With additional introductions from the 1993 reprint by L&L Publishing.
1965-1977,1993
Written by Karl Fulves
Work of Various
300 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
1,519 entries
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Karl Fulves (reviewer) Copper/Silver/Brass by Dan Tong Vol. 8 No. 10 Aug. 1973 647
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Color Monte by Dan Tong Vol. 8 No. 10 Aug. 1973 647
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Mental Monte by Dan Tong Vol. 8 No. 10 Aug. 1973 647
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Sixth Column by Dan Tong Vol. 8 No. 10 Aug. 1973 647
Mel Bennett, Fred Becker Etcetera
Vol. 8 No. 10 Aug. 1973 648
Joseph K. Schmidt The Card Thought Of spectator looks at card in spread (effectively one of three), it is reproduced from pocket
  • No-Palm Method
see also p. 648 for credit information
Vol. 8 No. 10 Aug. 1973 650
Tom Harris Knight's Tour
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 651
Karl Fulves Babel Charlie Miller disappointed with lecture in England, Majorie Stanes, Lorayne force book joke, UFOs, Al Mann
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 652
Robert (Bob) Hess Flame Test two paper slips, on one the spectator draws a demonic symbol, this vanishes in a flash
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 653
Alan Brown Slip Link two small rings link, handling with handkerchief
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 653
Tony Bartolotta Half Transpo queen side of normal card transposes with blank side of double blank card
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 654
Ken Beale Poker down under deal packet trick with poker theme
  • Canberra Poker
  • New South Wales
Related to Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 655
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
  • The Close Out
four phases, cup penetrates table as finale
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 657
Ben Christopher Dead Slate living dead test, names written on a slate, assistant divines
Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 659
Jack Avis Impromptu Unlimited four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 660
Francis Haxton Impromptu Unlimited four chosen card buried in deck, joker placed on top attracts the selections to top one by one
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 11 Sep. 1973 660
Karl Fulves Lin Searles folio intro, see also p. 735
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 661
Lin Searles Reverse Rise plunger location, card rises reversed
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 663
Lin Searles Face-Up Aces
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 663
Frederick Braue Braue Add-On Move
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 663
Lin Searles Idiot's Shuffle cards shuffled face-up/face-down (for real), then four eights (instead of aces) are dealt
Variations Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 664
Lin Searles An Ace Assembly
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 664
Lin Searles Impossible Location out-of-hand selection (203rd force), card vanishes and reappears in deck
Related to Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 665
Lin Searles General Assembly
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 665
Martin Gardner Gardner Vanish see also p. 668
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 665
Lin Searles Quik Cull with sixteen-card packet
Related to Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 666
Lin Searles All Fair Aces
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 666
Lin Searles Reverse Autobreak deck held with both hands and squeezed with right hand, break opens at right side, auto-break from 1957 letter
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 667
Lin Searles Tap Jog card squared in by tapping on table, yet jog retained
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 667
Lin Searles Prophet out-of-hand selection procedure, two handlings, second one with pseudo duplicate pairs
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 667
Lin Searles Dealing Centers Aces cut in middle and dealt from there, last Ace travels to sleeve
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 667
Lin Searles Mexicali Aces
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 668
Lin Searles Packet Mexican Turnover turning packet over with single card and switching one of the packet for it
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 668
Lin Searles Countdown Aces performer cuts to Ace, Two, Three and Four on top, counting down to the Aces according to values, inspired by Ed Marlo routine
Variations Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 668
Lin Searles Cannibal Jacks
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 669
Lin Searles Aces Up
Related toVariations Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 670
Lin Searles Problems suggesting two plots where the performer turns his back
  • spectator switches two poker hands of several and performer can identify them
  • spectator deals poker hands, one from the bottom, that hand is identified
Variations Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 670
Lin Searles Quick Classic Aces change into selection one by one, then selection from pocket
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 670
Lin Searles Crossroader five-card poker hand spread face-down, center card is red-backed Queen of Spades, one card exchanged, now all have different colored backs
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 671
Lin Searles Blue Aces spectator finds aces two times, then they change back color
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 671
Lin Searles 3 Jacks Three Jacks Deal elaboration, see also p. 735
Related to Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 672
Lin Searles More Cannibals
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 673
Lin Searles, Cy Endfield Impromptu Miracle
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 673
Lin Searles Thru A Quarter
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 674
Lin Searles Come Back Queens
Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio Autumn 1973 674
A. Kojima Lightning Link see also p. 684 for credit information, and p. 757 for more credit information by Sid Lorraine regarding Dr. Fred Ervis and Richard Durham
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 675
Karl Fulves Babel J. W. Sarles, Slydini on Wonderama, Dick Cavett, Jim Thompson, fine for fake fortuneteller
Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 676
Ben Christopher Mental Detective see also p. 728 for comment by Eric Kaufman
Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 677
Neal Thomas 5¢ Coke coin dropped in shot glass under handkerchief cover, coin changes to coke, squirting nickel
Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 677
Karl Fulves Lightning Unlink
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 679
Conrad C. Bush The Linking Ropes
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 679
Edward Marlo On the Roll-Up Move pop-up move information, see references
Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 679
Marvin Johnson Okito Box Notes 4
Inspired by Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 680
Dan Tong Okito Box Notes 4
Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 680
Dan Tong Another Turnover
Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 681
Charles T. Jordan Elasticity card inserted in middle of banded deck, deck tossed in air, selection appears at face
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 682
Charles T. Jordan Newest Coin Up Sleeve coin dropped in sleeve and pulled through fabric at elbow, from the 1920s
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Oct. 1973 682
Karl Fulves Remembrance Of Things Past ESP signs design duplication with gaffed peek slate and paramnesia presentation, see also p. 690 for comment
Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 683
Al Baker One-Way Reversal out of hands
Related to Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 684
Karl Fulves Babel Cardini's death, stripper deck contest in Linking Ring (see also p. 728 for comment by winner George Kimery)
Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 684
Karl Fulves History on peek slates, see-through, electronic with light source
Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 685
Raymond Hafler Clipboard Peek brief
Also published here
  • "Clipboard Peek" (Ray Hafler, M.U.M.)
Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 685
Karl Fulves Some Deal - Double Coincidence from twelve-card packet spectator choses two cards which are mated
Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 686
Karl Fulves Fourcast from twelve-card packet spectator choses two cards which are mated and form a four-of-a-kind
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 1 Nov. 1973 686
Joseph K. Schmidt Subconscious Poker II one card is controlled during the repeat-dealing of five poker-hand and appears in a Royal Flush, see also p. 840 for idea by Cushing Strout
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 687
Karl Fulves Babel John Fisher's "The Magic of Lewis Carroll" & "Magic Book"
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 688
Martin Gardner (reviewer) Magic Book by John Fisher
excerpt reprinted from NY Times
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 688
G. W. Hunter Latest Rope & Ring multiple knots appear on rope and ring in chosen knot, see also p. 711
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 689
Tony Cole Copy Cat two decks, performer puts one of his in the spectator's and vice versa, they both are placed next to their mates, see also p. 830 for comment by Roy Walton
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 689
Karl Fulves Split Second two cards from two decks (same face, different backs) change place through table
Variations Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 690
Karl Fulves Sticky Sleeve Steal double-sided tape on sleeve, arm comes to rest over deck
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 690
Karl Fulves Remember Isis? divination of writing on pad, ring and glass sphere used in presentation, NCR paper, steel shim and magnet for impression device, writing stolen with magnet
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 691
Harvey Rosenthal, Piet Forton The 5th Jack red Jacks put on table, top card of deck are also red Jack, tabled ones now black, all put on table, top card is another jack, cards on table are now Aces, see also p. 782 for improvement
Inspired by
  • trick of Piet Forton (see also Gus Southall and Francis Haxton variations in The New Pentagram)
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 692
Craig Milgrim False Cut double Charlier cut
Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 695
Bob Baxter Bobby Baxter's Addition gag
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 695
Oscar Pladek Reference Shelf - A Modern Chinese Marvel reply to Ed Marlo's letter on p. 679
Related to Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 695
Vincent Sabatino Ring & Spring routine with metal spring and ring prop
  • Chop Stick Addition
see also p. 711 & p. 730 for comment by Ken Eastin, p. 756 for credit information by Ed Marlo, p. 792 for comment by Bob Eagle
Variations Vol. 9 No. 2 Dec. 1973 696
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Bulls Eye two pieces of paper, one with writing, spectator holds one in each hand, performer divines the hand with the writing
Inspired by
  • problem posed in "Private Journal" (Bob Lynn)
Variations
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 697
Karl Fulves Babel Frank Thompson lecture, Walter Graham, E. G. Brown
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 698
Roy Walton The Magic Lesson "Two Down-Under Routines"
four selections from fifteen-card packet made and found with down-under deal
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 699
Karl Fulves Teaching the Future "Two Down-Under Routines"
spectator ends up with only card with an X on its back
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 699
Karl Fulves Step Right Up collection of proposition bets, see following entries
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 700
Martin Gardner Parity Bet eleven cards on table with one free section, sliding task for spectator as bet
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 700
Mel Stover Chess Bet see also p. 782 for additional information
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 701
Ken Beale Odd/Even Bet play on words
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 701
Checkerboard Bet tracing path in checkerboard
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 701
The Nile River Bet does nile flow south or north, exploiting misprint
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 701
Robert Connelly "Say Red" betting game whether next card is red
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 702
Five Quick Bets see also p. 782 for credit information
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 702
Karl Fulves A Dice Proposition
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 702
Karl Fulves Stabbing Effect banded deck, joker apparently tossed between selections
Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 703
Karl Fulves, Derek Dingle Direct Lap
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 703
Bert Fenn, Karl Fulves, Joseph K. Schmidt Impromptu Haunted Deck rubber band around deck, deck pivots and card sticks out
  • Bert Fenn
  • Schmidt & Fulves
see also p. 780 for comment by Joseph K. Schmidt
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 3 Jan. 1974 704
Mitchell Dyszel Swindle Ring
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 705
Karl Fulves Babel Kreskin, exorcism
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 706
Cushing Strout Double Thot named card is only odd-backed card, then it changes into another selection, Chicago Opener, credits to Walter Gibson, Carlyle, George Sands
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 707
Karl Fulves Rise using handkerchief, see also p. 786
Inspired byVariations Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 707
E. Leslie May Asulikeit a set of ESP cards is used to reveal chosen symbol, "trick that cannot be explained", multiple out, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 708
Karl Fulves Money in the Bank penny dropped in piggy bank, then it turns out that piggy bank has no slit, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 709
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Witchcraft by Walter B. Gibson Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 709
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Tarbell 7 by Harry Lorayne Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 709
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Windex by Roy Walton Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 709
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Fickle Nickle by John Cornelius Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 709
Martin Gardner Yin-Yang only high cards used, five cards dealt out in row, spectator marks them with either red/black, odd/even or high/low property, all cards divined, three-way gray code
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 710
Jerry Fulton, Steve Bryant, Karl Fulves Etcetera on magazine Magick and mentalism
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 710
Karl Fulves On Mental Magic and Uri Geller
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 710
Robert E. Neale, Karl Fulves In the Mirror spectator writes number on mirror, performer on another mirror, numbers transpose in mirror writing, variation with words, see also p. 786 for comment by Reinhard Müller
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 712
Karl Fulves Mirror Problem something manifests in infinite reflections of two faced mirrors, unclear, posed as problem
Vol. 9 No. 4 Feb. 1974 712
Karl Fulves The Second Sam Schwartz Issue issue introduction
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 713
Karl Fulves Babel Sarles, Uri Geller, Magigram, Paul Swinford, Kreskin poke on John Scarne
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 714
George Blake Red or Black Force forcing one of the colors, "for me"
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 714
Calculator Spelling spelling words with upside down calculator
Related to Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 714
Sam Schwartz Thot Echo two card location, straight set-up, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 715
Sam Schwartz Ring Flite
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 715
Claude Crowe Blindfold Drive Idea
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 717
Martin Kaplan, Robert Eagle Etcetera pirating of "Beam Shot", Kreskin effect with three glasses of liquid
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 717
Joe Berg Thumb Coin Vanish as transformation into multiple small coins
Related to Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 717
Sam Schwartz Down & Under (Done Over) card chosen by cutting off cards, removing some of those into pocket, remembering card at position in rest, down-under deal location
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 718
Sam Schwartz Lightning Link II
  • Lightning Unlink
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 719
Sam Schwartz Alchemy with Coins two copper and two sliver coins, transpositions and transformation, surprise appearance of handful of pennies, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson
Also published here
  • "Alchemy with Coins" (Sam Schwartz, Linking Ring)
Vol. 9 No. 5 Mar. 1974 720
Tom Ellis Super Rise Loading Move, see p. 985 for Wesley James reference
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 721
John Benzais 11¢ Transpo transposition between marked penny and dime, spectator holds one coin under table, secret use of nickel
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 721
Karl Fulves Babel movie "The Sting" and Scarne, "Sealed Card Rise", Kay-Gee Card Control
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 722
Pete Biro Cup Chop
  • The Karate Acquitment
showing cup empty despite ball underneath
Related to Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 723
Bill Taylor 7-16 down-under deal, spectator's and performer's remaining cards predicted, game presentation
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 723
Karl Fulves Retrospective column about hard to find tricks, comments on OOTW
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 724
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme with face-up/face-down mix of twenty cards behind spectator's back
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 724
Karl Fulves Addenda handling variation
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 725
Martin Gardner, Clayton Rawson Further Ideas
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 726
Martin Gardner Slop Shuffle Separation red black separation, credited to Gardner
Related to Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 726
Edward Marlo Reference Shelf - A Modern Chinese Marvel reply to Oscar Pladek
Related to Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 726
Karl Fulves Okito Notes Part 5 intro
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Hook Coin + Okito Box three coins in box, one penetrates, playing card used in handling
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Thru The Table single coin through table, playing card used in handling
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Half Shell + Okito Box sliding shell
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 727
Sydney Bergson, John Holland, Bob Bruning, George Kimery, Eric Kaufman Etcetera
Related to Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 728
Karl Fulves Modified Boston Boxes
Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr. 1974 729
Karl Fulves John Cornelius Issue issue intro
Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 731
Karl Fulves Babel Dai Vernon, Skinner on Tonight Show, Houdini, George Daily, Doug Henning's "The Magic Show", lengthening fingers in candle by Ali Kasim Dheen (anecdote from Sphinx)
Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 732
John Cornelius S=C2 silver coin placed in hand, two copper coins come out, ends clean
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 733
John Cornelius Magnetic Fork powerful magnet below table makes fork magnetic above table
Related toAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 733
John Cornelius Gotcha! - Sleight Of Foot gag for "coin brushed under foot" in which it is not there at the end
Related toVariations Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 735
John Cornelius Gotcha! - Invisible Downs Palm coin position that allows to display hand more freely, as magician's gag
Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 735
John Cornelius Slow Motion Coin Vanish see also p. 786 for credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 736
John Cornelius No Theft anti-theft device for car
Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 738
Robin Robertson, Kenn Eastin, Michael Lewis, Dan Mayer, Arthur Karas, Forrest Norman Etcetera
Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 738
John Cornelius Phantom Cigarette miming cigarette, it appears, thread hook-up, rubber cigarette, see also p. 786 for note by Lu Brent
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 739
John Cornelius Fold-a-Card in quarters, while spreading through deck with faces towards performer
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 740
Karl Fulves Sample Effect folded blank card changes into signed selection, optional with paper clip
Vol. 9 No. 7 May 1974 740
Al Mann The Griffin Envelope Switch switching two signed envelopes secretly with stack, used for prediction in which spectator's billet is used as actual prediction
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 741
Karl Fulves Babel Psychics, Uri Geller, Nixon, Eddie Joseph died, Al Flosso, "The Endless Octave" acoustical illusion
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 742
Sam Dalal Double Vision two cards predicted on paper slips, using ballpoint pen with pencil lead, mirage deck
Also published here
  • Magigram (Rough-Smooth part, by Sam Dalal)
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 743
Al Mann Instant Mindreader
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 744
Ronald B. Edwards Even Money World
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 745
Jeff Busby 2nd Thot spectator remembers card and its position from top ten cards, Klondike shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 746
Karl Fulves Knot Possible knot tied in loop of rope, in the end the knot drops off as ring, three phases
Inspired by
  • Milbourne Christophe Routine in The Sphinx
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 746
Wesley James, Noel Coughlin The James-Coughlin List list of words that can be read as words upside down on a calculator, see also p. 786
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 748
Karl Fulves Speak Up phone number converted to "psychic equivalent" with calculator, this number called and something divined, see also p. 815 for comment by J. Benson
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 748
Karl Fulves Pocket Calculators intro to some effects
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 749
Karl Fulves You're In The Army upside down number to word gag
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 749
Martin Gardner Strange Bedfellows upside down number to word gag
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 749
Rick Johnsson It's Delete-Ful sum prediction, using calculator ruse, see also p. 815 for comment by Ronald Herman
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 749
Karl Fulves Mathemagic intro
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 750
H. R. Fisher The Slide Rule Trick spectator does some actions with slide ruler, performer in the end divines the number he started with
Related to Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 750
L. Vosburgh Lyons Add and Subtract number thing with desk calculator
Vol. 9 No. 8 June 1974 750
Dave Ossip Royal Marriages matching with the four Queens and Kings, down-under deal
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 751
Karl Fulves Babel Phil Houghton, on Joseph K. Schmidt and how he works, Uri Geller demonstration on TV show "Not For Women Only", Edward Levy
Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 752
Emil Loew Educated Envelope switch envelope, thought-cards-across application
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 753
Emil Loew, Karl Fulves Other Applications of the "Educated Envelope"
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 754
Jerry K. Hartman Poker III slightly elaborated handling, re-dealing
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 754
David (Foote) Drake Squeeze Rise rubber ball
Related toVariations Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 755
Ed Balducci Impromptu Levitation with presentation angle by Martin Gardner (reaching up)
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 755
Herb Zarrow, John E. Mintz Reference Shelf - A Modern Chinese Marvel more credit claims
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 757
Dave Ossip Casual Cull Displacement spreading over cards in right hand
Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 758
Sam Dalal, Marvin Johnson Etcetera
Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 758
Sam Dalal Drop Out Solution
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 758
Arthur Hill Mental Mate deck shuffled face-up/face-down, spectator counts to number (ignoring face-up cards), then performer, the cards match
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 759
Steve Freeman, Derek Dingle Slow Motion Coin Vanish II
Inspired byRelated toVariations Vol. 9 No. 9 July 1974 760
Karl Fulves, Robert Parrish Robert Parrish folio intro
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 762
Oscar Weigle Prologue on Robert Parrish
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 762
Robert Parrish Mental Opener spectator names number and that card is counted to face-up, number and card predicted, mirage deck, miscalling number
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 763
Eric Williams Forcing from Mirage Deck counting face-up
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 763
Robert Parrish Mysterious Casket borrowed unknown item put in wooden box and covered with paper bag, performer describes it
Variations Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 764
Robert Parrish Great Slate Test chosen card divined on slate and duplicate writing appears on another slate, repeated with random name written down by spectator
Inspired by
  • Laurie Ireland's "Three Slate Routines" (1930s)
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 765
Robert Parrish Floating Table seance type
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 767
Robert Parrish Stole Steal two bowls of water produced from stole of assistant
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 768
Robert Parrish Bull's Eye II spectator draws something on one of two slips of paper, both are mixed on table, performer divines the slip with writing and then its content
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 770
Robert Parrish Picture ESP slate as mirror
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 770
Robert Parrish Cups & Coins four different coins and cups, spectator drops coin in any cup, under cup is prediction of that coin, bottomless paper cups
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 771
Robert Parrish, Theo "Okito" Bamberg Torn Paper Enigma torn and restored cigarette paper, pieces impaled on needle/hat pin
Inspired by
  • Vynn Boyer's torn & restored cigarette paper (Hugard's Magic Monthly, Dec. 1957)
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 772
Robert Parrish Hat Pin Switch
Related to Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 773
John Goodrum Epilogue on Robert Parrish
Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio Summer 1974 774
Gene Finnell Needle And Thread thread on needle, needle pierced through handkerchief while spectator holds thread ends, needle penetrates thread, and back on
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 775
Karl Fulves Babel Dick Gustafson, "Chaos" ad in New Phoenix, J.W. Sarles died
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 776
Martin Gardner Fish Layout Puzzle
Variations Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 776
Roger Crabtree 14 Carats probabilistic force of vegetable "carrot"
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 777
Jack Potter Prophet by Post card predicted by sending letter to host previously
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 777
Victor Farelli Coin Toss Card Force forcing one card out of three, see p. 863 for credit information by Jack Potter
Related to
  • "Magic Wand" No. 206, June-sept 1945, p. 68
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 777
Francis Haxton Aces to Go
Variations Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 777
Sam Aaronson Cups and Balls see also p. 780 for note by Mike Rogers, p. 863 for Al Cohn credit by Richard Stride, p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 778
Sam Aaronson The Basic Sleight false transfer
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 778
Sam Aaronson The Basic Loading Move
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 778
Martin Gardner Coin to Cuff marked coin travels down to cuff, two methods, one with secret tube slide and one impromptu
Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 780
Martin Gardner On "Drop Out" solution to Fulves's problem
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 782
Jerry Fulton, Victor Marsh, John Bethel, Karl Fulves Etcetera about magazine Magick
Related to Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 782
Robert E. Neale 5-Second Rice rice in double Foo-Can, tube that is open on both ends and rice does not fall out when poured into it and also not when turned over, but on turning back it does, with notes by Karl Fulves
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 783
Conrad C. Bush Complete Circle three ropes tied into loops, they then form one big loop, then repeat and the big loop is actually one rope
Related to Vol. 9 No. 10 Aug. 1974 784
Wilbur T. Kattner Tarot Trick Nasick magic square with sixteen tarot cards
Related to Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 785
Karl Fulves Babel Uri Geller and NASA research, John Scarne on Today Show, beginners in magic & personality development, David Roth
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 786
James G. Thompson Jr. No Way two spectators decide on a number up to 25, first spectator counts down to that card in half the deck, performer writes down two cards, second spectator counts down, both cards match prediction
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 787
Orville Wayne Meyer Tossed II three-way forcing deck instead of one-way, see p. 863 for comment by Peter Warlock, p. 985 for comment by Jerry Fulton
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 787
Karl Fulves Retrospective column about hard to find tricks, Larsen & Wright in this case, excerpt from "Random Conceptions with Cards"
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #1 three Aces dealt on one half, one on the other, then there are three on the second and three Aces on the first half
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #2 done one-handed
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Scoop-Up Addition/Switch with multiple cards
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #3 no-palm
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright False-Count Cover spectator and performer count simultaneously
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #4 backs change from red to blue, cards become blank and back to normal
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 789
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #5 two cards change, Two Card Monte sequence with impromptu double backer
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 790
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #6 packet of cards put under handkerchief, pulled away, cards have vanished, in sleeve
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 790
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #7 cards openly separated into suits, then shuffled together fairly with riffle shuffle, yet red-black colors remain separated
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 790
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #8 cards openly separated into suits, then reds shuffled together and blacks, halves put together, they magically mix
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 791
Karl Fulves Cup & Ball Technique
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 791
Karl Fulves Speedball featuring hand-to-hand transfer of ball with cup
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 791
Obie O'Brien, Robert Eagle Etcetera reply re "Obie's $5 Card Trick"
Related to Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 792
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Pennies Transfer pointing
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 793
Rick Johnsson Simplex Triumph
Related to Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 793
Rick Johnsson Tenkai Turnover Variation
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 793
Rick Johnsson, Karl Fulves 3 Quick Tricks intro
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 794
Rick Johnsson The Hidden Persuader
Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 794
Rick Johnsson Kamikazee Koins one of two coins (copper and silver) penetrates table, see p. 786 for credit information
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 9 No. 11 Sep. 1974 794
John Braun Stewart Judah folio intro
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 795
Stewart Judah Aces & Jacks three Jacks transpose with three Aces one at a time
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 796
Secret Addition and Switch partial
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 796
Paul Swinford Drop-Off Switch partial
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 798
Stewart Judah Lightning Strikes Thrice three numbers and totals arrived at with blank cards, they are all identical, see p. 1053 for note by Johnnie Murray
Related toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 798
Small Packet Fan Weave Shuffle
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 799
Stewart Judah Thieves & Sheep credit information, labels stuck on coins
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 800
Stewart Judah Substitution Trunk card case prop with flap, card inside and outside transpose
VariationsAlso published here Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 804
Stewart Judah Metamorphic Sponge routine with ball-to-cube item
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 805
Stewart Judah McDonald Aces three double facers
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 807
Stewart Judah Repeater
  • Part One (Biddle Trick)
  • Part Two (sucker version of Part One)
Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One) Autumn 1974 808
Paul Swinford Octo octahedral die with symbols, chosen symbol divined
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 809
Karl Fulves Babel Fulves lecture, Crandall, John Scarne anecdotes
Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 810
Karl Fulves Predelection spectator makes cross on slate with chalk on list, location is felt behind back
Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 810
Joel Moskowitz Gypsy Coin coin vanishes and reappears in hand
Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 811
Robert E. Neale A Trick with Sandpaper two pieces of sandpaper are folded together, performer can pull them apart but spectator cannot
  • Thumb Variation
  • Lock Position
  • Warnings
Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 811
Ronald Zollweg, Roger Crabtree, Ronald Herman, J. Benson Etcetera
Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 815
Ronald Zollweg On Cuffing
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 815
George Sands Criss Cross Nines through Aces removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it
credit information, see also p. 812 for Marlo claim
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Unbeatable" (George Sands, Sep. 1951, p. 14)
Vol. 9 No. 12 Oct. 1974 816
Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2015.