Percy Abbott

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Eddie Joseph	4th. Finale	production of three filled glasses under cups, using Percy Abbott's "Keene" holder		1936	A Practical Lesson on Cups and Balls	5	Glass / Production & Appearance Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Percy Abbott	2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick."	spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, dealing out in packets and asking in which one it is	Related to Stop! (Harry Lorayne, 1962) Variations Estimated Sunken Key (Tomas Blomberg, 2014) Also published here The Certain Card Trick (Percy Abbott, 1940) marketed 1934	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	37	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Percy Abbott	The New Vanishing Glass	"Squash", with rubber ball pull		1938	Greater Magic	854	Pull & Holdouts Glass / Vanish
Lester Lake, Percy Abbott	The Chinese Chopper	for head and both arms		1938	Greater Magic	966	Illusions / Penetration
Percy Abbott	The Certain Card Trick		Also published here 2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick." (Percy Abbott, 1937)	1940	Expert Card Technique	403	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Percy Abbott	Percy Abbott's "Easy-Do" Rope Trick	with paper bag		1941 ca.	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks	370	Rope / Cut & Restored
Percy Abbott	A Mysterious Discovery	spectator removes x cards, magician finds card with value x, set-up		1942/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Hofzinser Problem Number 8
Percy Abbott	"Fool-Zum" Egg Bag Routine			1942/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2	288	Egg / Egg Bag
William H. McCaffrey	"Squash" Routine	thimble changes to small glass of liquid, vanishes again	Inspired by "Squash" (marketed by Percy Abbott)	1943	The Magic 36	30	Glass / Production & Appearance Thimble / Sequences Glass / Vanish
Ed Bender	Squash	presentation for Percy Abbott's vanishing shot glass with whiskey		Dec. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 7)	179	Pull & Holdouts Glass / Vanish
Lewis Ganson, Percy Abbott	Egg Bag, Bag Egg	egg bag routine, with egg on fan	Also published here Eierbeutel, Beuteleier (Lewis Ganson, Percy Abbott, 2000)	1952	Routined Manipulation — Part Two	86	Egg / Egg on Fan Egg / Egg Bag Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Percy Abbott	The Canvas Box Escape			1954/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	287	Escapes / Boxes
Harry Lorayne	Stop!	estimation of place spectator cuts to	Related to 2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick." (Percy Abbott, 1937) I Should Judge (1946) The Stopper Mind Reading Trick (Charles Nyquist, Edward Dart, 1950) Blind Sighted (Christian Chelman, 1996) Speaking Volumes (Harry Mendoza, 2002) Variations The Trick That Baffled Babbage 2.0 (David Britland, 2010)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
Percy Abbott	Abbott's Block-It	ropes penetrate block with hole, with variation		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	100	Rope / Penetration / Grandmother's Necklace aka. Cords of Phantasia
Percy Abbott	Abbott's Thru and Thru	rope and silk tied to person, rope threaded through holes of cabinet		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	112	Escapes / Bound
Percy Abbott	Abbott's Within the Circle	two ropes with handkerchief attached are bound around several spectators		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	113	Rope / Penetration / Grandmother's Necklace aka. Cords of Phantasia
Percy Abbott	Abbott's "The Talisman of Hung Woo"	block of wood penetrates rope under handkerchief		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	153	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Percy Abbott	Abbott's Whirling Dervish	rope through body		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	180	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Percy Abbott	Abbott's Double Circle Rope Mystery	rope cut twice		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	199	Rope / Cut & Restored
Percy Abbott	Abbott's No-Knot Restored Rope	two phases		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	201	Rope / Cut & Restored
Percy Abbott	Chinese Color-Changing Coins	sixteen gold coins change to silver, then to various colors	Related to Marlo's Routine for Abbott's Chinese Coins (Edward Marlo, 1994)	1993	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8	115	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins
Glen Pope, Percy Abbott	Method of doing Percy Abbott's "Squash"	very brief note		1994	More Greater Magic	1247	Glass / Vanish
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Routine for Abbott's Chinese Coins	sixteen gold coins change to silver, then to various colors	Related to Chinese Color-Changing Coins (Percy Abbott, 1993)	1994	Facsimile (Issue 2)	8	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins
Lewis Ganson, Percy Abbott	Eierbeutel, Beuteleier	egg bag routine, with egg on fan	Also published here Egg Bag, Bag Egg (Lewis Ganson, Percy Abbott, 1952)	2000	Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)	6	Egg / Egg on Fan Egg / Egg Bag Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Percy Abbott	Abbott's Fool-zum			2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	116	Egg / Egg Bag
Tomas Blomberg	Estimated Sunken Key	two selected cards by spectator and magician, spectator deals the deck in six piles, two possible endings: first ending: both cards are next to each other in the same pile second ending: both cards are in the same position in different piles	Inspired by The Nifty Key (Charles T. Jordan, 1921) 2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick." (Percy Abbott, 1937)	2014	Blomberg Laboratories	134	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous

26 entries for Percy Abbott