6 publications by Jack Yates:
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Theodore Annemann* Word, Number and Picture Divination medium divines word, number and duplicates a drawing
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1937 13
Bob Hummer The Moon Die Mystery number from one to six is thought of, three sides of a die are shown to spectator and he is asked if he sees his number, repeated three times and number is divined, without performer ever looking at the dice
Also published here
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Variations
1945 2
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer) Pokerism - Quartet - Napology by Jack Yates Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
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Jack Yates Foreword close-up mental magic
1954 5
Jack Yates Clip Line newspaper clipping, some lines from top and bottom are cut away and the cross total of the remaining lines leads to a line which is divined
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Variations
1954 7
Jack Yates Match Miracle spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one
Also published here
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Variations
1954 9
Jack Yates Devil's Die spectator thinks of a number between one and six, a die is put under performer's hand and without looking at it the performer shows three sides of the die several times and asks if the selected number is visible, number is eventually divined
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1954 11
Jack Yates Perfected Publicity word from publicity sheet is divined, extended anagram
1954 14
Jack Yates Astral Digit after some easy arithmetics, spectator and performer have the same number written on a slate
1954 17
Jack Yates Merchant Mentalist cards with objects written on it are arranged in a circle, prediction of selection
1954 19
Jack Yates Who's Fooling Whom? gag prediction printed on a promotion card, people can do for their friends
1954 22
Jack Yates Object in Mind divination of one of three objects, mathematical principle
1954 25
Jack Yates Murder Must Foul murder game, with instruction cards for spectators
1954 26
Jack Yates Credits
1954 31
Jack Yates Foreword book on two-person mental effects
1956 5
Jack Yates Three Thoughts Alone cards are written on a sheet, medium divines them
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1956 7
Jack Yates She Has the Number sum divination by medium, with numbers on cards
1956 10
Jack Yates Thoughts Direct medium reads mind of spectator
1956 13
Jack Yates Designed to Order ESP cards are arranged and medium divines order
1956 16
Jack Yates The Five Cards Problem five cards written on a slate and one is circled, medium divines the card
1956 18
Jack Yates Operator Calling cards with names and telephone numbers, medium divines several numbers
1956 21
Jack Yates Astral Headline medium divines words from newspaper
1956 24
Jack Yates Money and the Medium bill put in one of several envelopes, medium finds correct one
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1956 27
Jack Yates Mental Tuition four people select a card, medium names color of first, suit of second, value of third and complete card of fourth spectator
1956 29
Jack Yates Credits
1956 32
Bob Hummer Hummer's Die Mystery Magician uses dice to divine number thought of by spectator, principle is similar to 21 card trick / Gergonne's Pile Problem. spectator thinks of a number between one and six, a die is put under performer's hand and without looking at it the performer shows three sides of the die several times and asks if the selected number is visible, number is eventually divined
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1956 45
Bob Hummer Hummer's Three-object Divination Three objects switched around, spectator then thinks of one and switches the other two, magician can divine thought of object (Mathematical 3 card monte 1951)
Variations
1956 63
Jack Yates Yates' Four-Object Divination three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without looking
Also published here
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Variations
1956 66
Jack Yates Vier Gegenstände three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without looking
Also published here
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Variations
1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
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B. B. Koch* VIP names written on cardboard strips, medium divines chosen strips, see also p. 264 for suggestion by Jules Conway, see p. 308 for reference
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Apr. 1969 250
Paul Curry A Penny For Your Thoughts after some changes (written directions) the order of four coins and a rolled up bill is named
Also published here
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Variations
1974 83
Howard A. Adams Adams Geheimnis five ESP cards in a row, five spectators choose one each with performer's back turned according to instructions, all forced, with ESP symbols to numbers 1-5 mnemonic
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1959
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Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
22
Fred Robinson Focus on Walt Lees, Fred Kaps, Ken Brooke, Harry Lorayne, Jack Avis, Rand Magic Circle, Ricky Jay, Derek Dingle, Peter Becker, Cyril Faranoff, Frank Farrow, Jack Yates, Ron McMillan
Jan. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)
210
Harry Lorayne The Larger the Bill spectator reverses one of four bills and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one, with optional serial reading
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1977 231
Jack Yates Jack's Pack stack in which position of every card can be calculated with formula and vice versa ("Reversing the Process")
1978 2
Jack Yates Effect mnemonicosis type effect, card is named and located by various means, "In a way, it becomes rather like Dai Vernon's 'Trick that cannot be explained'"
1978 2
Jack Yates The Number Force card named, numbers jotted down and summed up, card at that position
  • Plus a Marked Deck (card pushed out of marked deck instead of named)
1978 5
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
1978 5
Jack Yates Jack's Wallet card is predicted with duplicate from another deck in wallet, free selection switched
1979 3
Jack Yates Wallet Switch
1979 4
Jack Yates Jack's Line-Up up to thirteen spectators on stage, they select a card from a pile, pile shuffled, cards again given back to the right spectators
Variations
1979 6
Jack Yates Small Packet False Shuffle
1979 7
Ken De Courcy Last Card Prediction final card predicted in pocket or wallet, with index or sticky dummy prediction
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1979 8
Philip T. Goldstein* One Hand Clapping coding system, for zodiac signs or other lists
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1980 5
Bob Hummer The Moon Die Mystery number from one to six is thought of, three sides of a die are shown to spectator and he is asked if he sees his number, repeated three times and number is divined, without performer ever looking at the dice
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1980 15
Jack Yates Match Miracle spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one
Also published here
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Variations
1980 63
Jack Yates Introduction
1980 1
Jack Yates Accusation murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
Variations
1980 1
Ken De Courcy Accusation - part 2 murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
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1980 7
Thomas Alan Waters Steals
  • Annemann's steal from a cup
  • Jack Yates' steal from a cup with a paper clip and a magnet
  • Annemann's steal from an envelope with a thumb tip
  • other ideas by T. A. Waters
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1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)
163
Bob Hummer, Million-Dollar Mystery No. 9, twelve coins on table, spectator can remove some and coins with heads and tales up are divined, blindfolded
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1981 13
Bob Hummer Mental Die No. 28, die under hat, divination of number
Also published here
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Variations
1981 32
Al Mann The Clip Line variation on Albert Spackman's "Clip Line"
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Variations
1982 20
Jack Yates Introduction
1986 iii
Jack Yates Monty three spectators exchange three cards, performer reveals which spectator has which card, mental monte
1986 1
Jack Yates Spy Story story trick, paper with sentence (Archer Call Up Base) is folded and cut by spectator, then pieces are dealt in two piles and the selected forms the name of the selected card
1986 5
Jack Yates Choice twelve objects are put in a bag, two spectators select one each, performer divines both, then from all objects are removed and replaced in the bag, the last one was predicted
1986 10
Jack Yates I Yates I Ching / I Ging prediction, with special cards to form the hexagram
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1986 18
Jack Yates Winston prediction in envelope, card touched and put on bottom of ribbon spread
1986 24
Jack Yates P&S System six geometrical signs in envelopes, divination of selected, back turned in selection process, also possible with word groups
1986 28
Jack Yates Magi instruction from tape, moving and removing four cards until one remains, tape prediction
1986 41
Jack Yates Revelation ESP five spectators think of an ESP symbol, divination, cards repeatedly shown to spectator for afirmation
1986 45
Jack Yates Clue six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds different colored disc, murder game
Variations
1986 51
Jack Yates Last Words
1986 57
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Clue and Other Mysteries by Jack Yates Mar. 1987
Epoptica (Issue 8)
445
Philip T. Goldstein* Scratch hexagram from "I Ching" build with line cards predicted
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1987 6
David Britland Open and Shut Case with liar/truthteller presentation
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May 1987
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)
81
Bob Hummer, Jack Yates Time Will Tell No. 74, twelve coins on table in circle layout, spectator removes six coins, some head/tail matching
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1989 102
Karl Fulves* Witness six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds murderer
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Clue (Jack Yates, Clue and other Mysteries, 1986)
  • Keith Downs (Abra #2362)
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Variations
1992 78
Peter Duffie Advance Notice two spectators count a packet and remember the cards at that position, positions have been predicted
Inspired by
  • "Thought on a Mentally Selected Card" (Jack Yates, Pentagram, Oct. 1956)
Variations
1992 17
Graham Richards A Safe Bet five envelopes, one with question mark, after instructions with performer's back turned only the marked one remains and contains the money
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Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
8
Karl Fulves* Pack of Lies No. 12, three red and black cards, spectators with red cards tell the truth, performer finds out who hides the Ace of Diamonds
Also published here
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Variations
1995 20
Roy Johnson Tätersuche three cards with "lie" and three with "truth"
  • Die Fünfer-Version
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1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
122
Martin Joyal An Overview of Card Systems
  • System Categories
    • Sequential System Characteristics
    • Ordered System Characteristics
  • Overview of Systems
    • The New Deck System
    • The Grouped Value System
    • The Si Stebbins System
    • The Eight Kings System
    • The Stanyon System (Ellis Stanyon)
    • The Joseph System (Eddie Joseph)
    • The Esscee Prearranged Pack (Stanley Collins)
    • The Harding System (Bart Harding)
    • Jack's Pack (Jack Yates)
    • The Cornelius System (John Cornelius)
    • The Osterlind System (Richard Osterlind)
    • The Boudreau Systems (Leo Boudreau)
    • The No Memory Card Stack (Harry Riser)
    • The Lusthaus System (Robert Lusthaus)
    • The Memory-deck (Lewis Jones)
    • The Reymond System (Patrick Reymond)
    • The Wild System (Boris Wild)
    • Richard's Stack (Richard Uhrich)
1997 27
Paul Curry A Penny for Your Thoughts after some changes (written directions) the order of four coins and a rolled up bill is named
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Variations
2001 164
Peps Zoller Above Suspicion card thought of, spectator deal deck into two piles twice, then deals card according to value of his card, blank cards used
Inspired by
  • "Above Suspicion" (Jack Yates)
2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
98
Ramón Riobóo Signed Deal small packet spelling discovery
Inspired by
  • Jack Yates' "Miracle Mix-up"
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2006 45
David Britland The Chalice from the Palace
  • Cardopolis
five glasses, one with "poison"
Inspired by
  • "Borgia's Banquet" (Cyril Tomlinson, Abracadabra, Vol. 28, No. 704)
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June 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 6)
35
Max Maven* Nomenclature
  • Lost Horizons
alphabet cards distributed among five spectators, a name from a list is chosen, performer divines the name by knowing which spectators have letters that occur in the name
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, April 1992
Inspired by
  • "Choose Your Girl" (Jack Yates, Abra #702, July 1959)
Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
28
Steve Beam No-Filler Killer using the principle of Miracle Mix-Up / Remote Control
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Jack Yates' "Miracle Mix-up" in "Abbott's Anthology of Card Magic Vol. 3"
2017 41
Steve Beam No-Filler Killer using the principle of Miracle Mix-Up / Remote Control
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Jack Yates' "Miracle Mix-up" in "Abbott's Anthology of Card Magic Vol. 3"
2018 96
Michał Kociołek The Red Chip four white and one red chips are distributed amongst spectators, performer finds out who has the white chip via truth/lie cards
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2025 80