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
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
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
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
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
	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
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
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
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
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	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
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, 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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