George G. Kaplan

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Jean Hugard	The Handkerchief Force		Variations Crystal Clairvoyance (George G. Kaplan, 1948) The Thinner Handkerchief Force (Harry Riser, 2006) Inverse Handkerchief Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1938	Greater Magic	195	Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
George G. Kaplan	The "Impossible" Location	using Natural Card	Related to Natural Card (George G. Kaplan, 1948) A Unique Location (Lu Brent, 1956) Variations El Doble Cero (Al Baker, Audley Walsh, George G. Kaplan, Vicente Canuto, 1993)	1938	Greater Magic	269	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The Five Card Problem	two cards, stacked deck		1938	Greater Magic	283	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
George G. Kaplan	A Brain Teaser	card chosen behind back is divined, stacked deck		1938	Greater Magic	285	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Modern Long Distance Mind Reading	card put from one half into the other is located, clocking		1938	Greater Magic	286	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Cagliostro's Card. A Prediction	20$ are bet on the outcome, six duplicates, short card, double backer	Related to Hundred Dollar Prediction (Harry Riser, 1981) Variations Poor Man's Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1984)	1938	Greater Magic	486	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
George G. Kaplan, Audley Walsh, Al Baker	A Clever Card Discovery	mathematical, based on Telephone Mystery		1942/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2	208	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Coin Extraction Perfected	two coins wrapped in handkerchief, chosen one penetrates fabric	Also published here Perfekte Münzextraktion (George G. Kaplan, 1988)	Mar. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 10)	43	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
George G. Kaplan	Numerology???	two decks, three cards are counted to in both decks and they match	Also published here Numerologie (George G. Kaplan, 1988)	May 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 12)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	3-2-1	divination of a total of three rolled dice	Also published here 3-2-1 (George G. Kaplan, 1988)	June 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 1)	55	Dice (small) / Divination
George G. Kaplan	A Winning Wager	five cards shuffled in placed on a stand, selected one is predicted on a slate with houlette and duplicates	Variations A Sensational Prediction (Dr. William T. Palchinas, George G. Kaplan, 1945)	Oct. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 5)	73	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
Jean Hugard	Hu-gardenias	on George G. Kaplan		Dec. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 7)	90	Articles / Articles
George G. Kaplan	Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes	three decks, two shuffled and dealt face up, at one point same card appears at same position, this card is reversed in the third deck	Related to Freakish Miracle #3 (Tomas Blomberg, 2006) Variations The "My Best" Coincidence (Peter Kane, 1971)	1945	My Best	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Power of Thought
James G. Thompson Jr.	Biographical Sketches of Contributors	Theo. Annemann Charles Arbuthnot George E. Arrowsmith Roger Barkann Sylvan Barnet Joseph L. Barnett Raymond L. Beebe Eugene Bernstein J. B. Bobo John N. Booth Tom Bowyer Vynn Boyar Joan Brandon Fred Braue John Braun Lu Brent R. C. Buff Clyde F. Cairy Loring Campbell Jack Chanin Frank Chapman Forest V. Chesbro Milbourne Christopher Eddie Clever Stanley Collins Mystic Craig Thomas J. Crawford John J. Crimmins, JR. Paul J. Curry Del Monte Harry Dobrin Ronald B. Edwards Bruce Elliot Professor El-Tab Dr. E. G. Ervin Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Val Evans "Hen" Fetsch Thomas B. Fitzgerald Dariel Fitzkee Sid Fleischman Joseph Harman Fries Martin Gardner Teral Garrett Walter B. Gibson Arnold L. Grubin Nelson C. Hahne Hathaway Royal V. Heath Charles H. Hopkins Jean Hugard Mark Jacobs R. M. Jamison F. H. Jeudevine Maurice Kains George G. Kaplan George Karger Joseph A. Karson Wilbur Kattner Gerald Lynton Kaufman Howard B. Kayton, M.D. The Great Kolar Gerald Kosky Abril Lamarque William W. Larsen Sid Lorraine Art Lyle L. Vosburgh Lyons Richard F. Madden Greer Marechal, JR. George McAthy William H. McCaffrey Jack McMillen Harry Mendoza Orville Meyer John W. Mifflin Chester Morris Paul Morris Frederick Mosteller Robert A. Nelson C. A. George Newmann Grady S. Nicholson Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Charles Walter Nyquist Dell O'Dell Tom Osborne George Harrison Pittman Julien J. Proskauer Clayton Rawson Ralph W. Read Dolf Rudin Herb Rungie Ned Rutledge James J. Sanders Lucille Pierce Saxon Sigmar - The Magician Jerry Sorensen Willard S. Smith George Starke Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO) Harlan Tarbell DR. Franklin Taylor J. G. Thompson, JR. Jack F. Trebel M. Van Reese Jack Vosburgh Audley Valentine Walsh Peter Warlock Herman L. Weber Bob Weill William H. Wilson Tommy Windsor Howard H. Wise Ed. Wolff Michael F. Zens		1945	My Best	347	Articles / Biographical
Dr. William T. Palchinas, George G. Kaplan	A Sensational Prediction	five cards shuffled in houlette and placed on a stand each, four removed, last one is predicted	Inspired by A Winning Wager (George G. Kaplan, 1944)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	50	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
George G. Kaplan	One in Five	spectator adds four card to selection, performer divines it		Jan. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 8)	94	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
George G. Kaplan	Kaplan's Clock Trick	card from circle to matchbox, thirteen duplicates	Related to Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Variations Clocker Shocker (Jon Racherbaumer, 1999) Also published here Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Kaplan's Uhren-Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1986)	Feb. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 9)	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox
Leon Maguire, Mihlon Clayton	The Cut and Restored Rope Trick	handling of classic method	Inspired by Mehlon Clayton's Method (Mihlon Clayton, 1938) Related to Cut and Restored Rope (George G. Kaplan, 1945)	Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	140	Rope / Cut & Restored
George G. Kaplan	Cut and Restored Rope	"Tying the Knot after Cutting the Loop"	Related to The Cut and Restored Rope Trick (Leon Maguire, Mihlon Clayton, 1945) Also published here Kaplan's Cut and Restored Rope Knot (George G. Kaplan, 1968)	Sep. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 4)	149	Rope / Cut & Restored
	Sighting after Peek	step	Related to Anglejog Turnover Glimpse (1994) Also published here 1.- Por Separación del Meñique y Volteo (George G. Kaplan, Arthur H. Buckley, 1993)	1946	Card Control	34	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
George G. Kaplan	Foreword			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	vii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
George G. Kaplan	The Short-Card	principles for the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	4	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
George G. Kaplan	The Corner-Short			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	4	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	The Secret Gadget	using nail-clip to short corners		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	5	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Advantages of the Corner-Short Procedure	general comments on the use of corner shorts		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	5	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Locating the Corner-Short, and the Delayed-Action Control	using the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	6	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	The Pencil Dot	mark for the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	6	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Avoiding Contrasts	how to address the problem of white edges after cutting corners short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	8	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Fan Cut	method to bring corner short to the top		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	9	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
George G. Kaplan	To Bring the Corner-Short to the Bottom of the Pack	two methods		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	11	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	To Control a Selected Card by Means of the Corner-Short	Hindu shuffle		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	12	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Control of a Glimpsed Card by Means of the Corner-Short			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	12	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Retaining Control of several Glimpsed Cards by Means of the Corner-Short			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	14	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control
George G. Kaplan	Controlling Three Selected Cards by Means of the Corner-Short	Hindu Shuffle handling		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	16	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	To bring a Prearranged Packet above a Chosen Card by Means of the Corner-Short			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	18	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Obtaining a Desired Packet Instantly by Means of the Corner-Short			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	19	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Using the Corner-Short to Retain a Prearranged Deck in Order	using corner-short as divider		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	19	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	To Glimpse or Sight a Card Secretly	used in conjunction with the peek	Variations Step Glimpse and Automatic Jog (1974) Also published here 1.- Por Separación del Meñique y Volteo (George G. Kaplan, Arthur H. Buckley, 1993)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	35	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
George G. Kaplan	Impromptu Marking of Cards	rubbing thumb-nail on pencil		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	37	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work
George G. Kaplan	Out-of-the-Room Selection	using the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The X-Ray Location	newspaper over scattered cards using the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Double-Back Corner-Short Location	out of the room selection	Related to Turn of the Century (Paul Curry, 1974) An Old (sheared) Black Ram² (Michael Weber, Paul Curry, 2010)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	44	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
George G. Kaplan	Mind-Reading with Two Subjects	two card location using the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	The "Impossible" Discovery	odd/even separation with corner-short as divider		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	46	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	The Twenty-Sixth Card Location - Using a Corner-Short			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	47	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Au Naturelle	magician says "stop" at a card whose value is used to count to selection, "Natural Card" (see next item)		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	48	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	Natural Card	using numerical value on card to count to selection that fits by chance, see also page 101	Related to The "Impossible" Location (George G. Kaplan, 1938) Natural Key Card (Arthur Finley, 1972) Counting on Lothar (Jon Racherbaumer, 2022)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	49	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The Topsy-Turvy Fan	using odd/even separation and corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	51	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Will-o'-the-Wisp Routine	sympathetic cards through newspaper with one cover only	Variations Cards Thru Newspaper (Albert Goshman, 1985)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix like Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Newspaper
George G. Kaplan	New Card Affinity	spectator and performer each choose a card from half the deck, deck assembled, performer knows the distance of the two selections (originally next to each other)		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	65	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two selections are next to each other
George G. Kaplan	Revello Card Circle	thirteen-card circle layout		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Row of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical/Straight Stack / Partial
George G. Kaplan	The "Stop!" Fan Discovery	fan force	Related to Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2000) Variations Sighting the Card (Jörg Alexander Weber, 1996) Feminine Intuition (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2000) Also published here The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 2008)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	69	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Kaplan's Clock Trick	card from circle to matchbox, thirteen duplicates	Related to Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1945) Speaking Volumes (Eric Mead, 2002) Variations Time Please (Roy Johnson, 1984) Klok (Roy Johnson, 1984) Der Karten-Uhrentrick (Roy Johnson, 1998) The Left-Handed Clock (Cushing Strout, 2005) Also published here Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1945)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox
George G. Kaplan	A Lesson in Misdirection	"self-worker"		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
George G. Kaplan	Rex Card Mystery	three double facers		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
George G. Kaplan	Multiple Do As I Do	five coincidences with a lot of counting		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
George G. Kaplan	Follow the Arrow	bridge hand with thirteen pointer cards		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	90	Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The Card in the Shoe	using a stranger card		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	93	Cards / Principles / Stranger Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Shoe
George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon	The Royal Assembly	Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks of each suit separate into piles of their own kind	Variations Asamblea Real (Juan Tamariz, 1982)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Card Puzzle
George G. Kaplan	The Captain Kidd Card (First Version)	card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	101	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The Captain Kidd Card (Second Version)	card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	103	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Magnetic Thought Transference	matches placed on seven-card row on table, another match reacts magnetic to match on chosen card		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	105	Match & Matchbox / Match / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
George G. Kaplan	The Lie Detector		Variations The Invisible Card (Dick Ferguson, George G. Kaplan, Roberto Giobbi, 1998)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	110	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
George G. Kaplan	Giant Trio-Flight	three selected jumbo cards across with envelopes	Also published here Riesenkarten-Wanderung (George G. Kaplan, 1984) Giant Trio Flight II (Roberto Mansilla, 2020)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	113	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Traveling Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
George G. Kaplan	Envelope Switch			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	115	Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
George G. Kaplan	Card-Stabbing	three cards are stabbed from a gaffed (corner-marked) Tally-Ho deck		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	119	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Rising Cards	several cards rise from a houlette		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	124	Cards / Principles / Thread Work Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread
George G. Kaplan	The Card in the Balloon	torn and restored (except missing corner) card in balloon		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Destroyed & "Rediscovered" Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Balloon Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
George G. Kaplan	A Winning Wager	one of five jumbo cards is predicted, with stand for cards		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Torn and Restored Card	restored card is strung on a ribbon in an envelope		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	137	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
George G. Kaplan	The Chameleon Card	giant card transforms into selected card, using Monte sliding gaff	Also published here Carta Cameleon (George G. Kaplan, 1977)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	141	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Transformation Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
George G. Kaplan	The Calcutta Mystery (First Version)	two card prediction written with different colored pencils, one ahead	Inspired by "The Bombay Mystery" (George Kaplan, marketed) Variations Oh! Calcutta! (Dr. Dan J. Alessini, 1974) Oh Calcutta (John Bannon, 1990)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	148	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
George G. Kaplan	The Calcutta Mystery (Second Version)	without the colored pencils, with spectators initials, one ahead		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	152	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
George G. Kaplan	Do As I Do	top card as key card		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
George G. Kaplan	The Princess Card Trick	with repeat phase, divided-card gaffs		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	158	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Five Cards)
George G. Kaplan	Making Fake Indexes	rubbing off ink and glueing new suit symbols, described for making divided picture cards		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	159	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / How to Gaff and Peel... Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices
George G. Kaplan	The Yogi's Secret	putting flesh-colored daub on spectators forehead for an out-of-the-room selection	Variations Yogi You-Do-As-I-Do (Eddie Fields, 1968)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	163	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The New Brain-Wave Deck	ordinary deck, using hindu force	Variations The Brain Wave (Robert Parrish, 1995)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	165	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
George G. Kaplan	Mahatma Thought Control	five spectators each pick four cards and select one, clever	Variations Multiple Divination (Juan Tamariz, 2022)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
George G. Kaplan	Psychic Sympathy	spectator and performer choose and a sign a card from one half each, they find each others cards, duplicate		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa
George G. Kaplan	Twenty-One Cards - A Double Prediction	using in the hands anti-faro		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro / Reverse Faro
George G. Kaplan	Crystal Clairvoyance	featuring a napkin force	Inspired by The Handkerchief Force (Jean Hugard, 1938) Variations Kristallklar (Tino Plaz, 2018) Also published here Forcing under a Handkerchief (George G. Kaplan, 2000)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	179	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Under Handkerchief
George G. Kaplan	Dial	two (forced via thrust stabbing procedure) cards are revealed over the phone		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	181	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Assistant
George G. Kaplan	Information, Please!	on the phone revelation with a order of deck secretly used as list by medium		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
George G. Kaplan	The Medium´s Card Test	14/15 forced from one deck, card at that position in second deck has been predicted		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
George G. Kaplan	Yogi Spelling Test	four groups of six progressive spelling sequences		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	186	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
George G. Kaplan	The Eighteen-Cards Spelling Trick	one of eighteen cards thought of and then revealed with spelling procedure		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	188	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
George G. Kaplan	The Triple Spelling Trick	with the corner-short		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	191	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
George G. Kaplan	The Three-Billet Test No. 1	card chosen and two thought of, all written on billets, performer divines them		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	193	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
George G. Kaplan	The Trance Quick-and-Dead Test	living and dead test with divination of name, torn edge marking		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	200	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
George G. Kaplan	A Capitol Problem	spectator writes name on business card which is put between two others and then in an envelope, performer divines name, hole in card for glimpse		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	204	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Business Cards
George G. Kaplan	Do-As-I-Do Telephone Test	forcing a number with cards		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	209	Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
George G. Kaplan	An Improved Sealed-Message Reading	card with secret information put in two nested envelopes		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	211	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks
George G. Kaplan	Mind-Figures	using a convex mirror in stack of billets		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	214	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Design Duplication
George G. Kaplan	The Spirit-Slates and Magazine Test	for close-up work		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	218	Slate / Appearing Writing Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
George G. Kaplan	A Cigarette-Paper Pellet Switch	on the tip of a pencil		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	223	Billet / Switches
George G. Kaplan	The Three-Billet Test No. 3	three different categories	Variations Advinaciones al Cubo (Alberto de Figueiredo, 2013)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	226	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead
George G. Kaplan	Forcing Three Numbers	using cards		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	230	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
George G. Kaplan	The Odd-Even Force	forcing an even or odd number with three dice, (reverse) svengali forcing deck		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	231	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Coin Switch			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	236	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Okito-Box Presentation	pushing a coin through a tiny hole in the lid through the box and a card into glass		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	237	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Penetration
George G. Kaplan	Righting Move		Variations Variation on Kaplan's Righting Move (Lewis Ganson, 1978)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	240	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
George G. Kaplan	I Do As You Do	ten coin puzzle		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	241	Coin / Effect Themes / Do as I Do
George G. Kaplan	The Stack of Quarters			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	242	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Spectator's Hand (Stack of Coins) Coin / Gaffed / Stack Gaffs
George G. Kaplan	The Sympathetic Coins	two silver, one copper and one copper/silver		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	248	Coin / Gaffed / Copper/Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
George G. Kaplan	Coin-Extraction Perfected	two coins and a handkerchief	Variations The Option Pass (Karl Fulves, 2011) Escape Hatch (Karl Fulves, 2011)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	251	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
George G. Kaplan	Gypsy Switch Handling			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	251	Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props
George G. Kaplan	The Spirit Handkerchief	multiple knot routine with a Thayer "cabby" prop		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	258	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
George G. Kaplan	A Billiard-Ball Transposition	two balls and two glasses, shell		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	260	Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Transposition
George G. Kaplan	The Brema Tube and Bill	loading the tube while showing it		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	263	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill Tube
George G. Kaplan	The Cigarette Vanish in Handkerchief	seated at table, lapping thumb tip		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	267	Cigarette/Cigar / Vanish Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
George G. Kaplan	The Trap-Door 'Kerchief	silk for switching objects		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	268	Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Tabled Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
George G. Kaplan	Tying the Knot for the Rope Trick	"easy, smooth procedure"	Also published here Kaplan's Cut and Restored Rope Knot (George G. Kaplan, 1968)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	272	Rope / Cut & Restored
George G. Kaplan	The Bent Pin	pin is stuck in table, performer slaps it and bends it instead of piercing his hand		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	274	Needle / Miscellaneous Propless / Fakir Stuff
George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon, Al Baker	The Game of "Thirty-One" Played with a Die			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	275	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Nim
George G. Kaplan	The Fifteen Match-Sticks Puzzle	game/puzzle		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	279	Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle
George G. Kaplan	Ben Ali's Rope	using extra loop		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	286	Rope / Cut & Restored
George G. Kaplan	The Lemon Trick	two bills with similar numbers, flash paper bill		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	292	Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
George G. Kaplan	Switching the Bill			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	297	Bill / Switches / In the Hands / Folding & Unfolding
George G. Kaplan	Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties	impromptu stooge, card visible in crystal ball, then performer reads spectator's mind with gag revelation (paper panties)	Related to Women Can Tell... (Sam Dalal, 1974) Crystal Ball (Doc Eason, 1990) Crystal-Eyes (Larry Becker, 1992) Variations Crystal Ball Delight (Doc Eason, 2012) Kristallklar (Tino Plaz, 2018)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	301	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Spectator Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
George G. Kaplan	The Gypsy Thread Trick	with spectator		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	305	Thread / Hindu Thread
George G. Kaplan	The Comedy of Errors	transposition of a candle and a handkerchief plus a mind-reading gag where audience divines spectator's card		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	313	Silk & Handkerchief / Transposition Candle / Transposition Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Spectator
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Nest of Boxes Routine			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	319	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Devil's Handkerchief Apparatus / Nest of Boxes
George G. Kaplan	Chapter 11: Concluding Observations	"Magic is a fine art.", on magic as an art, practical tips on organizing tricks in lists and on index cards		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	329	Articles / Articles
George G. Kaplan	Alice in Wonderland - A New Adventure	die box with appearing rabbit as climax, Alice in Wonderland story	Also published here Alice im Wunderland (George G. Kaplan, 1979)	July 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 2)	437	Animal / Rabbit Children Magic / Routines Dice (large) & Blocks / Die Box
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Coin Transposition	coins can be marked, with handkerchief		Aug. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 3)	447	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper/Silver / With Props
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	The Fine Art of Magic	by George G. Kaplan		Oct. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)	472	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
John Scarne	Scarne's Six-Way Baffler	No. 107, Magician can divine number of cards, and red and black cards in two spectators' packets	Related to Variation on Six-Way Baffler (George G. Kaplan, 1950) Speaking Volumes (Michael Weber, 2002)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	206	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
George G. Kaplan	Variation on Six-Way Baffler	No. 108, simplified version of trick	Related to Scarne's Six-Way Baffler (John Scarne, 1950)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	210	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
George G. Kaplan	Kaplan's Impromptu Want Ad Test	want ad page is torn and pieces placed inside envelopes, chosen envelope is divined by performer		Jan. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)	619	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
George G. Kaplan	Magiquotes	quote from Fine Art of Magic		Aug. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)	690	Articles / Articles
Lu Brent	A Unique Location		Inspired by "Telephone Card Trick" (Al Baker, Audley Walsh) Related to The "Impossible" Location (George G. Kaplan, 1938)	1956	Fifteen Star Card Effects	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Eddie Fields	Yogi You-Do-As-I-Do	flesh-colored daub on spectator's forehead	Inspired by The Yogi's Secret (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Yogi You-Do-As-I-Do (Eddie Fields, 1997)	1968	The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields	54	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
George G. Kaplan	Kaplan's Cut and Restored Rope Knot	after rope has been cut, tying the knot in a normal way	Also published here Cut and Restored Rope (George G. Kaplan, 1945) Tying the Knot for the Rope Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	58	Rope / Cut & Restored Rope / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous
Peter Kane	The "My Best" Coincidence	two decks shuffled and counted down until match occurs, this card is predicted	Inspired by Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes (George G. Kaplan, 1945)	1971	Another Card Session with Peter Kane	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Power of Thought
George G. Kaplan	Surrealism	"No" gag prediction, on piece of paper		1972	The Living End	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Discovery			1972	The Living End	151	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Arthur Finley	Natural Key Card	within No. 16, a card that falls at its numerical position	Related to Natural Card (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Natural Key Card (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	9	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles
Paul Curry	Turn of the Century	setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure	Related to The Perfect Card Location (Henry Christ, 1942) Turn of the Century Location (Paul Curry, 1945) The Perfect Miracle (Paul Curry, 1947) Double-Back Corner-Short Location (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Marlo on the Christ Force (Edward Marlo, Henry Christ, 1971) Sagittarius (David Britland, 1986) 6 Covers 6 (Ryan Schlutz, 2017) Variations Betwixt and Between (Peter Duffie, 1993) An Old (sheared) Black Ram² (Michael Weber, Paul Curry, 2010) Also published here Turn of the Century (Paul Curry, 2001)	1974	Paul Curry Presents	57	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Dr. Dan J. Alessini	Oh! Calcutta!	two cards predicted, with two different colored pens	Inspired by The Calcutta Mystery (First Version) (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1974	Magick (Issue 100)	499	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Pen/Pencil / Special Ink Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Sam Dalal	Women Can Tell...	ESP deck, card selected and sealed in envelope, spectator divines symbol by looking into crystal ball	Related to Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1974	Magick (Issue 116)	577	Crystal Mental Magic / Principles / Instant Stooge Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator ESP Cards / Divination
George G. Kaplan	Fan Stop Force			1976	The Magic of Paul Harris	41	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Carta Cameleon	giant card transforms into selected card, using Monte sliding gaff	Also published here The Chameleon Card (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1977	Magicolor	73	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Lewis Ganson	Variation on Kaplan's Righting Move		Inspired by Righting Move (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1978	A new look at the Okito Box	33	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
Paul Fleming (reviewer)	The Fine Art of Magic	by George G. Kaplan		1979	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews — Volume III	113	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
George G. Kaplan	Alice im Wunderland	children's patter for die box	Also published here Alice in Wonderland - A New Adventure (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	Apr. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1)	12	Children Magic / Routines Dice (large) & Blocks / Die Box
Harry Riser	Hundred Dollar Prediction	one of five, duplicates and divided card	Inspired by Cagliostro's Card. A Prediction (George G. Kaplan, 1938) Variations Poor Man's Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1984)	1981	Arcane (Issue 6)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Juan Tamariz	Asamblea Real		Inspired by The Royal Assembly (George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon, 1948) Also published here Royal Assembly (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91)	1982	Magia Potagia — Volume II	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Card Puzzle
Roy Johnson	Time Please	with variation, folded card in matchbox	Inspired by Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1984	A World of Clocks	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Roy Johnson	Klok	card vanish among twelve cards, second phase card to matchbox	Inspired by Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Related to Der Karten-Uhrentrick (Roy Johnson, 1998)	1984	A World of Clocks	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Edward Marlo	Poor Man's Prediction	one of five cards from deck chosen, matches odd-backed prediction, four duplicates	Inspired by Cagliostro's Card. A Prediction (George G. Kaplan, 1938) Hundred Dollar Prediction (Harry Riser, 1981) Also published here Poor Man's Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1984) MUM, May 1984	1984	At The Table	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
George G. Kaplan	Riesenkarten-Wanderung	three selected jumbo cards across with envelopes	Also published here Giant Trio-Flight (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	May 1984	Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 1)	10	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Traveling Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Albert Goshman	Cards Thru Newspaper	credit information, cards pass through newspaper.	Inspired by Will-o'-the-Wisp Routine (George G. Kaplan, 1948) "The Meeting at the Summit" (Hugard's Magic Monthly) Related to Speaking Volumes (John Lovick, 2002) Also published here Four Cards Through A Newspaper (Albert Goshman, 1968)	1985	Magic By Gosh	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix like Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Newspaper
Karl Fulves, Aage Darling, George G. Kaplan	V.I.P.	No. 58, spectators write down some presidents, assistant divines them		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	102	Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
George G. Kaplan	Kaplan's Uhren-Trick	card from circle to matchbox, thirteen duplicates	Also published here Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1945)	May 1986	Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox
Rudolf Braunmüller	Trickpotpourri	intro to trick selection from George G. Kaplan		Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	167	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
George G. Kaplan	Die Zauberkugel	wooden ball with hole threaded onto thread, instantly removed under silk, ungaffed	Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	167	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
George G. Kaplan	Zwei Münzen tauschen die Plätze	silver and copper coins transpose with handkerchief	Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	169	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper/Silver / With Props
George G. Kaplan	Perfekte Münzextraktion	two coins wrapped in handkerchief, chosen one penetrates fabric	Also published here Coin Extraction Perfected (George G. Kaplan, 1944)	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	172	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
George G. Kaplan	Das zerschnittene und wiederhergestellte Seil		Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	173	Rope / Cut & Restored
George G. Kaplan	Der Seilzerschneide-Knoten		Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	175	Rope / Cut & Restored
George G. Kaplan	Zickzack	spectator remembers a card at a thought-of number from one to ten in one half, performer does same in other half, the cards transpose, ten duplicates or impromptu Vorführung mit normalem Spiel	Also published here Zig-Zag, Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
George G. Kaplan	Ein Stegreif-Annoncentest	ads torn out of newspaper and put in envelopes, ad in chosen envelope divined, cross cut force with envelopes	Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	179	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
George G. Kaplan	3-2-1	divination of a total of three rolled dice	Also published here 3-2-1 (George G. Kaplan, 1944)	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	181	Dice (small) / Divination
George G. Kaplan	Numerologie	two decks, three cards are counted to in both decks and they match	Also published here Numerology??? (George G. Kaplan, 1944)	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Oh Calcutta	thought of and dealt-to card are predicted, one ahead	Inspired by The Calcutta Mystery (First Version) (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1990	Impossibilia	11	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Doc Eason	Crystal Ball	instant stooge, spectator reads card in crystal ball	Related to Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Crystal Ball Delight (Doc Eason, 2012)	1990	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)	13	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Spectator
Larry Becker	Crystal-Eyes	second spectator sees chosen ESP symbol in wristwatch	Related to Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1992	Stunners!	194	Watch / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Instant Stooge ESP Cards / Divination
Al Baker, Audley Walsh, George G. Kaplan, Vicente Canuto	El Doble Cero	spectator looks at top card an moves cards from bottom to top matching value of selection	Inspired by The "Impossible" Location (George G. Kaplan, 1938)	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	84	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
George G. Kaplan, Arthur H. Buckley	1.- Por Separación del Meñique y Volteo	two methods	Also published here Sighting after Peek (1946) To Glimpse or Sight a Card Secretly (1948)	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	222	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
George G. Kaplan	Der Groß-Umschlag	switching method for large envelopes		Nov. 1994	Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)	20	Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Robert Parrish	The Brain Wave	ungaffed, Hindu forcing odd-backed card	Inspired by The New Brain-Wave Deck (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1995	Great Tricks Revisited	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
George G. Kaplan	Stop! Fan Force	brief		1995	Continental Close Up	8	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	Fan Stop Force			1996	Aenigmas Rätsel	77	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
Jörg Alexander Weber	Sighting the Card	riffle peek, handling for the glimpse	Inspired by The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Sighting the Card (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2000)	1996	Inside Cardmagic — Band 2	188	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
George G. Kaplan, Jörg Alexander Weber	Das Fächerforcieren nach Kaplan	Ausweichstrategien bei der Fächerforce	Also published here The Fan Force According to Kaplan (Jörg Alexander Weber, George G. Kaplan, 2000)	1996	Inside Cardmagic — Band 2	190	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / temporary category (content needs to be sorted)
, George G. Kaplan	The 'Stop' Fan Discovery	brief	Related to The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1998	The Book	95	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Dick Ferguson, George G. Kaplan, Roberto Giobbi	The Invisible Card	selected card vanishes from five card packet and reappeares reversed in the deck	Inspired by The Lie Detector (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Hugard's Magic Monthly, Dick Ferguson aka. Richard Bruce, Sept. 1951, p. 835	1998	Card College — Volume 3	523	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme
Roy Johnson	Der Karten-Uhrentrick	variation of Kaplan's clock trick	Inspired by Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Related to Klok (Roy Johnson, 1984)	1998	Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Jon Racherbaumer	Clocker Shocker	clock trick with small packet triumph sequence, selection travels from packet to deck	Inspired by Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1945) Clock O'Doom (John Bannon, Bob Farmer, 1991)	Oct. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
George G. Kaplan	Der Geistertafel-Magazin-Test	two slates shown and placed aside, six cards chosen to locate page in magazine, headline appears on slates		1999	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)	71	Slate / Appearing Writing Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
George G. Kaplan	Forcing under a Handkerchief		Also published here Crystal Clairvoyance (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2000	Card College — Volume 4	802	Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Under Handkerchief
Jörg Alexander Weber	Feminine Intuition	first 1992	Inspired by The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Weibliche Intuition (Jörg Alexander Weber, 1996)	2000	Concertos for Pasteboard	201	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Jörg Alexander Weber, George G. Kaplan	The Fan Force According to Kaplan		Also published here Das Fächerforcieren nach Kaplan (George G. Kaplan, Jörg Alexander Weber, 1996)	2000	Concertos for Pasteboard	205	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / temporary category (content needs to be sorted)
George G. Kaplan	The "Stop" Fan Discovery		Related to The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2000	ZauberKunstStücke — Band 1	59	Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a small Fan or Spread Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Forked Fan Force	ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally	Related to The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2001) Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2011)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	223	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Karl Fulves, John Scarne, George G. Kaplan	Triple Find	No. 53, three dice rolled, two piles made from those numbers, three cards turned face-up correspond to numbers on dice		2001	My Best Self-Working Card Tricks	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Eric Mead	Speaking Volumes		Related to Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	28	Articles / Columns
Cushing Strout	The Left-Handed Clock	Cards dealt into clock formation, card is located using a spinning physics toy as the clock hand	Inspired by Kaplan's Clock Trick (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2005	On the Other Side of the Mirror	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Toy Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Tomas Blomberg	Freakish Miracle #3	three decks, two are shuffled and dealt face up and cards counted until same cards appear, same card is also found in third deck at the same position	Related to Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes (George G. Kaplan, 1945)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous
George G. Kaplan	The "Stop!" Fan Discovery	brief	Also published here The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2008	The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic	259	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
Michael Weber, Paul Curry	An Old (sheared) Black Ram²	variations on Curry's idea: Easy A Little More Work Even More Work (position of selection named) Great Minds Think Alike (further credits) And For Those Who Read This Far	Inspired by Turn of the Century (Paul Curry, 1974) Related to Double-Back Corner-Short Location (George G. Kaplan, 1948) The 203rd Force (Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr., 1968)	2010	An Old Black Ram²	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Karl Fulves	The Option Pass		Inspired by Coin-Extraction Perfected (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2011	Prolix (Issue 9)	612	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
Karl Fulves	Escape Hatch		Inspired by Coin-Extraction Perfected (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2011	Prolix (Issue 9)	620	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
Doc Eason	Crystal Ball Delight	instant stooge, spectator reads card in crystal ball	Inspired by Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Related to Crystal Ball (Doc Eason, 1990)	2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	79	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Spectator
Alberto de Figueiredo	Advinaciones al Cubo	word from dictionary, date and drawing are divined	Inspired by The Three-Billet Test No. 3 (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2013	Magia Demente	95	Billet / Readings Book / Book Test / Routines
George G. Kaplan	The Kaplan Force			Aug. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)	54	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Under Handkerchief
Steve Beam	Scorecard V	mathematical Revelation of a randomly generated number	Inspired by Coincidence (George G. Kaplan, The Linking Ring, Feb. 1951) Related to Scorecard (Steve Beam, 2010)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	145	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Mathematical
Tino Plaz	Kristallklar	two cards are divined with a crystal ball, a spectator divines the third selection	Inspired by Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Crystal Clairvoyance (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	2018	Moby Trick	10	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Spectator Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Roberto Mansilla	Giant Trio Flight II	Artifices three selected jumbo cards across with envelopes	Also published here Giant Trio-Flight (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	June 2020	Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)	54	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Traveling Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Jon Racherbaumer	Counting on Lothar	Exhumations card lost, three backwards counts done, cards added to count to selections, Natural Card	Related to Natural Card (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	May 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Juan Tamariz	Multiple Divination	four cards given to five spectators each, with honest riffle shuffle after the selection procedure My Version Enhanced Version (showing bigger groups to the spectators during divination phase)	Inspired by Mahatma Thought Control (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Variations Impromptu Version (Juan Tamariz, 2022) Version With a Memorized Stack (Juan Tamariz, 2022) A Variation Vernon Style (Juan Tamariz, 2022)	2022	Letters from Juan — Volume 6	32	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)

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