Finger Ring (Hofzinser)

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ottokar Fischer Karten Experimente only description of routines, card problems
  • Die Farbenwahl
  • Die verwandelten Asse
  • Die Zigarettentasche
  • Der geheimnisvolle Pique-König
  • Die fünf verwandelten Karten
  • Carte blanche
  • Der magische Fingerring
  • Die sonderbare Übereinstimmung
  • Karte und Banknote
  • Karte und Taschentuch
  • Karte und Uhr
  • Die magische Separation
  • Das Blumenrätsel
  • Das Kartenwerfen
  • Rübenzahl
  • Die Visitkarte
  • Das Spiel der Landsknechte
  • Die mysteriöse Karte
Related toVariations 1910
Kartenkünste
216
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Two Unsolved Card Problems
  • 1. card vanishes and reappears rolled inside finger ring by spectator held behind his back
  • 2. Hofzinser Ace Problem
Related toVariations Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
299
Vanni Bossi The Magic Finger Ring signed card appears rolled onto magic wand with spectator's ring onto it, Hofzinser Problem, various approaches are discussed:
  • Analysis of the Effect as Described
  • Use of the Magic Wand and How to Load It
  • Removing the Ring from Spectator's Hand
  • Methods Based on Switch of the Rings
  • The Forcing of the Card
  • The Unwitting Assistant
  • The Gimmicks
  • A Subtle Solution with No Gimmicks - sleight of hand method
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Bibliography
 		1993
Escorial 1993 — The Hofzinser Year
1
Jay Sankey Ring-a-Ding Finger ring dropped into card case, selected card later appears rolled up in the ring
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Sankadelic Magic)
62
Jay Sankey Box 'N Ring finger ring in card case, selection appears rolled up in that ring
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
163
Vanni Bossi The Card in the Ring: Hofziner's Last Problem Solved signed card appears rolled onto magic wand with spectator's ring onto it
 		2005
Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture
23
Vanni Bossi The Card in the Ring: My Solution to Hofzinser's Last Unsolved Problem card appears rolled inside spectator's ring
 		2007
Lecture Notes Las Vegas 2007
25
Karl Fulves A Double Find two signed cards shuffled in deck by spectator, one found behind back, other one appears in finger ring rolled-up à la Hofzinser
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
312
Vanni Bossi The Card in Finger Ring signed card appears rolled onto magic wand with spectator's ring onto it, Hofzinser Problem, two handlings:
  • All Conditions Met
  • With a Duplicate Ring
 		2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
48
Ben Hart Hart to Hofzinser card appears rolled-up in spectator's finger ring which is held by spectator behind back, credit information
 		2020
The Darkest Corners
183