel from one hand to the other
Related to 1941 19
Dr. Milton Bridges Blending of the Colors blendo to flag
1943/27 317
Bruce Elliott The Back Room Dunninger, Richard Himber, Zanzig, Newton Hall, Milton Kort, Stewart James
Aug. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 66)
271
Clyde Cairy Dick Tracy Card Trick almost the same as Fingerprint Card Trick
Related to 1945 11
John Hamilton Super Slop Shuffle two phases, separating into odd and even, all odd in one direction and evens in the other after real face-up/face-down shuffle, then triumph effect, see Back Room #90 for Ed Marlo ideas
Related to July 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 87)
354
John Hamilton Hamilton's Hoax! four cards are thrown into a book on different places, performer names page number and cards, svengali book
Oct. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 93)
378
John Hamilton Date? Name? triple prediction
Dec. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 97)
392
Jerry Lukins The Homing Coins up the sleeve type, four coins to glass, shell
Variations May 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 12)
117
Dai Vernon Cutting The Aces
Related toVariations 1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
27
Neal Elias Follow the Leader
Related to 1946 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Heaps as Rusduck, spectator finds his own card, a lot of dealing, Tantalizer
Variations Jan. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 98)
397
John Hamilton Hamilton's Pointer with Aviator design
Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 103)
414
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Fu Manchu, John Hamilton, Abracadabra, a riddle by Warner Perry, Richard Himber
Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 103)
416
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Paul Fleming, John Hamilton, Jean Hugard, Magicana, magazine tricks and salable tricks
May 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 105)
424
John Hamilton All Wet moves and subtleties for coin in bottle
Aug. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 111)
447
John Hamilton Faro two cards
Sep. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 112)
450
John Hamilton Placement placing a card at twenty-sixth position with milk shuffle procedure
Sep. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 112)
450
John Hamilton Bill-Et
Oct. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 113)
454
Milton Tropp Invisible Reverse bottom card reverse while turning the deck over
Nov. 1946 266
John Hamilton Top It card is controlled from middle to top
Mar. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 121)
487
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on John F. Hamilton, R. C. Buff
Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 134)
540
John Hamilton Bloomin' Silk silk is produced and vanished several times, then it turns into a rose
Also published here Oct. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 136)
545
John Hamilton Heaps again spectator finds his own card, with just eight cards, sort of Tantalizer
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
562
John Hamilton Top Force card is exchanged while removed
July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 154)
622
John Hamilton Folder! coding a card by a folded sheet of paper
Sep. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 160)
643
Milton Tropp Rear Palm of the Bottom Card
Feb. 1948 397
Milton Borger Thimble Telepathy five different colored thimbles, chosen one is divined and others vanish
Also published here June 1948 429
Paul Rosini Ace Transposition Aces on table change to indifferent cards, Aces face-up in pack, apparently by Charlie Miller see HMM Vol. 6 Nr. 10 p. 521 for credit
Related toVariations 1948/27 121
Paul LePaul Cards in a Sealed Envelope
Related toVariations 1949 214
John Hamilton Diamond Mystery card with hole in envelope, ribbon penetrates card and ends up threaded on card
May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 176)
704
John Hamilton Of the Phoenix
May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 177)
710
John Hamilton Cant angly
Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 191)
765
John Hamilton POP card jumps from top of the pack up in the air
Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 193)
771
Frederick Braue Roundabout with Fred Braue on Dante, John Scarne, Milton Kort, Le Paul, Leipzig, Paul Fleming, Galli Galli, Malini, Max Katz, Charlie Miller and more
Related to Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
521
Milton G. Miller A Club Sandwich two selections end up sandwiched between three face-up random cards
June 1949 550
Try It Yourself producing thirteen cards in order with down-under deal
Variations 1949 61
John Hamilton Loaded prediction of a word in a book
Apr. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 201)
804
John Hamilton Hamilton's Idea sliding knot, that can also be picked off the rope
Also published here May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 203)
812
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Scarne, John Hamilton idea for the newspaper tear, Martin Gardner, George Karger, Max Andrews
May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 203)
813
John Hamilton Variant thimble penetrates handkerchief
Also published here Sep. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 211)
843
Milton Kort Kort Kard fingerprint card trick, see also p. 855 for cryptic credit information
Related to Sep. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 211)
845
Herbert Milton Sympathetic Clubs two decks, reprint from The Jinx
Also published here Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 218)
870
Milton Berle The Quickie Card Trick No. 92, The Trick That Fooled Einstein with cards
Variations 1950 172
Tony Slydini Flyaway Coin Routine to spectator's pocket four times
Variations 1951
Stars of Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
125
Ross Bertram Passing the Half-Bucks with fist transfer
Related toVariations 1951
Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
132
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Four Blacks image of selection appears on black plastic card
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1951 5
John Hamilton Rip It handkerchief tied on rope, is pulled free
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 222)
886
John Hamilton The Australian Deal two cards are found twice by means of the down under deal
Variations Apr. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 227)
907
John Hamilton Nested handling for nest of boxes
Aug. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 235)
939
John Hamilton The King two black kings, chosen king changes into selection
Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 243)
971
Dai Vernon, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Bill Simon, Martin Gardner, Norman Jensen, Bruce Elliott The Ruler force with ruler with name of cards, ruler is balanced on two fingers and fingers brought together until fingers meet, see also p. 981 for ideas by John Hamilton
Variations Dec. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 244)
974
Frank Huck, John Hamilton Letters
Dec. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 245)
980
Milton Kort The Drop Vanish coin is dropped from the right hand into the left hand, also as a switch and as a pass
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1952 25
Milton Kort With a Handkerchief - Number Three coin is thrown into outer pocket
1952 56
Milton Kort Sucker Bluff Vanish
1952 59
Milton Kort Half Dollar to Quarter
1952 73
Milton Kort Kort Method
1952 105
Milton Kort A Method of Sleeving One of Several Coins
1952 107
Al Saal, Milton Kort Dime and Penny for the Wiseacre one of two coins vanishes, designed as magician fooler
1952 120
Milton Kort The Vagabond Coins four coins across
1952 121
Stewart James, Milton Kort Almost a Transposition transposition of dime and penny, as a kicker the dime transforms into two nickels
Related toVariations 1952 127
Milton Kort, Robert Ungewitter Third Version
1952 128
Milton Kort Copper and Silver Transposition
Related to 1952 129
Milton Kort Loading Move from thumb palm
Related to 1952 130
J. B. Bobo, George F. Wright The Gadabout Coins two in the hand, one in the pocket
Inspired by
  • "The Alleurian Coins" by George F. Wright in "The Linking Ring" 1/1950
Variations
1952 182
Milton Kort The Three Coin Trick three coins vanish one by one and appear again, the last one in the spectator's pocket, three methods
1952 184
Milton Kort, Stewart James Thieves and Sheep two extra coins
1952 208
Stewart James Almost a Transposition trasposition of dime and penny, as a kicker the dime transforms into two nickels, nickel & penny set, dime & penny set
Related to 1952 238
Milton Kort The Inferior Coin two silver one copper, copper vanishes and reappears three times, in the end there are two copper and one silver coin, copper /silver coin
1952 246
Milton Kort Vanish vanish of a steel coin, with magnet
1952 259
Milton Kort Coins Through the Table with shell and glass
Variations 1952 276
Milton Kort Removing Shell from Stack in spectator's hand
1952 278
Milton Kort The Protean Coin coin changes from copper to silver several times
1952 279
Milton Kort The Sympathetic Coin on handkerchief, one card, three silver & one copper, shell
Variations 1952 282
Milton Kort Routine No. 14 with dice cup
1952 346
Milton Kort Routine No. 15 Too Many Coins
Related to 1952 348
John Hamilton Force force of a color, several pieces of colored paper in different envelopes
July 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 259)
1035
Gerald Kosky Under-Hand Coin spectator puts some coins on the table and starts turning them over one by one then one coin is hidden and performer turns back, he reveals which side is up on the hidden coin
Inspired byRelated toVariations July 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 260)
1039
Milton Tropp A Coin Tipp simplified version of Under-Hand Coin
Inspired by Sep. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 264)
1055
John Hamilton Re V Eyes D
Sep. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 264)
1057
John Hamilton Magnagrip coin is magnetized, gimmick
Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 266)
1064
John Hamilton Annemann's Slates and Aces in Miniature prediction of an ace, slate in envelope
Also published here Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 279)
1116
Milton Kort Kort Coin coin vanishes repeatedly and appears in spectator's various pockets four times
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here May 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 282)
1128
Milton Kort Kort Klink while performer slides coin on table towards spectator, it vanishes
Related to June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 284)
1136
Milton Gitlin Eeny, Meeny, Miny two in the hand one in the pocket patter
July 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 286)
1145
Milton Kort Color Change & Follow Up Two red decks, one changes to blue, and then a Chicago Opener style routine is performed (blue card placed in red deck, spectator picks it out from face up spread), red/blue card
Related to Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 288)
1152
Milton Gitlin Premonition Idea
Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 288)
1153
Al Honeycutt Honeycutt's Honeycutter Aces transpose with Kings, à la follow the leader
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 289)
1154
John Hamilton Nameology giving people seven-figure numbers, being able to name them again years later
Sep. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 289)
1155
Milton Kort The Travelers (Lazy Man's Style) no palm, duplicates
Related to Nov. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 293)
1173
John Hamilton The Deuce You Say!
Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1190
Milton Tootle Tootle's Egg Trick coin vanishes and appears in a raw egg
Apr. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 304)
15
John Hamilton Code in the Chest coding card using case and table
May 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 307)
26
Stewart Judah, Max Malini The Divertisements of Stewart Judah
  • Variation of Mutus Nomen
  • on flesh color point for gimmicks (Malini anecdote)
  • on the Paper Snapper
  • Cigar Vanish
  • Malini's Adhering Cigar
Related toVariations Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 319)
82
John Hamilton Variant thimble penetrates handkerchief
Also published here 1956 15
John Hamilton Tear It handkerchief tied on rope, is pulled free
Also published here 1956 84
John Hamilton Bloomin' Silk silk is produced and vanished several times, then it turns into a rose
Also published here 1956 225
, Eddie Joseph Tapping the Hours Spectator think of any hour on the clock, magician tap the clock at random points, eventually will end counting on the thought-of hour. Variation by Eddie Joseph using blank cards with words
Variations 1956 50
Tom Hamilton Crazy Time Tapping the Hours but with a wooden board with holes in it
Inspired by 1956 101
Edward Marlo, Tenkai Ishida Left Hand Side Steal see Note 4 on p.58
Related toVariations 1957 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Koldex Deluxe ten hands, then five hands
Related to Apr. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 7)
4
Milton Kort Gambling Expose long routine, including memory, poker face, false dealing demo, stacking demo, in the end cards vanish under a handkerchief except four aces
Related to May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
3
Milton Kort Stacking Formula as Patter
Related to May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
4
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces
Related toVariations 1960 5
Dai Vernon Simple Arithmetic one of thirteen, using the Two of Clubs
Related toVariations 1960 9
Karrell Fox Dedication Milton Kort & Bob Ungewitter
1960 4
John Hamilton Thanks Norm after riffle shuffle performer recites the red/black order of half the deck with his back turned
Inspired by
  • Ron Edwards's handling of Magnetic Colors in The Linking Ring
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
20
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Eyes of the Cyclists three spectators look at bottom card and use its value to make a selection, all cards found
Inspired by Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
28
Milton Kort, Howard Albright, U. F. Grant A Date with Kort coin cut repeated twice, then date of coin is produced with four cards
Jan. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 365)
288
Milton Kort Foreword
1962 5
Milton Kort Kortially Yours Vernon's Variant type of effect, each person handed five cards and cards are turned face up and down (do as i do), in the end all the cards are face down except their selection
Related to 1962 7
Milton Kort The Homing Pigeon Joker tossed and caught in the deck, trapped between two selections
1962 10
Milton Kort The You Got Nothin Poker Deal Magician tries to deal the winning hand to himself, but gets a pair. But everyone else gets blank cards, so magician does win after all
1962 13
Milton Kort Cup-hola paper cup has small hole at the bottom, large coin placed in cup, manages to fall through the hole
Related toVariations 1962 15
Milton Kort Sheer Brute Strength Penny bending
1962 17
Milton Kort Half From One Produce half dollar from a folded dollar bill
1962 21
Milton Kort Miser's Dream in Reverse Sequence to vanish a few coins by placing them in pockets in mid-air
1962 25
Milton Kort Back Clip Coin tossed in air, vanishes
1962 26
Milton Kort Hand Wash Sequence Show hands empty while hiding a coin
1962 29
Milton Kort The Kort Star Coin Star, coin at each end of the fingers
1962 31
Milton Kort Gone, Again, Again and Again Four coins vanish one by one when hidden under handkerchief
1962 37
Milton Kort Cups and Balls in Miniature Cups and Balls routine done with plastic cups and balls
1962 41
Milton Kort Fake Load Pretend to put ball under cup
1962 42
Milton Kort Turn Over Load Secretly load ball in cup by turning it mouth down
1962 43
Milton Kort One Hand Cup Turnover Flourish for turning cup over
1962 43
Milton Kort Two Hand Cup Turnover Flourish for turning cup over
1962 44
Milton Kort Chromo Cups and Balls with three different colored cups and balls
1962 53
Milton Kort Dice / Dice / Dice Dice routine, multiple phase, change color, chink-a-chink, grows in size
1962 57
Milton Kort About the Author
1962 63
Don Nielsen Problem in Prophecy three different colored cups, and three different colored balls, matching, posed as problem, see p. 426 & 428 for comments and ideas
Inspired byRelated toVariations July 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 397)
416
Milton Kort The Placement
1966 374
Milton Kort, Dave Hertzberg In the Well
Variations 1966 375
Milton Kort, Hugh MacLean Under the Thumb
1966 375
Milton Kort Kort's Fourth Sympathetic Coins, on handkerchief with four cardboard covers, copper transformation kicker
1966 382
Milton Kort The Mexican Gadabout Coins with purse in which coins travels back at the end, two handlings
Inspired byVariations 1966 405
Milton Kort Magnetic Stack of Quarters
1966 457
Milton Kort Paul Fox Coin Cups Routine coins penetrate cup and hand, then cup penetrates and coins remain
1966 495
Milton Kort, Walter Wilson, Ron Bauer The O-Korto Box Routine coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain, two routines
Related toVariations 1966 497
Milton Kort, Cass Dmuchowski Okito Change for a Half half dollar in box changes to quarter, two dimes and a nickel, two versions
1966 503
Milton Kort, Ron Bauer Gag Penetration with an Okito Box coin becomes bigger as it penetrates box
1966 504
Karl Fulves Static Problems with Cards - No. One
selection made by stabbing joker into deck without removing selection, how to control it
Solutions: see references
Variations Feb. 1966 19
Milton Kort Three Static Solutions three solutions
Inspired by Apr. 1966 30
Milton Kort Fourth Static Solution solution
Inspired by June 1966 39
Dai Vernon Vernon's Variant four cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967 226
Milton Kort Silver Streak coins travel from hand to hand, then ten dimes become a dollar bill
Aug. 1968 202
Milton Kort Contrary Currency 1 $ bill and 5 $ bill penetrate, then change places
Also published here Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
222
John Hamilton Hamilton's Idea sliding knot, that can also be picked off the rope
Also published here 1968 78
John Hamilton Divided Deck Subtlety
Inspired by July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
46
Milton Kort A Change of Filling three selection, red twos face up in the deck, first card appears in between, then the card changes twice into the other selections
Variations 1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
5
Roy Walton Oil and Queens transformation kicker
VariationsAlso published here 1969 15
Roy Walton The Overworked Card Triumph type of effect, one card travels from bottom to top and turns every reversed card over
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1969 33
John Hamilton Instant Oil 4&4 (based on a Marlo 3&3 handling from Ibidem)
Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
64
Roy Johnson Solo Coins Through Table with four coins, glass and Okito Box
Inspired byVariations 1970 55
John Hamilton Hidden Symmetry producing thirteen cards in order with down-under deal, shuffle sequence to get into the required order
Inspired by Apr. 1970 333
Sam Schwartz Tri-Multaneous
  • Part 1: mate & selection appear at same time after slip slop shuffled packed is gone through in pairs
  • Part 2: Sam-Ultaneous
  • Part 3: two chosen cards show up at same position in two packets, using two odd-numbered piles
see also p. 348
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1970 334
John Hamilton Mutus Nomen
Inspired by May 1970 338
John Hamilton Eyes of the Gods two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1970 351
John Hamilton 3 by 3 three cards in packet divined, no-touch
Aug. 1970 352
John Hamilton Scientific Rope magnetic ends, held together with thread
  • cut & restored
  • Disappearing Knot
  • Penetration Of A Wand Or Pencil
Aug. 1970 353
John Hamilton Additional Hamilton Ideas as telephone effect with possible lies
Inspired by Aug. 1970 354
John Hamilton Down & Out Tantalizer type routine with cut-off packet, card predicted and one of same value is on top of discard pile, see also p. 373
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1970 354
John Hamilton Silk Flight silk into paper cone, rope waved over cone and silk is shown to have disappeared, rope torn in two and between the ends appears the silk à la 20th century
Aug. 1970 355
John Hamilton Computer Cards card thought-of, counting procedure with deck by spectator, see also p. 402 for suggestion by Leslie May
Inspired by Aug. 1970 355
John Hamilton False Cut straight cut, a bit unclear
Aug. 1970 356
Karl Fulves Oracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1970 374
Milton Twin Echo geometric shape written on pad by first spectator, then a word by another, performer tears and burns both pieces, impression via sharp pencil, perhaps "D. Milton" (Fulves pseudonym)?
Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
377
Roger Smith (reviewer) Off Color Card Tricks by Milton Kort Sep. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
5
Milton Kort Introduction
1970 3
Milton Kort, Ron Bauer Off Color Elevators with odd-backed Ace to Three
Variations 1970 5
Milton Kort Rosini's Aces Off Color Aces lost, they turn over at once, then change back color
Inspired by 1970 7
Milton Kort Four Ace Assembly assembly, then the Aces change back color as surprise
1970 9
Milton Kort Off Color Ace Deuce Trey Ace to Three removed, chosen value changes into selection, selection then changes back color
1970 13
Milton Kort Off Color Center Dealing center deal demo with Aces which change back color as climax
1970 17
Milton Kort Off Color Three Card Monte at the end the money card changes back color as kicker
1970 19
Milton Kort Off Color Mixup card pocketed, two cards chosen, one found and it has a different back color, pocketed card is then shown to be same selection and odd-backed card is the other selection
1970 21
Milton Kort The Ace In The Case three card packet placed in case, shaken, taken out and center Ace turned over, repeat, color-changing back kicker of Ace
1970 23
Milton Kort Amaso Ala Kort small packet ambitious card sequence, color-changing back kicker
Inspired by
  • "Amaso" (William H. Wilson)
1970 27
Milton Kort Oil & Water Off Color 4&4, oil and water phase, one packet changes back color as surprise climax
1970 31
Milton Kort Oil and Water Kicker (and still off-color) 4&4, Oil and Queens type climax in which one packet changes into blank cards with message, others back color
1970 33
Milton Kort Cutting the Aces, Off Color color-changing back kicker
1970 37
Milton Kort Ambitious Like ambitious card changes back color as climax
Variations 1970 41
Milton Kort, Neal Elias Off Color Transposition two cards transpose three times, then change back color
1970 46
Milton Kort Off Color Prediction card chosen (cannot be explained like), it is predicted on a piece of paper, paper changes color, then back of card as well
1970 49
Milton Kort Credits and Thanks
1970 52
Milton Kort All Backs Finish three card transformation sequence, with all-backs phase
Nov. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 13)
100
Karl Fulves Impromptu ESP multiple out spelling location with small packet, for correction of procedure see reference
Related to 1971 11
Karl Fulves, Milton Kort Important! correction
Related to 1971 19
Milton Kort The O-Kort-o Box Rides Again stack of half dollars changes into dimes in box, hollow stack, O-Kort-o or Okito box
Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
25
Roy Walton Jefferson's Jest card vanishes from plastic envelope
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1971 27
Max Williams, Milton Tropp Topsy-Turvy Follow Me selections appear face-up in spectators' packets
1972 116
Milton Tropp "Impromptu" Broken & Restored Thread
1972 193
Milton Tropp Sam Schwartz Issue issue intro about Sam Schwartz
Mar. 1972 503
Milton Kort Nielsen's Problem three balls and bowls in different colors, choice of ball and bowl predicted
Inspired byAlso published here July 1972 547
Milton Kort Nomad Coins: 2 three different coins under handkerchief, vanish and appear under card in stages
Also published here 1972
Magick (Issue 52)
259
Jeffery Atkins The Origin of the Effect
  • Hit or Miss
  • The First Magic Kettle
  • Devant's Drinks! (method outline)
  • Chris Charlton
  • Levante and the Give-Away
  • Woodward's Wonder Bar (J. Milton Woodward)
1972 1
Karl Fulves Simplex Cop lapping from riffle shuffle
Related to 1973 36
Fred G. Taylor, Neal Elias The Jiggle Pass
Related toVariations July 1973
Epilogue (Issue 18)
168
Jerry K. Hartman A Common Mistake Vernon's Variant type of effect (Do as I do packet trick) where spectator cannot follow instructions, ending is each spectator get an Ace reversed in packet
Inspired by
  • "Kortially Yours" (Milton Kort, Kort is Now In Session, 1962)
Related to
1973 23
Roy Walton The Image Makers any two card placed between black Aces turn into red Aces, repeated several times then all four cards change to Queens
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1973 10
John Hamilton Die Augen Gottes two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Also published here July 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Milton Kort Bottom's Up coin drops through hole at the bottom of a glass that is too small, see 1994 reference for Kort credit information
Related to 1973 67
Milton Tropp, Jerry Lukins, Alfred Lee Cohen Coins Up Sleeve three coins to glass, shell, based on routines by Al Cohen and Jerry Lukins (Hugard's)
Inspired by Nov. 1974
Epilogue (Issue 22)
205
Roy Walton The Witch-Doctors card shrinks between four Kings
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Philip T. Goldstein Social Mobility two chosen cards, red Kings sandwich one in deck, black Kings the same and first one changed into second one
Inspired byRelated to 1974 8
Francis Haxton Aces to Go
Variations Aug. 1974 777
Sam Aaronson Cups and Balls see also p. 780 for note by Mike Rogers, p. 863 for Al Cohn credit by Richard Stride, p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to Aug. 1974 778
Stewart Judah Aces & Jacks three Jacks transpose with three Aces one at a time
Related toVariationsAlso published here Autumn 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One))
796
Al Schneider, Milton Kort Hand Load from classic palm
Related to 1975 22
Al Schneider, Milton Kort Quick Shot three coins under glass through table, glass through table as a kicker
Inspired byAlso published here 1975 55
Bob Hamilton Bent Upon Deception.. key bend with the aid of other keys
Jan. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 5)
58
Bob Hamilton Extra royal flush kicker
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)
95
Bob Hamilton Soft Spot stand up coins through table, four coins and a glass, Blu-Tack
June 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 10)
120
Bob Hamilton Think-A-Rise Blu-Tack and handkerchief
Dec. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)
197
Herbert Milton Rendition of Matching the Cards
1975 201
Milton Kort, Horace E. Bennett Four Coins Thru Table with a handkerchief
1975 35
Gerald Kosky Thanks to John Hamilton pile of blank cards, two words written on two cards and cards shuffled, spectator cuts deck behind back and cards with written words end up in same position
Inspired by
  • John Hamilton's "A Mini Miracle" in "The Linking Ring", October 1965.
1975 207
Paul Harris La La's Lu Lu three Aces travel from Ace packet into deck one by one, last Ace travels from deck to other three Aces under spectator's hand
Variations 1976 29
Cardini Cardini's Rising Card floats up into hand, write-up by Milton Tropp
Related to 1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)
937
Albert Cohn Cups & Balls five phases, see p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to 1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)
940
Herbert Milton Rendition of Matching the Cards
1977 12
Willy "Tex Williams" Peter Festival "Magic" Montreux 77 on the Swiss magic convention in Montreux ,Pavel, Guy Froideveaux, Henk Meister, Jean Garance, Pat Page, Dr. Zelpi, Milton, All Kelly, Durowa, Böttcher, A. Robert, Gil et Jane, Dominique Gygax, Liliane Dill, Jean Pierre Nicod, Binarelli, Jean de Merry. Robert Danau, Gérard Majax, Les Andreals, Fantasios, Ali Bongo, Gasbor, Nussbaumer, Paul Mauerhofer, Ron MacMillan
1977
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 38 No. 3)
68
Milton Kort The Master "Bust Out Move" also known as The "Bass Ackward" Move piece of tissue paper is stuck on queen
1978 69
Dr. Jacob Daley Chromo-Spheres different colored balls, including variation by Frank Garcia
Variations 1978 76
Fred Robinson, Bob Hamilton Where There's Smoke
  • bar bet with a match box
  • matchbox and coin, divine if heads or tails, stooge
  • match in hand, matchbox balanced on back of the hand, box is tossed and match ignited
  • remove flame from lighter to light cigarette, gag
June 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 10)
588
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff Stapled! two jokers stapled back to back, one of them transposes with selection
  • Presentation Idea - Stapled Blackjack
Variations 1978 19
Paul Harris The Incredible Tap Dancing Aces (La La's Lu Lu Re-Vamped), Aces vanish and reappear, using the pack
Inspired byVariations 1978 92
Milton Tropp Odd Coin three coins in one hand, two in the other, all five in one hand, see p. 1149 for credit information
Related to 1978 1095
Milton Tropp Fist Transfer
Related to 1978 1096
Cardini Crawling Bill bill crawl over floor, routine made available via Milton Tropp, wrist reel
Variations 1978 1114
Milton Francis A Proposal For Rope Apprecation Week humorous article on ropes
1978 7
Bob Hamilton Ouch biddle trick, with gag, blank card written "OUCH" on it
Mar. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 3)
650
Fred Robinson Oasis on Harry Dewhirst, Bill Lamb, Geoff Ray, Ken Hawes, Vic Allen, Bob Hamilton, Jornadas de la cartomagia in El Escorial, Juan Tamariz, Wayne Dobson
Apr. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 4)
662
Gordon Bruce The Doublicount similar to a top change
VariationsAlso published here May 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 5)
682
Bob Hamilton For Nudists Only presentation for nudist pack
Dec. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 12)
768
Earl Nelson The $1.50 Vanish three coins vanish one by one with use of playing card, then reappear underneath
VariationsAlso published here 1979 81
Milton Borger Fingerhut-Telepathie five thimbles of different colors, spectator writes down one color, all thimbles placed in fist and spectator puts finger in fist, all except chosen color vanish
Also published here Apr. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
25
Olaf Spell Fachkongress 5. - 7.1. Böblingen 1979 on the annual Magic Hands convention, Manfred Thumm, Jean Garance, Haraldini, Agapis, Peki, John Flinsch & Maite, Frederic & Margit, Alberto Sitta, Gil-Dann & Dany, New Houdinys, Robby Hanson, Fantasios & Carla, Moretti, Erwin Haarz, The Magic Boys, Milton, Henk Vermeyden, Eberhard Riese
1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 1)
27
Peter Wilker 40 Jahre MRS CMS on the Swiss magic convention in Winterthur, Willy Peter, Roger Linder, Almeico, Jean Garance, Pavel, Edy Künzler, Rudolf Braunmüller, Ronnay, Marius, Imre Serdült, Helmut Schmiedeberg, Milton, Ivo Durox, Olaf Spell, Ben, Juliani, Arino & Uschi, Orsani, Chris & Paul Maurer, Rico Leitner, Calindo, Roland Irion
1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 2)
37
Milton Painted Desert four coins produced from two cards, matrix lead in
Sep. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 9)
390
Milton One-Hand Matrix
Sep. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 9)
391
Fred Robinson Oasis on David Berglas, Uri Geller, Walt Lees, Stephan Stamm, Andrew Galloway, Bob Hamilton, Jeff Busby, Phil Goldstein, Kevin Davie, Simon Lovell
Feb. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 2)
798
Steven Hamilton Ferly Defragmentation Etc. prediction taken from envelope, envelope torn, prediction says "look in envelope", envelope is restored and signed selection taken from it
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
811
Walt Lees Walt Lees Reporting on Ron MacMillan's International Magic Day, Gert Malmros, Ron Wilson, Al Goshman, Piet Forton, Juan Tamariz, Rovi, Camillo, Roxy, Aurelio Paviato, Count Della Ragione, Ger Cooper, Dick Koornwinder, Steve Hamilton
June 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 6)
861
Steven Hamilton, Peter Duffie Trans Collection three cards travel, collecters type
Also published here July 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7)
876
Walt Lees Editorial on Phil Goldstein, Steven Hamilton, Owen Griffith, John Cornelius, Mike Gancia, Mark Leveridge, Johnny Johnston, Bob Little, Tommy Wonder
Dec. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 12)
955
Bob Hummer A Rare Coin Stunt coin in closed fist, other hand on top, quick upward motion and coin lies on top of fist
VariationsAlso published here 1980 19
Bob Hummer Mind Reader's Dream cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card
VariationsAlso published here 1980 42
Milton Francis Card Prediction humorous entry
Also published here 1980 25
Milton Francis Card Prediction gag
Also published here 1980 17
Stephen Tucker Jargon on Basil Horwitz, Steve Hamilton and Harvey Rosenthal
Dec. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)
134
Camilo Vázquez Sympathetic Coins Variation using a credit card, coins change in the end
Inspired by 1981 16
Ray Grismer Glaces Herbert Milton trick, where Aces appear in front of deck inside glass, briefly covered with handkerchief, ungaffed version
Variations 1981 ca. 1
Milton Demosthenes' Marbles using mouth
Mar. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 3)
605
Walt Lees Editorial on Merv Cole's convention, Peter Crush, Rex Taylor, John Palfreyman, John Cornelius, Bill Lamb, Bob Read, Pat Page, Steve Hamilton, Johnny Johnston, Bob Lambert, Muscle Pass, Martin Breese
1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)
1004
Steven Hamilton Mexican Travellers
Also published here June 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)
257
Checker Cabinet variations of Okito's Checker Cabinet, Thayer, Owen, Hamilton, Resor, Hughes, Loring Campbell
Inspired by 1982 48
Michael Rubinstein Penny-Silver Coin Transposition coin in spectator's hand changes into another coin
Inspired by 1982 87
Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle Holy P.O.D. sandwich cards with hole in center, flap gaff
Related toVariations Winter 1982/1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. Winter Extra)
33
John Hamilton The Nine Mystery No. 1, "nine" spelled on paper without dot, dot appears, inversion
1983 1
Milton Kort Kort Aces Each spectator given packet of five cards, after following instructions, one reversed card in each packet, they are Aces, Vernon's Variant type of trick
Related to 1983 7
Milton Cups and Balls Minus One routine with no extra ball
Dec. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 12)
1004
Milton Kort Following Elias
Inspired by 1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
308
Fred Kaps O-Korto For Two long routine in which coins and box penetrate hands and box shrinks so coins do not fit in any more
Related toAlso published here 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
137
Stephen Tucker Editorial on Stephen Hamilton, Shiv Duggal, Terri Rogers, Walt Lees
July 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1242
Steven Hamilton Going, Going ... Gone! cards shrink
Also published here Oct. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1260
Steven Hamilton Count Down to Dunbury with four ace kicker
Also published here 1984 77
Steven Hamilton Jazzed Up O' Henry jazz aces, with transposition of aces and four spot cards as kicker
Also published here 1984 80
Juan Tamariz Rutina Hamilton three phases, pick-up stack
Inspired by 1984 21
Albert Goshman, Tenkai Ishida Tankai Vanish "Tenkai" misspelled in title
Related to 1985 143
Roger Crosthwaite Gambler Versus Cardician dealing four hands, performer deals Aces face-up in his hand, different back color of the Aces as climax
Inspired by
  • Milton Kort's "Off-Colour Aces" in "Off-Colour Card Tricks"
1985 32
Milton Into Thin Air
Nov. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 11)
1277
Ben Harris Dazzle Change #2 ungaffed
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1986 14
Steven Hamilton Steven Hamilton's Holey POD flap gaff
Related to Feb. 1986
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Dai Vernon On the Corner-Short locating a corner short card and other things
Variations 1987 2
Dai Vernon The Fingerprint Card Trick
Related toVariations 1987 136
Milton Tropp Tropp's Cop lapping method
Related to 1987 12
Peter Duffie, Bill Hamilton Unreversal Move
1987 36
Milton Schorr Stonehenge cards pop up to the four sides of the deck, one handed
Mar. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 3)
1471
Milton Brooks The Longitudinal Shift reprinted from reference, somewhat jiggle related
Related toAlso published here
  • "Longitudinal Shift" (The Word's Best Book of Magic, Walter Gibson, 1927, p. 178)
1989 23
Steven Hamilton The Coins to Glass four coins, different grip on glass
VariationsAlso published here July 1989
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 11)
9
Gary Kurtz Cigar
Related toAlso published here 1990 83
Richard Kaufman The Double-Lift Pass card is controlled to near-top via herrmann style pass while top and bottom cards are displayed
Related to 1990 55
Jon Racherbaumer Ayes of the Gods two-card challenge location
Inspired byVariations 1990 1
Paul Hallas Name Power Milton Aces with ABC cards to reveal selected name
Inspired by
  • Geoff Scalbert's "The Milton Aces" in "Scalbert's Selected Secrets" 1982
1990 6
A Heavy Bet Phil Silvers story, "description by Jan Murray, as quoted by Milton Berle"
1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
9
At the Track Ken Kling story, from Milton Berle book
1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 4)
33
Stephen Tucker Impromptu Aces from the Fore
Inspired by
  • "Aces from the Fore" (Stephen Tucker, marketed)
Related to
Apr. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 4)
1914
Alex Elmsley Mini-Milton five cards
1991 54
John Carney, Tenkai Ishida Tenkai-esque "A Center Steal Handling", very similar to the Jack Hecht method
Related to 1991 208
Steven Hamilton Coins to Glass four coins, different grip on glass
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
1
Steven Hamilton Editorial "Pro-File"
Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
5
Steven Hamilton Professional Close-Up - Part 1 "Making it Happen"
Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
7
Steven Hamilton Lightning Aces Aces vanish one by one from hand and reappear face-up in center of deck, shown one-by one, deck of double backers
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
8
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Dan Garret - Mixed Routines by Dan Garrett Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
9
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Richard Kaufman - Cards by Richard Kaufman Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
9
Steven Hamilton Ken Hawes in Profile
Apr. 1991
Profile (Issue 1)
11
Steven Hamilton Editorial on Jackie McClements, Chap's Scrapbook, tip for Gary Kurtz's "Cigar"
Related to June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
3
Steven Hamilton Nocturnal Gambler Aces vanish one by one and reappear together reversed in center
Inspired byAlso published here June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
4
Steven Hamilton Competition on the Genii competition about the ten best close-up tricks
Related to June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
5
Steven Hamilton Dave Campbell in profile
June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
6
Steven Hamilton Professional Close-Up - Part 2 "The First Night"
June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
7
Steven Hamilton Lightning Aces (The cleanup) twisting sequence
Related toAlso published here June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
8
Steven Hamilton Clearly Vanished signed card in clear plastic envelope which is sandwiched between Aces, card vanishes and is found in wallet
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here June 1991
Profile (Issue 2)
10
Steven Hamilton, Scott Nelson Competition Update Scott Nelson's list of top ten close-up tricks
Related to Aug. 1991
Profile (Issue 3)
2
Steven Hamilton Editorial on wands by Harold Voit's ZZM, David Williamson, Gary Kurtz, Arthur Day silhouette
Aug. 1991
Profile (Issue 3)
3
Steven Hamilton Scotland's First Close-Up Convention convention report, Magic Bob, Mark Leveridge, Patrick Page, Gordon Bruce, Bob Read
Aug. 1991
Profile (Issue 3)
5
Steven Hamilton Professional Close-Up - Part 3 "The Effect and Structure"
Aug. 1991
Profile (Issue 3)
10
Steven Hamilton Gary Kurtz in Profile
Aug. 1991
Profile (Issue 3)
11
Steven Hamilton A 4 Coin Production
Also published here Aug. 1991
Profile (Issue 3)
12
Dave Robertson Top Ten Close-up Tricks
Related to Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
2
Steven Hamilton Editorial "Robert and his magic world" on tv, BBC
Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
3
Steven Hamilton Professional Close-Up - Part 4 "Lines, Gags and all the rest"
Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
5
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) video video by Dai Vernon
review of the thirteen Vernon Revelation tapes
Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
6
Steven Hamilton Six Card Repeat Climax last cards produced with backhand production
Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
6
Steven Hamilton Editorial Peter Duffie, Arthur Day, Ed Marlo's death
Dec. 1991
Profile (Issue 5)
2
Steven Hamilton Professional Close-Up - Part 5 "Q&A Session"
Dec. 1991
Profile (Issue 5)
6
Milton Schorr Frame up handlings
Apr. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 4)
2058
Milton Kort Select Bibliography Wild Card in print
1992 79
Steven Hamilton Editorial on Richard Kaufman, exposure and Jerry Sadowitz, Paul Daniels live show,
Feb. 1992
Profile (Issue 6)
3
Steven Hamilton Professional Close-Up - Part 6
Feb. 1992
Profile (Issue 6)
5
Steven Hamilton Richard Kaufman in Profile
Feb. 1992
Profile (Issue 6)
7
Steven Hamilton Think of a Card spectator looks at fan and thinks of a card
Also published here Feb. 1992
Profile (Issue 6)
9
Steven Hamilton An Open Letter to All Magicians from W. Hoisch-Eating parody complaint about exposure in Open Travelers
Feb. 1992
Profile (Issue 6)
10
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) The Card Magic of Le Paul by Paul LePaul Feb. 1992
Profile (Issue 6)
11
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Tom Mullica (Stevens Emporium) by Tom Mullica Apr. 1992
Profile (Issue 7)
3
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Revelations Vol. 1 by Dai Vernon Apr. 1992
Profile (Issue 7)
3
Steven Hamilton A Card Problem deck faced and spread on table, face-up and face-down card pushed out of spread, they are mates, posed as problem
Variations Apr. 1992
Profile (Issue 7)
9
Steven Hamilton Professional Routines - Wild Card author unclear
Apr. 1992
Profile (Issue 7)
11
Steven Hamilton Editorial
Apr. 1992
Profile (Issue 7)
12
Steven Hamilton Editorial on Douglas Cameron, Glasgow, The Crimp magazine, The New Sorcerer
June 1992
Profile (Issue 8)
3
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Vernon Revelations Vol. 2 by Dai Vernon June 1992
Profile (Issue 8)
8
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Tommy Wonder Lecture Video by Tommy Wonder June 1992
Profile (Issue 8)
9
Gene Lawton Cheaters Solution to "A Card Problem" deck faced and spread on table, face-up and face-down card pushed out of spread, they are mates, mate SBS
Inspired by June 1992
Profile (Issue 8)
12
Roy Walton, Peter Duffie, Steven Hamilton Dai Vernon three short articles
Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
1
Peter Duffie Problematic Offshoot one card chosen from face-up half and one from face-down half, they match
Inspired by Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
3
Steven Hamilton Silk and Sponge "Professional Routines"
silk vanishes, appear in rolled-up bill, changes into sponge ball which splits in two, sponge routine
Also published here Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
5
Steven Hamilton Editorial
Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
7
Roger Curzon Miracle Card in Envelope window envelope, clean extraction
Related to Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
8
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) A Life Among Secrets by Eddie Fields (written by Stephen Minch) Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
12
Steven Hamilton Editorial on stealing lines, Gordon Bruce
Related to Oct. 1992
Profile (Issue 10)
3
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Vernon Vol. 3 by Dai Vernon
Revelations series
Oct. 1992
Profile (Issue 10)
5
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) "He Fooled Houdini" by Dai Vernon (written by Keith Burns)
Vernon Chronicles Vol. 4, see also p. 7
Oct. 1992
Profile (Issue 10)
5
Steven Hamilton Thoughts and Reflections introduction to anonymously contributed article, see next item
Oct. 1992
Profile (Issue 10)
11
Steven Hamilton Editorial Bit on Annemann credits in Daley's Notebooks (according to Dai Vernon), publishing too soon
Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
3
Richard James A Problem Solved? deck faced and spread on table, face-up and face-down card pushed out of spread, they are mates
Inspired by Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
11
Michael Weber (reviewer) Profile by Steven Hamilton Apr. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 8)
59
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Profile by Steven Hamilton May 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 9)
47
Dr. Milton Bridges Dr. Bridges' Though Projection number is sealed in envelope, other spectator names a number, coincidence
1993 146
Steve Beam Mathematical Card Trick calculator is used to find position of selection, humorous presentation
Related toAlso published here 1993 79
Peter Duffie Rising Crime elevator sequence Ace through Four of Diamonds with robber patter, Kings appear as finale
Inspired by 1993 40
Steven Hamilton Editors Bit on Bill Miller, The Crimp, next volume
Feb. 1993
Profile (Issue 12)
5
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Card-Toon by Dan Harlan Feb. 1993
Profile (Issue 12)
5
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Vol. 4 by Dai Vernon
Revelations series
Feb. 1993
Profile (Issue 12)
8
Steven Hamilton Editors Bit on Milton Kort, Pallbearers Review reprint, Dave Campbell, Peter Duffie
Apr. 1993
Profile (Issue 13)
4
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Dai Vernon Vol. 5 by Dai Vernon
Revelations series
Apr. 1993
Profile (Issue 13)
9
Steven Hamilton Special Issue - Dave Campbell
June 1993
Profile (Issue 14)
1
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Dai Vernon Vol. 6 by Dai Vernon
Revelations series
June 1993
Profile (Issue 14)
3
Steven Hamilton Editor's Bit on Jerry Sadowitz, new publications and books
Aug. 1993
Profile (Issue 15)
3
Steven Hamilton Paul Brignall's Third Comedy and Magic Convention convention report
Aug. 1993
Profile (Issue 15)
8
Steven Hamilton Editor's Bit on Piet Forton, The Crimp #17, new books, Ray Grismer
Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
3
Steven Hamilton A Poker Problem spectator deals five hands and turns all face up, takes any five cards for a strong hand, rest dealt out again into four hands, every hand beats the spectator's choice, posed as a problem
Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
5
Steven Hamilton Editor's Bit
Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
3
Steven Hamilton Gags for Cut & Restored Rope
Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
3
Steven Hamilton Clippo Presentation
Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
3
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Trick-a-Tape No. 3 (Original Magic Routines) by Patrick Page Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
7
Steve Draun An Okito Favorite coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain
Inspired by May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
58
Steven Hamilton Continous-Stream Coin Production
June 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 6)
2367
Steven Hamilton Coins Across to Glass
Related to July 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 7)
2379
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) Alan Shaxon, Routine Magic, Vol. 1 by Alan Shaxon Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
2
Steven Hamilton The Editor's Bit on Dave Campbell's death, old magazines, next issue (which never appeared)
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
3
Steven Hamilton Thinking Out Loud card built from two consecutive cards in the deck by taking suit of one and value of the other, that card turns over, then Triumph with four cards reversed at finale, the constructed card and its mates
Also published here 1994 210
Alan Shaxon Milton Asse Aces are placed in the deck and everything inside a wine glass, Aces appear one by one under cover of a handkerchief, variation of Herbert Milton trick
1994 32
Ellison Poland Foreword, Acknowledgements, Credits and Apologies
Related to 1994 x
Jack Carpenter A "Quickie" Revisited number of cards cut off and card selected are predicted, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 31) for more references
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
14
Jim Magus Arcana on Lary Kuehn, Mark Edward, Craige Snader, Milton Bradley, Bill Fienning
Dec. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 6)
6
Ford Kross Kross Roads on Richard Webster, Hilary Flora, Gary Lee Williams, Milton Bradley, Richard Busch
Dec. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 6)
9
Steven Hamilton In The Hands Wild Card
Also published here 1995 19
Steven Hamilton Lightning Aces
Also published here July 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 7)
2525
Paul Harris, Milton Kort Moms Come and Go but a Rolex is Forever "A Revised Milt Kort Classic", 3 1/2 gag with a book page instead of cards, dial force
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Secrets of the Astonishing Executive)
277
Michael Close Stupid Travelers comedy presentation, ambidextrous travelers in which spectator has jacket on and removes cards as finale
Variations 1996 110
James Hamilton Herrmann The Great: A 100th Year Tribute
  • The Herrmanns: A Magical Dynasty
Dec. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 4)
48
Nick Trost Trost on "Matching the Cards" Four jacks change to Aces, with blank deck ending
Inspired by
  • "Herbert Milton's Rendition of Matching the Cards" (Lewis Ganson, Matching the Cards, 1977)
Related to
  • "Correcting a Mistake" (Hatton & Plate, Magician's Tricks: How They Are Done, 1910)
1997 184
Peter Duffie Clear to the Point Signed selection placed in clear plastic envelope, which is sandwiched between two Jokers. Card vanishes and appears between two other Jokers in spectator's hand
Inspired by 1997 103
Milton Kort Foreword
1997 iii
Milton Kort Okito Less Box Routine with invisible Okito box, four coins through hand
1997 27
Milton Kort Chromo-Sphere Switch
1997 93
Karl Fulves, Derek Lever, Ralph W. Hull, Nate Leipzig Dot Com... "Tricks and stunts with numbers"
Variations 1997 123
Milton Kort Seven Come Eleven
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
solution to Hull problem "Make 11 out of four 7s"
Inspired byRelated to 1997 165
John Hamilton Tuch und Ringzieher-Zauberei knot vanish handlings with reel
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
70
Karl Fulves The Sevens Puzzle
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
making all numbers from four sevens
Related to 1998 205
Mel Bennett More Sevens
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
making numbers from four sevens
Related to 1998 249
Robert K. Stevenson Still More 7's
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
Related to 1998 288
Steven Hamilton A Welcome Return Nine of Hearts selected, Aces trap three Threes, those Threes then a Five and Four of Hearts, and between those appears the selection, diminishing collectors
VariationsAlso published here 1998 57
Steven Hamilton Reverse Plunger Addition outjogged cards removed, cards in between secretly kept
1998 58
Steven Hamilton S.T.A.F.F. deck shuffled by spectator, Aces immediately spelled out
Inspired by
  • "Immediate Ace Spell" (George McBride, The Crimp No. 15)
Also published here
1998 61
Steven Hamilton Mixing With Royalty one packet changes into Queens
Inspired byAlso published here 1998 63
Steven Hamilton Dupli-Temps Switch two packets are apparently exchanged
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1998 64
James Swain, Herbert Milton, Nate Leipzig Sympathetic Thirteen specially arranged decks of ungaffed cards
1999 131
Milton Kort Kort's Cardinal Rules of Magic 1. It's the little things that count.
2. Always take every advantage you can.
1999 3
Milton Kort Kort's Center Steal Steal card from center of deck into left hand full palm after spectator signs card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, vol. 27, no. 695, May 23 1959
1999 5
Milton Kort How it All Began
1999 9
Milton Kort Diminishing Monte Ace, Two, Three of Spades - spectator cannot get money card (Ace, Two or Three), duplicate
1999 11
Milton Kort Routines
1999 17
Milton Kort Heir to the Throne four Kings change places with four Aces, then three Kings and three Aces, then two, then one. Combination of four different tricks.
Inspired by 1999 19
Milton Kort Magic As a Hobby
1999 29
Milton Kort Quintimodo Performer and spectator has five cards, Do as I Do effect but audience cannot get same result, diminishing number of cards, credit information on the plot
Inspired by
  • "Quasimodo" (Stephen Tucker, Abracadabra No. 2589, Sept 1995)
1999 31
Milton Kort The Straight-backed Method ungaffed variation of Quintimodo
Related to 1999 36
Milton Kort Foiling the Speech Teacher
1999 41
Milton Kort Vernon's Variant Variant Similar effect to Vernon's Variant, but with color changing back as a kicker ending (first published in Swami, Vol. I, Issue 2, Feb 1972)
Inspired by 1999 43
Milton Kort My Short Career as Master of the Locks
1999 47
Milton Kort The Off-color Twenty-one-Card Trick twenty-one card trick with a color changing back ending, done as a magician gag/fooler
1999 49
Milton Kort Meeting with the President
1999 53
Milton Kort Second Banana Ambitious Card effect with odd-colored card (card rises to second from top repeatedly), climax with deck changing to duplicates of selection, and selection becoming Joker
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Milt Kort's Card Trick" (Milt Kort, Teral Garrett's Psycho-gizmo, no. 39, Aug 1964)
  • "Ambitious-like" (Milt Kort, Off-color Card Tricks, 1970)
Also published here
  • Genii, vol. 32, no. 4, Dec 1967
1999 55
Milton Kort The Quinine Caper About trick of putting finger in quinine (terrible taste) and secretly licking other finger
1999 63
Milton Kort Kort's Color-changing Deck Two red decks, one changes to blue, and then a Chicago Opener style routine is performed (blue card placed in red deck, spectator picks it out from face up spread)
Related to 1999 65
Milton Kort My Sensational Poison Swallowing Act
1999 71
Milton Kort Security Express four Aces vanish from between red Jacks, appear between black Jacks in middle of the pack
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • New Pentagram, Vol. 2 No. 12, Feb. 1971
1999 73
Milton Kort My Shortest Professional Engagement
1999 77
Milton Kort, Jack Avis Matcho Spectator freely selects one of four blue cards, magician deals out four previously placed red cards below the blue ones, the chosen blue card matches the corresponding red (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 1, no. 8, Oct 1969)
Related toVariations 1999 79
Milton Kort Citizen Kort
1999 85
Milton Kort The Courtright Connection Spectator selects two cards, revealed to be black Jacks, which are then used to sandwich red Jacks
1999 87
Milton Kort What Would You Do? Milt's way of dealing with spectators who want to shuffle the deck in the middle of a poker deal
1999 93
Milton Kort That Darned Ace spectator names any Ace, performer does twisting with four cards, Kings turn over one by one but fourth one is named Ace, suit matches missing King
Inspired by
  • Karl Fulves problem
Variations
1999 95
Milton Kort Maintaining a Reputation
1999 101
Milton Kort Card to Shoes Selected card travels to left shoe, then right shoe
Related to 1999 103
Milton Kort More Kort Luck in the Service
1999 107
Milton Kort Travelers Without Palms Lazy version of Travelers
Inspired byRelated to 1999 109
Milton Kort Putting on the Gloves
1999 113
Milton Kort Svengali of the Phone Lines Card selected, random person called on phone names selection, then spectator names any number, card appears at number (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 1, no. 1, 1969)
1999 115
Milton Kort To Paraphrase Sam Spade The cheaper the magician, the gaudier the patter.
1999 121
Milton Kort Kort's Copper and Silver Transposition (The Director's Cut) No gimmicks
Related to 1999 123
Milton Kort, L'Homme Masqué L'Homme Masque's Coin Load Handling From thumb palm
1999 125
Milton Kort The Sterling Shelf Force Harold Sterling and Bob Ungewitter
Related to 1999 129
Milton Kort 51 cent Metamorphosis (Originally published in F. William Kuethe's Journal of Necromantic Numismatics, vol. 7, no. 1, Oct 1972) Copper silver transpo with handkerchief roll/fold
1999 131
Milton Kort A Free Ring with Every Purchase Harold Sterling
1999 135
Milton Kort Korting Rylander's Silver and Copper Three silver coins transpose with three copper coins (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 4, no. 4, 1972)
Inspired by
  • (Paul Rylander, The Sphinx, vol. 49, no. 11, 1950)
1999 137
Milton Kort How I lost the Break
1999 145
Milton Kort The Invisible Toss Magician pretends to do false transfer, but coin is shown to have transferred
1999 147
Milton Kort The Night Bobo Missed Milt Kort pranking J. B. Bobo
1999 149
Milton Kort Going, Going, Going, gnioG, Gone Coin through hand four times, then vanishes (sequences include those by Felicien Trewey, Jose Frakson)
Inspired by 1999 151
Milton Kort What Sleeve? How to deal with accusations of sleeving
1999 157
Milton Kort First Out of the Gate four coins produced under corners of handkerchief on table (first published in Precursor, no. XXI, Oct 1988)
1999 159
Milton Kort A Daley Occurrence Milt Kort meeting Dr. Daley
1999 163
Milton Kort Cuckoo's Coin Coin vanishes repeatedly and appears in spectator's various pockets four times
Inspired byAlso published here 1999 165
Milton Kort A Great Magician Arrives at Sterling's
1999 169
Milton Kort Delayed Arrival Four coin production with delayed last coin
1999 171
Milton Kort The Other Leipzig Stories about Leo Leipzig, Nate Leipzig's brother
1999 175
Milton Kort The Downs Palm Switch
1999 179
Milton Kort My Lesson from Paul Rosini Milt Kort fooling Rosini
1999 181
Milton Kort The Nomad Coins Three different coins fly from hand to hand, pocket to hand, hand to under card
Inspired by 1999 183
Milton Kort, Dave Hertzberg In-the-Well Steal Handling
Related toAlso published here
  • Magic & Spells Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 4, 1972
1999 184
Milton Kort Private Advice from Senor Mardo
1999 189
Milton Kort Zinc's Mystery Box Al Zinc
1999 195
Milton Kort Nomads in the Dunes Three different coins under handkerchief, vanish and appear under card in stages (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 10, no. 11, Jan 1979)
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999 197
Milton Kort We Developed This Policy During My Days at Sterling's Work tricks to death
1999 201
Milton Kort Two From Four Equals...? Four coins under handkerchief, one coin travels to pocket, other coins disappear
Inspired by 1999 203
Milton Kort The Plum Fooling monte hustler with one-way card swindle from John Scarne
Related to 1999 207
Milton Kort The Okorto Box Routine Coins in coin box penetrate out through hand, then box penetrates hand
Related to 1999 209
Milton Kort Box Switching Technique
1999 213
Milton Kort Flat Palming Technique For coin box
1999 215
Milton Kort Sometimes Luck isn't Enough
1999 229
Milton Kort CoBoxGo Coins vanish from box, box then vanishes (uses handkerchief)
1999 231
Milton Kort Meeting Marlo
1999 235
Milton Kort CoBoxGo 2 Half dollars in box transform into pennies, then box vanishes
1999 237
Milton Kort A Central Compliment Ed Marlo and Carmen D'Amico
1999 241
Milton Kort The Invisible Okito Box Four coins penetrate through hand one by one (presented as Invisible Okito Box for magicians) first published in The New Tops, vol. 34, no. 2, Feb 1994
1999 243
Milton Kort Milt's First Principle of Magic HAVE FUN!
1999 251
Milton Kort Kort's Dice Switch Improved palm technique
1999 253
Milton Kort An Invitation Declined John Luka
1999 257
Milton Kort Cups & Dice Six phased routine, like Cups and Balls but with pairs of coloured dice and colored cups
1999 259
Milton Kort The Ammonia Scam
1999 267
J. B. Bobo Traveling by Boxcar Pair of white dice transpose with pair of red dice
Variations 1999 269
Milton Kort Kort's Drugs
1999 271
Milton Kort No Caboose Transposition of pair of red and white dice, no extra dice required
Inspired by 1999 273
Milton Kort Magic: A Practical Application
1999 275
Milton Kort Changing Trains Red dice transpose with white dice, then change to green
1999 277
Milton Kort Kortchanged
Related to 1999 279
Milton Kort Quick-change Crap Skill demo to switch dice
1999 281
Milton Kort The Cash Register Caper Ron Bauer
1999 283
Milton Kort Milt's Back-palm Gag Pseudo expose of backpalming dice
1999 285
Milton Kort My Bright Idea
1999 287
Milton Kort, Somerset Kort Wanna Try? (or The Razor's Edge) Vanish and appearance routine with sharp razor blades
1999 289
Milton Kort The Literature
1999 297
Milton Kort Kortospheres Three ball trick with different colored balls
Inspired by 1999 299
Milton Kort Improved Pop-Up Move Improved handling of the classic Pop-Up move for Three Ball Trick
1999 302
Milton Kort Cardini's Wish
1999 313
Milton Kort Pen-etration Pen penetrates handkerchief twice, then vanishes
1999 315
Milton Kort Bob Lund's Shameful Expose
1999 323