George Starke

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
T. Nelson Downs	Downs Change		Variations Downs Change Improved (George Starke, 1945) Also published here Downs Change (T. Nelson Downs, 2014)	1909	The Art of Magic	73	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
	Magician vs. Gambler		Variations Magician vs Gambler (Jean Hugard, Art Lyle, 1939) My Uncle and the Gambler (George Starke, 1945)	1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards
	Silas and the Slickers	rhyming patter, ballad by Elmer Applegit	Variations My Uncle and the Gambler (George Starke, 1945) The Legend of Silas Greene (Jack Carpenter, Steve Ehlers, 2017)	1939	More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Story Deck
George Starke	Salt and Water	salt travels from hand to hand, then water appears		May 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 12)	50	Liquid / Appearance & Production Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Salt Pour Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly)
George Starke	The Thumbnail Writer	on the problem of bad handwriting, automatic writing		May 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 12)	51	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
George Starke	The Ghost Coins	handful of coins vanish, soldered coins	Also published here The Ghost Coins (George Starke, 1945)	Nov. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 6)	83	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Multiple Coin Vanishes / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
George Starke	Hornswoggled	bills change total value several times	Related to Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish (George Starke, 1945) Variations Hornswoggled Revisited (Harry Riser, 1996) Hornswoggled Again! (Ron Bauer, 2001) Also published here Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	Dec. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 7)	85	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
George Starke	The Ghost Coins	handful of coins vanish, soldered coins	Also published here The Ghost Coins (George Starke, 1944)	1945	My Best	188	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
George Starke	Hornswoggled	bills change total value several times	Related to Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish (George Starke, 1945) Variations Hornswoggled Again! (Ron Bauer, 2001) Also published here Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944)	1945	My Best	189	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
George Starke	Penny and Half Dollar Transposition			Feb. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 9)	101	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
George Starke	Sleeving as an Art	Part I To sleeve a coin from the right hand up the right sleeve Retrieving the sleeved coin Using the right sleeve for a switch	Related to Sleeving as an Art (George Starke, 1945)	Mar. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)	105	Sleeving Techniques Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
George Starke	The Magical Transfer of a Coin from one Hand to the Other			Mar. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)	105	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
George Starke	Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish	different ending	Related to Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	Apr. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 11)	111	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
George Starke	The Porous Plate	"A Trick with a Climax that Savors of Real Magic" deck placed on plate, selection travels through plate and is found underneath		June 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 1)	123	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
George Starke	Elastic Fingers	little finger seems to grow		July 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)	133	Propless / Body Magic
George Starke	Sleeving as an Art	Part II Emil Jarrow & Paul Morris (Sphinx, 1937/1938) One-Handed Sleeving	Related to Sleeving as an Art (George Starke, 1945)	July 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)	136	Sleeving Techniques Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
George Starke	My Uncle and the Gambler		Inspired by Magician vs. Gambler (1937) Silas and the Slickers (1939)	Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards
George Starke	Substitutes for the Double Lift	article with examples		Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	144	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes
George Starke	Downs Change Improved		Inspired by Downs Change (T. Nelson Downs, 1909)	Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	144	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
George Starke	A Coin Surprise	two Nickels balanced on each middle finger are given two spectator, they change into Pennies		July 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 2)	234	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Changes in the Spectator's Hand
George Starke	Two New Ball Sleights	for "two in the hand" type		Oct. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 5)	256	Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines
George Starke	Three Card Monte in Excelsis	multiple phases, based on multiple lifts, in the end card from pocket		Dec. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)	375	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less)
George C. Engel	Quadruple Coincidence	three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Related to Quadruple Coincidence (George Starke, 1950) Three in a Million (Frank Garcia, 1972) Variations Quadruple Coincidence (Johnny Thompson, Harry Riser, 2018) Kitchen Sync (Tom Frame, 2022) Also published here George Engel's Doozee (George C. Engel, 2017)	May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	543	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling
George Starke	Quadruple Coincidence	No. 55, Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Related to Quadruple Coincidence (George C. Engel, 1949) Speaking Volumes (David Regal, 2002) Variations Triple Coincidence (Dai Vernon, 2001)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling
Harvey P. Graham, George Starke, Milbourne Christopher	1 & 50	cent to 50 cent, gaffed		Jan. 1954	The Phoenix (Issue 298)	1191	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous
, George Starke	Dexterous Digits	No. 74, little finger is apparently stretched		1981	Self-Working Table Magic	91	Propless / Body Magic
Harry Riser	Hornswoggled Revisited	with gaffed bill	Inspired by Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Bamboozle (Bert Allerton, 1947) Variations Swoggled And Boggled (Charles McFarland, 1997)	1996	The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser	233	Bill / Short Changing
Ron Bauer	Hornswoggled Again!	bills change total value several times	Inspired by Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	2001	Hornswoggled Again!	2	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
Dai Vernon	Triple Coincidence	Do As I Do with three climaxes, cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Inspired by Quadruple Coincidence (George Starke, 1950) Related to George Engel's Doozee (George C. Engel, 2017)	Dec. 2001	Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling

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