Thomas Hierling

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman	Re-set	Classic Re-set routine	Also published here Re-Set (Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman, The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Related to Set-Two (Jerry K. Hartman, Ego, 2003) also in: Set-Two (Card Dupery, 2007) Variations Reset, Reset (Earl Nelson, Variations, 1979) also in: Reset Reset (Variations Revisited, 2003) Instant Reset (Earl Nelson, The Earl Nelson Workbook, 1983) … and 2 more	1977	SuperMagic	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Paul Harris	King Solomon's Drink	glass of drink is produced from handkerchief	Also published here King Solomon's Drink (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996) Related to Champagne (Tom Stone, The Warpsmith Returns, 1996) also in: Champagne (...at first sight, 2000) Champagne (Vortex, 2010) O²J - Optical Orange Juice (Thomas Fraps, The Boston Trick Party, 2002) … and 3 more Variations Maggi! (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, Howdy! I'm Mac King!, 1990) … and 2 more	1979	Close-up Entertainer	123	Glass / Production & Appearance
Dr. Jacob Daley, Frank Garcia	"Doc" Daley's Masterpiece: The Gambler and the Magician		Variations Reset vs. Gambler (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1980	Exclusive Card Secrets	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards / Gambler vs. Magician
Father Cyprian	Swindle Cut Aces	Aces lost and cut to by magician	Related to Messy Ace Production (Harapan Ong, Principia, 2018) Variations Three-Second Wonder (Gary Ouellet, Apocalypse, 1987) also in: Three Second Wonder (Close Up Illusions, 1990) Three Second Wonder (A Dream of Aces, 1993) Haben Sie ein Lieblingsas...?! (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) … and 3 more	1980	The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Steve Beam	Beam's Choice	production of four of a kind, pivot out of the deck	Also published here Beam's Choice (Steve Beam, Mike Beam, Magic For The British Aisles, 1996) Inspired by Pop Up (Marshall Pope, Magic — The Vanishing Art, 1979) also in: Pop Up (Teaching an Old Deck New Tricks, 1981) Pop Up (Strange Happenings, 1991) Related to Move Out Aces (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988)	1980	Card Tricks from Mount Olympus	63	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Harvey Rosenthal*	Hole Flight	two pieces of paper, holes punched in both one hole travels from one paper to other paper held by spectator	Related to End Papers (Lu Brent, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) also in: Endpapers (Self-Working Paper Magic, 1985) Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift? (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1982	Hole Flight	3	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling)
Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle	Plastic Man	gaffed	Variations Impromptu Rubberman (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) … and 1 more	Winter 1982/1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. Winter Extra)	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Richard Kaufman	Vacilation	card becomes miniature card and normal again several times while it is flicked	Variations The amBIGuous Card (Michael Powers, Powerful Magic, 1983) also in: The amBIGuous Card (Power Plays, 2006) Wrong Card...?! (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1985	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous
Eric Mason	The Wimbledon Aces	"(another Acembly)" named Ace travels from Ace packet to reversed in deck (Biddle type), the other Aces travel to join the Ace on top of the tabled deck one by one	Related to Haben Sie ein Lieblingsas...?! (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1985 ca.	Stuff	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Thomas Hierling	Ring in Saltshaker		Also published here Ring in Salt (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) also in: Ring in Salt (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988)	Nov. 1986	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 4)	1	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring in Saltshaker
Thomas Hierling	Vorwort			1987	New Wave Close-Up	9	Articles / Biographical Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Thomas Hierling	Gedanken zum Close Up Zaubern	on close-up and walk-around magic		1987	New Wave Close-Up	13	Articles / Theory & Essays
Thomas Hierling	C.C. Ambitious Card	"color changing ambitious card", ambitious card changes back color as finale		1987	New Wave Close-Up	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Thomas Hierling	Vorsicht, Zerbrechlich!	small egg vanishes and reappears a few times, then changes into fake fried egg		1987	New Wave Close-Up	25	Egg / Transformation Egg / Traveling
Thomas Hierling	False Transfer	with some thoughts on false transfers		1987	New Wave Close-Up	25	Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish
Thomas Hierling	Reset vs. Gambler	Aces change to Kings, then back and Kings found in pockets	Inspired by Re-set (Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman, SuperMagic, 1977) also in: Re-Set (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) "Doc" Daley's Masterpiece: The Gambler and the Magician (Dr. Jacob Daley, Frank Garcia, Exclusive Card Secrets, 1980)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
Thomas Hierling	Haben Sie ein Lieblingsas...?!	performer cuts to the Aces, then named Ace vanishes and reappears reversed in deck	Inspired by Swindle Cut Aces (Father Cyprian, The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian, 1980) Related to The Wimbledon Aces (Eric Mason, Stuff, 1985 ca.)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Thomas Hierling	Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift?	two pieces of paper, holes punched in both one hole travels from one paper to other paper held by spectator, Bud Dietrich credited with plot	Related to Hole Flight (Harvey Rosenthal, Hole Flight, 1982) Variations Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift? (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988) "Effektiv" lochen (Axel Hecklau, "Effektiv"*, 2004)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	46	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling)
Thomas Hierling	Wrong Card...?!	Two of Clubs chosen, Four of Clubs produced and torn in two, half card changes into miniature Two of Clubs, then grows to normal size	Inspired by Vacilation (Richard Kaufman, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4, 1985)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Miscellaneous
David Williamson, Thomas Hierling	No Card Matrix	coins in square layout travel into one corner, handling of last coin contributed by Hierling	Related to Cocktail Matrix (David Stone, Mietek — Lecture Notes, 1999) also in: Cocktail Matrix (Made in France, 2001) Variations Cocktail Matrix (David Stone, Mietek — Lecture Notes, 1999) also in: Cocktail Matrix (Made in France, 2001)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	56	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Chink a Chink Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
Thomas Hierling	Impromptu Al Koran	spectator stops anytime during dealing, card matches prediction, faced deck method		1987	New Wave Close-Up	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Thomas Hierling	Können Sie auch...?!	ten to hundred bill change, then borrowed bill torn and restored with tape all over it		1987	New Wave Close-Up	63	Bill / Torn & Restored Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Thomas Hierling, Robert Löffel	Das Geheimnis der Zauberei	four Tens of Spades produced, they change into Aces	Inspired by routine by Christof Schuhmann in MAGIE	1987	New Wave Close-Up	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Thomas Hierling	Ring in Salt		Also published here Ring in Saltshaker (Thomas Hierling, Magical Arts Journal, 1986) also in: Ring in Salt (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	72	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring in Saltshaker
Thomas Hierling	Impromptu Mexican Monte		Inspired by marketed in 1981 also in: Mexican Monte (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	75	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Thomas Hierling	Pivot Flourish	three cards held at corners, they pivot apart in one row and center card turns over	Related to Pivot Flourish (Wild Cards Primera, 1997)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	79	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
Thomas Hierling	Casanovas Lieblingstrick	paper torn, it changes into small paper flower	Variations Casanova Revisited (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	80	Flower / Fake Paper / Transformation
Thomas Hierling	The Art Card	blank card produced, card that matches selection drawn on it, it changes into actual selection		1987	New Wave Close-Up	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Thomas Hierling	Bottom Card Spin-Out	see also p. 121	Related to Center Spin Out (David Williamson, Williamson's Wonders, 1989)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	86	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling
Thomas Hierling	Thoughts on the Top Change			1987	New Wave Close-Up	87	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Thomas Hierling	Das ist die Nummer 1!	routine with several phases and squeaker	Also published here Das ist die Nummer Eins! (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	88	Spongeball / Routines
Thomas Hierling	Jumping Signature	card signed on face between two Aces, card signed on back between other two Aces, one vanishes and other card is signed on both sides		1987	New Wave Close-Up	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion
Thomas Hierling	Maggi!	routine with small Maggi bottle and handkerchief, big bottle appears as finale	Inspired by King Solomon's Drink (Paul Harris, Close-up Entertainer, 1979) also in: King Solomon's Drink (The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	103	Bottle / Appearance & Production Bottle / Miscellaneous
Thomas Hierling	Impromptu Rubberman	ungaffed	Inspired by Plastic Man (Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle, The Collected Almanac, 1982/1983)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Thomas Hierling	Mini Card Box	case shrinks		1987	New Wave Close-Up	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Card Case
Thomas Hierling	"M.D.D.T." Climax	three coins through the table, as finale the coins travel up at once and are welded together		1987	New Wave Close-Up	111	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / All at once Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
Thomas Hierling	4 Ace Revelation			1987	New Wave Close-Up	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Thomas Hierling	Easy Spellbound	coin changes a few times, then second coin shown as pseudo explanation, both melted into one, two-sided coin openly shown		1987	New Wave Close-Up	122	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Thomas Hierling	Kredit	credits		1987	New Wave Close-Up	127	Articles / Bibliography
Christoph Borer (reviewer)	New Wave Close Up	by Thomas Hierling	Related to New Wave Close Up (Christoph Borer, Thomas Hierling, Hokus Pokus, 1987)	1987	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 3)	124	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Christoph Borer (reviewer)	New Wave Close Up	by Thomas Hierling	Related to New Wave Close Up (Christoph Borer, Thomas Hierling, Hokus Pokus, 1987)	1987	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 4 & 5)	165	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Thomas Hierling	Ein Interview			1988	First there was a dream	5	Articles / Interviews
Thomas Hierling	Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift?	with additional climax in which many holes appear in one of the paper sheets	Inspired by Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift? (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1988	First there was a dream	7	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling)
Thomas Hierling	Casanova Revisited	silk changes into small paper flower, split into two flowers	Inspired by Casanovas Lieblingstrick (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1988	First there was a dream	12	Flower / Fake Silk & Handkerchief / Transformation Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Thomas Hierling	Meine Karte	packet trick with paper cards to give out business card, card with "my card" changes into business card		1988	First there was a dream	15	Business Cards
Thomas Hierling	Meine Karte 2	card with "my card" changes into business card, switch with small wallet		1988	First there was a dream	18	Business Cards
Thomas Hierling	Bill in Cigarette			1988	First there was a dream	19	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Cigarette or Cigar
Thomas Hierling	Approaching a Group	in walk-around situations		1988	First there was a dream	22	Articles / Articles
Thomas Hierling	Beate Uhse lässt grüssen	presentation for balloon dog		1988	First there was a dream	23	Balloon / Balloon Modelling / Animals
Thomas Hierling	Bill in Balloondoggy			1988	First there was a dream	25	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Balloon / Balloon Modelling / Routines
Thomas Hierling	Balloondoggy Finds Card			1988	First there was a dream	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Balloon / Balloon Modelling / Routines
Thomas Hierling	Easy Bottompalm	bottom card of one-handed right-hand fan as it is closed		1988	First there was a dream	28	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Thomas Hierling	Ring in Salt		Also published here Ring in Saltshaker (Thomas Hierling, Magical Arts Journal, 1986) also in: Ring in Salt (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1988	First there was a dream	30	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring in Saltshaker
Thomas Hierling	A Fun False Cut	flourishy		1988	First there was a dream	32	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / False Flourish Cut Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Thomas Hierling	Move Out Aces	Aces pivot out of deck	Related to Beam's Choice (Steve Beam, Card Tricks from Mount Olympus, 1980) also in: Beam's Choice (Magic For The British Aisles, 1996)	1988	First there was a dream	34	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Thomas Hierling	Das ist die Nummer Eins!	routine with several phases and squeaker	Also published here Das ist die Nummer 1! (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1988	First there was a dream	36	Spongeball / Routines
Thomas Hierling	Cannibal Climax	routine, with giant Alka Selzer pill production as finale		1988	First there was a dream	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals
David Williamson	Center Spin Out	into other hand	Related to Bottom Card Spin-Out (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1989	Williamson's Wonders	73	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Ravi Pazhur	Thomas Hierling			1991	Hardcore	39	Articles / Biographical Articles / Obituary
Thomas Hierling	Not Another Chop Cup Routine			1991	Hardcore	40	Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman	Re-Set		Also published here Re-set (Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Set-Two (Jerry K. Hartman, Ego, 2003) also in: Set-Two (Card Dupery, 2007) Variations Reset, Reset (Earl Nelson, Variations, 1979) also in: Reset Reset (Variations Revisited, 2003) Instant Reset (Earl Nelson, The Earl Nelson Workbook, 1983) … and 2 more	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic)	137	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Paul Harris	King Solomon's Drink	glass of drink is produced from handkerchief	Also published here King Solomon's Drink (Paul Harris, Close-up Entertainer, 1979) Related to Champagne (Tom Stone, The Warpsmith Returns, 1996) also in: Champagne (...at first sight, 2000) Champagne (Vortex, 2010) King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, The Boston Trick Party, 2002) … and 3 more Variations Maggi! (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, Howdy! I'm Mac King!, 1990) … and 2 more	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)	163	Glass / Production & Appearance
Steve Beam, Mike Beam	Beam's Choice	production of four of a kind, pivot out of the deck The Optional Fifth Revelation	Also published here Beam's Choice (Steve Beam, Card Tricks from Mount Olympus, 1980) Inspired by Pop Up (Marshall Pope, Magic — The Vanishing Art, 1979) also in: Pop Up (Teaching an Old Deck New Tricks, 1981) Pop Up (Strange Happenings, 1991) Related to Move Out Aces (Thomas Hierling, First there was a dream, 1988)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	13	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
	Pivot Flourish	same as Hierling's	Related to Pivot Flourish (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1997	Wild Cards Primera	4	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
David Stone	Cocktail Matrix	Williamson's "No Card Matrix" with additional copper coin, last phase in spectator's hand	Also published here Cocktail Matrix (David Stone, Made in France, 2001) Inspired by No Card Matrix (David Williamson, Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) Related to No Card Matrix (David Williamson, Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	1999	Mietek — Lecture Notes	34	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Chink a Chink Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / to or from Spectator's Hand
David Stone	Cocktail Matrix	Williamson's "No Card Matrix" with additional copper coin, last phase in spectator's hand	Also published here Cocktail Matrix (David Stone, Mietek — Lecture Notes, 1999) Inspired by No Card Matrix (David Williamson, Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) Related to No Card Matrix (David Williamson, Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	2001	Made in France	10	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Chink a Chink Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / to or from Spectator's Hand
Axel Hecklau	"Effektiv" lochen	hole travels from one piece of paper to another, black art	Inspired by Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift? (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) Wonder Man Fred's "Out of Punch"	2004	"Effektiv"	25	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling)
Nick Trost	Mexican Monte	three cards, several transformations	Also published here marketed in 1981 Inspired by "Anything But!" (Marv Long, 1974, packet trick) "Phantom Monte" (Karl Fulves, marketed in 1975 by Tannen) Variations Impromptu Mexican Monte (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987)	2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way

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