Miscellaneous

95 entries in Egg / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown How to make two or three egs dance upon a staffe eggs balanced on stick
 		1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 38
Unknown L'Oiseau Mort, & Ressuscité an egg is chosen and the spectator asked if she rather has a mouse or a bird, she chooses a bird and inside the egg is a bird, the bird days and comes back to life, concepts of forcing of proximity and preference, two versions
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 32
Unknown To Pass a Borrowed Ring into an Egg
Also published here 1876 Modern Magic 233
Bland A Barber's Pole from an Egg paper spiral "pole", later switched for wooden one
 		1890 More Magic 340
Unknown Egg Swallowing
Related to 1890 More Magic 342
Unknown To Balance an Egg on a Table unbroken egg
 		1890 More Magic 325
Unknown To Balance an Egg on the End of a Straw
1890 More Magic 325
Unknown To Spin an Egg on End
1890 More Magic 327
Unknown Paper from an Egg paper coil
Related to 1890 More Magic 339
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • continuation of Chinese sticks explanation
  • omelette appears in pan via hollow wand with egg mixture
  • gold fish appear in bowl via hollow wand
 		June 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6) 81
Unknown Karten- und Ei-Balance egg and upright card balanced on wand, card with needle inside
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 189
Otsenré, Carl Willmann Die Verwandlungs-Mechanik unprepared egg, elaborate egg holder
 		Feb. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2) 20
Unknown Abenteuer eines Eies und Irrfahrten eines Tuches by "E. C. from Munich", longer routine with egg, egg cup, glass, silk and candle
Related to Feb. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2) 21
Unknown Card and Egg Balance impossible balancing stunt with card and egg on wand
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 198
Unknown Das Ei des Columbus egg balanced upright, then card balanced upright on egg and coin on that, all on wand
Related to Sep. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3) 38
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ei- und Wein-Change wine in glass and covered, egg vanishes, egg noch in glass with wine inside
Related to Mar. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 9) 140
Unknown Wunderbare Ei- und Weinwanderung wine in glass and covered, egg vanishes, egg noch in glass with wine inside
Related to June 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 12) 178
Hugo Kramer Die Weinwanderung wine vanishes from glass under silk and reappears inside chosen egg
Related to Jan. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 1) 8
Carl Willmann Das Celluloid-Ei fake eggs made from celluloid
 		Jan. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 1) 11
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Gekocht oder ungekocht No. 42, plate of eggs, different spectators chose eggs and can decide whether they want them cooked or raw
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 116
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Metamorphose eines Tuches No. 44, silk produced, changes into ribbon, then into small silks, they vanish and reappear inside an egg
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 120
Unknown Ein indisches Eikunststück putting eggs into eye sockets and they stick, also behind ears
 		Aug. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 8) 126
Unknown Ein Ei je nach Wunsch auf der Oberfläche des Wassers schwimmen oder in dasselbe niedersinken zu lassen egg floats on water surface or sinks down as spectators wish
 		Sep. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9) 137
Unknown Das rotierende Ei rotating an egg on a plate
 		Sep. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9) 139
Carl Willmann Kunststücke mit Eiern introduction
 		Sep. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9) 137
Unknown An Egg and Bottle Trick non-magical science experiment
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 297
Unknown Egg Spinning non-magical science experiment
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 316
Unknown The Travelling Egg non-magical science experiment
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 318
Heinrich Collin Die Goldschmelze auf dem Teller borrowed finger ring wrapped in (flash) paper and put on small plate, vanishes, reappears on egg, flash material dummy with gold leaf
 		May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 73
Phantome Die magischen Eier egg on chair, covered with cup, stooge takes egg out when performer is not looking, it is still there
 		May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 74
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XVII. Ist es möglich! 1. Der Ring am Stabe (finger ring moves up and down on wand)
2. Der aus dem Glase verschwindende Ring (ring vanishes from glass, covered with silk)
3. Der Ring im Hühnerei (ring appears in egg)
 		1902 Moderne Magie 170
Carl Willmann An Improved Egg-Holder
1903 Later Magic 394
Joseph Michael Hartz The Ribbon-Producing Egg
Related to 1903 Later Magic 432
Unknown The Bottomless Tumbler with basic applications, stealing ball out, removing only part of the bottom so an egg stays within until glass is shaken, cover to allow liquid inside
 		1903 Later Magic 92
Unknown The Egg and Handkerchief Trick (Modern Methods) improvement on artificial eggs
Related to 1903 Later Magic 326
Professor Hoffmann Chapter X - Tricks with Eggs
  • The Celluloid Egg
 		1903 Later Magic 390
Unknown The Self-Balancing Egg egg with weight or sand inside
 		1903 Later Magic 391
Unknown Der Eierkuchen im Hut in modernster Ausführung baking an egg cake in hat
Related to Aug. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 8) 128
Carl Willmann, Hal. Merton Der Ring im Hühnerei borrowed finger ring appears inside egg, gaffed egg cup, second method by Merton
 		Jan. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 1) 8
Unknown Der Eierkuchen im Hut in modernster Ausführung second part
Related to Sep. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9) 145
Carl Willmann Willmann's Vogelkäfig egg cracked into hat by "mistake", then bird cage with birds taken out of hat
 		May 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 5) 76
Unknown To Balance an Egg on the Table several methods
 		1909 The Art of Magic 294
Tom Sellers A Novel Egg Trick marked egg found amongst other eggs
 		1927 Tricks That Work 6
Unknown Messages in Eggs weird method for getting message in egg
 		1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 176
Unknown Knife and Egg Shell knife through egg shell stunt that cannot be duplicated by spectator
 		1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 95
Laurie Ireland How to Clean Celluloid Eggs
1937 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1937) 11
Unknown An Egg Production Climax egg on cork on tray on glasses, pulling tray out, stunt
 		1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 75
Unknown Prepared Unbreakable Egg
1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 89
Frederick Eugene Powell A Ring There Was ring to egg with gaffed bowl and plate
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 87) 550
Gordon R. McKenney Silk Gone Mad handkerchief to egg combined with handkerchief to light bulb
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 122) 713
Unknown An Eggs-traordinary Eggs-planation fake explanation, ends with real egg
Variations 1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 394
Unknown Repeat Handkerchief Vanish some credit to Oswald Williams, using pull, final transformation to egg
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 404
Unknown The Egg, the Glass, and the Handkerchief transpo of egg in glass with borrowed handkerchief
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 389
U. F. Grant, Danny Morris, Howcani Gaglet Department
  • idea for Al Baker's "Salt Trick" (Morris)
  • idea for cleaning slates, when done with chemical formula (Grant)
  • gag, where two eggs are cracked and one put in pocket, but still three yolks are seen (Howcani)
Inspired by 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 14) 59
Bruce Elliott Hard Boiled Miracle nickel vanishes and travels into chosen hard boiled egg
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 2) 5
Harlan Tarbell Humpty Dumpty Outdone spectator breaks egg in handkerchief
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 269
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell's Unbreakable Egg spectator breaks egg in handkerchief
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 274
Unknown An Egg Gag when proving that an egg is real, a spectator holds a glass and the egg is cracked open, bottomless glass
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 48) 199
Abril Lamarque Foiling the Gremlins gag when magic trick goes wrong, egg with silk inside bearing a message
 		May 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 12) 51
Hen Fetsch Practical Suggestions for the Welsh Rarebit Pan
1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 3
Laurie Ireland Betchas collection of bar bets, several reprints of the Phoenix
 		1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 6
James Upchurch Cold Fire - The Magic Torch fake blow torch, effects with cold fire (bulb of flash light), melting metal, boiling water and more
 		1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 15
John J. Crimmins Jr. Humpty Dumpty Gets Around story trick for children
 		1945 My Best 225
R. J. Cooper Balancing an Egg on a Plate
Mar. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 10) 109
Professor Hoffmann Hollow Egg Idea
Jan. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 8) 184
Harlan Tarbell Comedy Egg Production using Master Hat
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 206
Bill Williston, Ray Cox Half Dollar in Egg
July 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9 & 10) 10
Felix Korim Blown Egg Shell Gag cracking egg with water in it on someone
 		July 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9 & 10) 15
Paul Clive Egg a la Card No. 9, Name of card appears on hard boiled egg after it is peeled
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 21
Don Alan Egg Gag with plastic hen
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 31
Milton Tootle Tootle's Egg Trick coin vanishes and appears in a raw egg
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 304) 15
Yellowstone Bank Night with Eggs with card in egg wand
 		1954 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954) 38
Max Malini, Charlie Miller Chicks chicks from Cups & Balls, chicks from eggs
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 74
Charlie Miller Night Club Routine canary production, glass with drink produced and vanished, egg stuff, snow storm
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 98
Dr. William E. Belanger You're a Good Egg fake fried egg gag
 		1962 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 368) 301
Max Malini The Inertia Trick glasses covered with a tray, on the tray are tubes with eggs, tray is knocked away and eggs fall into glass
 		1962 Malini and His Magic 40
Vic Perry Eggs-Press for 'Milady' card is selected with a wind-up toy chicken, paper is found in chosen egg with name of spectator and name of card
 		1974 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 108) 537
T. Nelson Downs, Unknown An Eggs-traordinary Eggs-planation Added ruse by Downs
Inspired by 1975 Magic With Faucett Ross 172
Steve Beam Nest Egg marked coin to egg
 		1981 Steve Beam On Coins — Volume I 59
Unknown Loading an Egg with a coin
Related to 1981 Steve Beam On Coins — Volume I 59
Horace Spencer The Rubber Eggs how to make them, and as an egg vanish
 		Jan. 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 1) 978
Roy Baker The Growing Egg Uses odd shaped wooden egg, egg elongates and grows visually
 		1983 Baker's Capers 28
Edward Marlo Bill, Egg, and Glass bill vanishes and reappears under paper-covered glass, egg appears, vanishes, bill reappears in egg
 		1983 Arcane (Issue 9) 111
Unknown To Pass a Borrowed Ring into an Egg
Also published here 1984 Magic with Finger Rings 51
Michael Weber Enough! cracking a fake egg as if real
  • egg on fan
  • egg bag finale
Also published here 1990 La Magie de Michael Weber 6
Michael Weber Enough! cracking a fake egg as if real
  • egg on fan
  • egg bag finale
Also published here 1991 Lecture Collection 8
Dan Harlan Deviled Egg spectator's blood travel into egg, spectator is cut with a knife
 		1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3) 5
Joe Scott Inertia eggs balanced on tubes on tray on top of glasses, tray whipped away
 		1995 Great Tricks Revisited 117
Karl Norman Sucker Egg - Easy Method Stodare egg turns into a real egg
 		1995 40 Years at the Forks 69
Gregory Wilson Shell-Shock boiled egg is blown through little hole in shell which stays intact
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Gregory Wilson) 281
Gregory Wilson Inner Shell-Shock borrowed quarter reappears in egg that is blown out as in "Shell-Shock"
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Gregory Wilson) 282
Ron Bauer What Kind of Egg to Use?
2003 Siamese Goose Egg Bag 33
Patrick Page The Egg Trick bottomless glass is held by spectator, egg is cracked, gag
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 288
Kieron Johnson Boiling an Egg with the Power of your Mind borrowed egg boiled in hand
 		2018 The Time Traveller 75
Ben Hart The Fragility of Life eggs cracked one by one, last one cracks the bowl itself as it is out of steel, plague story presentation, PATEO
Inspired by
  • "Soul Survivor" (Robert E. Neale, Life, Death & Other Card Tricks)
 2020 The Darkest Corners 295