Unexplainable Acts

Book
1990
Written by Richard Kaufman
Work of Gary Kurtz*
102 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Richard Kaufman
Language: English
51 entries
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Unexplainable Acts (written by Richard Kaufman, work of Gary Kurtz*, 1990)
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Roger Klause Foreword 7
Gary Kurtz* Preface 9
Gary Kurtz* Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet
Variations
 11
Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo K.M. Move 12
Gary Kurtz* One-Handed Get-Ready 13
Gary Kurtz* Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Also published here
 14
Gary Kurtz* Inside/Outside two stapled cards turn inside out
Also published here
Related to
 16
Gary Kurtz* Unidirectional Turnover
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Gary Kurtz* Constant Return with "mine"/"yours" written on coins
 		20
Gary Kurtz* Attraction two rings on two ends of a stick/pencil held by two spectators, the slide together by themselves
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 23
Gary Kurtz* Wishful Thinking effect combination
 		25
Gary Kurtz* Slip Force Handling
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 26
Gary Kurtz* Top to Bottom Pivot Palm right thumb push
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 27
Gary Kurtz* Bottom Palm Replacement 28
Gary Kurtz* Fingertip Longitudinal Steal from the center
 		28
Gary Kurtz* Split Disclosure Half the Card travels in Wallet, half in anything
 		30
Gary Kurtz* Body Heat using Scotch and Soda Gimmick
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Gary Kurtz* Four-Fisted Copper/Silver - Transformation Combo
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Gary Kurtz* Special Delivery signed card to nest of envelopes
Also published here
 39
Gary Kurtz* Longitudinal Palm Envelope Load card starts under envelope, both sides shown empty and card removed from envelope
 41
Gary Kurtz* Orange lemon and tomato change into fruit in cardboard
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Gary Kurtz* Name It! at the end spectator's name appears on back of card
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Variations
 46
Gary Kurtz* The Anticipator performer removes same coin as spectator from pocket
 		49
Gary Kurtz* The Empty Hand Inside Jacket Pocket
Also published here
Related to
  • Luis Trueba's "Carta al Bolsillo" in ""La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 106, 1983. P. 197.
  • The Empty Hand (Gary Kurtz*, The Secrets of So Sato, 2016)
Variations
 51
Gary Kurtz* Interchange
Variations
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Arturo de Ascanio Las Vegas Ascanio Spread 55
Gary Kurtz* Inside Jacket back on pack
 		56
Gary Kurtz* Zarrow's Triple Buckle 58
Gary Kurtz* Multiple Palm small packet
 		59
Gary Kurtz* Coming out Ahead mental lead in, using bag, multiple coins
 		61
Gary Kurtz* Artistic License modern art theme, yellow and blue sections on a card morph to green
Variations
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Gary Kurtz* Erdnase's First Transformation 65
Gary Kurtz* Trio combination, coins appear, vanish, reappears, Three Fly
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Variations
 67
David Roth Curl Palm 67
Gary Kurtz* Coin-on-Shell Drop solid sound, bottom of page
 		70
Gary Kurtz* Transfer thumb to finger
 		71
Derek Dingle The Silent Steal 71
Geoffrey Latta One-Hand Vanish third finger curl palm, "Nowhere Palm"
 		76
Gary Kurtz* All Together Four of a kind in Spectators palms
Variations
 79
Gary Kurtz* Swing Cut Palm 81
Gary Kurtz* Cigar
Also published here
Related to
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Gary Kurtz* Mirror Image topological thing, words on paper held in front of a small mirror, they end up written backwards
Also published here
 88
Gary Kurtz* Flurious small coin becomes jumbo coin, then normal and big again, then one coin type routine with jumbo coin, final growing with handkerchief
  • The Visible Stretch
Also published here
Related to
 91
Gary Kurtz* Left Side Jumbo Coin Steal "Flourious Steal", with right hand from top of trousers as left hand takes something out of left pocket and right hand grips edge of jacket
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 91
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Change Over as small coin is picked up from other hand
 93
Gary Kurtz* Retention Pass with Jumbo Coin
Also published here
 93
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Ramsay Vanish
Also published here
 94
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Change Over Palm with jumbo coin
Variations
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Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Ditch with Silk breast pocket ditch
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Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Transformation using silk
 99
Gary Kurtz* Jumbo Coin Vanish in Silk into sleeve
Also published here
 101
Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2004.