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Steve Reynolds Invisible Poker Deal Collins Aces, Aces reappear face-up when dealing a face-down poker hand
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Next Stop... Larceny
 2021
Output (Issue 16)
26
John Bannon Autopsychic
  • Dealing With It
three piles of three cards each, on thought of from one pile and lost, later found again
Related to
  • "Little Vernon" (John Carey, Me, My Cards, And I, 2017)
 Jan. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)
52
Paul Tuohy Double Discovery Variation two four-of-a-kinds found by cutting and dealing, then also a straight flush and royal flush
Inspired by Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
36
John Bannon Generalissimo
  • Dealing With It
three cards change into duplicates of three selections one after another, using three odd-backed cards with different backs that change into Aces at the end (general cards with packet)
Inspired by Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
46
Libby Ward Back to Surreality
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
 		Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
64
David Britland Double Dealing Dr. Daley's Last Trick
  • Cardopolis
Related to
  • "Daley's Last Breath" (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #73, Aug. 2008)
 Apr. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 4)
44
John Bannon (Close, But...) No Cigar
  • Dealing With It
spectator deals four piles of four cards out, Aces are shown on top, they then change into mates of four prediction cards
 		May 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 5)
56
Albert Chou Ninja Assembly
  • Dealing With It (John Bannon)
layout in which the four three-card packets with indifferent cards are tabled first
 		July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
62
John Hostler Verne G.'s Con four-of-a-kind is found with some dealing and lucky numbers
 		July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
67
David Regal (reviewer) Body Mentalism by Juan Pablo Ibañez Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
78
John Bannon Double Header
  • Dealing With It
 		Sep. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 9)
54
David Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, David Britland Notes on Steam Engines, Pumps, Boilers Hydraulic, and Other Machinery "Max Malini's Peculiar Paraphernalia"
excerpt from David Copperfield's History of Magic
 		Oct. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 10)
43
John Bannon Another Better Loser
  • Dealing With It
after shuffling and cut-deeper procedure ten cards are shown and dealt to two players, performer get's royal flush
 		Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Also published here Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
Nancy Colwell New Horizon card signed and torn into quarters, quarters placed on table in a mis-aligned layout, when turned over they align again
 		2021
Theseus
84
Roberto Giobbi Handling in Practice
  • Beauty
  • Disarming
  • Economy of Movement
  • Effortlessness
  • Generous Movements
  • Minimalism
  • Touch
  • Uniformity
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
49
Arturo de Ascanio Internal/External Reality
2021
Sharing Secrets
56
Roberto Giobbi Artistic Magic
  • The Whole
  • The Detail
  • The Management
  • The Choice of Effect
  • The Dramatic Construction
  • The Psychological Construction
  • The Subtext
  • Recognize and Respect the Effect
  • The Economy of Movement
  • The Handling and Skill
  • The Virtuosity
  • The Ease
  • The Misdirection
  • The Timing
  • The Originality
  • The Emotional Appeal
  • The Spontaneity
  • The Aura and Charm
  • The Beliefs, Criteria, and Taste
  • The Devotion and Diligence
  • The Respect
  • The Likeability
  • The Passion
  • The Last Words
Also published here 2021
Sharing Secrets
134
Sylvain Juzan Tantalean Punishments four cards chosen and lost, first found with Tantalizer deal, other three cards spelled to
 		2021
Every Card You Take
37
Sylvain Juzan The Winning Triplets three cards thought of from packet, three more cards selected and lost, thought-of cards are spelled out without actually finding them, other three selections are then on top, using Triple Dealing Principle (with credit information)
 		2021
Every Card You Take
53
Motoki Kaido KATSUKARE Steal Stealing coin out when placing a card on top of the coin
with backs of fingers
Related to 2021
The Monster of the Secret Art
3
Ryan Schlutz, Salomon Vainstein Randomly Constructed card chosen by choosing a suit and counting a packet for the value, two handlings
  • Alternate Handling - 13 Card Stack
  • Reveal Ideas
    • Mentalism Reveal
    • 52 Outs
    • Marked Deck
    • Second Deck
    • 52-Card Index
 		2021
False Anchors — Volume Five
13
Guy Hollingworth Optical Alignment brief
 		2021
Ransom Notes
16
Asi Wind Forcing
  • Playing Cards
  • Blank Cards
  • Svengali Pads
  • Numbers
  • Apps
 		2021
Before We Begin
21
Asi Wind, Max Maven Song/Movie Force with names on cards
Related to
  • "Cinementalism" (Max Maven, Penguin Lecture 2019)
 2021
Before We Begin
22
Asi Wind Assisted Pre-Show
  • Assistant's Pre-Show Script
  • Mentalist's Show Script
 		2021
Before We Begin
45
Yu Huihang Matrix in China Four silver coins on table, each covered with card. Suddenly all change to Chinese coins. Includes alternate handling with gaffed coins and no servante.
Related to
  • "Impossible Change" (Shoot Ogawa, Cultural Exchange Vol. 2 DVD, 2003)
  • Contagious Transformation (Luis Olmedo, Pigmalion Download Video, 2020)
 2021
Stylo
25
Ramon Mayrata Espectralización - La desaparición del cuerpo del mago en el mundo del espectáculo
  • La vida humana entre dos universos digitales
  • La lógica económica y la lógica militar
  • Dejar huella
  • Autómatas, proyecciones y fantasmagorías
  • Robert-Houdin y la caja de herramientas
  • Tecnologías ópticas y dispositivos
  • Magia, técnica, cultura de masas
  • La cultura de masas desplaza a la cultura popular
  • Goldin y Houdini y la moderna industria del espectáculo
  • Predominio del cine y expansión de la radio
  • La tecnologización tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial
  • La magia de cerca como reacción
  • Identificación con el espectador presente en el estudio
  • Reinventar la calle
  • La modificación del cuerpo biológico
 		2021
Maese Coral (Issue 1)
27
Alexander Hansford Optical Alignment Vanish to visibly vanish one of four cards
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
146
Alexander Hansford Snap Double double card in dealing position is turned over into other hand
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
150
Alexander Hansford Tenkai Drop Change Tenkai-palmed card dropped onto single card in dealing position
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
197
John Graham Middles
  • Too Many Routine that Involve a Different Spectator on Stage with You
  • Too Many Routines that are Essentially the Same Basic Effect
  • Too Many Card Tricks
  • Too Much Mentalism, Not Enough Impact
 		2021
Stage by Stage
145
John Graham Music
  • Warming Up
  • Fine Tuning
  • Concert Quality
  • Tracks and Cues
  • Showtime
    • Show #1: The Music
    • Show #2: The Music
    • Show #3: The Music
 		2021
Stage by Stage
299
Nancy Colwell Lateral Ascanio Steal Stealing the hidden cards in an Ascanio Spread, puts them in Lateral Palm
Inspired by 2021
Lorem Ipsum
30
Nathan Kranzo The Lighter Tip Using lighter with thumbtip to make stealing it out of pocket easier
 		2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
39
Richard Hucko TripSwitch three different coins are distributed in pocket, left fist, right fingertips, they switch/transpose around, ungaffed
Variations May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
33
Curtis Kam Modern Coin Mentalism spectator makes decisions about placements of three coins (on hand, in hand, pocket) which are wrongly predicted and the magically corrected, "TripSwitch" presented as prediction
Inspired byVariations May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
40
Jeremiah Zuo 2nd Time's A Curse three different coins are distributed in pocket, left fist, right fingertips, they switch/transpose around, ungaffed
  • Bonus Ending (coins vanish as finale)
Inspired by May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
49
Jeremiah Zuo 12. Minimalistic Trio one-behind routine
  • The First Production of Three Coins and Instant Vanish of All Three
  • The Second Production of Three Coins
  • The Vanish of the Three Coins
 		Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. Christmas Special)
33
Dani DaOrtiz Attitude
  • Attitude
    • Every person is a world unto himself
    • Internalizing
    • The spectator is not your enemy, avoid intellectual conflicts (p. 24)
    • Feel it, believe in it
    • Carelessness
    • Creating the feeling of freedom through your attitude
    • The importance of actions
    • Direct and indirect influence (p. 25)
    • Do not lie
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
23
Dani DaOrtiz In the hands of the magician dealing stop force of seventh card, performer deals, psychological details
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
41
Dani DaOrtiz In the hands of the spectator dealing stop force of seventh card, spectator deals, psychological details
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
41
Dani DaOrtiz Magician’s Choice. Some ideas detailed information on the psychology, verbal strategies and nuances of equivoque and general forcing procedures and creating the illusion of freedom
  • The importance of the question
  • The spectator acts early
  • Keeping the real purpose in the background
  • Using ambiguity to normalize (p. 62)
  • Forcing choices
    • Building sentences
    • Offering two choices while highlighting one of them (Would you rather…) (p. 63)
    • One option of many
    • Sentence logic (p. 64)
    • Question in the background
    • Direct request ending with ambiguity
  • Forcing via expectations (p. 65)
Also published here 2021
Freedom of Expression
61
Dani DaOrtiz Mistakes in Verbal Forces dealing with spectator that changes his mind about card he is thinking of
  • The spectator is always the one who makes the mistake
  • The rewind situation
  • Back to reality (p. 114)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
113
Dani DaOrtiz Thought-of coincidence card is thought of from imaginary deck as performer names cards, thought-of card is found in real deck by dealing to a specific number or stopping deal at card
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
123
Palm color change used as vanish, stealing face-down card from deck and depositing it onto face-up card
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
137
Ricardo Rodriguez La propuesta conciliadora on three different performing styles
  • A. La magia como posibilidad
  • B. La magia realista
  • C. La magia ficcional
  • Planos
Related to
  • Ricardo Rodriguez "Un intento de conciliación" in "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N°286. 2002.
 2021
Magia de altura y más
45
Ricardo Rodriguez Creatividad, originalidad... y otras patologias on creativity
 		2021
Magia de altura y más
75
Ricardo Rodriguez 1-3+2=0 surrealistic silk routine, silks appear and vanish in hand to make sense to mathematic equation
 		2021
Magia de altura y más
89
Ryan Murray Separating the Cards aligning natural stripper decks
  • Using the Printing Imperfections
  • Using Pip Orientation
  • Separation Shuffle A
  • Separation Shuffle B
  • Combining Separation Methods
 		2021
Natural Card Magic
21
Lionel Gallardo Efecto del Cambio imposible two people see different face of a card, dual reality routine
 		2021
Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I
36
Lionel Gallardo La carta en la boca card to mouth, without placing entire deck in mouth, variations adapted to various situations
  • Carga de la carta en la boca, en magia de cerca, con mesa y sentado
  • Carga de la carta en la boca, en magia de cerca, con mesa pero estando de pie
  • Carga de la carta a la boca en magia de cerca sin mesa de pie
  • Carga de la carta a la boca en magia de salón o escenario
  • Método para plegar la carta en cuatro, sin realizar el Mercury
 		2021
Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I
53
Lionel Gallardo Transposición de tarjetas de visita spectator's business card changes into performer's business card and is then found in wallet
  • Versión sin el The Goldin visible Change
  • Detalles a tener en cuenta antes de decidir si debes realizar la transposición de tarjetas
 		2021
Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I
81
Lionel Gallardo Las bolas por encima de la cabeza 14-phases paper balls over the head routine using sponge balls
  • ¿Qué pasa si no han grabado al espectador?
  • Salidas ante posibles imprevistos, muy previstos
  • Rutina auxiliar, ¡Viaje mano a mano! + ¡Siempre tres!
  • ¿Y si el espectador conoce el juego?
  • Anécdota del espectador conocedor malintencionado
  • Fase extra y opcional
  • Versión con bolas de papel, en condiciones de magia de cerca
 		2021
Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I
173
Jim Steinmeyer, Robert Ramirez Match, Match, Match, Match No. 2, packet cut off, four-of-a-kind found after some pile-dealing, value has been predicted, reverse-count-placement
Inspired by 2021
Bewildering Impuzzibilities
9
Eugene Burger Influence spectator stops dealing, card has large X on its back, then spectator stops the performer dealing and card is predicted as jumbo card on back of tray
  • Interview, 2015
Inspired by
  • "Altered" (Bruce Bernstein)
 2021
Eugene Burger: Final Secrets
9
Greg Chapman Hidden Secrets some more general comments on basic stack concepts
  • Next/Previous Card
  • Card to Stack Number
  • Stack Number to Card
  • Visualizing Groups
  • Open Index
  • Counting up or Down - Adding or Subtracting
  • Two Chains
  • Broken Sequence
  • Missing Card
  • Odd Card Out
  • Belonging to a Group
  • Number of Cards
  • Highest/Lowest Card
  • Next/Previous Card as a Locator
  • Double-key
  • Burn A Card
  • Distance from Bottom
 		2021
Architettura I
27
Erik Casey, Paul Cummins The Memory Test order apparently memorized, spectator cuts off a pile, performer names how many and at which card
Related to June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
53
Meraux Dantes Gourmet Interaction thoughts on performing mentalism
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
117
Roberto Mansilla Gabi Pareras and Fictional Magic
  • "Realistic Magic"
  • Fictional Magic
  • A Revision
  • About the Trick
  • Lie vs. Fiction
  • Proof vs. Evidence
  • Greater Expressiveness
  • The Endless Game
  • More About Gabi Pareras
  • Notes
 		Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
26
Brad Henderson (reviewer) Comedy Mentalism Kit by Todd Karr Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
97
Roberto Mansilla "You Won't Choose"
  • Artifices
card chosen with dealing procedure, gag prediction "You will not choose the Queen of Hearts", all other cards are Queens of Hearts
Inspired by
  • routine in John Born's "Meant to Be"
Related to 		Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
56
David Britland (reviewer) Max Malini: King of Magicians, Magician of Kings by Max Malini (written by Steve Cohen) Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
76
John Bannon Black Ice
  • Dealing With It
intro to oil and water methods
 		Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
50
Brian Wendell Morton Im Memoriam: Peter Galinskas
May 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)
8
John Bannon Fours Majeure
  • Dealing With It
Follow the Leader type routine with four fours-of-a-kind, a fifth quartet comes in
Inspired byRelated to May 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)
64
Mark Phillips (reviewer) The Royal Road to Mentalism by Mark Lemon, Peter Turner June 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 6)
81
Juan Pablo Ibañez Body Mentalism five spectators on stage, they hand an object around according to instructions, spectator where it ends up is divined or predicted
  • The Basic Principle
  • Observations
 		July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
40
Juan Pablo Ibañez Any Card at Any Number age of spectator used to count down to selection, using Body Mentalism principle
 		July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
41
Juan Pablo Ibañez Triple Tequila three spectators on stage, Honest or Liar, object found, using Body Mentalism principle
Inspired by
  • "Double Tequila"
 July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
41
Jim Steinmeyer Monochopsis
  • Conjuring
two red-backed cards shown in blue-backed deck, two cards chosen face-up by stopping during dealing, they are the odd-backed selections
 		July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
48
John Bannon Big Mac Attack
  • Dealing With It
assembly in which cards vanish one by one, but cards in leader pile change to Aces
 		July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
58
John Bannon One of the Better Losers
  • Dealing With It
Hold 'Em stacking demo with double duke, faro
 		Sep. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)
62
Jon Racherbaumer Mathematician vs. Psychic vs. Magician
  • Exhumations
sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 10-11)
92
Joe McKay C.A.A.D. (Card at Any Domino) cards dealt to table, dealing stopped when domino rally stops, selection is there
 		Nov. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 10-11)
115
John Bannon Con-Tourage
  • Dealing With It
four face-down cards between two Jacks, spectator eventually names a Queen and removes three of the cards, remaining card is the named Queen, others are Aces, named Queen also changes into an Ace, named Queen then appears between Jacks, ungaffed
  • Gang of Four (with selection instead of named Queen, no equivoque)
  • First Among Equals (version with one double facer)
Inspired by
  • "Entourage" (Gordon Bean, marketed)
Related to 		Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
48
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Brushstrokes Over Reality by Jim Steinmeyer Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
81
Ramon Mayrata La magia y las vanguardias en el periodo de entreguerras magic and the avant-garde art trends between the wars
  • Cultura eléctrica
  • Futurismo
  • Vanguardia rusa
  • Dadaismo
  • Picasso y el prestidigitador chino
  • Retratos del artista como prestidigitador
  • Impulsores de la imaginación vanguardista
  • Stanislavski
  • El origen de la performance
  • Meyerhold
  • Surrealismo y magia
  • Las vanguardias en el ilusionismo
 		2022
Maese Coral (Issue 2)
41
Manuel Cuesta Jesferh y las "Varietés. Su secreto on Jesferh
  • Análisis de su magia
  • Carrera profesional y su gran secreto
  • Su relación con el mundo de la magia
 		2022
Maese Coral (Issue 3)
91
Mag Gerard José Maria Llácer y la asesoria mágica de escena on José Maria Llácer, his shop and his work as a consultant
  • Asesoramiento mágico para la sala Scala
  • Una gala de los Premios Goya muy mágica
  • Efectos de ilusionismo para El Tricicle, Yllana y Dagoll Dagom
  • La evolución de los articulos mágicos
  • En la actualidad
  • Referencias cinematográficas
  • Bibliografia
  • Agradecimientos
 		2022
Maese Coral (Issue 3)
115
Carlos Devanti Magia y telerrealidad - Entresijos y caracteristicas de una nueva forma de magia televisiva oin magic on television
  • El docu-reality y como David Blaine lo cambió todo
  • Actores, compinches, efectos especiales y trucos de video
  • La magia del montaje audiovisual
 		2022
Maese Coral (Issue 3)
123
Scott Baird S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
110
R. Paul Wilson Open Steal card from case stolen with right-hand packet
Also published here Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
154
Scott Baird Mexico City Surrealism and Magic
Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
421
Kyle Leon Isolation card selected from one deck vanishes from another deck and travels into pocket (or elsewhere), red-blue Svengali/Menetekel
 		Nov. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)
490
Boyet Vargas 4CS (Four Card Swindle) Deal dealing and collecting a four-card packet multiple times, final order determined by knowing one card
 		Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
537
Kyle Leon Spot-On spectator stops dealing at predicted card
Inspired by
  • "Signs" (Joshua Jay)
 Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
556
Florian Brooks Aligning Cards (Load) aligning a card in LTP with a single card held at the fingertips
  • Version 1: reaching with the thumb
  • Version 2: reaching with the fingers
  • Thoughts
 		2022
Spirit in the Walls
8
Florian Brooks Not Aligning Cards (Steal) stealing one card from a double into LTP, Miracle Change like, also as one-handed lay-down on table
 		2022
Spirit in the Walls
14
Florian Brooks Dealing force exercise for previous techniques
 		2022
Spirit in the Walls
28
Bernardo Sedlacek MagiFest University
  • Introduction
  • How to Think
  • The Dust Theory
  • Polishing
  • How People See Magicians
  • Magical Gesture
  • Clarity - Individualize
  • Books versus Videos
  • Filter
 		2022
MagiFest University
25
Bob Farmer Inspired By Hummer list of effects using the Hummer Addition/Subtraction Principle
  • The Total Is! 1976 (The Magic of Gerald Kosky)
  • The New Math Miracle 1978 (Larry Becker, World of Super Mentalism)
  • Numeral-oh-gee 1979 (Amazing Randi, Apocalypse)
  • Stunumbers 1983 (Shigeo Futagawa, Self-Working Number Magic)
  • Stargazer 1986 (David Britland, Psychomancy)
  • Prediction 1991 (Shigeo Futagawa)
  • A Sense Of Freedom 1992 (Peter Duffie, Ulterior Motifs)
  • Numb...bers 1994 (Peter Duffie, Cards In Principle)
  • Bird Watcher 1997 (Tenyo)
  • Card Conspiracy 2003 (Peter Duffie, Robert Robertson)
  • Speed Dating 2011 (Michael Weber, Tim Trono)
  • Real Secrets Jelly Bean Estimator 2012 (Michael Weber, Tim Trono)
  • Lotto Envelopes 2012 (Michał Kociołek)
  • Papa’s Theatre 2013 (Gaëtan Bloom, Full Bloom Volume One)
  • Doubling Down 2015 (Steve Beam, Semi-Auotomatic Card Tricks Vol. 9)
  • Card At Any Sum 2017 (Ryan Schlutz, False Anchors)
  • Lucky You 2019 (Michał Kociołek, Plots & Methods)
  • Flat Dice 2019 (Michael Breggar)
  • RNG 2020 (Ryan Schlutz, False Anchors Volume Four)
 		2022
Hummer's Odyssey ()
44
Jeremiah Zuo The Playing Card Muscle Pass bottom card of a double shoots out, apparently card materializing between sandwich cards, snap change mechanics
 		Feb. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
286
Part One: Malini's Life
2022
Max Malini
1
Steve Cohen Chapter One: Yinglish on Max Malini's accent
 		2022
Max Malini
3
Steve Cohen Chapter Two: The Four Hundred on Max Malini and wealthy people in NYC
  • From Acrobat to Aristocrat
  • "Professor" Frank Seiden
  • What's in a Name?
 		2022
Max Malini
7
Steve Cohen Chapter Three: Managing Without Managers on Max Malini's business practices, Eddie McGuire
 		2022
Max Malini
23
Max Malini Self-Printing Business Card white business card prints itself, light-sensitive ink
 		2022
Max Malini
28
Steve Cohen Chapter Four: Chutzpah - Tales of Boldness on Max Malini
  • Tell Them Malini Did It
  • Miser's Dream at Sunday Mass
  • Computation Made Easy
  • No Hook, No Problem
  • Cubans
  • Roast Pig Head
  • "My" National Anthem
  • An Eye for Art
  • Fisher Brothers Gala Show
  • Cancel My Appointments
  • Two Gun Cohen
  • Never Too Late
  • Free Passage to Manila
 		2022
Max Malini
29
Eddie Joseph I Knew Max Malini
Also published here
  • Tops, Sept. & Oct. 1950
 2022
Max Malini
42
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Malini in Siam
Also published here
  • Okito on Magic, 1952
 2022
Max Malini
47
Quotes from Notable Magicians on Max Malini
 		2022
Max Malini
51
Steve Cohen Chapter Five: Early Media Conquests on newspaper articles on Max Malini
 		2022
Max Malini
53
Max Malini You Should "Palm" From the Wrist
2022
Max Malini
63
Steve Cohen Chapter Six: Only Malini Max Malini anecdotes
  • Impressive in Bed (blow-book for reporter)
  • A Droll Trick Played With a Fowl (resurrected chicken)
  • Kimura Malini
  • Suspected Spy
  • 1700 Convicts Mystified
  • Four-Power Treaty Framed in a Hotel Room
  • Six Martinis and a Bowl of Soup
  • An Inventive Mind
  • On the House
  • Cane Sawing
  • Caruso as Conjuror
 		2022
Max Malini
69
Steve Cohen Chapter Seven: Family Man on Max Malini's family
 		2022
Max Malini
83
Charlie Miller A Letter from Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross on Max Malini, November 30, 1935
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
96
Part Two: Malini's Magic
2022
Max Malini
99
Steve Cohen Chapter Eight: Maximum Malini on sourcing Max Malini's magic
  • Something From Nothing
 		2022
Max Malini
101
Max Malini Vesting general advice, egg production & body loading, vesting a card
Related to 2022
Max Malini
106
Max Malini Cross-Body Pocket Ditch as a complete coin vanish
Related to 2022
Max Malini
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Max Malini Handkerchief Pocket Ditch a palmed item is ditched as handkerchief is shown from both sides
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Slide Vanish coin slides down from one hand into the other
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Lady or Eagle coin vanishes during heads & tails throwing from hand to hand, reappears, purse palm
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Seated With No Table coin left on knee with forearm covering it, credited to Vernon in Stars of Magic
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Standing With No Table coin temporarily left on spectator's shoulder
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Using a Hook Coin coin vanishes, reappears on the back of spectator
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Spittoon Coin Vanish coin vanishes from paper cone which is crumpled up and thrown in the trash, reproduced from spectator (optional), variant with coin reappearing under ash tray and folding coin
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  • Elwin T. Shaw's article in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Nov. 1961
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Spectator Pocket Loads
  • Side Pocket Load
  • Breast Pocket Load
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Three From One coin broken in two, then again, with cracking sound
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cigar Production and Split
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Copper-Silver Transposition extra coin
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Malini Subtlety
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Banknote-Newspaper Transposition
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Bil/Billet Switch
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Torn and Restored Banknote
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Bill Switch as Practical Joke tip changes into newspaper piece
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Bill in Cigarette
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Max Malini
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Max Malini, Steve Cohen Ring on Stick
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Max Malini
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Max Malini False Transfer with Finger Ring slides into other hand
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Sugar Cube Assembly
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Lump Sugar sugar turns into sugar cube in performer's hand
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Cups and Balls introductory comments on Max Malini and the Cups & Balls, historical information, Louis Pop Krieger
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Filled Glasses as Final Loads body-loaded without covers
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cups and Balls Opening Sequence
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen, Max Malini Brick From Hat thorough discussion
  • Spinning Coin Option
  • Card Transposition Option
  • The Block of Ice
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Button Biting discussion and various possible methods
  • Method One - Fabric Feke & Extra Button (Stanyon's)
  • Method Two - Extra Button Only (The Magician Monthly)
  • Method Three - The Unbutton (U. F. Grant)
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  • The Magician Monthly, Aug. 1905
  • Stanyon's Magic, "The Great Button-Biting Trick", Jan. 1904
  • U. F. Grant, "Secrets", 1928
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Mesmerizing Watch routine with mechanical sound gimmick and watch winder, making borrowed watch ring on command
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cigarette, Tobacco, and Saucer cigarette broken up, cigarette paper torn and restored, tobacco vanishes and reappears under saucer
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Torn and Restored Straw Paper
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Torn and Restored Paper Straw
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  • Elwin T. Shaw, Hugard's Magic Monthly, July 1961
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Sucker Torn and Restored Paper paper strip
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cut and Restored String with pull
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  • Malini story by S. Leo Horowitz in The Sphinx, Dec. 1939
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cut and Restored Hair
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Pants Leg Coin Vanish coin vanishes when folded into folds of trouser, complete vanish with pull
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Stretching a Penny Into a Quarter
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Magnetic Cigarette Paper cane balanced on back of chair, animated with apparently charged cigarette paper
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Stretching a Handkerchief two methods given
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Weeping Coin/Weeping Cane water drops from cane, same method for weeping coin
  • Weeping Cane (or Knife like David Ben)
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Magnetic Cane clings to hand, two methods
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Broken and Restored Mirror method guesses
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Mentalism Stunts
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Billet Reading on toilet paper
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Book Test riffle force with book, without match according to Charlie Miller
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Matching Matches spectator and performer remove some amount of matches from matchbox
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Obedient Matchbox animation on hand
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Rising Coin up and down in glass, thread
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Dancing Handkerchief thread between knees, method guess for 1895 newspaper article
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Coin in Bread Roll
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  • Eric de la Mare in The Pentagram, Sep. 1955
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cutting the Menu dinner knife through paper menu, extra tip of blade
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Max Malini
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Max Malini, Stewart Judah Paper Knife pieces of paper put on blade of a knife, vanish and appear
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Dissolving Coin coin dropped into glass with handkerchief cover vanishes, glass coin, optional reproduction
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Whisky-Water Transposition shot glasses with water and whiskey are opening-to-opening with a playing card in between, liquids transpose
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Spectator's Whisky Vanish at a bar, secretly drinking Whisky of friend, gag
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Billiard Ball Stunt getting a billiard ball from the floor onto the pool table using just the cue
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Vanishing Glass Under Newspaper as finale to heads/tails game, coin and glass reproduced
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Improvised Productions nut vanished, instead of nut a cork appears under newspaper-covered glass, repeat with billiard ball appearing under glass, then shot glass, then big glass vanishes
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Toss Vanish vanish of random item while tossing it up, glass vanish, ditch in side pocket or behind back
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Chapter Ten: Card Magic introduction on Max Malini's card magic, photo of his copy of Erdnase's Expert at the Card Table
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Daub Hide-Out planting daub and wax in advance, even at an earlier visit of a venue
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  • Dabbling with Daub, Irv Weiner
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Max Malini
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Max Malini One-Handed Revelation deck tossed onto table in two parts, selection remains in hand, apparently plugged out
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Missing Link hiding a card in advance at an earlier visit for later discovery of a torn and vanished card with corner proof, card sewn into spectator's jacket, pieces vanish in newspaper square
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  • "The Missing Link" (Sleight of Hand, Sachs)
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Card Sewn in Jacket Lining recreation of Max Malini's effect
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Challenge Card Calling up to twenty or so cards selected and lost, during the show any spectator can ask for his card which is then produced
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Confusion Deck Switch multiple deck openly on table, switch by confusion by tabling one deck and later picking up another
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Challenge Card Calling Handling up to twenty or so cards selected and lost, during the show any spectator can ask for his card which is then produced
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Hotel Clerk Revelation note sent to hotel clerk which comes back a few minutes later with five selections written on it
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Step Delay also jog, get-ready for classic force
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Malini Force
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Table Spread Force
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Max Malini
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Max Malini No, Don't Look At It card chosen, looked at apparently by mistake by spectator, then tossed down face down, new card is selected and turns out to be the same one, tabled card has changed
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  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, June 1956
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Hypnotic Gaze Divination peeked at card instantly named, glimpse
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Gaze Step Glimpse
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Malini Side Steal side steal, not palmed, buckle push-out, different covers
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Deck Flexing while holding a break
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Max Malini
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Max Malini One-Phase Ambitious Card "top or bottom?"
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Top, Bottom, or Number
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Side Steal to Small Number to known position near top of deck
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Malini's Own Color Change Erdnase second method
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Color Change Subtlety card can be removed singly after change
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Rear Palm with extraction from pocket
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card(s) From Shower of Cards brief, from rear palm
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Psychological Riffle Force with routining, out, finding apparently forgotten first card as well
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Think-a-Card Secret spreading cards with faces towards spectator and following spectator's gaze
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Peek and Glimpse card chosen, spectator hits it, performer announces position from top, another card chosen, performer names it instantly
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Malini's Location spectator peeks at a card in his own hands and it is found, estimation
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Thumb Riffle Open Index spectator looks at a card while performer spread cards with faces towards audience, deck face up during riffling
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Max Malini
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Max Malini One-Handed Top Change as ambitious card move, done openly
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Malini's Invitation how to have a card selected
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card to Mouth folded, general discussion and method guesses
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Siamese Aces two Aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Nail Nicking Method while displaying cards in each hand
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Max Malini
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Max Malini General Card method guess, based on Hoffmann
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Multiple-Selection Routine introductory comments on the plot
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Max Malini
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Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott Malini-Elliott Multiple Card Location
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card on Chair
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card in Hat loading a duplicate in a spectator's hat
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  • Hugard's Magic Monthly
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card Under Spectator's Collar
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card to Mouth
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Standard Sleights various quick locations
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card on Wall/Card on Ceiling also with thumb tack
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card-Scaling Stunt reports of unbelievable card throw skills
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Rising Cards write-up of performance
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  • The Sphinx, Dec. 1913
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Deck Vanishes
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  • Gems from the Loyd's Scrapbook, Genii, Feb. 1964
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Sample Malini Programs several descriptions of Malini's stand-up performances in print
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Max Malini
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Malini's Methods
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Lamp Chimney Silk Vanish about Max Malini's silk vanish with pull
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Color-Changing Silk with dye tube, also into a flag, vesting for the gimmick
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Silk into Hat and Glove
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Max Malini
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Max Malini, Steve Cohen Magnetic Fingertips - Cigars & Knives discussion of Malini's performances and various possible methods, cigar or knife cling to finger tips
  • 1. Adhesive Applied to the Fingertips
  • 2. Standard Lift Grip
  • 3. A Clip-On Attachment
  • The Malini Routine
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Tumbler Penetration and Vanish glass through glass , then glass vanishes and appears somewhere, Whisky-refill ruse
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Card Magic Sequence six spectators select the same card from six decks
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen The Multiple Decks Climax inspired by Max Malini and David Berglas (see The Berglas Effects, Kaufman)
four spectators each shuffle a deck and peek at a card, all divined by performer, fifth deck is shuffled and a card cut to, the top card of each of the other four decks is a duplicate of that card
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Max Malini
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Max Malini, Steve Cohen Blindfolded Card Stab discussions with various ideas
  • The Campaign
  • The Blindfold
  • Stab Revelations
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Peeked Cards to Bottom possible reconstruction of Max Malini control
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Selected Card to Bottom cards all inserted in center one by one, then step delay
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Selected Cards to Top
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Stab Trivia Malini anecdotes
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Malini Egg Bag construction of bag
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Max Malini
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Harry G. Shaw Malini's Egg Bag Trick on the Max Malini egg bag
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  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, June 1961
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Max Malini
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David Alexander Malini's Egg Bag Routine on the Max Malini egg bag
  • The Bag
  • The Routine
  • The Vanishes
  • The Malini Vanish
  • The Alexander Complete Vanish
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Cut and Restored Rope with extra loop, see p. 381 for different handling of knot
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Max Malini
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Bob Stencel Malini's Rope Cut
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Coin Game coin snatching technique, hand is wrapped with handkerchief except first finger, spectator cannot take the coin
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Bills in Lemon and Egg longer discussion, bill in lemon and bill in egg, two bills vanish from handkerchief, with knife, gaffed wand discounted by Malini's son ("Vernon was a pest.") who gave the real method in 1989
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Button Biting about doing it in Malini's platform act
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Pocket Stitching à la Malini coin travels to spectator's breast pocket, then that pocket is suddenly stitched shut
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Chinese Water Bowl Production body load, Chinese costume
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Max Malini
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Max Malini Chinese Linking Rings comment on Malini and the Linking Rings
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Max Malini
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Max Malini, Steve Cohen Stage Coins Across reconstruction from one newspaper report mention, book as coin tray
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Max Malini
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Max Malini The Eggs in Glasses glasses covered with a tray, on the tray are tubes with eggs, tray is knocked away and eggs fall into glass
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Chapter Twelve: Five Malini Lessons
  • 1. Travel Light, But Always Be Ready
  • 2. Focus on Showmanship
  • 3. Aim High
  • 4. Be Bold
  • 5. Be Patient
  • Conclusion
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Chapter Thirteen: Malini The Storyteller "What was the story Malini created for others to tell?"
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Chapter Fourteen: You'll Wonder When I'm Coming, You'll Wonder More When I'm Gone on Max Malini's time in Honolulu, Hawaii, and his passing
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Max Malini
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Oziar Malini Appendix I: Oziar Malini Speech Transcript speech given by Max Malini's son at the Conference on Magic History in Los Angeles, 1989
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Appendix II: Selected Newspaper Articles - 1902-1942 collection of newspaper articles about Max Malini
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Max Malini
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Steve Cohen Appendix III: Malini Timeline long list of where Max Malini performed where
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Max Malini
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George McBride Petalies routine with twelve court cards
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The Glasgow File — Volume 1
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Nick Diffatte Sealer Boy method for resealing any mylar package like potato chips
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Offbeat
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Dai Vernon Gali Gali Palm coin tossed from hand to hand before it vanishes, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
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Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
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