Animation

17 entries in Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Animation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Obedient Ball stops on string, "of Japanese origin"
Variations 1876
Modern Magic
301
The Obedient Ball (Improved)
  • orange stops on string
  • ball stops and even travels upwards (mechanical)
Inspired by 1890
More Magic
279
Die auf jedem Stab laufende Billardkugel billiard ball rolls and balances on stick, thread
 		Apr. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 8)
120
Der eigensinnige Billardball No. 5, finger spins ball on table, it rolls forward or backwards on command
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
159
Carl Willmann Die Aufhebung der Schwerkraft ball floats from one hand to the other, thread
 		Jan. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 1)
6
Der Billardball als Seiltänzer ball(s) balances on wand or stick and rolls back and forth, thread
 		Oct. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 10)
151
Tom Sellers Rollo ball balances on rope
Related to 1931
Sellers' Secrets
11
The Rolling Golf Ball rolling itself up in a borrowed handkerchief, ungaffed objects
 		1938
Greater Magic
837
Paul Curtis Equiloball ball balances on rope
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 106)
637
Earl Morgan The Earl Morgan Floating Ball (Vest Pocket Style)
1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
18
A. Vantur Les trois boules équilibristes balancing three balls on a wand, followed by german translation "Die drei gleichgewichthaltenden Kugeln"
 		1947
La Baguette Magique (Issue 16)
2
G. Klingman Floating Golf Ball
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
37
M. E. Faber A Ping Pong Ball Routine rolls on rope
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
39
Frank Garcia Hoy! ball floats upwards from hand to hand
 		July 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 285)
1140
C. James McLemore Stop-Go two balls are tied to two strings and hanging down, they swing back and forth on command
Variations 1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
32
Ellison Poland, Tony Anverdi, Aaron Black A Ball and Silk Routine billiard ball appears in center of silk, travels around, penetrates handkerchief, changes color, balances on edge of silk, vanishes
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
19
The Blondini Ball ball balances on rope
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
140