Animation

Creators	Title	Comments & References	Year	Source	Page	Categories
Clayton Rawson	Poltergeist in the Library	book jumps from bookshelf	Jan. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)	618	Thread / Reel Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Book / Animation
Marconick	The Rising and Falling Magazine	rolled up magazine rises and falls along ribbon	1967	Original Magic	66	Paper / Animation Book / Animation
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser	Book Tests	several strategies, including duplicate books, force books, book opening itself on chosen page, as memory feat	Winter 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)	301	Book / Animation Book / Book Test / Routines
Stephen Minch	Poltergeisties!	rocking chair starts to rock, pictures on walls tilt, objects move on shelves, books fall over, plates tip, MO wire	1975	Mind & Matter	39	Picture & Drawing Plate Mental Magic / Effects / Psychokinesis Chair / Miscellaneous Book / Animation
Amazing James Randi	The Hydrick Effect	"Curiosities" phone book page flips over by itself	1981	The Chronicles (Issue 30)	1359	Book / Animation
Al Mann	Impromptu	Objects apparently move, self-cutting deck A book flies away when the hand of the psychic approaches it The same move can be made with a deck of cards or business cards By the same move a pencil is made to fly away also Business cards (or playing cards) fly away as the hand of the sitter approaches Apports	1982	Eff-Oes	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Psychokinesis Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Book / Animation Pen & Pencil / Animation Articles / Chapter Heading
Al Mann	Catapults	book is thrown across the room while no one is near	1982	Eff-Oes	5	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Book / Animation