Studies in Deception

2022
Written by Aurelio Paviato
Work of Aurelio Paviato
242 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
62 entries
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Aurelio Paviato Acknowledgements
vi
Stephen Minch Introduction on Aurelio Paviato
 		xi
Aurelio Paviato Six-Card Repeated
  • A Study of Attention
using addition from sleeve
Inspired by 1
Aurelio Paviato Addition from Sleeve with paper-clipped packet
 		3
Aurelio Paviato Buckle Count - A Different Take
6
Aurelio Paviato Ubiquitous card selected and lost, performer finds three times the selection and tables it, then the three cards change to indifferent cards and the selection comes from the pocket
 		11
Aurelio Paviato Thoughts on the Pass
  • What Are the Characteristics of the Pass?
  • What Is Meant Today by the Term "Invisible Pass"?
 		11
Aurelio Paviato The Herrmann-Style Pass
Related to 14
Aurelio Paviato The Top-Card Cover Pass
19
Tony Kardyro, Henry Christ The Kardyro-Christ Card-Spread Switch spread tip-over switch
 		22
Aurelio Paviato The Turnover Pass
24
Paul LePaul The Glide Change
Also published here 27
Stephen Minch Herrmann Pass Credit Information see footnote 5, discussion of a possible Hofzinser attribution
 		31
Aurelio Paviato Card Duel
  • A Study of Impalement
signed card stabbed from shower with pocket knife
Inspired by
  • John Kennedy's Card Stab, 1978
 35
Aurelio Paviato Handling of the Dribble Selection and Force
38
Aurelio Paviato The Loewy Palm
  • A Study of Control
on the Loewy Palm, see following items, credit information
 		45
Aurelio Paviato The Loewy Palm as a Control as top half is replaced
 		45
Aurelio Paviato The Loewy Palm Change with a double
Related to 51
Aurelio Paviato Interpretation of the Vernon Hand-to-Hand Transfer classic to classic
Inspired by 52
Aurelio Paviato Remote Control with the Loewy Palm as a selection is replaced onto a tabled deck, it is palmed from a double
  • Remote Control of a Face-Up Card
  • Remote Control of a Face-Down Card
  • The Loewy Palm Change for Controlling a Face-Down, Signed Card
 		56
Jack Avis Center Double Lift
57
Aurelio Paviato The Reverse Loewy Palm palming bottom card of a double instead of top card
 		60
Aurelio Paviato The Spectator Takes a Card
  • A Study of Natural Selection
motivations for taking back the selection and inserting it oneself for the control
Related to 67
Aurelio Paviato Out for the Next Term
  • A Study of Perversity
anecdote with heckler spectator that pretends that a pocketed card has vanished
 		73
Aurelio Paviato Baker's Dozen Minus Three
  • A Study of Card Across
three cards, they travel back in second phase
Inspired by 75
Aurelio Paviato Soft Sleeving for Cards
76
Aurelio Paviato From the Gardens of Dream
  • A Study of Imagination
a named card (restricted to red) appears in the empty hands, pocket index
 		87
Back Palm Production card brought to back palm behind leg
 		92
Aurelio Paviato Card in a Crystal Balloon
  • A Study of Inflation
Inspired by 97
Aurelio Paviato Straightening Out the World
  • A Study of Correctness
variations of the final clean-up
 		105
Aurelio Paviato The Game of Politics
  • A Study of The General Card
card changes into three selections one by one
  • A Different Technical Approach
 		119
Paul LePaul Natural Jog Control top half dropped on bottom half
Also published here 120
Jerry Andrus Drop Jog dropping one half on the other, angled
Also published here 121
Aurelio Paviato, Neal Elias Neil Elias Flourish Production Handling originally bottom card pops out face up in middle of deck
Inspired by 123
Snapover Change
124
Aurelio Paviato Ghost Switch Variant
Inspired by 126
Juan Tamariz The Bottop Change choreography for Bottop or Top Change
  • The Principle of Newton's Cradle Applied to the Bottop Change
 		127
Aurelio Paviato A "Hofzinser" Top Change Handling
Inspired by 132
Aurelio Paviato An Idea for a Deck Switch
140
Aurelio Paviato The Lausanne Coin Act
  • A Study in Routining
Paviato's 1982 FISM act, see following entries for individual routines
 		145
Sleeve Pocket pocket in sleeve to load the sleeve with a coin at a wanted moment
 		146
Aurelio Paviato Coin Holder made from elastic
 		149
Aurelio Paviato About Sleeving general comments and coin sleeving technique
 		150
Aurelio Paviato Lateral Sleeving
Inspired byAlso published here 151
Aurelio Paviato About Pointing pointing in vanishes, French Drop example
 		155
Aurelio Paviato Phase One - The Ace Purse performer cuts to the four Aces which are tabled one by one, four coins appear underneath them
 		158
Fred Kaps The Fred Kaps Click Pass
  • Making user of an Extra Coin
  • Without an Extra Coin
Also published here 163
Aurelio Paviato A Note on the Handling of Coins Across general comments
 		169
Aurelio Paviato Phase Two - Coins Across four coins one by one, extra coin
  • The First Coin Crosses
  • The Second Coin Crosses
  • Get-Ready for the Third Coin
  • The Third Coin Crosses
  • Get-Ready for the Last Coin
  • The Last Coin Goes
  • Loading the Coin Beneath the Aces
 		170
Tenkai Pinch getting in and out, see following pages
 		170
Hand Steal
180
Aurelio Paviato Transition One - Coin to Bill coin changes to bill à la spellbound
 		186
Aurelio Paviato Phase Three - Three-Coin Vanish and Reproduction
  • The Structure of the Vanishes
  • The First Coin Vanishes
  • The Second Coin Vanishes
  • The Third Coin Vanishes
  • The Coins Return
Inspired by
  • "Dynamic Coin Routine" (Al Schneider, The Linking Ring Vol. 52 No. 8, Aug. 1972, p. 55)
 188
Richard Himber The Himber Vanish
190
Aurelio Paviato Phase Four - Fusion and Fracture three half dollars are fused into a silver dollar and back, edge
 		201
Aurelio Paviato Transition Two - A Fourth Coin is Produced
207
L'Homme Masqué L'Homme Masqué Production
210
Aurelio Paviato Phase Five - Xirtam four coin matrix with backfire, one extra coin
 		213
Paul Harris Coin Steal
217
Al Schneider, Derek Dingle The Matrix Pickup Move
220
Al Schneider The Twirl Load load coin under card, while twisting the card one-handed
Also published here 225
Bernard Bilis, Jean Faré The Shovel Move coin slides into other hand from card and vanishes, see credit information on p. 240
Related to 232
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2025.