Robert Harbin

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Robert Harbin	The Pierced Cards	cards in bag, pierced with needle and thread, when bag is mixed, selections hang on thread	Variations Hot Shot Card Stab (Bill Abbott, 2010)	1941	Our Mysteries	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Paper bag
	Robert Harbin			1941	Our Mysteries	60	Articles / Biographical
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley	The Spirit	multiple prediction on a record	Related to Ultra-Modern Mentalism (Tony Corinda, Robert Harbin, 1959)	1947	Gems of Mental Magic	74	CD & Record Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jay Marshall, Robert Harbin, Martin Gardner		Nov. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 164)	659	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Ken Allen, C.B. Yohe, Richard Himber, George Jason, Ballantine, Ted Anneman, Robert Harbin, Jinx	Variations Thimble Snake (John Murray, 1954)	May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 178)	712	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Steve Miaco, Richard Himber, Robert Harbin		Oct. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 188)	754	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Robert Harbin, John Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins, Lee Noble, hamsters and the atom bomb		Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 191)	766	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Bill Simon, Milbourne Christopher, Bob Hummer, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Robert Harbin	Related to The Layout Problem (Karl Fulves, 1983)	Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 193)	773	Articles / Columns
Frank Joglar	Backstage	on Sam Horowitz, Jay Marshall, Fu Manchu, Robert Harbin, Eugene Hellman, Alli Mona, Louis McBride, Sid Lorraine, Tom Bowyer and more News of the Necromancers See-Through Sorcery Harbin Personal Preferences Black Magic Albenice Memory Book "Cagliostro" Tom Bowyer		Dec. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 7)	612	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Frank Garcia, Puzzle by Charlie Arbuthnot, Dunninger, Carlo Menotti, Fred Keating, Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, Jean Hugard, Robert Harbin, Art Lyle, Frank Joglar		Feb. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 196)	785	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Puzzle Articles / Columns
Frank Joglar	Backstage	on Houdini, Bradley Martin, Russ Swann, Jay Marshall, Ballantine, Dick DuBois, Robert Harbin, John Scarne, Dr. Jaks, Chang, Billy Bishop, Paul Morris, C. L. Boarde, Clarence Slyter, Great LaFollette, Frank van Hoven and more Seen or Heard TV Trickery In Print Transition News and Notes Open House Pro and Con Appropriations Purely Personal Memory Book		Mar. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 10)	638	Articles / Columns
Frank Joglar	Backstage	on Roy Benson, Fogel, Francis Carlyle, John Gambling, Paul Morris, Stuart Cramer, Fu Manchu, John Scarne, Robert Harbin, Jay Marshall, Russel Swan, Ade Duval, Kuda Bux, Bobby Baxter and more Speaking Head Memories Huh Department TV Trickery News and Notes British IMB Conclave What's In a Name Magic Versus Comedy Video Topics Important		Aug. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)	688	Articles / Columns
Tony Corinda, Robert Harbin	Ultra-Modern Mentalism	prediction of a word, with tape recorder and assistant	Related to The Spirit (John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley, 1947) Unknown Power (Thomas Alan Waters, 1979)	1959	Book Tests	215	CD & Record Mental Magic / Principles / Misreading & Miscalling Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
Louis Marino	This is the BBC Televisionsservice	on the Diamond Jubilee in London, Jay Marshall, Henk Vermeyden, Fred Kaps, Robert Harbin, Fred Kaps, Esme Levante		1965	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)	53	Articles / Convention Reports
Robert Harbin	New Life for an Old Bag	Newspaper change bag / sugar bag		1968	Newspaper Magic	133	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Jochen Zmeck, Robert Harbin	1. Doppeltüte mit Automatik	newspaper with hidden compartment for vanishing things		1974	Das Zmeckt!	24	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Paper / Cone made from Paper
Robert Harbin, Ian Adair	Instant Origami	paper magically folds into chosen origami design	Also published here New Pentagram	Feb. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 3)	52	Paper / Origami Effects
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Robert Harbin		July 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 11)	287	Articles / Columns
Robert Harbin	Harbins Dreifache Übereinstimmung	three small packets, spectator selects a card of each packet, performer does same with his three packets, three matching value pairs show up	Also published here Abracadabra #425, 20. Mar. 1954	Feb. 1976	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 3)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Robert Harbin	Requetecambio	handkerchief in breast pocket changes color several times		1977	Magicolor	59	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Thomas Alan Waters	Unknown Power	tape cassette with headline prediction on	Related to Ultra-Modern Mentalism (Tony Corinda, Robert Harbin, 1959) Bob Tripp in Robert A. Nelson's "Sensational Mentalism" p. 68.	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	28	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Cassette
Paul Fleming (reviewer)	Paper Magic	by Robert Harbin		1979	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews — Volume III	193	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
	The Salt-Cellar Fold	paper fortune teller fold Operating the Model (I) Operating the Model (II)	Related to Paper Magic, Robert Harbin, 1956	1980	Blue Spotitis	4	Paper / Origami Effects
Peter Wilker	Robert Harbin	biographical article		1981	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 1)	14	Articles / Biographical
Robert Harbin	Das hilfreiche Streichholz	match lights apparently by itself		1981	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 1)	18	Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous
Robert Harbin	Westen gegen Osten	rope floats up into vase, vase and rope variation		1981	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 1)	18	Bottle / Chinese Prayer Vase
Peter Wilker	Ein Zeitungstest in Abwandlungen	history and overview on the Koran Newspaper test, variations by Edmund Roland, Nick Trost, Allan Shaxon, Robert Harbin		1982	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 4&5)	118	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Thomas Alan Waters, Edmund Rowland, Fred Lowe, Robert Harbin	X-Positions	page is torn in sixteen parts and a piece selected, analysis , ideas on headline predictions	Related to Edmund Rowland in Warlock's "Pentagram" Vol, 7. No.2. P. 11. Fred Lowe in "New Pentagram" Vol. 4, No. 1. P.1. Robert Harbin in "Abra" Vol.7, No. 181. P. 387.	1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	392	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Robert Harbin Book	by Robert Harbin (written by Martin Breese)		Aug. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 6)	360	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Robert Harbin	Der Gang durch ein Seil	spectator penetrates rope, through body		1986	Das Alan Shaxon Seminar 1986	20	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Robert Harbin, Alan Shaxon	Die Karte in der Flasche	card travels inside empty whiskey bottle which is inside cigar box	Also published here Card in Whisky Bottle (Robert Harbin, Alan Shaxon, 2014)	1986	Das Alan Shaxon Seminar 1986	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Bottle
Peter Duffie	Triplicants	card chosen from three-card packet twice, repeated three times, three value pairs, values predicted as well	Inspired by "Triple Coincidence" (Robert Harbin, Abracadabra & Harbincadabra)	1993	Card Selection	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Robert Harbin, Vicente Canuto	Triple Coincidencia	three cards	Also published here "Triple Coincidence" (Robert Harbin, Abracadabra & Harbincadabra)	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Alan Shaxon, Robert Harbin	Die Spielkarte in der Flasche	card travels inside empty whiskey bottle which is inside cigar box	Variations Card in Bottle (Gene Anderson, 2016) Also published here Card in Whisky Bottle (Robert Harbin, Alan Shaxon, 2014)	1994	Alan Shaxon Lecture	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Bottle
Eric C. Lewis	The Story Of The "Zig-Zag Girl"	on Robert Harbin's illusion		Sep. 1997	Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)	44	Articles / Magic History Illusions / Harmed & Healed / Zig-Zag & Co.
Eric C. Lewis	The "Walking Zig-Zag"	draft for another version of Robert Harbin's illusion by Harbin	Related to Walk-Around (Walter Zaney Blaney, 1997)	Sep. 1997	Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)	46	Articles / Magic History Illusions / Harmed & Healed / Zig-Zag & Co.
Michael Close (reviewer)	The Genius of Robert Harbin	by Robert Harbin (written by Eric C. Lewis)		Feb. 1998	Magic (Vol. 7 No. 6)	34	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
	The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America	Richiardi Jr. (1923-1985) Walter B. Gibson (1897-1985) Ricky Jay T. Nelson Downs (1869-1938) Alex Elmsley Robert Harbin (1908-1978) Marvyn Roy Dunninger (1892-1975) U. F. Grant (1901-1978) Howard Thurston (1879-1938)		Feb. 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)	60	Articles / Magic History
Simon Lovell	Moments and Musings	on Robert Harbin		2000	Son of Simon Says!	180	Articles / Articles
David Berglas	Uri Geller	on Uri Geller, metal bending, Robert Harbin		2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	300	Spoon & Fork Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Biographical Articles / Magic History Mental Magic / Effects / Metal Bending
Robert Harbin	Harbin's Egg Routine		Also published here "Robert's Easter Egg" (Abracadabra, Vol. 15 No. 373, Mar. 21, 1953, p. 132)	2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	203	Egg / Silk to Egg
Stuart P. Cramer	In Person	drawing and comments by Cramer on the following magicians: Dai Vernon Eugene Laurant Herbert Leon Cope Karl Germain Carl Rosini Harlowe R. Hoyt Robert Harbin Cardini Winston Freer George Bailey John Mulholland E. J. Moore Paul Fleming Jean de Jean Eddie Tullock Bert Allerton Kuda Bux Okito Igor Kio Joseph Dunninger Russell Swann J. B. Bobo Stanley Jaks George Jason Doc Nixon Bert Easley Hardeen Albert H. Jacques John Nicholls Booth John Grdina Harry Blackstone Dante Albert Goshman Jay Marshall Ralph Emerson Powell Al Saal Walter Gibson Russ Walsh Harlan "Doc" Tarbell Stuart P. Cramer		June 2003	Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)	55	Articles / Articles
Bob Ostin	The Card Bug	bug on string is suspended over cards, selection sticks to it	Inspired by Robert Harbin's "Dippy Magnet"	2005	Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions	169	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Magnetic & Shimmed Card
Jim Steinmeyer	The Language of Illusion: The Invisible Man	on Robert Harbin's "The Invisible Man"		Jan. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)	42	Articles / Columns Illusions / Vanish / Person
Geoffrey Durham, Robert Harbin	Chair Suspension illusion	a few touches employed by Harbin for the Chair Suspension		2008	Professional Secrets	233	Illusions / Animation / Defying Gravity
Jim Steinmeyer	Robert Harbin & The Polemics of Modern Illusion			2009	A Tribute to Robert Harbin	2	Articles / Articles Illusions / General Comments
Jim Steinmeyer	Pasteboard Under Glass	using Okito's Substitution Principle with hollow stack of envelopes	Inspired by Card in Bottle in "This Magic Stuff" (Robert Harbin, Abracadabra, Vol. 6 No. 138, Sep. 1948, p. 115) Also published here Pasteboard Under Glass (Jim Steinmeyer, 2014)	2009	A Tribute to Robert Harbin	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Bottle Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Jim Steinmeyer	Par Two	ball in glass, covered with silk, ball penetrates through silk, glass with hole	Inspired by "The Penetrating Ball" (Robert Harbin, Something New in Magic, 1929)	2009	A Tribute to Robert Harbin	16	Glass / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
Jim Steinmeyer	The Inside-Out Lantern	for productions	Inspired by "Inside-Out Production Box" (Jim Steinmeyer) "Upside-Down Production Box" (Robert Harbin)	2009	A Tribute to Robert Harbin	17	Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Jim Steinmeyer	The Three Book Experiment	mathematical calculations to arrive at page number	Inspired by "The Great Book Test" (The Magic of Robert Harbin) U. F. Grant's marketed book test Also published here The Three Book Experiment (Jim Steinmeyer, 2011)	2009	A Tribute to Robert Harbin	18	Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation Book / Book Test / Routines
Richard Kaufman	Genii Speaks	Christian Fechner's death, Robert Harbin Centenary	Related to Captured (David Oliver, James L. Clark, 2008)	Jan. 2009	Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)	10	Articles / Columns Articles / Obituary
Richard Kaufman	Genii Speaks	on Andy Nyman, Robert Harbin, New York's Magical Nights, SAM, The Great Buck Howard	Related to YKK (Hiroyuki Sakai, Yuic-hi Katakura, 2009)	Apr. 2009	Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)	10	Articles / Columns
David Britland (reviewer)	A Tribute to Robert Harbin - Two Lectures by Jim Steinmeyer	by Jim Steinmeyer		June 2009	Genii (Vol. 72 No. 6)	86	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jim Steinmeyer	Five Terrible Ideas	"...and how they revolutionized stage magic" The Robert Harbin Memorial Lecture at the Magic Circle Centenary Celebration, July 2005		2009	Technique & Understanding	45	Articles / Articles Illusions / General Comments
Jim Steinmeyer	Robert Harbin & The Polemics of Modern Illusion	From the lecture at The Magic Circle Harbin Centenary Weekend, February 2009 A Simple, Clear, Memorable Plot An Interest on Mythic a Level Add a Twist A Play, Not a Prop Practical Apparatus Interesting Apparatus Practical Routine A Way In for the Magician At Least Three Beats to the Climax A Stage Surprise, An Additional Punctuation		2009	Technique & Understanding	69	Articles / Biographical Illusions / General Comments
Bill Abbott	Hot Shot Card Stab	card stab in paper bag, full shot glass produced as finale	Inspired by The Pierced Cards (Robert Harbin, 1941)	2010	Table Magic	16	Glass / Production & Appearance Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Paper bag
Patrick Page	The PaPa System	general remarks on stack decks, thoughts on Si Stebbins and Eight Kings and anecdotes of Charlie Edwards, Robert Harbin, David Berglas		2011	Magic Page by Page	78	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Eight Kings Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / General Comments
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi	Robert Harbin Card in Balloon	with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi		May 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 5)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Balloon Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Signed Duplicate
Jim Steinmeyer	Half a Cup of Coffee	Conjuring performer holds two cups, one is half full the other empty, he pours some into the empty cup and now both are half full, more phases, double-walled coffee shop plastic cups	Inspired by "Drinka Pinta" (The Magic of Robert Harbin)	Apr. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 4)	32	Liquid / Appearance & Production Glass / Miscellaneous
Alan Shaxon	My Early Influences	Ernest E. Noakes Edward Victor Robert Harbin The Great Levante Raoul Maurice Fogel Al Koran John Booth David Nixon		2014	Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer	51	Articles / Magic History
Alan Shaxon	Harbin Remembered	on Robert Harbin	Also published here in Stan Allen's "Magic Magazine" January 2008.	2014	Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer	59	Articles / Biographical
Alan Shaxon, Robert Harbin	A Toast to Robert-Harbin	small box with lock		2014	Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer	180	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Robert Harbin, Alan Shaxon	The Captain's Card Trick	three cards are selected and performer fails to divine them, performer gets envelope with letter and duplicates of cards handed to him during show		2014	Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Robert Harbin, Alan Shaxon	Card in Whisky Bottle	with table, bottle in cigar bottle shown empty in the beginning	Also published here Die Karte in der Flasche (Robert Harbin, Alan Shaxon, 1986) Die Spielkarte in der Flasche (Alan Shaxon, Robert Harbin, 1994)	2014	Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Bottle
Robert Harbin	Harbin's Fold Flat Roll-On Table			2014	Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer	189	Table & Servante
Gene Anderson	Card in Bottle	selection vanishes between two Jokers and appears in bottle inside cigar boxes, which has been shown empty in the beginning A. Introduction B. Cards, bottles and boxes C. Table D. Gene's script E. Servante F. Epilogue	Inspired by Die Spielkarte in der Flasche (Alan Shaxon, Robert Harbin, 1994) Robert Harbin in "Abracadabra" September, 1948.	2016	Gene Anderson — The Book	67	Table & Servante Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Bottle
Richard Wiseman, David Britland	The Transparent Man	on Robert Harbin's illusion idea with glass sheets	Related to "The Transparent Man" (Robert Harbin, Something New In Magic, 1929)	Apr. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)	74	Illusions / Vanish / Person
Alexander de Cova	Karte in Flasche		Inspired by "Card in Bottle" (Robert Harbin)	2018	Burners — Vol. 6	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Bottle

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