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To "Slip" a Card
Variations 1876 35
Eddie Joseph A Practical Lesson on Cups and Balls
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Cups on the cups used
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Balls on how to make the balls from cork
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Palm on the flat palm of a ball and bringing ball to other position
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Secret Introduction how to load a ball under a cup, two methods
1936 2
Eddie Joseph Secret Extraction stealing ball from under cup while lifting it
1936 2
Eddie Joseph To Show Ball Under an Actual Empty Cup
1936 3
Eddie Joseph To Simulate Action of Placing Ball Under Cup
1936 3
Eddie Joseph Showing One Ball When Holding Two
1936 3
Eddie Joseph The Jo-Jo Introduction loading ball into cup
1936 3
Eddie Joseph The Setting
1936 4
Eddie Joseph Execution production of three balls, opening for cups and balls
1936 4
Eddie Joseph 1st. Finale number is named, repeat production of a ball, handling for final loads
1936 4
Eddie Joseph 2nd. Finale two cups placed mouth on mouth, smoke from cigarette appears inside
1936 5
Eddie Joseph 3rd. Finale liquid produced from cup, gaffed cup
1936 5
Eddie Joseph 4th. Finale production of three filled glasses under cups, using Percy Abbott's "Keene" holder
1936 5
Eddie Joseph Additional Moves a. spectator holds cup on palm, ball appears under it
b. borrowed hank vanishes and appears under cup
1936 6
Eddie Joseph Suggestions using dice and shaker, tea cups etc
1936 6
Eddie Joseph Conclusion
1936 7
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1938 1
Eddie Joseph Part One: What Is "Intuitional Sight?"
1938 3
Eddie Joseph "The Blindfold" and Its Accessories
1938 4
Eddie Joseph The Flour Paste dough on eyes
1938 4
Eddie Joseph The Cotton and the Surgical Bandage
1938 7
Eddie Joseph The Handkerchiefs blindfold, two variations
1938 8
Eddie Joseph Part Two: The Act setting and patter
1938 12
Eddie Joseph First Test different colored ribbons, picking the right one blindfolded
1938 13
Eddie Joseph Second Test performer writes called out numbers on blackboard and adds them together, blindfolded
1938 13
Eddie Joseph Third Test cards are named
1938 14
Eddie Joseph Fourth Test 52 cards are behind a glass, performer points to the named cards
1938 14
Eddie Joseph Fifth Test separating black and white balls
1938 15
Eddie Joseph Sixth Test describing members from the audience, one ahead
1938 15
Eddie Joseph Seventh Test describing objects from the audience
1938 16
Eddie Joseph Eighth Test describing a written word / number on a slate
1938 16
Eddie Joseph Ninth Test copying a word in a foreign language
1938 16
Eddie Joseph Tenth Test correcting a misspelled word
1938 17
Eddie Joseph Part Three: The Inner Secret additional tips and ideas
  • The Undressing
1938 17
Eddie Joseph Man of Attraction The Human Magnet, sticky substance, prelude with some "body magic" stunts
Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 64)
447
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1939 3
Eddie Joseph The Call of the East names of eastern cities are written on pieces of paper and folded, then mixed with other billets, the performer finds all the eastern cities, without opening the billets
1939 4
Eddie Joseph The Wandering Bottle - With a Sucker Climax accidentally two bottle show, then the paper tube is torn and one bottle vanishes as a climax
1939 6
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Six Card Trick with just six cards, three phases where seemingly three cards are put in a hat
1939 8
Eddie Joseph False Count glide position, similar to a Biddle steal
1939 12
Eddie Joseph "Es-Ta" Burnt and Restored Handkerchief in spectator's hands
1939 12
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1940 / 1992 7
Eddie Joseph Basic Principle of Pickpocketing
1940 / 1992 9
Eddie Joseph Misdirection Techniques
1940 / 1992 13
Eddie Joseph Your Audiences and Volunteers
  • Choosing Volunteers
  • Working with Volunteers
  • Secret and Full View Steals
  • Getting Caught
1940 / 1992 20
Eddie Joseph Stealing Objects from Pockets chapter intro
1940 / 1992 25
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Handkerchief from Outer Breast Pocket three methods
1940 / 1992 25
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Pen or Pencil from Outer Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 29
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Pen or Pencil from Inside Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 31
Eddie Joseph Stealing Miscellaneous Articles from Inner Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 32
Eddie Joseph Stealing from Outer Coat Pocket
1940 / 1992 34
Eddie Joseph Stealing from the Hip Pocket
1940 / 1992 36
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Wristwatch
  • Buckle Bands
  • Expandable Metal Band
  • Clasp-Type Bands
1940 / 1992 37
Eddie Joseph Stealing Articles of Clothing chapter intro
1940 / 1992 45
Eddie Joseph Stealing Suspenders
1940 / 1992 45
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Shirt stooge
1940 / 1992 48
Eddie Joseph Stealing Assorted Objects
1940 / 1992 50
Eddie Joseph Tricks of the Trade
1940 / 1992 52
Eddie Joseph Delivering the Goods
1940 / 1992 56
Eddie Joseph Training Techniques
1940 / 1992 60
Eddie Joseph Mystic Rectical picture cards with different symbols and letters on the back, alphabet is called and cards touched, last card is chosen symbol, repeated with more cards
1940 ca. 1
Eddie Joseph Everywhere Yet Nowhere three cards are placed in card stand and one selected it matches selection from second deck
1940 ca. 3
Eddie Joseph The Boy and the Watch borrowed watch changes to egg and egg to chicken, watch appears inside lady's slipper attached to back of spectator
1940 ca. 4
Eddie Joseph The Damsel Escapes escape tied up on chair with rope, rings and silk
1940 ca. 6
Eddie Joseph Evaporation coins and rings vanish from handkerchief, natural channel across diagonal center to hide objects
1940 ca. 7
Eddie Joseph Perpetual Coins production of multiple coins from handkerchief
1940 ca. 8
Eddie Joseph Seeing with the Imagination two glasses placed inside two borrowed hats, milk is poured inside one glass and travels to other glass
1940 ca. 9
Eddie Joseph The Spirit Crochet selection is placed inside box with needle and thread, chosen symbol is found woven on the card
1940 ca. 10
Eddie Joseph Almost a Miracle two selections are found, with apparent failure
Related to 1940 ca. 11
Eddie Joseph Throw Change Variation to palm top and bottom card from small packet and produce them from pocket
1940 ca. 12
Eddie Joseph The E. Jay Book Test coin placed inside book by spectator to select page
1940 ca. 12
Eddie Joseph Personal Publicity magic square with letters on business cards, playing checkers with spectator, word aid
1940 ca. 14
Eddie Joseph Liquid Milk milk travels from glass to other glass in hat
1940 ca. 15
Eddie Joseph Drunk or Sober? card travels, monte them, one card ends up on chair
1940 ca. 16
Eddie Joseph Suspensamus bowl with rice suspends on knife
Related to 1941
The Jinx (Issue 129)
741
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1941 2
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Touch performer riffles through shuffled deck, spectator says stop, performer names card stopped at
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Riffle Glimpse & Heel Break card in center remembered and kept under control with heel type break
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Heel Break Riffle Force one-handed
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Slip Riffle Force one-handed
Related to 1941 4
Eddie Joseph Top Card Glimpse during riffling
1941 4
Eddie Joseph "I Get The Aces" Aces shuffled into deck by spectators, red or black Aces produced as chosen
1941 4
Eddie Joseph "The Gambler Gets Your Cards" four selection pushed in different parts, performer finds them by riffling to them one by one
1941 5
Eddie Joseph Push-Through Jog four cards at different positions are hit into deck and come out at inner end
1941 6
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Second Dealing second deal demonstration with three duplicates
1941 6
Eddie Joseph Three Card Monte "(a different version)", without monte toss
1941 7
Eddie Joseph Monte Switch fan of three cards, apparently top card tabled but second card taken instead
1941 8
Eddie Joseph Two Card Switch optical monte type switch, two cards pushed against each other as they are turned face down
1941 9
Eddie Joseph Cutting the Pack named number of cards cut off, estimation and false count
1941 10
Eddie Joseph Overcount packet counted from hand to hand
1941 10
Eddie Joseph Undercount last block counted as one
1941 11
Eddie Joseph The Sensational Poker Demonstration two phase routine, overhand shuffle stack of Aces, then all players can draw
1941 11
Eddie Joseph Aces found in Pocket Switch deck switch during effect in which Aces are located with deck in pocket
1941 12
Eddie Joseph Heads or Tails spectator is always wrong, coin held on edge until spectator commits
1941 16
Eddie Joseph "Hitting the Spots" two dice thrown, thrown total matched with chips in performer's hands after hearing total
1941 17
Eddie Joseph Predicting the Spots die placed in match box and rattled, number predicted
1941 20
Eddie Joseph The Thimbles & Dice three thimbles of different colors, small die put under one and jumps around in a monte routine
1941 21
Eddie Joseph Suggestions for Knitting a Routine
1941 22
Eddie Joseph Eddie Joseph's Ringed ring ends up knotted on rope held by spectators, behind screen
1941 ca. 80
Eddie Joseph Eddie Joseph's Restored String cut and restored string
1941 ca. 103
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1942 6
Eddie Joseph The Wrist Vanish coin on back of left hand, picked up with right hand, secretly slid into sleeve under watch wrist band
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Hurdle Vanish coin on left fingertips, right hand hits hand and coin jumps on left palm, hand closes and coin vanishes
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Pulsation Vanish left hand closes, coin secretly at end of fingers, dragged out with right hand towards wrist
1942 8
Eddie Joseph The Backer Vanish coin secretly tossed back to other hand as body moves back
1942 9
Eddie Joseph One-Hand Vanish fingers shoot coin back into bend of elbow as they close
1942 9
Eddie Joseph The Tip of Nose Vanish coin balanced on nose, secretly slid in mouth but apparently taken off
1942 9
Eddie Joseph Down Below Vanish coin dropped down the leg into cuff
1942 9
Eddie Joseph The Cuff Throw Vanish coin apparently tossed onto floor where it vanishes, really into cuff
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Strop Vanish coin in left palm stroked with card or business card, vanishes, ditch in breast pocket
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Sweat Band Vanish coin dropped in hat, vanishes when hat is turned over
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Envelope Vanish envelope with slit
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Cone Vanish small paper cone made from paper, coin vanishes from it
1942 12
Eddie Joseph The Kick Vanish coin kicked into sleeve during head or tails toss
1942 12
Eddie Joseph The Toss Vanish coin apparently tossed in air, really left on shoulder
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Spin Vanish coin tossed up with right hand, secretly kicked into other hand before next toss
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Tip Vanish coin covered with handkerchief and taken, vanishes, back clip in other hand
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Throw Vanish coin thrown in other hand, really directly into sleeve
1942 14
Eddie Joseph The Paper Bag Vanish coin put in small paper bag, blown up and vanishes, really sucked into mouth
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Cross Leg Vanish coin "lapped" between legs, without table
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Wack Vanish coin apparently whacked from left first finger, held in right-hand edge type grip, openly placed in sleeve
Related to 1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Pencil Vanish coin balanced on pencil, right hand strokes it and it vanishes, left under arm pit
Related to 1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Container Vanish spectator drops coin into container, stolen out as lid is replaced with upward jerk
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Salt Mound Vanish coin vanishes from under card piece that is covered under salt, on pull
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The Elbow Grease Vanish as coin is rubbed against elbow, it is secretly tossed in other hand which then leaves it behind collar
1942 18
Eddie Joseph The Coat Vanish pendulum pull attached with wax
1942 18
Eddie Joseph The Garter Vanish trouser-fold vanish with duplicate inside trouser so spectator can feel it after steal
1942 19
Eddie Joseph The Coverage Vanish one-handed vanish under two cards on table
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Heel Vanish vanish under shoe with slot in heel of shoe, sucker element
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Four-Corner Vanish coin vanish in handkerchief where all four corners are folded onto coin, wax on thumb nail and not corner
1942 21
Eddie Joseph The E. J. Coin Fold
1942 22
Eddie Joseph Part Two - Changes visible and invisible (switches)
1942 24
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Slow Motion Invisible Change one-handed, using thumb palm
1942 24
Eddie Joseph Low Finger Palm on using the third and fourth fingers
1942 25
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Slow Motion Visible Change variation of previous switch, coin given to spectator
1942 25
Eddie Joseph The Swing Exchange as coin is given into other hand, using thumb palm
1942 26
Eddie Joseph The Drop Exchange finger-palmed coin dropped and visible coin covered at same time, one-handed
Related to 1942 26
Eddie Joseph The Slide Exchange quarter hidden behind half dollar, coin dropped into spectator's pocket, switched for quarter
Related to 1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Cover Exchange switch on table with card
1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Pencil Exchange coin balanced on pencil, hand waves over it, it changes
Related to 1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Penetration Change coin through hand as secret switch
1942 28
Eddie Joseph The Deliberate Exchange coin vanishes and reappears in pocket, actually excuse for switch
1942 28
Eddie Joseph The Front Palm Exchange one-handed
1942 29
Eddie Joseph The Band Exchange coin switched for coin under watch band when explaining that some performers hide things up their sleeves
1942 29
Eddie Joseph The Friction Exchange coin hidden in fold at elbow switched for visible coin
1942 30
Eddie Joseph The Balance Pass coin balanced on thumb, hand turns over and coin goes into back thumb palm
Related to 1942 31
Eddie Joseph The Clip Pass coin ends up clipped at back of first and second finger
1942 31
Eddie Joseph Natural Coin Clip coin clipped between knuckles
1942 32
Eddie Joseph Producing Coins Singly from Palm from classic type palm
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Producing Coins Singly from Finger-Palm low finger palm
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Waxing and De-Waxing a Coin
1942 34
Eddie Joseph The Flat-Palm Pass higher classic palm for a flat hand
1942 35
Eddie Joseph The Cotton Rail thread around hand to hold coin in place on front or back of hand
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Coin on the Wall coin sticks to wall
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Ring Hold-Out match stick piece under finger ring, for vanish or production
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Getaway importance of ditching coin before revealing vanish, coin ditched under belt
1942 37
Eddie Joseph Palming Aide rubbing resin on coin edges
1942 37
Eddie Joseph The Stack Transfer using edge classic palm
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Looped Coin loop of thread on coin
  • For a Vanish
  • For Production
  • For Continuous Front- and Back-Palm
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Hold Back methods with finger or classic palm
1942 39
Eddie Joseph The Wrist Turn Over keeping a coin on wrist under sleeve and turning hand over
1942 40
Eddie Joseph An Idea for Quantity Production short production routine
1942 40
Eddie Joseph A Dose for the Smart Guy glass of water under newspaper, paper whipped away, as sucker trick, coins balanced on glass
1942 40
Eddie Joseph A Smart Move stack of coin on palm, spectator takes all coins, one is left behind automatically
1942 41
Eddie Joseph The Tie Hold-Out slit in tie
1942 42
Eddie Joseph A Real Fooler for the Magicians spider grip vanish with thumb back palm
1942 42
Eddie Joseph The Hair Gimmick hair/thread rolled around pencil until ready for use
1942 43
Eddie Joseph Something Worth Knowing on using invisible thread
1942 43
Eddie Joseph The Sleeve Holder small pocket near opening of sleeve to keep coin from falling out
1942 44
Eddie Joseph The Coat Holder
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Lapel Holder
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Coin Pick-Up change over palm instead of shuttle pass
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Double Revelation finesse for opening hand to show two coins
1942 46
Eddie Joseph To Make Any Coin Appear Double-Headed
1942 46
Eddie Joseph To Make Coin Turn Over in Closed Hand
1942 46
Eddie Joseph An Idea for the Front- and Back-Palm slow execution
1942 46
Eddie Joseph The Single Steal one of a stack stolen as stack is placed on table
1942 48
Eddie Joseph The Passing Steal as stack of coins is handed to spectator
1942 48
Eddie Joseph The Kick coin stack on table, coin rolls towards it and knocks out selected coin
Related to 1942 48
Eddie Joseph One in Many finding selected coin out of bunch of coins
1942 49
Eddie Joseph Part Four - Combination Moves of Coins with Matches chapter intro
1942 49
Eddie Joseph The Super-Subtle Secret Introduction secretly loading a coin inside a match box, from clip position
1942 49
Eddie Joseph Super-Subtle Secret Extraction stealing a coin out of a match box
1942 51
Eddie Joseph The Secret Pick-Up coin covered with match box drawer, secretly picked up with it, also multiple coins
1942 52
Eddie Joseph The Coin Lurk coin held back in match box drawer with match, can appear when set down with force
1942 52
Eddie Joseph Under Cover getting one ahead from loading a coin from a match box
1942 52
Eddie Joseph The Roofer coin appear in match box, stuck to top
1942 53
Eddie Joseph The Slide Concealment coin under tabled match box drawer, shown empty
1942 53
Eddie Joseph Rattling an Empty Box match box, coin hidden underneath
1942 54
Eddie Joseph The Basement Steal coin steal from out of match box with slit
1942 54
Eddie Joseph The One Way Rattle coin shaken in match box, knowing which coin is up
1942 54
Eddie Joseph A Secret and Its Possibilities recipe for glue which permanently glues a coin to a smooth surface, gag application of glueing a coin to the floor and watching people trying to pick it up
  • The Scotch Coin
  • In the Office
  • In a Hotel Lobby
  • At a Convention
1942 54
Eddie Joseph Date Detection several coins in hat, performer reaches in and divines dates
  • Mental Presentation
  • Sensitive Touch Presentation
1942 57
Eddie Joseph Dating the Coin each coin wrapped in paper, performer divines coins, impression
1942 60
Eddie Joseph The Date Mystery spectator makes calculations with the date on a selected coin, coin divined
1942 62
Eddie Joseph The Masked Helper blindfolded spectator takes coins one by one, performer divines dates, one ahead, with gag sequence in which spectator holds on to dummy wax hand without knowing
1942 63
Eddie Joseph The Missing Date several coins on table, spectator pockets one, performer names sum of digits of chosen coin's date
1942 65
Eddie Joseph Mental Delineation spectator names sum of digits of a coin's date (via a number of colored beads), performer names year
1942 66
Eddie Joseph Part Seven - "Close-Up" Tricks intro
1942 70
Eddie Joseph The Wacker coin appears in handkerchief, spectator is hit with coin through handkerchief as gag
Related to 1942 70
Eddie Joseph The Monocle Mystery marked coin held with eye, taken out, vanished, and shown back in eye, double lift with coins
Variations 1942 71
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Coin Trick marked coin penetrates into left fist, repeated a few times, then coin travels into spectator's pocket which is loaded during routine
1942 71
Eddie Joseph The Sleeve Bogey routine with sleeve as fake explanation for coin vanish, coin ends up in spectator's sleeve
1942 73
Eddie Joseph Shoulder Arms performer behind spectator with arms around him, coin vanishes, reappears on spectator's shoulder
1942 75
Eddie Joseph Nail Flick Transfer first finger nail flicks coin onto its finger
1942 75
Eddie Joseph The Big Bite coin travels to collar twice, second phase with duplicate coin
1942 75
Eddie Joseph The Double Bite coin pressed on spectators forehead, he is told to make it fall but it's not there, it really is left there for second spectator, coin reappears under lapel of third spectator
1942 76
Eddie Joseph Unfair Exchange half dollar given to spectator, performer grabs same half dollar from air, quarter found in spectator's hand
Related to 1942 77
Eddie Joseph The Twister borrowed coin switched and given back without spectator noticing, application where borrowed coin travels inside a bill
Related to 1942 78
Eddie Joseph The Scotchman and the Jew half dollar and quarter transpose between two spectators
1942 79
Eddie Joseph The Coin Toss six methods for controlled head or tail toss, seems risky
  • The First Method
  • The Second Method
  • The Third Method
  • The Fourth Method
  • The Fifth Method
  • The Sixth Method
1942 81
Eddie Joseph Matching the Coin coins brought out heads or tails to match spectator's actions or wishes, by feel
1942 85
Eddie Joseph Perfect Timing two coins on table edge, pushed off table towards floor, one straight down one sharply forward, they hit floor together
1942 85
Eddie Joseph The Money Changer half dollar changes into smaller coins that make up fifty cents
1942 86
Eddie Joseph The Street of Colon is Paved with Gold speck of dust changes into coin, repeat, then shower of coin from hand
1942 87
Eddie Joseph Money is Made to Go coin tossed towards left fist, vanishes and is found in fist, repeated with four more coins, last to spectator's hand
1942 88
Eddie Joseph Double Coin Pick Up coin picked up from palm, second coin secretly aligned with it, double lift with coins
1942 89
Eddie Joseph The Colorful Transformation coins put in hand change into paper with funny message, then changes into confetti (hidden in egg container) or a lemon
1942 92
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Fingers marked coin mixed with other, performer finds it
1942 93
Eddie Joseph Hold On, Brother coin vanishes and appears in spectator's breast pocket
1942 94
Eddie Joseph The Magnetic Coin a coin is apparently magnetized, it is removed from other coins with knife, wax
1942 95
Eddie Joseph The Eccentric Coin coin clings to blade of knife
1942 95
Eddie Joseph The Vicious Triangle monte routine with three coins under cards
1942 99
Eddie Joseph The Coins Assembly
1942 102
Eddie Joseph Right First Time quick way of counting high stack of coins, using coin as ruler
1942 103
Eddie Joseph How the Devil Does He Do It selected coin found in hat of coins by spectator
1942 104
Eddie Joseph Curing a Bad Habit cigarette and/or matches change into coin
1942 105
Eddie Joseph Good Shootin' coin stack on table, coin rolls towards it and knocks out selected coins
Related to 1942 105
Eddie Joseph My Hat coin (glass disc) vanishes from glass and appears in hat
1942 106
Eddie Joseph Money Sense three different coins in three glasses, performer can name coin when he is handed a glass blindfolded, or when a coin is dropped into a glass
1942 106
Eddie Joseph The Stolen Money three coins on table under three match boxes, spectator removes a coin when performer turns away, match box with missing coin is divined
1942 107
Eddie Joseph The Coin in the Cookie
1942 107
Eddie Joseph Par Avion coins travel from hand to tabled handkerchief
1942 108
Eddie Joseph The Purse Swindle purse sold with two coins which turn out to be different coins later, detailed
1942 109
Eddie Joseph The Coin and the Orange coin and paper-wrapped glass, coin vanishes, orange appears under glass, orange vanishes, glass vanishes, orange found in pocket, coin in orange, no lapping
1942 112
Eddie Joseph Toss Up Vanish orange tossed up, vanishes, ditch in pocket
1942 114
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1942 3
Eddie Joseph Part One - Some Sl(e)ight Changes in Some Standard Sleights intro, on naturalness
1942 7
Eddie Joseph Card Palming
1942 8
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards on the Feet
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
1942 8
Eddie Joseph How to Return Palmed Card into the Pack card transferred to other hand behind back while spectator is shuffling and replaced with other hand
1942 11
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards at a Table one-handed as tabled deck is pushed forward
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Slip
Inspired by 1942 11
Eddie Joseph Bottom Dealing left hand moves away at bottom deal, bottom cards slanted out
1942 12
Eddie Joseph The Side Steal card not palmed, only held with tips of fourth finger and thumb
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Top Change left thumb does not push card off, back of right first finger does
1942 13
Eddie Joseph To Turn a Card Over in the Pack during overhand shuffle
1942 14
Eddie Joseph A Queer Location performer's finger pushes out a bunch of cards from center and spectator remembers face card of bunch, apparently it is always the same card when done twice
Variations 1942 14
Eddie Joseph A Double Location two-card version of previous location, with variations:
  • the two selections come next to each other
  • several men choose the same card, women also
Inspired by 1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Jumping Location card cut to, remembered and replaced, deck hit on table and selection jumps out
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Riffle Location card hit through deck so it come out at inner end, located via short-card riffle then
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Palm Location
1942 16
Eddie Joseph Replacement Steal top half replaced and bottom card of top half side palmed into right hand
1942 16
Eddie Joseph Palm Take Switch card apparently take from deck in left hand, card from right palm taken instead
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Corner Riffling Location deck riffled and card replaced, gap seen
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Nick" Location punch-like nick made in key card, deck in hand or on table with pointing motivation
Related to 1942 16
Eddie Joseph Part Three - Tricks for All Occasions chapter intro
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The E. J. Color Change with Cards color change sequence in which the face card is palmed one-handed before it is seen
1942 17
Eddie Joseph Your Thought Read spectator cuts anywhere and remembers face card, which is divined
1942 18
Eddie Joseph Another Card Discovery spectator counts off cards and stops, remembers card and replaces rest, either counting by ear or key card
1942 19
Eddie Joseph Think of a Number three numbers counted to, cards predicted or divined, bluff count force (original top card)
1942 19
Eddie Joseph Gesture Glimpse top card pushed off and back as hand gestures to spectator
1942 19
Eddie Joseph A Test of Sobriety half card double facer to affect a transposition with apparently only two cards used
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Elimination Trick tantalizer type elimination in which the spectator has to eliminate the pile each time without his thought-of card, so no real effect, "The above should be worked rapidly and no time given to them to think."
Related to 1942 21
Eddie Joseph Card Resurrection selection torn and card at named position noted, torn card restores into noted card and original restored selection is at named position
1942 22
Eddie Joseph Thought Transference five card mental force, card to pocket out with four duplicates
1942 23
Eddie Joseph Stop! Fire! several cards chosen, highest card noted, all cards written on billets and burned one by one, performer stops burning of highest card's billet and names it
1942 24
Eddie Joseph High Card Force having only one high card in center of deck, spectator remembers highest card of bunch drawn from center
Related to 1942 25
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Touch five cards on table, performer receives any card behind his back and names it, tiny paper shapes stuck to card
1942 25
Eddie Joseph The Die Trick spectator rolls die and takes as many cards off the top, performer removes card with same value
1942 26
Eddie Joseph A Quick Four-Ace Trick Aces "mixed" with twelve cards, four hands dealt, one gets the Aces
1942 26
Eddie Joseph Gone Right Through top card of tabled deck lapped with handkerchief
1942 27
Eddie Joseph Gone Beyond Recognition spectator peeks at a card with a knife, that card vanishes, reproduced from pocket
1942 28
Eddie Joseph Wandaphone card chosen, another spectator choses a card of same suit and choses an amount of cards that matches the value
1942 28
Eddie Joseph Simple Stabbing Force just taking cards above break
1942 29
Eddie Joseph Your Age Will Find You Out spectator takes card at position of his age, card and age divined
1942 29
Eddie Joseph One Out of Five card thought of, one of five, located with mediocre procedure and deck in pocket
1942 30
Eddie Joseph What's in a Name spectator's name and prediction written on paper for three spectators, they spell to their names and find the predicted card
1942 31
Eddie Joseph The Writing on the Arm named card appears on arm, index on arm
1942 32
Eddie Joseph The Electrified Card selected card sticks out of deck after it is shaken, short card, dropping short card out of loosely held deck
Related to 1942 33
Eddie Joseph The Tekka Card Trick four amounts of cards divined after lots of dealing and pile-making, Aces as key cards distributed in deck
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Esta Kard Mystery three cards stopped at and tabled, they change into indifferent cards which are then sealed in envelopes, they transpose with the selections
1942 35
Eddie Joseph End Grip Stop Force block taken when spectator says stop
1942 35
Eddie Joseph Envelope Load and Switch card loaded into envelope from top of deck, card apparently put into envelope but left on top of deck
1942 37
Eddie Joseph The Secret Out - Not Quite sucker trick in which you explain the key card but selection ends up next to another card
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Final Speller a few cards chosen, one of them though of, it is spelled to without adjustments
1942 39
Eddie Joseph Quadruplication deck dealt into four piles, four cards chosen and moved to another pile, performer located them
1942 42
Eddie Joseph The Hazelite Mystery card and position remembered, it is no longer at that position, located again with deck in pocket
1942 43
Eddie Joseph The Cardiana Roll selection lost, deck hit and it splits at selection, using lead piece
1942 44
Eddie Joseph The Hooded Hew deck with selection in handkerchief that is held like a bag, spectator stabs knife into deck through handkerchief next to selection, bent card
1942 45
Eddie Joseph Sympathetic Bond three cards chosen from blue-backed deck, the duplicates of those cards from a red deck travel into the blue deck
1942 46
Eddie Joseph Daub Deception location tricks with daub
  • Preparation for the Daub
  • First Method of Daubing
  • Second Method of Daubing
  • Third Method of Daubing
  • Fourth Method of Daubing
  • Fifth Method of Daubing
  • Sixth Method of Daubing
  • Seventh Method of Daubing
  • Eighth Method of Daubing
  • Ninth Method of Daubing
  • Tenth Method of Daubing
  • Eleventh Method of Daubing
  • Twelfth Method of Daubing
  • Thirteenth Method of Daubing
  • Fourteenth Method of Daubing
  • Fifteenth Method of Daubing
  • Sixteenth Method of Daubing
  • Seventeenth Method of Daubing
  • Eighteenth Method of Daubing
  • Nineteenth Method of Daubing
  • Twentieth Method of Daubing
  • A Few Words of Advice
1942 48
Eddie Joseph Part Five - Exquisite Experiments chapter intro
1942 55
Eddie Joseph The Somersault spectator cuts off packet from tabled deck, remembers bottom card and replaces, deck hit off table edge into air, all cards land face-up except selection face-down near spectator
Related to 1942 56
Eddie Joseph The Smacker different way to do "The Somersault" by hitting deck off spectator's hand
Related to 1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Renegade deck tossed from hand to hand, selection jumps back into throwing hand on its own
1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Prodigious Card card thought-of, deck spread on table, covered with handkerchief, spectator is told to lift handkerchief with one card, it is the selection
1942 57
Eddie Joseph Psychological Riffle Peek Force in-jogged card affects slight pause at force card
1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Sensational Card Restoration card torn in quarters and restored in spectator's hand except for one quarter which fits, then whole card restored
1942 58
Eddie Joseph Torn Quarter Switch as fan with four quarters is handled
1942 59
Eddie Joseph Hallucination selection lost, three cards against glasses, every one shown to be selection, then none, three duplicates
1942 62
Eddie Joseph Handling Double Cards which are then leaned against glasses
1942 63
Eddie Joseph Shirt Ditch double card shown, face card ditched in shirt with body turn
1942 64
Eddie Joseph Card in Cigarette
1942 65
Eddie Joseph The Pellet Test three numbered paper slips, three cards chosen and written on the slips, all mixed in hat, one chosen, performer divines card, ungaffed impression on deck
1942 66
Eddie Joseph The Popinjay rubber banded deck tossed up and selection shoots out halfway, repeated with other selections
1942 67
Eddie Joseph The Writing on the Wall card chosen and some personal information written on paper, card reverses and information divined, impression with daub
1942 69
Eddie Joseph Fan Close Turnover
1942 70
Eddie Joseph A Remarkable Coincidence two cards chosen from two decks match, repeat, two-way Mirage decks
1942 71
Eddie Joseph Peculiar Passage two roughed red/blue menetekel decks, thought of or chosen card(s) transposes between red and blue decks, four methods
1942 73
Eddie Joseph A Home-Made Cement for Card Work
1942 76
Eddie Joseph Extra-Sensory Detection spectator thinks of a card with deck in his hands, risky
1942 77
Eddie Joseph A Kute Kard Konception spectator cuts off pile, remembers card and replaces, card located after shuffle by appearing in performer's sleeve, two spectators hold both wrists of performer
1942 78
Eddie Joseph The Raw Recruit card reverses repeatedly under strict conditions, duplicates
1942 79
Eddie Joseph "A Letter from Satan" named card predicted in letter, index
1942 80
Eddie Joseph Rapid Transit three cards selected, they travel into three envelopes (actually hanging behind), one duplicate
1942 81
Eddie Joseph The Revolution rubber banded deck, card removed and put back, then it shoots out at right angle as in Impromptu Haunted Deck
Related to 1942 83
Eddie Joseph The Mental Marvel silent code for medium with arrangement on stage of spectator, table, chair
1942 84
Eddie Joseph Distant Thought Penetration silent code for medium to which is brought pad and pen
1942 87
Eddie Joseph The Sticker large sticker attached to wrong card halfway, when card is pulled out of deck, it is now the signed selection
1942 88
Eddie Joseph Two Old Horses in New Harness "Cards to Pocket", using rubber band around wrist to hold cards
1942 90
Eddie Joseph Cards from Pocket to Pocket
1942 92
Eddie Joseph My Card System on memorized decks and memorizing a deck, see p. 99 for grid as help
  • My Table of Pictures for Memorizing Cards
Also published here 1942 94
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1942 96
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1942 97
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942 100
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1942 6
Eddie Joseph The Appealing Force of "Cups and Balls"
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm intro
1942 8
Eddie Joseph The Single Palm ball vanishes using the classic palm
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
1942 8
Eddie Joseph The Double Palm palming two one-inch balls at once
1942 9
Eddie Joseph The Triple Palm palming three one-inch balls at once
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Drop palming three one-inch balls at once, variation
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Pass false transfer with three balls at once
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Slide vanishing a ball when already palming two
1942 11
Eddie Joseph One Hand Production of Three Single Balls
1942 11
Eddie Joseph One-Hand Production of Two Balls Together
1942 11
Eddie Joseph Producing Three Balls Singly a la Billiard Balls
1942 12
Eddie Joseph Secret Introductions intro to cup loads
1942 12
Eddie Joseph Secret Introduction of Two Balls Under One Cup Simultaneously
1942 13
Eddie Joseph Secret Introduction of Single Balls from the Double Palm
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The "Two-in-One" Introduction
1942 14
Eddie Joseph Secret Introduction of Three Balls Together Under One Cup
1942 14
Eddie Joseph The "Tip-Up" Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Torpedo Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The "Back-Street" Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Cup Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The "Infinite" Introduction
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Stratagem" Introduction
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Top-Hole" Introduction
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The Jubilee Introduction
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The Hinge Extraction ball steal
1942 18
Eddie Joseph The Double Extraction
1942 19
Eddie Joseph The Triple Extraction
1942 19
Eddie Joseph The "Jam" Vanish
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The "Grasshopper" Vanish
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Slide Vanish ball dumped into left fingers below table edge
1942 21
Eddie Joseph The Elevator Pass ball passes upwards through stack of cups
1942 21
Eddie Joseph The Thumb Steal
1942 22
Eddie Joseph Through Passage ball penetrates cup when dropped into it, multiple phases
1942 22
Eddie Joseph The Spidora three balls dropped into three cups, they all assemble in one
1942 23
Eddie Joseph The Roll ball apparently rolled under cup, rolls out the other side
1942 24
Eddie Joseph The Scoop ball rolled into cup, secretly bounces out again
1942 24
Eddie Joseph The Reel cup shown empty, ball hidden behind
1942 25
Eddie Joseph The Automatic Cup pin attached to inside of cup
1942 26
Eddie Joseph The Four-Point Cup four pins attached to inside of cup
1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Cup that Delivers secret compartment in cup for load
1942 27
Eddie Joseph The "Auto" Producing and Vanishing Cup secret shelf inside cup
1942 28
Eddie Joseph The Brodie secret ball holder inside cup
1942 28
Eddie Joseph Salt and Pepper two secret compartments in cup
1942 29
Eddie Joseph Real Ice Cream Cone from Cup with dry ice in cup to keep it cold
1942 30
Eddie Joseph Real Ice Cubs from Cup secret rubber compartment inside cup
1942 31
Eddie Joseph Jelly from Cup jelly produced from cup, using a wand with hook
1942 32
Eddie Joseph The "Robot" Cup secret lever inside cup, operated with small knob on outside
1942 33
Eddie Joseph The Half Shelf for producing soft loads from cup
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Chinese Lantern from Cup
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Large Stack of Coins from Cup
1942 34
Eddie Joseph The Rainbow Streamers
1942 35
Eddie Joseph The Shower of Cards cards produced from cup
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Bird Nest live canary hidden in cup throughout routine
1942 36
Eddie Joseph Making One Canary into Two manipulative
1942 37
Eddie Joseph Rapid Hatching gaffed cup to change an egg into a bird/canary
1942 38
Eddie Joseph Another Canary Production from gaffed cup
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Reptile in the Cup spring snake from gaffed cup
1942 39
Eddie Joseph The Match Holder keeping item hidden in cup with match stick as holder
1942 39
Eddie Joseph Liquid Production rubber balloons hidden in cup
1942 40
Eddie Joseph The Water Fountain small water fountain comes out of mouth-side-up cup
1942 40
Eddie Joseph The Fire Cracker from cup, "This will wake up the sleeping ones."
1942 41
Eddie Joseph The Three Glasses loading liquids under cups, using "Squeeze-It" props
1942 41
Eddie Joseph The Fire Fountain small firework from cup
1942 42
Eddie Joseph Loading Tall Articles into Cups articles "nearly as high as the cup"
1942 42
Eddie Joseph Firing the Cup fire from cups
Related to
  • "The Flaming Cups" (earlier Eddie Joseph book on Cups and Balls)
1942 43
Eddie Joseph Spontaneous Combustion palmed fire gimmick to produce fireworks from cup
1942 43
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Production producing nested articles
1942 44
Eddie Joseph Masterpiece Glass of Liquid Production from cup
1942 44
Eddie Joseph The "Phantom" Load fruit stuck in cup to handle cups freely
  • First Method
  • Second Method
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Cotton Mill long cotton thread produced from cup
1942 47
Eddie Joseph The Inexhaustible Stream
1942 48
Eddie Joseph The "Blooming" Roses spring flowers from cup
1942 48
Eddie Joseph Brimful of Wine wine production from cup
1942 49
Eddie Joseph Connecting the Terminals motivating the climax
1942 51
Eddie Joseph Part Three - Routines intro
1942 51
Eddie Joseph The "Ink-o" Routine two glasses with water and one with ink, covered by cups, monte type game
1942 52
Eddie Joseph The Red Herring monte type routine with cups and balls of two colors
1942 54
Eddie Joseph The Jumping Frog one ball and three cups
1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Wandering Ball one ball and three cups
1942 57
Eddie Joseph Crystal-i-zation three tumblers and three lumps of sugar
1942 58
Eddie Joseph A Chinese Routine
1942 59
Eddie Joseph Mechanical Routine gaffed cups
1942 61
Eddie Joseph The Nudist Routine no steals from body
1942 62
Eddie Joseph The Hindu Routine
1942 63
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Routine fourteen phases
1942 64
Eddie Joseph Heart Throb spectator thinks of number between five and twenty and remembers card at that position, another card is chosen, both found while spectator deals through the deck
Also published here 1947 2
Eddie Joseph Turn-Around Glimpse performer turns around briefly to make a remark and back, secretly glimpses required information
1947 5
Eddie Joseph Mail Mentalism trick performed as mailed instructions or over phone, spectator takes all odd cards, adds top and bottom value, counts down to card in rest, eventually located with spelling and dealing
1949 1
Eddie Joseph Premonition named card is missing in deck, missing card brought from pocket
1949 4
Eddie Joseph The Blind Magician Does a Trick performer blindfolded via spectator's hand (human blindfold) or blindfold, two spectators with half the deck each cut off piles and make two selections, deck assembled, performer finds both
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
1949 8
Eddie Joseph The Natural Follow-Up out-of-hand key card placement and discovery, blindfolded
1949 10
Eddie Joseph The Principle Defined getting a selection to any position, with key card
1949 11
Eddie Joseph How to Make Your Locator Card thick card, one and a half card thick
1949 12
Eddie Joseph Thought Interception (or Starology) chosen word or object is divined, among several objects one is chosen and on a chart with different letters spectator has to check in which column first letter of his object appears (binary method), several variations
  • Close-Up Presentation "A"
  • Close-Up Presentation "B"
  • Close-Up Presentation "C"
  • Close-Up Presentation "D"
  • Close-Up Presentation "E"
  • Club Presentation
  • Stage Presentation
  • Two Person Presentation
  • Additional Effects
  • "Think of your Age"
1949 1
Eddie Joseph Dear Friend
1949 1
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Prime Presentation two decks, one card is selected and both decks dealt until same card is found in other deck, card found at same position as mate of selection is named and its mate is not found in other deck but in envelope, repeated with written prediction inside card case
Related toVariations 1949 1
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Two prediction printed in newspaper
1949 3
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Three cards sent in advance to spectator as prediction
1949 3
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Four two decks, two cards are selected by two spectators and mates are found
1949 3
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Five two decks, two cards are selected by two spectators and mates are found, one deck dealt face up and one face down
1949 4
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Six two decks, two cards are selected by dealing to a chosen number, mates are found at same position, with variation
1949 4
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Seven two decks are cut and placed under hats, 51 cards are dealt and last two cards match
1949 5
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Eight two decks and one is cut by spectator, performer removes same card from other deck
1949 5
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Nine two decks, mate of selection is found in pocket
1949 5
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Ten two decks, same card is found
1949 5
Eddie Joseph Final Suggestions
1949 10
Eddie Joseph Applying Staggered Principle for Two-Person Mental Act Staggered - Prime Presentation done with medium
1949 11
Eddie Joseph Mystic Fifteen fifteen cards, dealt into five piles
  • Hiding the Principle
1949 8
Eddie Joseph Fifteen Exciting Minutes with a Borrowed Deck
1949 ca. 1
Eddie Joseph Through the Beat of the Pulse selection is lost and deck divided into two piles, performer knows in which pile card is and also exact position
1949 ca. 1
Eddie Joseph Propensity of the Inanimate two selections end up at same positions in two piles
1949 ca. 3
Eddie Joseph Double Prediction two cards are found, spelling prediction
1949 ca. 6
Eddie Joseph A Clean Vanish and a Location selection vanishes and appears in pocket, and a card is revealed with some other cards
1949 ca. 8
Eddie Joseph Pocket Load from lap to inner jacket pocket
Related to 1949 ca. 9
Eddie Joseph The Impelling Force spectator cuts to a card and remembers it twice, first time found with eye reading by observing spectator's eyes while he deals through deck, second time with two key cards
1949 ca. 10
Eddie Joseph On the Square No. 143, magician divines number of face-up cards in spectator's pocket
1950 275
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1950 7
Eddie Joseph Theoretically Speaking
1950 9
Eddie Joseph Articles for Production
1950 12
Eddie Joseph Defining the Technique
1950 16
Eddie Joseph Methods of Concealment
  • Personal Concealment
  • Prop Concealments
1950 20
Eddie Joseph Practicing the Technique intro to different methods to load spectator's pockets, see following items
1950 23
Eddie Joseph Loading Into Outer Coat Pocket
1950 24
Eddie Joseph Loading Under Coat
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
  • Method D
  • Method E
1950 25
Eddie Joseph Loading Into Outer Breast Pocket
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
  • Method D
  • Method E
1950 29
Eddie Joseph Loading into Inner Breast Pocket
1950 31
Eddie Joseph Loading Behind Coat Collar
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
  • Method D
1950 31
Eddie Joseph Loading into Sleeve
1950 33
Eddie Joseph Loading into Hip Pocket
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
1950 34
Eddie Joseph Loading Inside the Shirt Front
  • Method A
  • Method B
1950 35
Eddie Joseph Loading Under Trouser Cuff
1950 38
Eddie Joseph Body Loading in Operation
1950 39
Eddie Joseph Body Productions for Nite Clubs spoon, knife, forks, whiskey glass produced from spectator's clothing
1950 40
Eddie Joseph Body Productions for Stage or Platform bill to banana, producing women's underwear from spectator during routine
1950 43
Eddie Joseph Glass and Orange glass under newspaper cover, orange vanishes, glass vanishes, both found in spectator's clothing, stand-up without lapping
1950 48
Eddie Joseph The Cotton Mill long cotton thread pulled from spectator's clothing
1950 49
Eddie Joseph Tumbler of Wine from Collar production from spectator, using Abbott's "Dynamic Glass"
1950 50
Eddie Joseph Productions of Rubber Goods from spectator and in general
1950 50
Eddie Joseph Money, Money Everywhere coins and bills produced from spectator
1950 52
Eddie Joseph Umbrella from Coat Collar from spectator's coat
1950 53
Eddie Joseph Stick from Trouser Cuff from spectator's trouser, Walsh production cane
1950 53
Eddie Joseph Eggs from Pocket from spectator's pocket, rubber eggs
Also published here 1950 53
Eddie Joseph Playing Cards from Sleeve from spectator's sleeve
1950 54
Eddie Joseph Live Banana from Volunteer in Auditorium
1950 54
Eddie Joseph Production from Outside Collar
1950 55
Eddie Joseph The Vanishing Wand wand vanished and reproduced from spectator
1950 55
Eddie Joseph Two Good Reasons to start searching through spectator's clothing
1950 56
Eddie Joseph The Shower of Rice from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph Livestock Productions from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph Cinderella's Shoe shoe produced from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph Cage and Canary Production from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph A Full Bottle of Beer from Under Coat from spectator's clothing
1950 58
Eddie Joseph Stooges and Subterfuges producing things from a stooges body and clothing, six example effects
1950 59
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Repeat Telephone Trick deck shuffled and dealt in two piles, cards counted from both piles, a card remembered and a pile read off to performer who identified the selection, two repeats with different selection procedures, performer makes secret chart during conversation
1950 2
Eddie Joseph By Mind Alone spectator and performer note a card and their position, after some more dealing both are found
1950 7
Eddie Joseph Tear It - Restore It restored card found back in deck except torn corner
1950 8
Eddie Joseph India Calling spectator has two piles and after some counting a card is lost, names of all cards read off to performer who names selection
Variations 1950 10
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1950 1
Eddie Joseph The "Tobba" Mystery spectator removes some cards and remembers card at same position, deck cut, then performer counts basically whole deck before revealing card and number
Variations 1950 2
Eddie Joseph Who Knows the Card? card chosen with counting procedure ends up and number named at beginning
Variations 1950 3
Eddie Joseph Incredulously True two spectators remember a card and their positions, both found
1950 4
Eddie Joseph Two Secret Thoughts two spectators remember a card and their positions, both found
1950 7
Eddie Joseph Memory Phenomenal card and its position named as apparent memory demonstration
Variations 1950 8
Eddie Joseph Over the Wire spelling of spectator's name to locate card
1950 10
Eddie Joseph The Mystic Queen fair selection procedure, performer cuts deck a Queen, when this is spelled it leads to selection, five handlings (spelling different things, funny message on card)
1950 10
Eddie Joseph A Tip for Using the Short Card how to locate it by riffling
1950 11
Eddie Joseph One-Eye Joe Kings lost with cut and shuffle procedure and found again
1950 12
Eddie Joseph The Expert Cuts performer cuts straight to selection, bottom card crimp à la gambler's peek
1950 14
Eddie Joseph Can you see your Card? spectator peeks at a card, performer ribbon spreads the cards face-up and names selection, performed with one hand
Related to 1950 14