Max Malini

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	To allow several Persons each to draw a Card, and the Pack having been Shuffled, to make another Card drawn haphazard Change successively into each of those first chosen		Related to General Card (Max Malini, 2022)	1876	Modern Magic	87	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card
	The Mesmerised Watch	To Make any Watch a Repeater, watch answers question with bell sound, featuring sound gimmick	Related to An Improved "Repeater" (Joseph Michael Hartz, 1903) Variations The Mesmerizing Watch (Max Malini, 2022)	1876	Modern Magic	222	Watch / Miscellaneous
	Second Method	"Transformations. Two Hands" left first finger pushes out bottom card to the front	Related to Third Method (1897) Malini's Own Color Change (Max Malini, 2022) Variations Colour Change (Max Malini, 1962)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	152	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
S. W. Erdnase	A. By the Riffle	"Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of"	Related to Psychological Riffle Force (Max Malini, 2022) Variations Erdnase Method A (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
	The Dancing Handkerchief	thread Parlour Method Stage Method	Related to The Dancing Handkerchief (Max Malini, 2022)	1903	Later Magic	335	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
	The Siamese Aces	two Aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck, sucker element	Related to The Man From Seattle (Tony Giorgio, 2003) Variations The Siemese Aces (Max Malini, 1962)	1909	The Art of Magic	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two selections are next to each other
T. Nelson Downs	Fourth Method	spectator peeks at a card in his own hands and it is found, estimation and stack (for practice only), "the bungling and unobserving performer will meet his Waterloo in this experiment"	Variations Malini's Location (Max Malini, 2022)	1909	The Art of Magic	152	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
	Coin, Glass and Cone	glass through table under paper cover, coin in paper for sound effect	Related to The Vanishing Glass (Johnny Thompson, Max Malini, 2018)	1909	The Art of Magic	263	Glass / Through Table (Paper Cover)
	Japanese Coin on Finger	coin snatching technique, hand is wrapped with handkerchief except first finger, spectator cannot take the coin	Related to The Coin Game (Max Malini, 1962) Catch the Coin (Tenkai Ishida, 1974)	1933	Page Wright's Notebook	1	Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration
	A Cigar Vanish	hook/pin	Related to Toss Vanish (Max Malini, 2022)	1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	87	Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish
	Open One-Hand Top Change	"Ultra Move"	Related to One-Handed Top Change (Max Malini, 2022)	1938	Greater Magic	475	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Ultra Move
Max Malini	A Coin Multiplication	three coins	Related to Three From One (Max Malini, 2022)	1938	Greater Magic	673	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
	The Rising Coin	up in glass and over lip, thread	Related to The Rising Coin (Max Malini, 2022)	1938	Greater Magic	693	Coin / Effect Themes / Animation
Max Malini	Two Covers for the Side Slip			1940	Expert Card Technique	33	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Max Malini	Malini's Side Slip	palm or to top		1940	Expert Card Technique	33	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
	The Wheel Location	card peeked at, fan, card withdrawn	Related to Peek Control (Dai Vernon, Max Malini, 1985)	1940	Expert Card Technique	325	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Walter B. Gibson, Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	Dante, Ed Saint, Max Malini		Oct. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 21)	89	Articles / Columns
Frederick Braue	Roundabout	on Ray Muse, Bob Stull, Charlie Miller, Blackstone, Isely, Haskell, Cardini, Max Malini, Harry Shaw, Alexander Herrmann		May 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 12)	218	Articles / Columns
Sam Leo Horowitz	Malini-Bey Chink-A-Chink	with three-in-the-hands one-in-the-pocket finale	Inspired by Malini's Chink-A-Chink (Max Malini, 1975) Variations Zig-A-Zig (Roger Bernheim, 1988)	1947	Stars of Magic (Vol. 3 No. 3)	46	Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Chink-a-Chink
Max Malini	Max Malini's Egg Bag			1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	110	Egg / Egg Bag
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Frank Clinton, Jean Hugard, Wilson Mizner, Bill Larsen, Carter, Paul Fleming, Max Malini, Servais Leroy, stage lighting, applause and more		Jan. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 8)	386	Articles / Columns
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Dante, Max Malini, Maurice Fogel, Matt Schulien, Jerry Lukin's Listing, Ed Woolf, Glenn Gravatt, Al Flosso and more		Jan. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)	501	Articles / Columns
Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, Harry Blackstone, Max Malini, Louis Nikola, Carl Rosini	Card on Ceiling	No. 119		1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	231	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall
George G. Kaplan	"We Knew Max Malini"	anecdotes of Malini Malini Show		June 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 1)	800	Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Biographical
	Maliniana	on Max Malini		Aug. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)	823	Articles / Anecdotes
Nate Leipzig	Tear-Up with a Twist	torn and restored cigarette paper	Related to Sucker Torn and Restored Paper (Max Malini, 2022) Variations Stern's Comedy Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper (Deane Stern, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)	146	Cigarette & Cigar / Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper
Max Malini	Card Stabbing		Related to Blindfold Card Stabbing (Max Malini, 1962) Blindfolded Card Stab (Max Malini, Steve Cohen, 2022) Selected Cards to Top (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table
Max Malini	Malini's own Color Change	Erdnase second method	Related to Malini's Own Color Change (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)	154	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
Max Malini	Malini's Favorite!	coin slides down from one hand into the other, with clean up	Also published here Slide Vanish (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)	155	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Max Malini	Jacket Pocket Ditch		Related to A La Malini (Max Malini, Patrick Page, 2011) Cross-Body Pocket Ditch (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)	157	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Dai Vernon	Knee Hold-Out		Related to Revelations Video Series No. 5 Also published here Seated With No Table (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1 )	157	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins Coin / Sleights / Thighing and Kneeing
Max Malini	Spectator's Shoulder Hold-Out	coin temporarily left on spectator's shoulder	Also published here Standing With No Table (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)	157	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Max Malini	Adhering Cigar			Nov. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 319)	83	Cigarette & Cigar / Floatation
Max Malini	Confusion Deck Switch	multiple deck openly on table, switch by confusion by tabling one deck and later picking up another	Also published here Confusion Deck Switch (Max Malini, 2022)	1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 326)	114	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Don Alan	A Darker Shade of Malini	lump of coal appears under fez	Related to Production of a Block of Ice (Max Malini, 1962) Darker Side of Malini (Don Alan, 2000) Variations The Lump of Coal (TLC) (John F. Mendoza, 1978)	1956	Pretty Sneaky	46	Stone & Rock Clothing / Hat
Max Malini	Malini's String Trick	with pull	Also published here Cut and Restored String (Max Malini, 2022) Stanyon's Magic	1956	Rope Eternal	39	Pull & Holdouts Rope / Cut & Restored
Max Malini, Dai Vernon	Three From One		Also published here Three From One (Max Malini, 2022)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	105	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Max Malini	The Malini Force		Also published here The Malini Force (Max Malini, 2022)	1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	71	Cards / Sleights / Force / Classic Force
Max Malini	Think a Card Secret	spreading cards with faces towards spectator and following spectator's gaze	Also published here Think a Card Secret (Max Malini, 1999) Think-a-Card Secret (Max Malini, 2022)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	39	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott	Multiple Card Location		Also published here Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location (Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott, 1999) Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location (Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott, 2022)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Selection Routine
Max Malini	Malini's Transposition		Also published here Malini's Transposition (Max Malini, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Spectator keeps taking the same Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Max Malini	Malini's Cards from Pocket	short comment	Also published here Malini's Cards From Pocket (Max Malini, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Card Jumps to Top	single phase Ambitious Card	Also published here Max Malini's Card Jumps To Top (Max Malini, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Max Malini	Max Malini's Preference	comment by Malini	Also published here Max Malini's Preferences (Max Malini, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	67	Rope / Miscellaneous Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Interlocked Production
Max Malini	Vanishing Glass of Whiskey	only effect description	Also published here Max Malini's Vanishing Glass of Whiskey (Max Malini, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	74	Glass / Vanish
Charlie Miller, Max Malini	Cups and Balls	tip	Also published here Cups and Balls (Max Malini, Charlie Miller, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	74	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments
Max Malini	Malini's Cups and Balls	short comment		1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	74	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments
Max Malini, Charlie Miller	Chicks	chicks from Cups & Balls, chicks from eggs		1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	74	Egg / Miscellaneous Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments Animal / Chicken
Max Malini	Malini's Egg Bag		Also published here Malini's Egg Bag (Max Malini, 1999)	1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	84	Egg / Egg Bag
Max Malini	Silk Vanish	silk vanish from a tube		1962	Malini and His Magic	21	Pull & Holdouts Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props
Max Malini	Colour Change	handkerchief is changed into a flag, brief	Related to Color-Changing Silk (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	23	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Max Malini	Levitation	cigars, pencil and knife stick to fingers / hand	Related to Magnetic Fingertips - Cigars & Knives (Max Malini, Steve Cohen, 2022) Variations The Levitation of a Cigar (David Ben, 2012)	1962	Malini and His Magic	23	Cigarette & Cigar / Animation Knife & Paddle / Animation
Max Malini	Penetration and Vanish of a Tumbler	glass through glass , then glass vanishes and appears somewhere	Also published here Tumbler Penetration and Vanish (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	23	Glass / Penetration Glass / Vanish
Max Malini	Card Magic	six spectators select the same card from six decks	Related to Max Malini (Max Malini, 2018) Also published here Card Magic Sequence (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Spectator keeps taking the same Card
Max Malini	Blindfold Card Stabbing	several selections	Related to Card Stabbing (Max Malini, 1952) Blindfolded Card Stab (Max Malini, Steve Cohen, 2022) Selected Card to Bottom (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table
Max Malini	Multiple Control	see also p. 29 for Malini's handling when spectator does not want to replace the card at the needed position		1962	Malini and His Magic	25	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Egg Bag		Related to Malini's Handling (Max Malini, 2002)	1962	Malini and His Magic	30	Egg / Egg Bag
Max Malini	Bills, Lemon and Egg	bill in lemon and bill in egg, bills vanish from handkerchief, with wand	Related to Bills in Lemon and Egg (Max Malini, 2022) Also published here Dollar Bill in Egg - Second Method: The Malini Treatment (Max Malini, 2002)	1962	Malini and His Magic	33	Wand & Stick / Gaffed Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Egg / Things appear inside Egg
Max Malini	The Coin Game	coin snatching technique, hand is wrapped with handkerchief except first finger, spectator cannot take the coin	Related to Japanese Coin on Finger (1933) Catch the Coin (Tenkai Ishida, 1974) The Coin Game (Max Malini, 2022) Variations Quarter Finals (Karl Fulves, 1980) The Coin Game (Roy Johnson, 1989) Das Münzenspiel (Roy Johnson, 1992)	1962	Malini and His Magic	35	Coin / Sleights / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration
Max Malini	The Button Trick	button biting trick	Related to Button Biting (Max Malini, 2022) Variations The Healer (Michael Weber, 1985)	1962	Malini and His Magic	37	Button
Max Malini	Cut and Restored Ribbon	loop		1962	Malini and His Magic	38	Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Cut & Restored
Max Malini	The Inertia Trick	glasses covered with a tray, on the tray are tubes with eggs, tray is knocked away and eggs fall into glass	Also published here The Eggs in Glasses (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	40	Glass / Miscellaneous Egg / Miscellaneous Scientific Amusement
Max Malini	Production of a Bowl of Water	brief, body load, chinese costume	Related to Chinese Water Bowl Production (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	40	Body Loading Liquid / Appearance & Production Bowl / Appearance & Production
Max Malini	Water from Cane	water drops from cane, same method for weeping coin	Related to Weeping Coin/Weeping Cane (Max Malini, 2022) Variations The Weeping Coin (David Ben, 2012) The Weeping Knife (David Ben, 2012)	1962	Malini and His Magic	45	Liquid / Appearance & Production Cane / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Weeping Coin
Max Malini	Production of a Glass of Beer	under hat, guessing game with coin		1962	Malini and His Magic	50	Liquid / Appearance & Production Glass / Production & Appearance Clothing / Hat Food / Beer
Max Malini	Torn and Restored Straw Cover		Also published here Torn and Restored Straw Paper (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	51	Straw Paper / Torn & Restored
Max Malini	Coin Switch	coin is thrown from hand to hand		1962	Malini and His Magic	52	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
Max Malini	The Vanishing Whisky	at a bar, secretly drinking Whisky of friend	Also published here Spectator's Whisky Vanish (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	53	Liquid / Vanish Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Max Malini	Malini Subtlety	classic palm subtlety		1962	Malini and His Magic	53	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Max Malini	Production of a Block of Ice	under hat, guessing game with coin	Related to A Darker Shade of Malini (Don Alan, 1956) Turpin's Turnip (Dick Turpin, 1980) Variations To The Max (Kieron Johnson, 2018) Brick From Hat (Steve Cohen, Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	55	Ice Clothing / Hat
Max Malini	Vanishing Tobacoo	tobacco vanishes and appears under ashtray, see p. 94 for more information	Related to Cigarette, Tobacco, and Saucer (Max Malini, 2022) Variations Vanishing Tobacco (Dr. E. G. Irvin, 1962)	1962	Malini and His Magic	57	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Cigarette & Cigar / Traveling
Max Malini	Lump Sugar	sugar turns into sugar cube in performer's hand, other ideas with sugar cubes	Related to Lump Sugar (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	58	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Transformation Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Transformation
Max Malini, Stewart Judah	Paper Knife	pieces of paper put on blade of a knife, vanish and appear	Also published here Paper Knife (Max Malini, Stewart Judah, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	59	Knife & Paddle / Paddle Routines
Max Malini	Bill in Cigarette		Also published here Bill in Cigarette (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	60	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Cigarette or Cigar
Max Malini	Cutting the Menu	knife through menu, fake blade		1962	Malini and His Magic	61	Knife & Paddle / Penetration
Max Malini	Colour Change	Erdnase's second method	Inspired by Second Method (1902)	1962	Malini and His Magic	65	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Max Malini	Malini's Card Vanish	vesting	Related to Vesting (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	66	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Clothing Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Vesting Pocket Techniques / Vesting
Max Malini	Card from Mouth	folded		1962	Malini and His Magic	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Mouth
Max Malini	Card in Hat	spectator's hat, strategy for loading card in advance		1962	Malini and His Magic	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Hat
Max Malini	Card Revelation	ploy for finding an apparently forgotten card,step handling		1962	Malini and His Magic	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Steps, Jogs, Breaks
Max Malini	Riffle Force	psychological riffle force, break, see p. 93 for more information	Related to Psychological Riffle Force (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	68	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
Max Malini	The Peek Force	spectator's peek		1962	Malini and His Magic	69	Cards / Sleights / Force / Peek & Fingertip Peek Force
Max Malini	The Siemese Aces	two Aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck	Inspired by The Siamese Aces (1909) Also published here Siamese Aces (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two selections are next to each other
Max Malini	Nail Nicking Method	while displaying cards in each hand	Also published here Nail Nicking Method (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	71	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick
Max Malini	The Side Slip	side steal, not palmed, buckle push-out	Related to The Buckle Steal (Karl Fulves, 1981) Malini Side Steal (Max Malini, 2018) Also published here Malini Side Steal (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	71	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Max Malini	Vanish of the Pack	while moving chair	Also published here The Deck Vanishes! (Max Malini, 1999) The Deck Vanishes (Max Malini, 2002)	1962	Malini and His Magic	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck
Max Malini	Base-Ball Vanish	base ball vanishes (throw vanish) and appears under hat	Related to Toss Vanish (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	75	Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Traveling Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Vanish Clothing / Hat
Max Malini	Book Test	riffle force with book, match in pages	Also published here Book Test (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	75	Book / Book Test / Routines
Max Malini	Billet Reading	on toilet paper	Also published here Billet Reading (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	76	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Billet / Switches
Max Malini	Telephone Trick	medium names selection		1962	Malini and His Magic	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Max Malini	Matching Matches	spectator and performer remove some amount of matches from matchbox	Variations Sweet Swindle (Gene Nielsen, 1974) Also published here Matching Matches (Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	78	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff
Max Malini	Top Change	more on attitude than technique		1962	Malini and His Magic	79	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Dr. E. G. Irvin	Vanishing Tobacco	with gimmick	Inspired by Vanishing Tobacoo (Max Malini, 1962)	1962	Malini and His Magic	94	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous
Don Tanner	The Back Room	on Micky Hades, Jesse J. Langston, Eddie McGuire on Malini's button biting and more, gags by Goodlette Dodson	Related to Button Biting (Max Malini, 2022)	Sep. 1963	The New Phoenix (Issue 383)	362	Button Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Articles / Articles MC & Compere Bits of Business
Derek Dingle	Side-Steal Placement	to known position near top or bottom of deck	Related to Side Steal to Small Number (Max Malini, 2022)	July 1972	Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2))	133	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Passive Placement Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Dai Vernon, Max Malini	Vernon - Malini Card Break Transfer	No. 69, to right little finger after peek	Also published here Vernon-Malini Card Break Transfer (Dai Vernon, Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	21	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Max Malini	Daley's Estimating Peek: 1) Malini Estimate	No. 337-1, card peeked at, performer later names position of card, key card sighted next to peeked card	Also published here Malini Estimate (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	94	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	6) Malini Peek	No. 427-6, break subtlety without enough details		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	118	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Sam Leo Horowitz, Max Malini	Horowitz - Malini Sugar Cube Trick Routine	No. 589, chink-a-chink	Related to Malini's Chink-A-Chink (Max Malini, 1975)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	164	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Chink-a-Chink
Max Malini	Malini's Card Vanish	No. 708, dropping two cards together in count to table	Also published here Malini's Card Vanish (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	190	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Max Malini	Malini's Double Discovery	No. 709,	Also published here Malini's Double Discovery (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Grabbing Cards / Catching out of Dribble or Spring
Max Malini, Dai Vernon	Malini's Coin Subtlety	No. 710, "Shown by Vernon", producing two coins from one, or two more (Dai Vernon)	Related to Three From One (Max Malini, 2022) Also published here Malini's Coin Subtlety (Shown by Vernon) (Max Malini, Dai Vernon, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Max Malini	Malini's Color Change Move	No. 711	Also published here Malini's Color Change Move (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Max Malini	Malini's Color Change Subtlety	No. 712, card can be removed singly after change	Also published here Malini's Color Change Subtlety (Max Malini, 1999) Color Change Subtlety (Max Malini, 2022)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Max Malini	Malini's Tobacco Information Trick	No. 713, tip for palming tobacco	Also published here Malini's Tobacco Information Trick (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Malini's Hank Vanish Of Bill	No. 714	Also published here Malini's Hank Vanish of Bill (Max Malini, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	191	Bill / Vanish
Max Malini	Malini's Ten Card Trick With Peek And Glimpse	No. 715, note without content		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	192	Articles / Undecipherable Note
Gene Nielsen	Sweet Swindle	with sugar packets, written on paper	Inspired by Matching Matches (Max Malini, 1962)	1974	Magick (Issue 97)	482	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous
Tenkai Ishida	Catch the Coin	coin snatching technique, hand is wrapped with handkerchief except first finger, spectator cannot take the coin	Related to Japanese Coin on Finger (1933) The Coin Game (Max Malini, 1962)	1974	The Magic of Tenkai	80	Coin / Sleights / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration
Faucett Ross, Max Malini	Bill in Lemon	Uses a Malini move to vanish the bill		1975	Magic With Faucett Ross	122	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
Max Malini	Malini's Chink-A-Chink	sugar cubes, see p. 1053 for Johnny Thompson credit	Related to Horowitz - Malini Sugar Cube Trick Routine (Sam Leo Horowitz, Max Malini, 1972) Chink-a-Chink (Johnny Thompson, Max Malini, 1981) Sugar Cube Assembly (Max Malini, Johnny Thompson, 2018) Sugar Cube Assembly (Max Malini, 2022) Variations Malini-Bey Chink-A-Chink (Sam Leo Horowitz, 1947)	Jan. 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 3)	842	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Chink-a-Chink
Max Malini	A Malini Note	on his cups and ball routine, glasses wrapped in newspaper		June 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8)	974	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Frank Garcia, Max Malini	Magical Odd Facts About the Cups and Balls, Ideas and Further "Reflections"	about Malini's Cups and Balls		1979	The Very Best of Cups and Balls	114	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments
Eddie McGuire (reviewer)	Eddie "Tex" McGuire Letters	by Max Malini (written by Lewis Ganson) excerpts from various letters on Max Malini and the Malini Book, complaints about Dai Vernon, see also p. 235	Related to The Vernon Touch, Genii, June 1980	1979	Interlocutor (Issue 38)	149	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes Articles / Letters
Dick Turpin	Turpin's Turnip	heads tails game under a hat, eventually a turnip and a full glass of liquid appears, see also "The Modern Magic Manual"	Related to Production of a Block of Ice (Max Malini, 1962)	Sep. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 9)	902	Glass / Production & Appearance Pocket Techniques / Topit Food / Turnip Coin / Effect Themes / Head & Tail
Karl Fulves	Quarter Finals	coin snatching stunt in which spectator cannot trap coin balanced on performer's finger, in the end the coin ends up underneath coin in spectator's hand	Inspired by The Coin Game (Max Malini, 1962)	1980	The Chronicles (Issue 28)	1340	Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / to or from Spectator's Hand
Eddie McGuire	McGuire On Malini	letter from 1926 to T. Nelson Downs, describing a stand-up act by Max Malini in detail		1980	McGuire On Malini	1	Articles / Letters
Karl Fulves	The Buckle Steal	method for pushing out card, credit information	Related to The Side Slip (Max Malini, 1962)	1981	Side Steal	5	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Johnny Thompson, Max Malini	Chink-a-Chink	sugar cubes Comments on Palming Technique Background	Related to Malini's Chink-A-Chink (Max Malini, 1975) Sugar Cube Assembly (Max Malini, Johnny Thompson, 2018)	1981	Polished Polish Prestidigitation	29	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Chink-a-Chink
Bobby Bernard	Bobby Bernard on Misdirection	John Ramsay and Max Malini's misdirection skills		1982	The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard	112	Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Theory & Essays
Keith Charnley	Ring On Stick		Variations Ring on Stick (Max Malini, Steve Cohen, 2022)	Oct. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 1)	1165	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick
Bill Woodfield, Max Malini	Die Palmage in der Kniekehle	card holdout, knee Rot und blau (thought of cards with different backs) Das klingelnde Kartenspiel (deck changes into alarm clock)	Also published here "Genii", 1947/8.	1983	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 44 No. 3)	81	Clock Cards / Principles / Hold Out / Body Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Max Malini, Fred Kaps	Malini/Kaps Subtlety			1984	For Your Eyes Only	13	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Max Malini	Thirty Card Trick, Malini Variation			1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Max Malini	Malini Pack Vanish	no details, demonstrated by Charlie Miller (1939)		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck
Max Malini	Malini Cover for Pass	looking over shoulder		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	28	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles
Max Malini	Malini Shake	detail as card is displayed		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	28	Cards / Sleights / Handling Finesses
Dai Vernon, Max Malini	Peek Control	holding break as deck is balanced on fingers, then step fan (1939)	Related to The Wheel Location (1940)	1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	29	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Max Malini, Charlie Miller, Frederick Braue	A Deceptive Palm for the Cups and Balls	false transfer, detailed, "It should be again stressed that the sleight must be performed very slowly, very casually"		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)	8	Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Michael Weber	The Healer	button torn off spectator's shirt, then buttonhole on other side is vanished	Inspired by The Button Trick (Max Malini, 1962)	1985	Seminarheft	23	Button Clothing / Shirt
Max Malini	Moisture Double Laydown	moisture through breathing		1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	23	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table
Dai Vernon	Sans Index	named card to pocket	Related to An Open Index (Edward Marlo, 1982) Camouflaged Card-Index (Ken Krenzel, 1990) Method to look for a card in the deck (Juan Tamariz, 2004) Thumb Riffle Open Index (Max Malini, 2022)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	166	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Max Malini	Hypnotic Gaze Divination	peeked at card instantly named, glimpse	Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, 2002) Variations Malini Peek Variation (Barrie Richardson, 2005) Also published here Hypnotic Gaze Divination (Max Malini, 2022)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	219	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Gaze Step Glimpse		Related to Gaze Step Glimpse (Max Malini, 2018) Also published here Gaze Step Glimpse (Max Malini, 2022)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	219	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
Max Malini, Will Ayling, Edward Proudlock	Malini and His Egg Bag Routine	includes also ideas by Edward Proudlock with a shell, and marked egg		1988	Knowing the Egg Bag	18	Egg / Egg Bag
Ian Keable-Elliott	Retrospective: Malini and Leipzig	on Max Malini and Nate Leipzig		Sep. 1988	Opus (Vol. 2 No. 1)	5	Articles / Articles
Max Malini, Fred Kaps	Malini/Kaps Subtlety			1989	Williamson's Wonders	12	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Roy Johnson	The Coin Game	coin snatching technique, hand is wrapped with handkerchief except first finger, spectator cannot take the coin	Inspired by The Coin Game (Max Malini, 1962) Also published here Das Münzenspiel (Roy Johnson, 1992)	1989	Silver Special	33	Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration
Max Malini	Malini Subtlety			1990	Spectacle	81	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Max Malini	One-Hand Break at Jog			1991	Carneycopia	12	Cards / Sleights / Break / Basic Break Handlings
Roger Klause, Max Malini	Turnabout	card turns over in deck, palmed card added to single card which is apparently turned face-down		1991	Roger Klause: In Concert	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Max Malini, Howard Schwarzman	Malini's Invitation	how to have a card selected	Also published here Malini's Invitation (Max Malini, 2022)	1992	Card Finesse II	151	Cards / Sleights / Handling Finesses
Max Malini	Moisture Double Laydown	moisture through breathing		Apr. 1992	The Olram File (Issue 11)	8	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table
Roy Johnson	Das Münzenspiel	coin snatching technique, hand is wrapped with handkerchief except first finger, spectator cannot take the coin	Inspired by The Coin Game (Max Malini, 1962) Also published here The Coin Game (Roy Johnson, 1989)	June 1992	Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 1)	17	Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration
Max Malini	Deck Flexing	while holding a break		1993	By Forces Unseen	73	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Hideo Kato, Larry Jennings	2人の会話　その1	(A Conversation between 2 people: #1) Conversation between Larry and Kato about the use of bridge-sized cards because of small hands, Max Malini is obviously mentioned		1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	26	Articles / Interviews
Max Malini	Malini Subtlety			1997	Ingenuities	76	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Max Malini	The Spin Revelation and Display			1998	Card College — Volume 3	512	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Turnover of Cards
Richard Kaufman, Max Malini	A Brief Note on the Vest as a Servante	on Max Malini's use		Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	23	Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous
Sam Leo Horowitz	Notes on Max Malini		Also published here The Sphinx, Dec. 1939	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	24	Articles / Biographical
Max Malini	Think a Card Secret	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross" spreading cards with faces towards spectator and following spectator's gaze	Also published here Think a Card Secret (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	24	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Max Malini	Malini's Transposition	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", During WWII	Also published here Malini's Transposition (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Spectator keeps taking the same Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Max Malini	Malini's Cards From Pocket	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", Nov. 23, 1936 short comment	Also published here Malini's Cards from Pocket (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Max Malini's Card Jumps To Top	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", During WWII single phase Ambitious Card	Also published here Card Jumps to Top (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott	Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", June 16, 1937	Also published here Multiple Card Location (Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott, 1961) Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location (Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott, 2019)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Selection Routine
Dick Newton	The Truly Legendary Max Malini			Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	28	Articles / Articles
Max Malini	Malini's Sun and Moon Routine	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", Aug. 16, 1936 center sections transpose		Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	30	Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Malini's Egg Bag	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", July 25, 1936	Also published here Malini's Egg Bag (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	30	Egg / Egg Bag
Max Malini	The Deck Vanishes!	while moving chair	Also published here Vanish of the Pack (Max Malini, 1962) Genii, Magicana, 1946	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck
Max Malini	Max Malini's Preferences	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", July 25, 1936 comment by Malini	Also published here Max Malini's Preference (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	31	Rope / Miscellaneous Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Interlocked Production
Max Malini	Max Malini's Vanishing Glass of Whiskey	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", July 25, 1936 only effect description	Also published here Vanishing Glass of Whiskey (Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	31	Glass / Vanish
Max Malini, Charlie Miller	Cups and Balls	"From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", Nov. 23, 1936 tip	Also published here Cups and Balls (Charlie Miller, Max Malini, 1961)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	31	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments
Jamy Ian Swiss	A Brief Meditation on Max Malini			Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	32	Articles / Articles
Max Malini	Malini's "Peep" Location	"From a notebook of Vernon material" spectator peeks at card, distance from step estimated		Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	32	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon, Max Malini	Vernon-Malini Card Break Transfer	to right little finger after peek	Also published here Vernon - Malini Card Break Transfer (Dai Vernon, Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	32	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Max Malini	Malini Estimate	card peeked at, performer later names position of card, key card sighted next to peeked card	Also published here Daley's Estimating Peek: 1) Malini Estimate (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	32	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Malini's Card Vanish	dropping two cards together in count to table	Also published here Malini's Card Vanish (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	32	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Max Malini	Malini's Double Discovery		Also published here Malini's Double Discovery (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Grabbing Cards / Catching out of Dribble or Spring
Max Malini, Dai Vernon	Malini's Coin Subtlety (Shown by Vernon)	producing two coins from one, or two more (Dai Vernon)	Also published here Malini's Coin Subtlety (Max Malini, Dai Vernon, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Max Malini	Malini's Color Change Move		Also published here Malini's Color Change Move (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Max Malini	Malini's Color Change Subtlety	card can be removed singly after change	Also published here Malini's Color Change Subtlety (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Max Malini	Malini's Tobacco Information Trick	tip for palming tobacco	Also published here Malini's Tobacco Information Trick (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Malini's Hank Vanish of Bill		Also published here Malini's Hank Vanish Of Bill (Max Malini, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	33	Bill / Vanish
Charlie Miller	Max Malini: One Of The Funniest Fellows I Have Ever Seen	63 Years Ago... letter from Miller about Malini to Faucett Ross	Related to Balls (Sam Farber, 1999) Also published here A Letter from Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross (Charlie Miller, 2022)	Jan. 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)	128	Articles / Letters
Sam Farber	Balls	Letters	Related to Max Malini: One Of The Funniest Fellows I Have Ever Seen (Charlie Miller, 1999)	Feb. 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)	11	Articles / Letters
	The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America	Max Malini (1873-1942) Lewis Ganson (1913-1980) David Copperfield Charlie Miller (1909-1989) Paul Curry (1917-1986) Eugene Burger Tommy Wonder Larry Jennings (1933-1998) Richard Kaufman Floyd G. Thayer (1877-1959) Karrell Fox (1928-1998) Jack Gwynne (1897-1969)		July 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)	54	Articles / Magic History
Michael Close (reviewer)	Malini and His Magic	by Max Malini (written by Dai Vernon)	Related to Malini in Print (Donald G. Wallace, 1999)	Aug. 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)	30	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Donald G. Wallace	Malini in Print	Letters	Related to Malini and His Magic (Michael Close, Max Malini, Dai Vernon, 1999)	Sep. 1999	Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)	16	Articles / Letters
Max Malini	The Deck Vanishes	while moving chair	Also published here Vanish of the Pack (Max Malini, 1962) Genii, May 1946	Feb. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 2)	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck
Barrie Richardson	Speaking Volumes		Related to The Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, 1933) Indian Rice Stabbing Illusion (Eddie Joseph, 1969) Hypnotic Gaze Divination (Max Malini, 1988) A Match for Gravity (Stewart James, 2007)	June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	30	Articles / Columns
Max Malini	Malini's Handling		Related to Egg Bag (Max Malini, 1962)	2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	110	Egg / Egg Bag
Max Malini	Dollar Bill in Egg - Second Method: The Malini Treatment	bill in lemon and bill in egg, bills vanish from handkerchief, with wand	Also published here Bills, Lemon and Egg (Max Malini, 1962)	2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	263	Wand & Stick / Gaffed Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Egg / Things appear inside Egg
Al Baker	Cutting a Card	knife cuts through card, restored	Related to Blade Runner (Alfred Lee Cohen, Rick Herald, 1992) Cutting the Menu (Max Malini, 2022) Also published here marketed 1931	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)	548	Knife & Paddle / Penetration Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Malini Peek Variation		Inspired by Hypnotic Gaze Divination (Max Malini, 1988)	2005	Act Two	238	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
Max Malini, Charlie Miller	The Malini-Miller Egg Bag	construction		2006	Secrets of an Escamoteur	4	Egg / Egg Bag
Patrick Page, Max Malini	Complete Coin Vanish	pocket ditch	Related to A La Malini (Max Malini, Patrick Page, 2011)	Nov. 2010	Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)	15	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Max Malini, Patrick Page	A La Malini	dumping object in pocket while pulling on the sleeve	Related to Jacket Pocket Ditch (Max Malini, 1952) Complete Coin Vanish (Patrick Page, Max Malini, 2010)	2011	Magic Page by Page	135	Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
David Ben	Max Malini: Bigger Than Life			Oct. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)	48	Articles / Biographical
David Ben	Scotch and Cigars	intro to tricks from Max Malini		Oct. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)	72	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Ben	The Weeping Coin		Inspired by Water from Cane (Max Malini, 1962) Related to Weeping Coin/Weeping Cane (Max Malini, 2022)	Oct. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)	72	Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Weeping Coin
David Ben	The Weeping Knife		Inspired by Water from Cane (Max Malini, 1962) Related to Weeping Coin/Weeping Cane (Max Malini, 2022)	Oct. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)	74	Liquid / Appearance & Production Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous
David Ben	The Levitation of a Cigar	cigar clings to hand	Inspired by Levitation (Max Malini, 1962) Related to Magnetic Fingertips - Cigars & Knives (Max Malini, Steve Cohen, 2022)	Oct. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)	76	Cigarette & Cigar / Animation
Bill Woodfield, Roberto Giobbi, Max Malini	The Chair Adjustment Deck Switch		Inspired by "Think" (William Woodfield, Genii, Vol. 12 No. 7, March 1948, p. 200)	2013	The Art of Switching Decks	65	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Tabled
Howard Hamburg	Anécdotarío sobre Vernon y otros - parte I	various anecdotes of Vernon, Ray Grismer, Larry Jennings, Tony Giorgio and others El resbalón del profesor Eso me lo enseño Max Malini La desaparición de la moneda How ar ¡Nunca fallo, nunca fallo! ¿Qué opinan acerca de est? Carte en el baño		2013	El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)	800	Articles / Anecdotes
Roberto Giobbi	Catchphrases of Famous Performers	list, Charles Bertram, Max Malini, José Frakson, Dante, Kalanag, Silvan, Juan Tamariz, Horace Goldin, Dr. Giovanni, David Devant, Bruce Cervon, Allan Ackerman, Tommy Cooper, Paul Daniels, Sirdani, Dani DaOrtiz		2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 2)	315	Articles / Articles
Max Malini	Max Malini		Related to Card Magic (Max Malini, 1962)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	219	Cards / Sleights / Force / Classic Force
Max Malini	Gaze Step Glimpse		Related to Gaze Step Glimpse (Max Malini, 1988)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	219	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
Max Malini	Malini Side Steal		Related to The Side Slip (Max Malini, 1962)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	261	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Max Malini	All-Round Square Up	with deck squeeze/flex	Variations Break Finesse (Johnny Thompson, 2018)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	261	Cards / Sleights / All Around Square Ups Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Johnny Thompson	Break Finesse	apparently no break is held	Inspired by All-Round Square Up (Max Malini, 2018)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	266	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Johnny Thompson, Max Malini	The Vanishing Glass	as finale to heads/tails game, coin in paper for sound effect	Related to Coin, Glass and Cone (1909) The Vanishing Glass Under Newspaper (Max Malini, 2022)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	287	Glass / Through Table (Paper Cover)
Max Malini, Johnny Thompson	Sugar Cube Assembly	with a gaffed cube that appears wrapped from one side and unwrapped from the other	Related to Malini's Chink-A-Chink (Max Malini, 1975) Chink-a-Chink (Johnny Thompson, Max Malini, 1981)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	301	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Chink-a-Chink
Johnny Thompson	The Egg Bag	thorough discussion, Charlie Miller, Max Malini The Bag The Egg Presentation Thompson Egg Bag Script		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	309	Egg / Egg Bag
Max Malini	The Malini Toss	finesse to show bag empty		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	335	Egg / Egg Bag
Johnny Thompson	The Cups and Balls	routine presented in the style of three magicians Max Malini Pop Krieger Dai Vernon		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)	15	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Max Malini, Johnny Thompson	Max Malini Phase			2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)	20	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Charlie Miller, Max Malini	The Scoot Variation	as chair is adjusted		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)	133	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Tabled
Kieron Johnson	To The Max	block of ice produced in flash of fire	Inspired by Production of a Block of Ice (Max Malini, 1962)	2018	The Time Traveller	70	Ice Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott	Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location	from a 1937 letter	Also published here Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location (Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott, 1999)	2019	Personal Revelations	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Selection Routine
Max Malini	Malini Subtlety			2020	Rubinstein Coin Magic	456	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
David Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, David Britland	Notes on Steam Engines, Pumps, Boilers Hydraulic, and Other Machinery	"Max Malini's Peculiar Paraphernalia" excerpt from David Copperfield's History of Magic		Oct. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 10)	43	Articles / Magic History
David Britland (reviewer)	Max Malini: King of Magicians, Magician of Kings	by Max Malini (written by Steve Cohen)		Feb. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)	76	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Steve Cohen	Chapter One: Yinglish	on Max Malini's accent		2022	Max Malini	3	Articles / Biographical
Steve Cohen	Chapter Two: The Four Hundred	on Max Malini and wealthy people in NYC From Acrobat to Aristocrat "Professor" Frank Seiden What's in a Name?		2022	Max Malini	7	Articles / Biographical
Steve Cohen	Chapter Three: Managing Without Managers	on Max Malini's business practices, Eddie McGuire		2022	Max Malini	23	Articles / Biographical
Max Malini	Self-Printing Business Card	white business card prints itself, light-sensitive ink		2022	Max Malini	28	Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Business Cards
Steve Cohen	Chapter Four: Chutzpah - Tales of Boldness	on Max Malini Tell Them Malini Did It Miser's Dream at Sunday Mass Computation Made Easy No Hook, No Problem Cubans Roast Pig Head "My" National Anthem An Eye for Art Fisher Brothers Gala Show Cancel My Appointments Two Gun Cohen Never Too Late Free Passage to Manila		2022	Max Malini	29	Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Biographical
Eddie Joseph	I Knew Max Malini		Also published here Tops, Sept. & Oct. 1950	2022	Max Malini	42	Articles / Biographical Articles / Articles
	Quotes from Notable Magicians	on Max Malini		2022	Max Malini	51	Articles / Articles
Steve Cohen	Chapter Five: Early Media Conquests	on newspaper articles on Max Malini		2022	Max Malini	53	Articles / Biographical
Max Malini	You Should "Palm" From the Wrist			2022	Max Malini	63	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Steve Cohen	Chapter Six: Only Malini	Max Malini anecdotes Impressive in Bed (blow-book for reporter) A Droll Trick Played With a Fowl (resurrected chicken) Kimura Malini Suspected Spy 1700 Convicts Mystified Four-Power Treaty Framed in a Hotel Room Six Martinis and a Bowl of Soup An Inventive Mind On the House Cane Sawing Caruso as Conjuror		2022	Max Malini	69	Animal / Chicken Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Biographical Book / Magic Coloring Book & Blow Book
Steve Cohen	Chapter Seven: Family Man	on Max Malini's family		2022	Max Malini	83	Articles / Biographical
Charlie Miller	A Letter from Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross	on Max Malini, November 30, 1935	Also published here Max Malini: One Of The Funniest Fellows I Have Ever Seen (Charlie Miller, 1999)	2022	Max Malini	96	Articles / Letters
Steve Cohen	Chapter Eight: Maximum Malini	on sourcing Max Malini's magic Something From Nothing		2022	Max Malini	101	Articles / Articles
Max Malini	Vesting	general advice, egg production & body loading, vesting a card	Related to Malini's Card Vanish (Max Malini, 1962) Edwin Sachs, Sleight of Hand	2022	Max Malini	106	Body Loading Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Holder & Loading Cards / Sleights / Vesting Egg / Production & Appearance / In the Hands Pocket Techniques / Vesting
Max Malini	Cross-Body Pocket Ditch	as a complete coin vanish	Related to Jacket Pocket Ditch (Max Malini, 1952)	2022	Max Malini	110	Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Max Malini	Handkerchief Pocket Ditch	a palmed item is ditched as handkerchief is shown from both sides		2022	Max Malini	111	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Slide Vanish	coin slides down from one hand into the other	Also published here Malini's Favorite! (Max Malini, 1952)	2022	Max Malini	112	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Max Malini	Lady or Eagle	coin vanishes during heads & tails throwing from hand to hand, reappears, purse palm		2022	Max Malini	113	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Max Malini	Seated With No Table	coin left on knee with forearm covering it, credited to Vernon in Stars of Magic	Also published here Knee Hold-Out (Dai Vernon, 1952)	2022	Max Malini	116	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins Coin / Sleights / Thighing and Kneeing
Max Malini	Standing With No Table	coin temporarily left on spectator's shoulder	Also published here Spectator's Shoulder Hold-Out (Max Malini, 1952)	2022	Max Malini	117	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Max Malini	Using a Hook Coin	coin vanishes, reappears on the back of spectator		2022	Max Malini	117	Coin / Gaffed / Hooked Coin Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Spectator's Body (except hand)
Max Malini	Spittoon Coin Vanish	coin vanishes from paper cone which is crumpled up and thrown in the trash, reproduced from spectator (optional), variant with coin reappearing under ash tray and folding coin	Related to Elwin T. Shaw's article in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Nov. 1961	2022	Max Malini	120	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coin under Object (Saltshaker, ...) Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Spectator's Body (except hand)
Max Malini	Spectator Pocket Loads	Side Pocket Load Breast Pocket Load		2022	Max Malini	122	Pickpocketing / Loading the Spectator Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Spectator's Body (except hand)
Max Malini	Three From One	coin broken in two, then again, with cracking sound	Related to A Coin Multiplication (Max Malini, 1938) Malini's Coin Subtlety (Max Malini, Dai Vernon, 1972) Also published here Three From One (Max Malini, Dai Vernon, 1957)	2022	Max Malini	123	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Max Malini	Cigar Production and Split			2022	Max Malini	127	Cigarette & Cigar / Appearance & Production / Production & Appearance (Manipulative)
Max Malini	Copper-Silver Transposition	extra coin		2022	Max Malini	129	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
Max Malini	Malini Subtlety			2022	Max Malini	129	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Subtleties
Max Malini	Banknote-Newspaper Transposition			2022	Max Malini	132	Bill / Transposition
Max Malini	Bil/Billet Switch			2022	Max Malini	134	Billet / Switches Bill / Switches / In the Hands / Miscellaneous
Max Malini	Torn and Restored Banknote			2022	Max Malini	135	Bill / Torn & Restored
Max Malini	Bill Switch as Practical Joke	tip changes into newspaper piece		2022	Max Malini	135	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Max Malini	Bill in Cigarette		Also published here Bill in Cigarette (Max Malini, 1962)	2022	Max Malini	135	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Cigarette or Cigar
Max Malini, Steve Cohen	Ring on Stick		Inspired by Ring On Stick (Keith Charnley, 1983)	2022	Max Malini	140	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick
Max Malini	False Transfer with Finger Ring	slides into other hand		2022	Max Malini	141	Ring / Finger Rings / Vanish
Max Malini	Sugar Cube Assembly		Related to Malini's Chink-A-Chink (Max Malini, 1975)	2022	Max Malini	144	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Chink-a-Chink
Max Malini	Lump Sugar	sugar turns into sugar cube in performer's hand	Related to Lump Sugar (Max Malini, 1962)	2022	Max Malini	148	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Transformation Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Transformation
Steve Cohen	Cups and Balls	introductory comments on Max Malini and the Cups & Balls, historical information, Louis Pop Krieger		2022	Max Malini	150	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments
Max Malini	Filled Glasses as Final Loads	body-loaded without covers		2022	Max Malini	152	Body Loading Liquid / Appearance & Production Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences

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