Bobby Bernard

5 publications by Bobby Bernard:

Magic in Miniature (Bobby Bernard, 1958)
Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic (Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series, Lewis Ganson, 1978)
Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking (Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series, Lewis Ganson, 1979)
Bobby Bernard Lecture (Bobby Bernard, 1981 ca.)
The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard (Val Andrews, 1982)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	Vanishing a Dime	coin vanishes from between two bigger coins	Related to Face-to-Face Vanish (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1935	Coin Magic	28	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Gaffed Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Stick
Edward Victor	Spread Switch	card isolated in spread is pulled by fingers to the right and left thumb pushes out next card, see next trick for another application	Related to The Alpha Control (Larry Jennings, Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy, 2020) Variations Spread Switch (Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham, Technomagic*, 1991)	1940 ca.	More Magic of the Hands — Part One	23	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
John C. Holoubeck	The Spirit Match	initials of card appear on head of burnt match	Related to Thesis (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1947) The Photographic Match (Russell Swann, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) … and 1 more	Dec. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 7)	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff
Frank Garcia	Garcia's Clip It	glide monte routine, at the end the card gets marked with paper clip	Also published here Clip It (Frank Garcia, The Best in Magic, 1956) Related to Modern Monte (Chris Charlton, The Jinx, 1940) Variations Follow the Queen (Bobby Bernard, The Effects of Saturday, 2025)	June 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 258)	1030	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less) Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Bobby Bernard	Jet Transporation	Three coins in each hand, coins travel from left to right hand	Also published here Jet Transposition (Bobby Bernard, Come A Little Closer, 1998)	1953	"Come a little closer..."	16	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Bobby Bernard	Educated Frog			1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	217	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Wind-up Toy
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernards's Close-Up Chicanery	description of close-up act		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	37	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	If You Knew Susie	presentation for "Suzy and the City Slickers" / Draught Board Mystery / Checker Board Mystery		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	37	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	Key To the Crime		Inspired by Gen "Phantni" Grant's "Dial X"	1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	37	Games / Murder Game
Bobby Bernard	Trial of the Warrior	cord penetrates chop stick and severing straw into two, presentation	Inspired by Stuard Judah's "Straw, String and Pencil Trick"	1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	38	Straw Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Chopsticks
Bobby Bernard	Your Choice, M'sieu'	chosen drink appears inside cocktail shaker, using spiral bound svengali type pad to force drink		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	38	Liquid / Appearance & Production Liquid / Bar - Any Drink Called For Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Bobby Bernard	Disintegrating Dollar	one coin travels to coin coin in other hand		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	40	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Bobby Bernard	False Transfer			1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	40	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Bobby Bernard	Velly Clever These Chinese	card location using mask / doll, card attached to ribbon		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Card on Rope or Ribbon
Frank Garcia	Clip It	glide monte routine, at the end the card gets marked with paper clip	Also published here Garcia's Clip It (Frank Garcia, The Phoenix, 1952) Related to Modern Monte (Chris Charlton, The Jinx, 1940) Variations Follow the Queen (Bobby Bernard, The Effects of Saturday, 2025)	1956	The Best in Magic	170	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less) Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Val Andrews	Bobby Bernard			1958	Magic in Miniature		Articles / Biographical
Bobby Bernard	Introduction			1958	Magic in Miniature	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bobby Bernard	Close Up Quickies			1958	Magic in Miniature	3	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	Goofy Gun	coin vanish with small toy gun		1958	Magic in Miniature	3	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props Weapon / Gun Toy
Bobby Bernard	Impromptu Coin Catcher	scotch tape		1958	Magic in Miniature	3	Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Bobby Bernard	Miko Prediction	die to get a number, 3 1/2 card gag		1958	Magic in Miniature	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Bobby Bernard	Bookmatch Card Index	on burnt match head appears name of selection, index	Related to The Spirit Match (John C. Holoubeck, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1944)	1958	Magic in Miniature	4	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff
Bobby Bernard	Flash Gypsy Thread	after restoring the thread, it vanishes in a flame		1958	Magic in Miniature	5	Thread / Hindu Thread Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Bobby Bernard	Spooky Sponge	sponge ball is put in a bowl and grows, miniature globe with hole		1958	Magic in Miniature	5	Spongeball / Growing & Shrinking
Bobby Bernard	The Purpose of Close Up Magic			1958	Magic in Miniature	6	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Impromptu Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect: 3 Coins Across	brief outline of routine		1958	Magic in Miniature	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Bobby Bernard	Entertaining Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Coin in Ball of Wool	brief, with flash string		1958	Magic in Miniature	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Wool Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Bobby Bernard	Novelty Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Clockwork Capers	selected card is found by a wind-up toy, brief		1958	Magic in Miniature	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Wind-up Toy
Bobby Bernard	Original Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Magic Music.	brief, chosen tune on paper cannot be burnt		1958	Magic in Miniature	7	Billet / Index Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	Surprise Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Pin Trio	brief, two pins with handkerchief, one grows eventually		1958	Magic in Miniature	7	Safety Pin / Penetration / Linking Pins Safety Pin / Transformation
Bobby Bernard	Intimacy in Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Your Choice M'Sieu	brief, selected drink appears in shaker		1958	Magic in Miniature	7	Liquid / Appearance & Production Liquid / Bar - Any Drink Called For
Bobby Bernard	Good Taste in Close Up Magic - Points to Note When Performing.	eight points		1958	Magic in Miniature	7	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Sleeving	brief 1. One Hand Coin Vanish 2. Pawrus Coin 3. Bar Top Vanish 4. Coin Change on Spectators Hand 5. 6 Coins Across	Also published here The Pawrus Coin (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) also in: Bar-Top Coin Change (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1958	Magic in Miniature	7	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
Bobby Bernard	Routining			1958	Magic in Miniature	8	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	Dice Stacking	tips and brief routine outline		1958	Magic in Miniature	8	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	T.V. Close Up Magic	some thoughts on performing on TV, brief		1958	Magic in Miniature	8	Articles / Theory & Essays Articles / Magic on TV
Bobby Bernard	Conclusion of Magic in Miniature			1958	Magic in Miniature	8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Fred Kaps	Drop Vanish		Related to "Television Coin-Vanish" (or Change) (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) Click Pass - Variationen (Christian Scherer, Seminarheft, 1982) also in: Click Pass (Grundgriffe der Close-Up Zauberei, 1995) … and 2 more	1960 (ca.)	Kaps on Coins	3	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes - DON'T USE THIS ANYMORE
Lewis Ganson	A Session with Bobby Bernard	short intro on Bobby Bernard		1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	216	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	Bernard Switch			1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	217	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
Bobby Bernard	Mirage	copper to silver and back		1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	220	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Bobby Bernard	The Pinch Vanish			1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	222	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes - DON'T USE THIS ANYMORE
Bobby Bernard	Melted	silver extraction from coin, big part is transparent one part is still the coin		1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	223	Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Silver Extraction
Bobby Bernard	School For Croupiers	coin flourishes, cutting the aces and dice stacking to a croupier presentation		1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	225	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Martin A. Nash	No-Air-Pressure Turnover		Related to A Surefire Turnover (Bobby Bernard, Bobby Bernard Lecture, 1981 ca.) also in: A "Sure-Fire" Turnover (The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1975	Ever So Sleightly	126	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Juan Tamariz	"!Londres era una Fiesta!"	on a trip to London, David Nixon, Ali Bong, Tommy Cooper, Johny Hart, Fred Robinson, Bobby Bernard, Ken Brooks, William Zavis, Pat Page, Cy Endfield, Victoria & Albert, Madame Toussaud, Los Magicos, Parker, Aniko, Jan Torell, Ricky Jay, Fred Kaps, Richiard Jr. Doug Henning		Feb. 1977	Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 3 No. 26)	31	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	The Coins	which coins to use		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	4	Coin / Sleights / General Comments
Bobby Bernard	The Hands	condition of hands and how to moisten them		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	5	Coin / Sleights / General Comments Coin / Theory & Essay
Bobby Bernard	Palming a Coin			1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	6	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Bobby Bernard	Thumb Grip	classic palm version		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	8	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Bobby Bernard	Stretch Palm	classic palm version		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	9	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Bobby Bernard	Crease Palm	edge palm, with false transfer		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	10	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Bobby Bernard	After Ramsay			1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	12	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Bobby Bernard	Production in the Air	coin appears under card, no table required		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	14	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Bobby Bernard	Double Production	two coins appear under two cards		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	16	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Bobby Bernard	The Miser's Misers Dream	coin stuck to hand for continuous production sequence		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	17	Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Gaffed Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream
Bobby Bernard	The Spellbound Move			1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	20	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Bobby Bernard, Bob Hummer	The Hummer Coin Penetration			1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	22	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Hand
Bobby Bernard, T. Nelson Downs	The Downs' Coin Star	with anecdotes about Nelson Downs		1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	24	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Articles / Biographical
Bobby Bernard	The Bernard Lesson on the Coin Star	The Coins The Condition of the Hands Performing the Coin Star Placing the Coins on the Fingers and Thumb The Vanish The Production	Also published here Bernard Handling of the Downs Coin Star (Bobby Bernard, Bobby Bernard Lecture, 1981 ca.)	1978	Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic	28	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Bobby Bernard	Tidy	coin vanishes in tie, pinch vanish		1978	The Talon (Issue 2)	15	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothing / Necktie Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Fred Robinson	Oasis	on Ken Brooke, Frank Farrow, Johnny Paul, Piet Forton, Gordon Bruce, Ricky Jay, Persi Diaconis, Bobby Bernard, Bob Read		Aug. 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 8)	712	Articles / Columns
Bobby Bernard	The Materials Needed for Dice Stacking	The Working Surface The Dice The Cup or Shaker		1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	6	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	Some Useful Tips	Temperature Attitude		1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	8	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	The Routine	The Set-Up Position The First Pick-Up	Variations Chalk It Up (Tom Gagnon, Gagnon Unfiltered, 2019)	1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	9	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	The Two Dice Stack			1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	14	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	The Three Dice Stack			1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	15	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	The Four Dice Stack	Stacking in Pairs Stacking Four Together		1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	16	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	Reading the Top Number			1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	17	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	White in the Middle	one off-colored die, travels in the middle of a stack of red dice		1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	18	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking Dice (small) / Traveling
Bobby Bernard	Patter and Presentation			1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	21	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	An Additional Effect	dice stacking, removing on die after the other from a stack of dice		1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	22	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bobby Bernard	Tabled Bluff Pass	picking up selection from table with upper half in right-hand end grip	Related to Dribble-Action Tabled Bluff Pass (Justin Higham, Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force, 2009) Variations The Convincing Tabled Bluff Pass (Andi Gladwin, Ego, 2002) Tabled Bluff Pass No. 2 (Bobby Bernard, Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force*, 2009)	May 1981	Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 5)	491	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
Stephen Tucker	Jargon	on David Britland, Dave Bendix, Bobby Bernard		July 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)	34	Articles / Columns
Bobby Bernard	Der Sand der Zeit	performer deals through cards while hourglass is running, once sand is finished the performer arrives at selection	Also published here Pentagram, Mar. 1955	May 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Hourglass Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Bobby Bernard	Coin Vanish with Pull	coin on sleeve holdout		1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	1	Pull & Holdouts Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Pull
Bobby Bernard	2 Wand Spins	flourishes (A) (B)		1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	3	Wand & Stick / Flourish
Bobby Bernard	Himber/Bernard Change	Himber Vanish as a change	Related to Versatile Coin Move (Richard Himber, Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	4	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
Bobby Bernard	Coin Card	name of selection appears punched into coin		1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Bobby Bernard	Knife or Paddle Changes	Panel 1 Panel 2		1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	7	Knife & Paddle / Transformation
Bobby Bernard	A Surefire Turnover	top card flips over as deck is dropped from hand to hand à la air-pressure turnover, corner clipped	Also published here A "Sure-Fire" Turnover (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) Related to No-Air-Pressure Turnover (Martin A. Nash, Ever So Sleightly, 1975)	1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	8	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Bobby Bernard	Finger Tip Folly	two coins vanished, they eappear balanced on top of index finger and thumb	Also published here "Fingertip Folly" (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	9	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Bobby Bernard	Bernard Handling of the Downs Coin Star	very brief	Also published here The Bernard Lesson on the Coin Star (Bobby Bernard, Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic, 1978)	1981 ca.	Bobby Bernard Lecture	10	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Patrick Page	The Page Boy Speaks...	on Martin Breese Close-Up Convention, Bobby Bernard, Braco, John Mendoza, Dan O'Donoghue		1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)	1009	Articles / Columns
Al Smith (reviewer)	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	by Bobby Bernard (written by Val Andrews)		May 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 4)	1027	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Val Andrews	Introducing... Bobby Bernard!			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bobby Bernard	"Impetus" Coin Production	coin produced on fingertips		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	14	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Bobby Bernard	Face-to-Face Vanish	penny sandwiched between two silver coins vanish	Related to Vanishing a Dime (Coin Magic, 1935)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	17	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed
Bobby Bernard	"Television Coin-Vanish" (or Change)	Handkerchief flourish: coin placed in handkerchief vanishes Used as a "Change": coin switched out	Related to Drop Vanish (Fred Kaps, Kaps on Coins, 1960 (ca.))	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	19	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes - DON'T USE THIS ANYMORE
Bobby Bernard	"Fingertip Folly"	two coins vanished, they eappear balanced on top of index finger and thumb	Also published here Finger Tip Folly (Bobby Bernard, Bobby Bernard Lecture, 1981 ca.)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	26	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Bobby Bernard	The "Trouser-Vanish"	coin trapped in material of trousers, spectator can feel it, vanishes		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	29	Coin / Gaffed / Off-beat Gaffs Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Bobby Bernard	Coin in Tie "Vanish"	coin folded into tie vanishes		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	34	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Bobby Bernard	A Useful Switch	switching normal coin for folding coin		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	37	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
Bobby Bernard	Bernard Switch	coin transforms into a pair of dice		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	39	Dice (small) / Transformation Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object
Richard Himber, Bobby Bernard	Versatile Coin Move	uses for the Himber Vanish Multiple Himber vanish Stage Presentation As a "switch" An Interesting Variation (for ring in wand) Vanish in Handkerchief	Related to Himber/Bernard Change (Bobby Bernard, Bobby Bernard Lecture, 1981 ca.)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	43	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Multiple Coin Vanishes / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Bobby Bernard	Indian Rope Trick	Chinese coin threaded on wand, rises up the wand magically. Coin is removed from wand, and penetrates back onto wand		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	49	Coin / Effect Themes / Animation Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Through Something else
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on "Sleeving"	On Sleeving in General "Classic" Sleeving As a Coin Change Circular Sleeving		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	54	Sleeving Techniques Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
Bobby Bernard	The "Tourist" Coin	silver coin in one hand travels to join copper coin in other hand		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	58	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Bobby Bernard	The Pawrus Coin	coin pushed into fist, vanishes	Also published here Sleeving (Bobby Bernard, Magic in Miniature, 1958) also in: Bar-Top Coin Change (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	60	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Bobby Bernard	The "Heads or Tails" Coin-Vanish	coin is slapped out of existence		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	63	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes - DON'T USE THIS ANYMORE
Bobby Bernard	Bar-Top Coin Change	copper penny spun on table, scooped up and changes into large silver coin	Also published here Sleeving (Bobby Bernard, Magic in Miniature, 1958) also in: The Pawrus Coin (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	66	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	The Hook Coin: Its Value in Sleeving			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	70	Coin / Gaffed / Hooked Coin Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
Bobby Bernard	"On Being Fawkes"	About Bobby Bernard's portrayal of Isaac Fawkes in performance		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	74	Articles / Anecdotes
Bobby Bernard	A Double Lift			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	76	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Al Koran, Bobby Bernard	Al Koran's Top-Change	card held in End Grip, some handling finesses		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	78	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Bobby Bernard	The "Logicality" False Cut		Related to Budget Cut (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) One Way Budget Cut (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000) Variations Joystick Addition (Lorenz Schär, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11, 2018)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	81	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Bobby Bernard	Just a Thought on the "Charlie Chaplin Shuffle"	how Bobby uses a false shuffle done by Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush, same thinking as Ron "Ravelli" Wohl	Related to The Charlie Chaplin False Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, Hidden Agenda, 2016)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	84	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	A "Sure-Fire" Turnover	top card flips over as deck is dropped from hand to hand à la air-pressure turnover, corner clipped	Also published here A Surefire Turnover (Bobby Bernard, Bobby Bernard Lecture, 1981 ca.) Related to No-Air-Pressure Turnover (Martin A. Nash, Ever So Sleightly, 1975)	1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	87	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard's "Crimp" Sequence	challenge card location using crimp (card is selected and lost without magician touching deck)		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
Bobby Bernard	Oriental Card Divination	Chinese coin appears next to selection in the deck		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations
Bobby Bernard	The "Detective" Card Trick	Ace of Clubs vanishes from top of deck, appears next to selection		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Bobby Bernard	The "Opportunist" Card in Pocket	deck placed in pocket, spectator able to pull selection out		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	106	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	The Sands of the Pharaoh	deck dealt one by one until hourglass runs out, stops at selection		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	109	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on Misdirection	John Ramsay and Max Malini's misdirection skills		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	112	Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on "The Actor in Magic"			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	113	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on "Sleight-of-Hand"	On what he thinks the most useful sleights are		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	114	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on "The Classics of Close-Up"			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	115	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on "Conventions"			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	116	Articles / Anecdotes
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on Television	On the potential of magic on TV		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	117	Articles / Theory & Essays Articles / Magic on TV
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on the Movies	How magicians should be portrayed in movies		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	118	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on Close-Up Presentation			1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	119	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Blankety Blank	pips of selection travel to pocket, deck is blank		May 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13)	242	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Moving Pips Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	Illusion	spoon, sound of hitting a coin is produced, then a coin	Related to Money Talks (David Williamson, For Your Eyes Only, 1984) also in: Money Talks (Williamson's Wonders, 1989)	June 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)	262	Coin / Gaffed / Sound Gimmick Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	"Can't Lose" Belt Loop			Sep. 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9)	968	Chain / Endless Chain
Patrick Page	The Page Boy Speaks...	on Blackpool convention, Wayne Dobson, Val Andrews Bobby Bernard		Feb. 1984	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 4)	1208	Articles / Columns
David Williamson	Money Talks	"Geld klingt" production with sound effects with wand	Also published here Money Talks (David Williamson, Williamson's Wonders, 1989) Related to To conveie monie out of one of your hands into the other by legierdemaine (The Discoverie of Witchcraft, 1584) Illusion (Bobby Bernard, Spell-Binder, 1982) Variations Money Talks Back (Danny Archer, Antinomy, 2006) Fake Beat Move (フェイク・ビート・ムーブ) (Tomoya Horiki, Coinlang., 2017)	1984	For Your Eyes Only	6	Coin / Gaffed / Sound Gimmick Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Wand
Peter Duffie	The Jipsum Box	spectator puts four coins in box, they penetrate box and hand, repeat, then box penetrates hand leaving coins behind, Bobby Bernard Coin Box		1984	Close-Up to the Point	21	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Penetration
Bobby Bernard	Swivel-Two			May 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 5)	1636	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
David Williamson	Money Talks	production with sound effects with wand	Also published here Money Talks (David Williamson, For Your Eyes Only, 1984) Related to To conveie monie out of one of your hands into the other by legierdemaine (The Discoverie of Witchcraft, 1584) Illusion (Bobby Bernard, Spell-Binder, 1982) Variations Money Talks Back (Danny Archer, Antinomy, 2006) Fake Beat Move (フェイク・ビート・ムーブ) (Tomoya Horiki, Coinlang., 2017)	1989	Williamson's Wonders	27	Coin / Gaffed / Sound Gimmick Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Wand
	Click! Click!	Pat Conway, Bobby Bernard		July 1989	Opus (Vol. 2 No. 11)	5	Articles / Columns
Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham*	Clear As Crystal			Jan. 1991	Technomagic (Issue 7)	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham*	Spread Switch		Inspired by Spread Switch (Edward Victor, More Magic of the Hands — Part One, 1940 ca.) Related to The New Tops, Mar. 1969 also in: Moveable Card Pass (M.I.N.T. — Volume II, 1995) The New Tops, Aug. 1969 also in: The "Slip Count" Principle (M.I.N.T. — Volume II, 1995)	Jan. 1991	Technomagic (Issue 7)	51	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	The Business Card Trick	selection appears on back of business card, selection is blank instead First Method Second Method		Mar. 1991	Technomagic (Issue 9)	69	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Business Cards
Bobby Bernard	Four "Hits" and a "Miss"	complete vanish		Aug. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 8)	2398	Spongeball / Sleights / Vanish
	The False Swing Cut	uncredited, for credit information see 2004 reference	Related to The Bobby Bernard False Cut (Bobby Bernard, Cut Controls, 2004) Variations False Swing Cut Double Lift Control (Stephen Hobbs, Elixir, 2017)	1995	Card College — Volume 1	58	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Steve Beam	Budget Cut	cards appear to be pushed from hand to hand	Related to The "Logicality" False Cut (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) One Way Budget Cut (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	194	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Edward Marlo	Moveable Card Pass	spread cull to front	Also published here The New Tops, Mar. 1969 Related to The New Tops, Aug. 1969 also in: The "Slip Count" Principle (M.I.N.T. — Volume II, 1995) Spread Switch (Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham, Technomagic*, 1991)	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	50	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Edward Marlo	The "Slip Count" Principle	credit information	Also published here The New Tops, Aug. 1969 Related to The New Tops, Mar. 1969 also in: Moveable Card Pass (M.I.N.T. — Volume II, 1995) Spread Switch (Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham, Technomagic*, 1991)	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	58	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Slip Count
Dominique Duvivier	French Tap False Cut	Simple false cut with Swing Cut and tap, cut to table	Related to The Bobby Bernard False Cut (Bobby Bernard, Cut Controls, 2004)	1996	Magie Duvivier	15	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	Utility Altar Light	transposition of flames of flame from candle to candle, with glasses	Inspired by Gen Grant's "Altar Light"	Apr. 1998	Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 10)	6	Light & Fire / Fire Candle / Lighting & Extinguishing
Bobby Bernard	Jet Transposition	three coins in each hand, coins travel from left to right hand	Also published here Jet Transporation (Bobby Bernard, "Come a little closer...", 1953)	1998	Come A Little Closer	14	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
John Derris	Bobby Bernard	short bio		1998	Come A Little Closer	14	Articles / Biographical
Bobby Bernard	BB Drops them Again	four coins through table		1998	Come A Little Closer	16	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
Bobby Bernard	The Flat Palm			1998	Come A Little Closer	16	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palming Techniques
Bobby Bernard	H-E-A-V-Y	sponge balls change into solid steel ball		1998	Come A Little Closer	20	Spongeball / Transformation
Bobby Bernard	The Sleight			1998	Come A Little Closer	21	Spongeball / Sleights / Vanish
John Derris, Jack Avis, Bobby Bernard, Ted Danson, Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton*, Oswald Williams	What Is Wrong With Magic?	includes reprint of Oswald Williams essay from 1923, ramblings on magic		1998	Come A Little Closer	82	Articles / Theory & Essays
Bobby Bernard	Coincidental Brainwave	deck cut in half and pairs turned up until there is a match, same value is reversed in second deck		1999	Collected Card Notes	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	Signing Ruse			1999	Collected Card Notes	83	Cards / Principles / Outs for lost cards
Steve Beam	One Way Budget Cut	cards appear to be pushed from hand to hand	Related to The "Logicality" False Cut (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) Budget Cut (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	221	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Bobby Bernard	False Swing Cut to Table	with tap		2000 ca.	Out Of Your Mind	3	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Andi Gladwin	The Convincing Tabled Bluff Pass	picking up selection from table with upper half in right-hand end grip	Inspired by Tabled Bluff Pass (Bobby Bernard, Apocalypse, 1981)	June 2002	Ego (Vol. 1 No. 12)	15	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
Bobby Bernard	The Bobby Bernard False Cut	swing cut	Related to The False Swing Cut (Card College — Volume 1, 1995) French Tap False Cut (Dominique Duvivier, Magie Duvivier, 1996) … and 1 more Variations Swing False Cut (Jerry Sadowitz, Cut Controls, 2004)	2004	Cut Controls	22	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Jerry Sadowitz	Swing False Cut	straight cut, packets turned face-up and tabled	Inspired by The Bobby Bernard False Cut (Bobby Bernard, Cut Controls, 2004) Related to The Most Outrageous Cut of All (Patrick Reymond, Gary Ouellet, A Dream of Aces, 1993) Swing False Cut (Jerry Sadowitz, All In — Volume 1, 2024) Variations Running Swing False Cut (Jerry Sadowitz, Cut Controls, 2004)	2004	Cut Controls	23	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	Sleeving a Coin			2005	Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions	96	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
Bobby Bernard	The Kindest Man I Ever Met: John Ramsay			Nov. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11)	39	Articles / Articles
Bobby Bernard	Fred Robinson (a very unusual man)			2009	The Magic of Fred Robinson	49	Articles / Anecdotes
Justin Higham*	Dribble-Action Tabled Bluff Pass		Related to Tabled Bluff Pass (Bobby Bernard, Apocalypse, 1981)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	12	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
Bobby Bernard	Tabled Bluff Pass No. 2		Inspired by Tabled Bluff Pass (Bobby Bernard, Apocalypse, 1981)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	12	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
Bobby Bernard	Forcing from Svengali Deck			Dec. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)	34	Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a Forcing Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck
Justin Higham*	Layman's Destiny	value force with 10-20 force procedure	Inspired by The Laymen's Dream (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1969) Related to Grant's Hummer Trick (U. F. Grant, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) "The Pearl of Fate" (Bobby Bernard, New Pentagram, Aug. 1986)	2011	Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham*	Two-Faced Hand Muck	fake muck demonstration		2011	More Pseudo Card-Cheating and Related Switches	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bobby Bernard	False Swing Cut	with tap		2013	Too Hot for the Devil	128	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	Optical False Cut	swing cut (uncredited)	Related to The Bobby Bernard False Cut (Bobby Bernard, Cut Controls, 2004)	2015	Ultimate Hold 'Em	24	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	Swing False Cut			2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	104	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Brian Sibley	In Memoriam: Bobby Bernard			Jan. 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)	13	Articles / Obituary
David Britland	Bobby Bernard's Principle X	Cardopolis description of challenge location in which spectator cuts the deck, looks at bottom card, and shuffles before and after		Apr. 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Justin Higham*	Bobby Bernard	1931-2014		Jan. 2015	MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 5)	31	Articles / Obituary
Roberto Giobbi	The Charlie Chaplin False Shuffle		Related to Just a Thought on the "Charlie Chaplin Shuffle" (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) "The Kaps Turn" & "The Kaps Exhibitionist Move" (Fred Kaps, Hidden Agenda, 2016)	2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue June 19)	176	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False
Bobby Bernard	False Swing Cut to Table	with tap		2017	Just Think	5	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	False Cut			2018	Seminarheft	3	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	Logicality False Cut			2018	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11	195	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Lorenz Schär	Joystick Addition	false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, combined with the Logicality False Cut	Inspired by The "Logicality" False Cut (Bobby Bernard, The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard, 1982) The Joystick (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010) also in: The Joystick (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12, 2020)	2018	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11	295	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Chalk It Up	dice stacking routine with pool chalk, eight ball final load	Inspired by The Routine (Bobby Bernard, Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking, 1979)	2019	Gagnon Unfiltered	428	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Production & Appearance
Bobby Bernard	False Swing Cut	with tap		2022	The Glasgow File — Volume 1	19	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Bobby Bernard	Follow the Queen	glide monte routine Phase One (Spectator wins) Phase Two (Spectator loses) Phase Three (Queen vanishes) End Notes (Justin Higham)	Inspired by Garcia's Clip It (Frank Garcia, The Phoenix, 1952) also in: Clip It (The Best in Magic, 1956)	2025	The Effects of Saturday	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less)

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