Penetration

15 entries in Ball / "Small" Ball / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Senor Charles Mardo A Novel Sleight: “The Flight” technique for Cups and Balls routine that apparently vanishes (or causes to penetrate) a ball resting on top of cup
 		1945
Routined Magic
18
The Fist Drop ball apparently dropped from left fist into right fist but really retained in left
 		1945
Routined Magic
19
The Pounding right hand palms ball on top of cup after slapping down on it, for penetration effect
 		1945
Routined Magic
20
North Bigbee, Al Baker Ball and Glass
Inspired by Nov. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 374)
325
Alan Brown, Al Baker The Borgia Glass two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass
Inspired byRelated to
  • p. 133 for suggestion by David Harrell
 Sep. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 11)
119
Ball Thru Glass Penetration with small box
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
164
Stewart James Balldown big ball is in tube, small ball is dropped in and penetrates big ball and falls out on bottom
 		1983
Arcane (Issue 10)
119
Marián Jedlicka Magischer Pingpong-Ball ball penetrates to inside upside down cup when put into paper tube above it
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2)
51
Shigeru Sugawara Nachtpassage ball in silk, then locked with ring, ball penetrates free
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
162
Al Baker Ball and Glass two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass, clever
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1941
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
537
Stewart James Balldown Small metal ball penetrates through larger wooden ball held snugly inside a tube
Also published here
  • Handwritten notes, November 10 1929
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
13
Pulling and Pushing a Ball Through the Back of the Hand ball through hand, similar to coin through hand methodology
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
84
Christian Scherer Stahlhartes Déjà-Vu three steel balls are removed from a box, penetrate a transparent silk one by one and then they vanish just to be found in the box again
Inspired by
  • Lou Serrano's "Steel Ball Routine"
 2019
Stahlhartes Déjà-Vu
3
Christian Scherer Three Steel Balls Through Silk one by one
Related to 2019
Stahlhartes Déjà-Vu
7
Shigeru Sugawara Night Passage ball placed in silk and corners are pushed through a ring to trap the ball, ball penetrates free despite the ring's diameter being too small
Also published here Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
42