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To transforme anie one small thing into anie other forme by folding of paper Buddha papers, with paper or handkerchief, standard back-to-back paper method and ungaffed method
1584 187
How to deliver out foure aces, and to convert them into foure knaves four Aces shown on face of deck and placed on table one by one, they change into Jacks
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1584 188
To Guess Four Cards thought of by Different Persons
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1876 53
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Wrapping Coin in Handkerchief fake wrapping, two methods
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1876 166
To Force a Person to Think of a Particular Card from fan or during riffling with slight stop at step
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1889 12
To make a Card thought of by one Person appear at such Number in the Pack as another Person shall choose card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with that number, re-count
1889 85
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
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1889 95
To make a "False Shuffle" - Ninth Method top packet inserted in middle diagonally and stripped out again
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1890 15
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
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1890 27
The Instantaneous Knot
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  • Q-dini (Karl Fulves*, Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two, 1987)
    • also in: Instanto (Self-Working Handkerchief Magic, 1988)
1890 203
L'Homme Masqué Kinetoscopic Force cards riffled in front of spectator and King of Spades among Club cards is mistaken for King of Clubs, spectator holds deck as it is riffled, non-index cards used here
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Sep. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3)
43
Die behexten Würfel No. 8, holding three dice between thumb and first finger and letting center one drop, puzzle
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1900 160
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Dealing featuring the Erdnase Grip
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1902 52
S. W. Erdnase The Diagonal Palm-Shift mention of top palm, bottom palm and multiple shift on page 141
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1902 137
Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order. - First Method
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1902 159
Henri De Manche To Make a False Shuffle back and front throw, lift shuffle, three handlings
  • First Method of False Shuffle (top half)
  • Second Method False Shuffle (top and bottom stock)
  • Third Method False Shuffle (full deck, back-and-front with optical elements)
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1902 51
Frank Kennard To Extract a Marked Coin from a Handkerchief Gypsy Switch handling
1902 159
John Nevil Maskelyne, Professor Hoffmann The Great Dictionary Trick word appears on arm
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1903 490
Henri De Manche To Make a False Shuffle lift shuffle handling
  • First Method of False Shuffle (top stock)
  • Second Method of False Shuffle (top and bottom stock)
  • Third Method of False Shuffle (full deck)
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1904 35
L'Homme Masqué Kinetoscopic Force cards riffled in front of spectator and King of Spades among Club cards is mistaken for King of Clubs
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1909 77
Adrian Plate The Great Poker Trick "a particular favorite of Mr. Adrian Plate", new deck opened and shuffled, seven hands dealt and performer wins
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1909 128
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
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1909 194
Yank Hoe The Sympathetic Coins on corners of handkerchief
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1909 251
The Torn Bank Note with repeat
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1909 325
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gleiche Gedanken (Erste Ausführung) two cards are selected from a deck, performer finds same card in second deck placed in his pocket
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1910 6
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die im Fluge verwandelte Karte three spectators choose the same card, it transposes with another selection, duplicate
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1910 39
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Macht des Gedanken spectator selects three cards which match prediction, then assembly, four double facers
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1910 58
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
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1910 78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
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1910 82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Zweite Ausführung) expanded routine
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1910 153
Charles T. Jordan The Rolling-off-a-Log Detection No. 6, card removed is found out, unusual presentation with card rolled to tube, card counting with only one suit
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1919/1920 28
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
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1919/1920 30
Charles T. Jordan The Escape No. 12, card travels from rubber-banded half to other half, cards are secretly propelled to other half
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1919/1920 42
Charles T. Jordan The Single-Card Reverse No. 16
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1919/1920 50
Charles T. Jordan The Half-Pack Reverse No. 17
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1919/1920 52
Charles T. Jordan The Pack that Cuts Itself No. 19, rubber-banded deck cuts itself at selection, duplicate
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1919/1920 56
Charles T. Jordan The Impossible Journey No. 20, selection comes to top in rubber-banded deck, executing classic pass with rubber banded deck
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1919/1920 58
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces No. 22, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
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1919/1920 64
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
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1919/1920 70
Charles T. Jordan Change Your Mind? No. 27, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, deck dealt into two piles (some face-up, some face-down), performer picks out correct card, four groups are marked with dots
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1919/1920 72
Stanley Collins Bead Frame Color Force
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1920 63
Charles T. Jordan The Demon Color Change No. 3, multiple consecutive changes, second and rear cards remain the same, using glued triple cards
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1920 7
Charles T. Jordan A Unique Reverse No. 4, thought-of picture card reverses itself in the deck, using cards glued back-to-back at one end with one cut short
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1920 10
Charles T. Jordan Divino No. 5, deck dealt into two piles, card at position in one half remembered, deck pocketed, number named, card at that position is selection
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1920 11
Charles T. Jordan Joker Monte No. 6, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find Joker
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1920 13
Charles T. Jordan The Contrary Clock No. 9, chosen card from clock layout transposes with Joker in pocket, duplicates in pocket
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1920 19
Charles T. Jordan Co-Incidentally No. 3, two decks, duplicate is found by selecting four cards and number from rolled dice
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1920 7
Charles T. Jordan The Five Guesses No. 10, by asking five questions selection is found, sorting strategy with "can you see your card?"
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1920 23
Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
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1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
25
Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
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1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery of the Aces assembly with quarters of the deck, not small packets
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1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
29
Charles T. Jordan Double Cut Handling in-the-hands with side jog
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1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan A Wonderful Color Divination colors openly separated, red card placed in black packet by spectator is predicted, repeated, "Smoothly worked, this goes big." (in the original advertisement there was "Vanishing Court Card" instead of this effect)
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  • marketed ca. 1921
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1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
31
Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
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1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
36
Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
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1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
14
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
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1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
14
Charles T. Jordan The 49-Card Trick twenty-one card trick with forty-nine cards
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1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
17
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
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1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
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1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
23
Stanley Collins Flip Switch switch with cardboard cover, use in assembly routine
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1925 33
Jack Merlin The Riffle Stack four cards
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1927/28 6
Jack Merlin Fake Runn Up three Aces for four hands, fourth already set
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1927/28 7
Theodore Annemann* Nightmare Effects (Second Effect) spectator chooses card and seals it in an envelope without looking at it, another card selected with riffle peek, that card vanishes and is found in envelope
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1928 1
Oswald Rae Simple Silk Sorcery chosen one of four different colored silks vanishes from paper cone and appears in desired envelope, with stand
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  • "Simple Silk Sorcery" in "The Sphinx"
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1930 57
Tom Sellers Double Date dates of two borrowed coins divined, dates written into grid on a paper by spectator
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1931 8
Eric F. Impey In Reverse center reversal during Charlier Cut
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1931 6
T. Page Wright Location Aces at top and bottom of both halves, spectator shuffles, selects card, shuffles again, four Aces as keys
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1933 13
Eddie Clever Hallucination three people look at top card, everybody sees a different card, see page 99 for improvement by Charles W. Fricke
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Oct. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 1)
1
Theodore Annemann* A Card is Found Once More one-way backs
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1934 9
Theodore Annemann* An Alternate Detection alternating one-way backs
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1934 11
Calvin Cole One of Those Things age and number (amount of change) are divined after calculation, might be "Calvert Cole" (see p. 61)
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Jan. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 4)
15
Robert Parrish Slate Immortality living dead test on slate, or handwriting psychometry
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1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
40
Amusing Dime Catch coin pressed on spectators forehead vanishes
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1935 29
John Scarne The Scarney Thought Card spelled "John Scarney"
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Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
107
Audley Walsh The Audley Walsh Coincidence four cards selected turn out to be Aces, lost again and dealt in poker hand
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June 1936
The Jinx (Issue 21)
122
Audley Walsh Strip-Out Addition precursor handling
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June 1936
The Jinx (Issue 21)
122
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
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1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
135
Stewart James Miraskill
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Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
147
Stewart James The Candy King Miraskill with candies
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Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
151
Theodore Annemann* The Word on the Page using 14-15 card stack
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Oct. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 25)
157
Charles T. Jordan Color Divination colors separated, spectator moves red card in black pile, card is predicted, repeated
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1937 26
Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card
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1937 27
Jack Gwynne Gwynne's Speller every value is spelled out from full deck, stack
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1937 61
Charles T. Jordan Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
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1937 63
Charles T. Jordan Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
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1937 85
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection two key cards, out of hand selection procedure with dealing
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1937 94
Theodore Annemann* Remote Control odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face, red-blue sticky double backer
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  • "Remote Control" (The Sphinx, July 1929, Max Holden's column, description without method)
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1937 121
Charles T. Jordan Premo Detection one-way backs, alternating
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1937 143
Theodore Annemann* The Alternate Detection alternating one-way backs
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1937 148
Charles T. Jordan Hummer Detection one-way backs that must not be set in one direction, sorting during performance as deck is dealt into two piles
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1937 159
Charles T. Jordan Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck
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1937 198
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
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1937 198
Charles T. Jordan Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
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1937 201
Charles T. Jordan Thought Foretold a card of a chosen color is burnt unseen and then deck is examined - one card missing, it is predicted
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1937 207
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked
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1937 210
Charles T. Jordan The Missing Pair old new deck order (picture cards together, all others from Ace to Ten) deck dealt into four piles, spectator removes a value pair from any pile which is divined by performer
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1937 226
Charles T. Jordan Just the Reverse card chosen and replaced, deck cased and dumped out again so the spectator can check it, card turns over, stripper card held back and then deck replaced reversed
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1937 268
Charles T. Jordan Coincidentally with two decks with same back, secret exchange of deck provides duplicates of chosen cards
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1937 286
Charles T. Jordan Impromptu Detection scratching a line across side of deck
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1937 307
Charles T. Jordan It's Up to You impromptu punching some key cards, spectator selects cards and cuts it back into the deck, then deals deck in several piles and performer finds card in pile with selection
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  • marketed 1919
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1937 308
C. O. Williams The Card from the Pocket card at thought of position is remembered and found, lazy man
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1937 342
Joseph Ovette The Buddha Whispers "has one of these the same value?"
1937 350
James T. Deacy Just an Echo method to double write secretly on a prediction in envelope, confabulation
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Feb. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 29)
185
Bertram Adams The Krazy Kode word from text selected with roll of dice, use of progressive anagrams
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Apr. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 31)
200
Norman Ashworth Before your Eyes message on slate becomes name of selection when wiping over it, idea by Charles Nyquist on page 270
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May 1937
The Jinx (Issue 32)
203
Stewart James The Folk Test two names selected from list are predicted
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Aug. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 35)
236
Edward Victor "My Rope Trick" - An Original Cut and Restored Rope Routine three phases
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1937 84
Magician vs. Gambler for Frederick Braue credit see Pallbearers Review reference
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1937 43
Joe Berg Mistakes Will Happen card is lost face up in deck behind performer's back with a few more reversed cards for confusion, card should travel to pocket but wrong card travels, it changes into right card, riffle shuffle with key next to a reversed card
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1937 6
"It's Up to You" impromptu punching some key cards, spectator selects cards and cuts it back into the deck, then deals deck in several piles and performer finds card in pile with selection
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  • marketed 1919
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1938 64
Rupert Slater, John Northern Hilliard Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis pairs honestly shuffled and switched for duplicates in order ready for deal
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1938 120
Ralph W. Hull The Three of Clubs card on table turns out to be any card named, different switches
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1938 327
Method No. 2. The Little Finger Rise
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1938 392
Paul Curry Infallible Prediction free selection is predicted written on other card, deck of double facers, double backer, "Touch"
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1938 442
Will De Sieve* Two New Locator Cards - Coin Impression "Master Card Control", coin leaves circular impression
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1938 478
Jontay Another "Ridge" Preparation ridge along line on picture card
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1938 479
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz, Arthur Finley* The Ambitious Card with double backer
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1938 481
William H. McCaffrey The Prize Winner
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1938 564
John Northern Hilliard IX. John Scarne Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
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1938 572
Dai Vernon The Short Change with the Long Green using glued bills
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1938 779
Eugene Laurant The Sands of the Desert method of preparation
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1938 865
Martin Gardner* Through the Hank whole deck penetrates handkerchief except selection
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1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
271
Martin Gardner* An Easy Lesson
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1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
276
Audley Walsh The Magician's Dream twelve cards repeated four times, fishing & multiple out for divination
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Apr. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 43)
298
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
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1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
324
Dai Vernon Brain Wave Deck brainwave
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Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
341
Martin Gardner* Watchistry spectator calculates number from hours on watch, divined by performer
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Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
357
Charles T. Jordan Ultimo - The Ace of Mechanical Decks deck in which every other card is a long-short pair glued face-to-face on one end, for applications see following entries
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1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
371
Gordon R. McKenney Ace in Hole two selections in two halves appear at same position, out for lost card
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1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
373
L. Vosburgh Lyons Last Chance
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Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
387
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
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Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
389
Cedric Applause named card caught out of shower of cards
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1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
409
Joseph Dunninger Nomenclature three random names are spelled, selection found, automatic placement procedure
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Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 64)
450
Stewart James (reviewer) Modern Magic Programs No. 7 by Joseph Dunninger
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Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 70)
478
Henry Christ Mathematical Black Jacks black Jacks are located via counting
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Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 72)
485
Louis Lam The El-El Bluff Force weird force in which card next to previous selection is forced
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1939 9
Robert Parrish Picture Projection slate as mirror
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1939 19
Oscar Weigle Dual Impulsion spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
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1939 35
Purvis W. Miller Setting up Poker Hands with the Riffle Shuffle mentioning pre-established breaks
1. To Run up Three Cards in a Four-Handed Game of Poker
2. To Set Up Two Hands, Threes in Each Hand, in a Four Hand Game
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1939 21
Jules D'Hotel A New Top Card Production card pushed out and pivoted upwards behind deck
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1939 25
Theodore Annemann* Stop selection is at thought-of position, continuous triples
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1939 4
Charlie Miller Perfect Riffle Shuffle two methods
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1940 65
Retaining Top Stock
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1940 71
Louis Zingone The Zingone Thumbnail Gauge cutting off packet of known number
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1940 114
Fred Black The Endless Belts
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1940 147
Louis Zingone Reverse Supreme mental reverse, bluff spacing in fan
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1940 344
Walter B. Gibson* Double Reverse spectator's and performer's cards reverse
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Jan. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 77)
505
Charles T. Jordan Forty-Nine 21 card trick with 49 cards and two dealing rounds, see also page 524 for idea to do it as telephone trick by Lloyd Jones
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Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 78)
513
Theodore Annemann* A Card in Hand card changes in spectator's hand, stabbing presentation, backdated for ten years
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Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 80)
522
Herb Runge Hidden Mystery two cards selected with dealing procedure, performer places another card next to them one by one
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Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
535
Herb Runge Gemini Twins Placement
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Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
535
Walter B. Gibson* Before Your Eyes Improvement improvement
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Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
535
Dr. Jacob Daley Second Card from the Top Slip Pass
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1940
The Jinx (Issue 85)
543
Charles Harris, Allan Lambie Secret of Satan coin in paper burned in ashtray on top of glass, it penetrates and falls into glass
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1940
The Jinx (Issue 94)
583
Billy O'Connor Instanto cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
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1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
677
Crocker Xkwizit! two hinged cards in deck to keep cards together while shuffled freely
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1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
689
59 - "New Era Instanto Deck" Performer can cut to any card desired
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1940 74
Martin Gardner* Do As I Do two selections match with top card of each other's deck
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1940 17
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, see Collected Secrets for variations
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1940 3
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
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1940 4
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Dream of a Hermit three decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck
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1941
The Jinx (Issue 124)
719
Eddie Joseph Suspensamus bowl with rice suspends on knife
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1941
The Jinx (Issue 129)
741
Stewart James Half and Half three dice and list of letter combinations, a coincidence/prediction happens
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Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 134)
766
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
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Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Vern Schoneck Cards Don't Lie card with question written on it is divined
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June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 141)
795
Otto Waldmann Evaporato "Coin that gets Around", marked coin vanishes from sealed glass, reappears into spectator's breast pocket
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Aug. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 146)
817
Paul Curry Next! the selected card is found next to a card with the message "Your card will be next"
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1941 [5]
Dai Vernon "Topping The Deck"
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1941/49 7
Edward Marlo Double Vanish and Recovery two cards vanish from face of two halves when rubbed together, reappear in deck
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1942 8
Walter B. Gibson* Pay Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
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Jan. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 1)
1
Bruce Elliott*, S. W. Erdnase The Expert at the Card Table stacking three Aces in a four hands game, modified Erdnase System, openly shown
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Apr. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 5)
17
L. Vosburgh Lyons Call It A Puzzle six discs with a different sign on each side are thrown and turned over while spelling a word, then one disc is hidden and performer turns back, he reveals which side is up on the hidden disc
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May 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 8)
29
James F. Herpick Envelope Switch
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Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 17)
74
Louis Tannen Change, Please! bill into signed envelope, envelope is cut, bill vanishes and two coins fall out
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Oct. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 20)
84
Theodore DeLand Cremation selection is burnt and a glass half filled with confetti is shown, the confetti vanishes and the selection is inside the glass
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Oct. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 21)
87
Theodore Annemann*, Professor Hoffmann It Goes Double deck cut in half, top card on one packet is looked at and tells the top card of the other heap, repeated several times, as a finale both cards are named
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Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 22)
93
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz, Walter B. Gibson* Betcha
  • boiling water in a paper bag
  • beer bet
  • coin bet / puzzle ("One is not a nickel")
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Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 24)
101
Ken Crossen Elas-Trick two bands are apparently linked and unlink
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Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 25)
104
Eddie Joseph The Revolution rubber banded deck, card removed and put back, then it shoots out at right angle as in Impromptu Haunted Deck
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1942 83
Bert Allerton A Close Fit optical illusion in which envelope seems to small to fit a playing card
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1942 5
Edward Marlo Double Vanish and Recovery two cards vanish from face of two halves when rubbed together, reappear in deck
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1942 7
John Scarne John Scarne's Bill Change ungimmicked
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1943 106
Paul LePaul Le Paul's Torn Bill bill torn in half, one half changes to half dollar, restored
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1943 126
Dai Vernon Multiple Card Pass to top
  • To Bring the Aces to the Bottom of the Deck
  • To Reverse the Aces in the Center of the Deck
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1943 192
Pull Down Move
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1943 224
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Dealing Thirds second deal & saliva
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1943 28
Ultra Wacky cut and restored handkerchief, bluff
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Jan. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 27)
111
Shaman* Half-Head/Half-Tail Coin for rubbing-two-coins-together illusion
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Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 47)
195
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Card idea by Fred Braue on page 214, see reference, for credit information see also "Informant" reference
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Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 48)
196
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh Coincidence four cards selected turn out to be aces, lost again and dealt in poker hand
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1943 6
Martin Gardner* An Easy Lesson
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1943 38
Bob Hummer Bob Hummer's Whirling Card
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1943 2
Al Lasher In Your Hat coins displayed in the space between the hat band and the crown of the hat, one coin after the other is put under a handkerchief and vanishes
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Mar. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 57)
232
Theodore Annemann* The Word on the Page using 14-15 card stack
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1944 72
Bertram Adams The Krazy Kode word from text selected with role of dice, use of progressive anagrams
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1944 131
James T. Deacy Just an Echo method to double write secretly on a prediction in envelope, confabulation
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1944 159
Norman Ashworth, Walter B. Gibson* Before Your Eyes message on slate becomes name of selection when wiping over it
  • Walter Gibson Method
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1944 188
Robert Parrish Slate Immortality living dead test on slate, or handwriting psychometry
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1944 203
Stewart James Half and Half three dice and list of letter combinations, a coincidence/prediction happens
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1944 204
Herbert Hood A Thought Out Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
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1944 226
Dai Vernon The Brain Wave Deck brainwave
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1944 277
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Dream of a Hermit three decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck
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1944 290
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
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1944 293
Charles Nyquist "Before Your Eyes" Business Card message on business card, name of selection appears
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1944 309
Dr. Kolma, Harlan Tarbell "Snooty Snake" signed or marked card appears at end of spring snake in can
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1945 113
Joe Karson The Floating Queen card floats behind the fingers
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1945 128
Sid Fleischman*, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther The Impromptu Floating Card card floats over palm up hands
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1945 63
Paul Curry Next! the selected card is found next to a card with the message "Your card will be next"
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1945 75
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
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1945 96
Eddie Clever Hallucination three people look at top card, everybody sees a different card
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1945 128
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Ribbon Spread card is hidden, spectator and performer remove a card each from the face up deck, when all cards are removed the missing card is named, unorthodox clocking, as Rusduck
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Feb. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 77)
314
Ronald B. Edwards Multifly coin tray with glued bills for close up
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June 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 86)
349
Jack Miller Dis-Cards spectator puts amount of cards on the table and removes some again, the rest is named by the performer
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Nov. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 96)
388
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
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1945 1
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
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1945 2
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Coin Through Handkerchief
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1945 11
Neal Elias No Gimmick Card Spread long spread, using perpendicular card
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1946 18
Warren Wiersbe Packet Prediction cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
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1946 3
John Scarne Mystery B. C: Pickups picking up coins, which are flat on the table
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May 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 106)
425
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, see Collected Secrets for links to variations
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1946 1
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
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1946 2
Bert Allerton Bamboozle story presentation with bills
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1947
Stars of Magic (Vol. 3 No. 2)
43
Paul Curry Miscalled
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Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 135)
544
Jean Hugard, Jack Olten Tilt a Ring ring wrapped in handkerchief, pencil placed under handkerchief penetrates it with ring without harming handkerchief
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Nov. 1947 365
T. Page Wright Page Wright's method for marking a deck writing letters (AH, 2S, ...) on backs of cards with a typewriter
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Nov. 1947 370
Jack Olten La bague s'enfilant sur un crayon à travers un mouchoir ring on pencil under handkerchief, followed by german translation "Ein Ring wird durch ein Taschentuch über einen Bleistift gestülpt"
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May 1947 9
A Poker Player's Picnic no-touch, little bit of dealing involved
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  • also in: Easy Aces (Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children, 1989)
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1948 16
The Tantalizer twenty-second position and packet dealing
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1948 112
George G. Kaplan Coin-Extraction Perfected two coins and a handkerchief
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1948 251
Spirit Photography image of chosen card appears on photographic paper in envelope, two methods
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1948 197
Tony Lopilato Rope-Saver rope used to wrap a package
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1948 321
Dr. Stanley Jaks Pendle with male/ female and a pendulum
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May 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 151)
608
Paul LePaul A Flourish And A Pass deck spreads itself between hands
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1949 35
Paul LePaul The Snap-Over Double-Lift
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1949 73
Paul LePaul Covered Turnover under cover of half fanned pack
1949 187
Paul LePaul An Impromptu Rising Card Effect
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1949 190
Clayton Rawson* Under the Table cards under table, one selected, shuffled and found, three methods
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Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
682
J.C. Whyley Elusive Lady with three cards, see p. 781 for credit information by Sid Lorraine
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  • also in: earlier in Abracadabra
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Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 193)
770
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Bill Simon, Milbourne Christopher, Bob Hummer, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Robert Harbin
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Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 193)
773
Frederick Braue Little Card Rise miniature version of selection jumps out of the deck after cut-deeper force
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Jan. 1949 501
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Prime Presentation two decks, one card is selected and both decks dealt until same card is found in other deck, card found at same position as mate of selection is named and its mate is not found in other deck but in envelope, repeated with written prediction inside card case
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1949 1
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other
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1949 47
Bob Hummer Face-Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
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1949 48
Dr. Jacob Daley Instantaneous Double Lift hit lift
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1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
108
Dai Vernon The De Kolta Change sleeve rubbing cover, pips of card change to suit clothing
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1950 450
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room on Tony Slydini, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Jay Marshall, Sid Loraine letter on Elusive Lady, Milbourne Christopher
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Jan. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 195)
781
John R. Boyko Strike Three and Out Variation card found by counting down three times to apparently random values
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  • "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9)
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Oct. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 214)
855
John Scarne Scarne's Predicto No. 7, Business card with prediction placed randomly in deck, predicts which two cards it is placed in between
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1950 18
Joseph Dunninger Nomenclature No. 34, Spelling trick with names
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1950 62
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme No. 47, Cards mixed face up/down, spectator separates face up/down, as well as red/black
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  • 1949 manuscript
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  • marketed 1943
    • also in: This Is It (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980)
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1950 83