Ammar, Michael

Book

1983
Written by Michael Ammar
Work of Michael Ammar, Various

93 pages (Hardcover), published by The Secret Service
Illustrated with drawings by Richard Kaufman
Language: English

36 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Jeff Busby (Epoptica, Issue 6, Aug. 1984, p. 378)
Alexander de Cova (Avantgarde Magic, Vol. 1 No. 2, June/July 1991, p. 30)
Jim Sisti (The Magic Menu, Vol. 1 No. 4, Mar./Apr. 1991, p. 31)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Michael Ammar	Introduction			9	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Michael Ammar	Flash Coins	three coins appear from flame of lighter, then lighter changes into fourth coin, topit	Also published here Flash Coins (Michael Ammar, Apocalypse, 1983)	11	Pocket Techniques / Topit Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Light & Fire / Lighter Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Lighter
Roger Klause	The Name Is The Same	two marked dollar bills transpose, using cigarette case in handling	Also published here The Name is the Same (Roger Klause, Switch, 2006) Related to Cards & Cash (Chris "Doc" Dixon, Everything Is Funnier with Monkeys, 1997)	14	Bill / Transposition Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Roger Klause	Klause's Bill Switch		Variations Genii, July 1991 also in: Richie's Double Bill Switch (Natural Selections, 1995) Richie's Double Bill Switch (Switch, 2006)	18	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Switches / In the Hands / Folding & Unfolding
Michael Ammar	Presentation 1	for Bill Switch		20	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Gaëtan Bloom	Presentation 2	for Bill Switch		22	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Gaëtan Bloom	Presentation Three	for Bill Switch		23	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Tony Miller	Presentation Four	for Bill Switch	Related to Origami (John Lovick, Switch*, 2006)	23	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Michael Ammar	Yeast Card	ambitious card with card to match book finale, folded		24	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
	Center Steal			27	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
	One-Handed Fold	palmed into sixth		27	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Folding
Harry Levine	All-American Reverse Matrix	four different coins, no extra coin	Variations Magic Castle Notes, 1985 also in: Quadra Coin Reverse Matrix (Rubinstein Coin Magic, 2020)	30	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix
David Arthur	Coin Steal	as coin is covered with card		31	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Frank Paglia	Load Move			33	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Yoshio Hirose	Action Change	four jokers change to kings when thrown one-handed onto table, using triple buckle	Also published here Action Change (Yoshio Hirose, Apocalypse, 1986)	34	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Michael Ammar	Beenie Weenie	chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end	Inspired by UnCanny (Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978)	36	Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Can
Michael Ammar	Two Dollar Bill Tear	two dollar bill splits into two one dollar bills and back	Inspired by Two Dollar Bill Tear (Bert Jacques, Gene Keeney, Close-up Cavalcade, 1973)	41	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Mark Lefler	Cards Into Case	deck spread out between hands, then deck is suddenly back in case	Variations Cards into Case - Paul Harris Handling and Presentation (Paul Harris, Encore 3, 1983)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Other Object / Reboxed
Paul Harris	Cards into Case - Paul Harris Handling and Presentation	with overhand shuffle, deck is suddenly back in case	Inspired by Cards Into Case (Mark Lefler, Encore 3, 1983) Related to Box Opener (Joshua Jay, Particle System — Notebook, 2024)	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Other Object / Reboxed
Mike Gallo	Magical Change	dollar to two half dollars and back, then into four quarters		49	Coin / Effect Themes / Splitting Currency & Fusions
Mike Gallo	Two Dollars To Four Halves	Simplified Handling		52	Coin / Effect Themes / Splitting Currency & Fusions
Lou Gallo	The Gallo Pitch			54	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien
Doug Bennett	Absent Minded Miracle	aces dealt from sealed cased deck	Variations Cased Lightning (Gene Maze, Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing, 1994)	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case
Tony Miller	Tie Tack	card appears tacked on tie, two handlings	Related to Tying One On (Joel Givens, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1996) also in: It's a Tie (Session, 2007) Variations Color Change Tie (Richard Bartram, Jr., Mystification, 1993)	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Card thumbtacked or tacked on Something Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Tie
Doug Bennett	Silver Sponge	four coins vanish with sponge and are wrought out again, then large silver spoon appears, shell	Variations Cuatro Monedas y una Esponja (Luis Piedrahita, Monedas Y Otras Historias, 2011)	64	Spoon & Fork Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous
Michael Ammar	Card on Ceiling			69	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall
Roger Klause	Sponge Ball Up Sleeve	sponge ball to spectator's sleeve, repeat	Variations The Sponge & Sleeve (Roger Klause, Roger Klause: In Concert, 1991)	73	Spongeball / Traveling Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Michael Ammar	Coins Thru Silk	three silver dollars penetrate translucent silk	Inspired by Liquid Silver (Russ Burns, Apocalypse, 1981) Variations Münzen Durch Tuch (Chris Power, Laid Back in Graz 1990, 1990) Ultimative Münzendurchdringung (Alexander de Cova, Ein Profi packt aus..., 1992) also in: Porous Plastic (The California Lecture 2006, 2006) Porous Plastic (Burners — Vol. 4, 2016)	78	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk
Michael Ammar	Professional Applications of The Gallo Pitch	chapter intro		89	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Mike Gallo	Six Coins Through the Table	using Gallo Pitch		89	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / All at once
Lou Gallo	Coins Across	three silver and one copper coin, using Gallo Pitch	Also published here Pitched Silver (Lou Gallo, Lou Gallo: The Underground Man, 1996) Inspired by Winged Silver (Nelson Hahne, Modern Coin Magic, 1952)	90	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Michael Ammar	Coins Through the Table	four coins, using Gallo Pitch		91	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
Michael Ammar	Bravo... Michael Skinner			92	Articles / Biographical
Michael Ammar	Bravo... Paul Gertner			92	Articles / Biographical
Michael Ammar	Bravo... Richard Kaufman			93	Articles / Biographical
Michael Ammar	Bravo... Daryl			93	Articles / Biographical

Data entered by Denis Behr, February 2017.

Encore 3