96 entries for Ray Kosby

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Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Demonstration half deck set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
223
Dai Vernon Matching the Cards
Related to 1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
22
Dai Vernon One handed Palm unusual right clip position, multiple or single
Variations 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
41
Roy Walton The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1973
Card Script
26
Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)
92
Paul Harris Think of a Card one of about twenty
VariationsAlso published here 1976
The Magic of Paul Harris
45
Patrick Page The Flying Ring ring vanishes from hand which is covered with handkerchief and appears in other hand
Related to 1976
The Big Book of Magic
174
Paul Harris Grasshopper card vanishes between two Kings, travels to between another two Kings
Variations 1977
SuperMagic
23
David Roth Chink A Chink
Related toVariations Jan. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1)
6
Paul Harris Black Jack Challenge four blackjacks are produced, Kings and Aces transpose, Aces change into royal flush
  • Cutting for Black Jacks
  • Black Jack Exchange
  • Royal Black Jack
Related toAlso published here 1979
Close-up Entertainer
24
Allen Okawa Cellophane Surprise torn and restored cellophane at cigarette case, healing process is felt
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979
Close-up Entertainer
134
Allan Ackerman Reassembled Finale
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980
Close-up Fantasies — Book II
79
Daryl Martinez, Paul Curry, Bill Simon Sleightly Touched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value
Variations 1982
For Your Entertainment Pleasure
42
Daryl Martinez The Snowshoe Sandwich comical second deal demonstration, card flies out of deck between sandwich cards
Variations 1982
For Your Entertainment Pleasure
69
Ray Kosby Cooking With Oil & Water 4&4, separation and mixing phase
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
103
Bruce Cervon, Larry Jennings The Stripout Insertion Addition see credit correction (claim) on page lxix
Related toVariations July/Aug. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 23 & 24)
231
Paul Harris Sensuous Shuffle Triumph/Reverse routine with deck in incomplete riffle shuffle position, halves turn over and rise up
Related to 1984
Close-up Seductions
20
William Goodwin, Ray Kosby The Camel's Back straw wrapper is torn and restored, then reappears around straw
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
88
Ray Kosby The Sidewinder Pretzel straight bar-pretzel is pushed into fist and comes out at impossible angles, finally transforms into knotted standard pretzel
 		1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
108
Ray Kosby One, Two, Three, 4 four sponge balls produced and put between fingers of the left hand, they change into a numeral four out of sponge
 		1986
Scratching the Surface
1
Ray Kosby Square 1 with backfire, three extra coins
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
4
Ray Kosby Short Hop visual transposition from card between in-the-hand sandwich to tabled sandwich cards
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
8
Ray Kosby Alignment Laydown apparently the bottom two cards of three cards are put on table, actually only one
 		1986
Scratching the Surface
8
Ray Kosby Sideways Alignment Move end grip, two-handed
 		1986
Scratching the Surface
9
Ray Kosby Sandwich Vanish sandwiched card vanishes via a one-handed palm
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
9
Ray Kosby Out of Space four Jacks shown, three Aces appear reversed between them, all Jacks change into final Ace leaving only the Aces
 		1986
Scratching the Surface
10
Ray Kosby Packet Switch
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
10
Ray Kosby Interlaced Vanish Count
1986
Scratching the Surface
11
Ray Kosby Forward to the Beginning
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
13
Ray Kosby Freedom of Choice four cards touched by spectator and outjogged, spread immediately held high and they are the Aces
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
15
Ray Kosby Elephant Rubber rubber band is stretched and is then large rubber band
 		Feb. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 7)
1
Ray Kosby Raise Rise card visually rises up in the deck
Inspired byRelated to June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
1
Ray Kosby One-Handed Bottom Change
June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
5
Ray Kosby Recurring Nightmare Professor's Nightmare with three different sized rubber bands
Also published here June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
6
Ray Kosby Never The Twain Shall Mix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
VariationsAlso published here 1990
Spectacle
41
Stephen Minch On Ray Kosby short biography
 		1990
Spectacle
41
Ray Kosby The Coffin Change visual change, used to make a card visibly vanish from case and reappear inside
 		1990
Spectacle
45
Ray Kosby False Shake-Out
1990
Spectacle
48
Ray Kosby Recurring Nightmare Professor's Nightmare with three different sized rubber bands
Also published here Feb. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 2)
74
Ray Kosby, Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon K. J. V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
Related toAlso published here 1990
Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries
31
John Carney Versa Switch including credit information
Related toVariations 1991
Carneycopia
89
Michael Weber Inside Matchic signed matchbook turns inside out
Related toAlso published here 1991
Square One
9
Ray Kosby Tear For Two two sugar packets are torn and restored
 		1991
Life Savers
25
Ken Krenzel Case-Tration three face routine, card ends up under cellophane, card through card case and then penetrates it again, duplicate
Inspired by 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 36)
648
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Surgical Copper/Silver
Inspired by
  • "Copper/Silver Metamorphosis" (John Hostler, Linking Ring July 1987, Vol. 67 No. 7, p. 71)
 1993
Notes from the Batcave
5
Ray Kosby Deep Thought one of about twenty
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
Tricks
1
Ray Kosby Raise Rise Switch of outjogged card, one-handed, brief
 		1994
Tricks
1
Ray Kosby Venus Flytrap cards outjogged near the bottom visually sandwich card near the top
 		1994
Tricks
3
Ray Kosby The Bite apple changes color
Related to 1994
Tricks
5
Ray Kosby The Picnic Trick can is opened and restored
 		1994
Tricks
6
Ray Kosby Re-cased "If your audience does not notice the effect, do not mention it."
 		1994
Tricks
7
Ray Kosby Coin Thru Hand With Conservation of Linear Momentum
1994
Tricks
8
Ray Kosby Smudge case as vacuum cleaner for picking-off-a-pip, Ace in case then
 		1994
Tricks
9
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Sleighty Retouched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value, involving transformation
Inspired by 1994
Tricks
11
Michael Weber, Ray Kosby Inside Out signed matchbook turns inside out
Also published here 1994
Impossible Objects
4
Timothy Mullins Magic Vs. Illusion
Variations Sep. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 4)
1
Ray Kosby Jumbo Coin Thru Hand jumbo coin and half dollar switch places
 		Feb. 1995
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 9)
1
Ray Kosby Say Nothing
Inspired by Feb. 1995
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 9)
2
William Goodwin, Ray Kosby The Un-Topsy-Turvy Deck halves are left telescoped and spread - one half visibly rights
Related toVariations Spring 1996
The Looking Glass (Issue 2)
73
Ray Kosby, Paul Harris Deep Thought one of about twenty
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
71
Ray Kosby, Paul Harris Simplified Raise-Rise as a switch of an upjogged card
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
72
Michael Kaminskas Step by Step card rises visibly in stages
Inspired by 1996
Miracle Material
47
Ray Kosby Card Creations
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1
Ray Kosby Everything and Nothing On It Joker found three times instead of selection with two Queens, the three Jokers then change into selection one by one
 		Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1
Ray Kosby Sandwich Switch
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1
Ray Kosby Sandwich Dribble Catch Handling
Inspired by Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
3
Ray Kosby Quick 3-Way Handling
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
4
Ray Kosby Half Right half card sticks out of deck, when pulled out it is whole again
 		Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
4
Larry Jennings Hefty Oil & Water 4&4, "There are at least 14 moves", with mixing phase
Related to June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
63
Ray Kosby The Coffin Change brief
 		1997
The Ancient Empty Street
5
Chad Long, Ray Kosby Gold Strike magician strikes finger ring with pen and it vanishes, striking vanish with half ring
 		June 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 10)
68
William Goodwin Variation of "He Who Spelt it, Dealt it" sent in by Ray Kosby
Inspired by Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
168
Rudolph Herzog, Ray Kosby, Joseph K. Schmidt, Rafael Benatar Our Readers Respond
Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
168
Michael Close (reviewer) Wow: It's Ray Kosby by Ray Kosby Feb. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 6)
37
Ray Kosby False interweave sequence brief
Also published here 1999
Labyrinth (Issue 9)
30
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin A Foregone Conclusion ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, last card vanishes from hand and is found in packet again
Inspired byVariations June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
48
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Spider Card Vanish
June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
49
Matthew Field (reviewer) Impossible Card Magic by Ray Kosby Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
72
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
131
Ray Kosby Mismatched matchbook turns inside out
Related to July/Aug. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 2)
3
Ray Kosby Speaking Volumes
Related to June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
27
Ray Kosby, Lance Charles, George Pughe Coffin Change with credit information, for further credits see Issue 11, p. 1
VariationsAlso published here July 2004
The Penumbra (Issue 8)
14
Ray Kosby, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings K.J.V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
Also published here 2005
Up In Smoke
21
Ray Kosby Influential Choice three indifferent cards are held spread in right-hand end grip and visible change to mates of a selection
 		Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
29
Ray Kosby One-Hand Palm Transformation cards held spread in right-hand end grip and visible change
Inspired by Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
32
David Acer The Immiscible Eight 4&4, three phases, only first phase is Acer's and is described here
Related to 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
19
Nathan Kranzo Standing Up to Ray & Bill Triumph with visual restoration
Inspired by 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
83
Ray Kosby Mix Nix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
Also published here Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
8
Ray Kosby Raise Rise as a switch
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
181
George Pughe, Ray Kosby, Lance Charles Coffin Change
Also published here 2010
Moments
53
Ricky Smith Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine
Inspired by 2015
Nothing as it Seems
37
Ray Kosby Raise Rise to make a card appear
 		2018
Sobre Magia de Cerca
35
Ray Kosby, Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser Move card rises out of center
 		2020
Distilled
95
Nathan Kranzo Apple and Orange Transpo Apple and orange change places in paperbags. Ending has orange peeled to reveal apple inside
Related to 2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
9
John Bannon Twain in Vain 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together, End Grip handling
Inspired by Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
50
Mark Lewis Martin's Oil Opener 4&4, turning center two cards over, last phase variation of Kosby's phase
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
403