Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

A Lecture by Adam Elbaum

Book
2024
Written by Adam W. Elbaum
Work of Adam W. Elbaum
26 pages (Stapled), without pagination, published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
10 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Adam W. Elbaum Introduction
[1]
Adam W. Elbaum Something Old: AWE Struck named card is predicted written on post-it note in wallet
  • OG Version
  • The Post-it Note Addition
  • Other Presentation Ideas (with idea by Asi Wind)
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "A.W.E. Struck" (Adam W. Elbaum, marketed)
 [2]
Adam W. Elbaum Something New: ST1D "Stoned", six small stones from an occult store, one chosen with roll of die, that one jumps off the spectator's hand into a glass
 		[7]
Adam W. Elbaum Handling of Steve Fearson Thread Set-Up
  • Angel Hair Pasta Anchor
  • Thread Length and Placement
  • Thread Management
 		[9]
Adam W. Elbaum Something Borrowed: Infernal Phantom after Triumph routine the deck is placed between the hands of a spectator, one card is chosen thought a verbal procedure, all other cards become clear plastic, quartet gaff
Inspired by
  • "Inferno" (Joshua Jay, marketed 2013)
  • "Phantom Deck" (Joshua Jay, marketed 2013)
Related to
  • "Invisible Phantom" (Kyle Littleton, At the Table Lecture)
 [12]
Adam W. Elbaum Deck Switch Helper switched-in deck rubber-banded with transparent band
 		[13]
A Simple Triumph
[17]
Adam W. Elbaum Something Blue: Out of the Blue (My Handling) cased deck on table, card named, the cards have first names on their back and the named one has the spectator's name written on its back
  • Additional Presentational Ideas (If You Don't Know the Spectator's Name Ahead of Time)
    • Funny Descriptions Approach
    • Two-Deck Solution With Secret Writing
    • Rainbow Casino (named card has an odd-back that has been chosen from a rainbow deck)
Inspired by
 [18]
Asi Wind Box Cover Shift cutting the deck at specific spot during removal from case, displacing single card
Also published here
Related to
 [22]
Adam W. Elbaum Acknowledgements
[26]
Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2025.