Burton S. Sperber

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Walter B. Gibson	The 20 Card Trick	as seen by Agostin, twenty cards are selected and shuffled back, all found blindfolded from pocket in apparently random order	Variations Miracle From Your Pocket (Burton S. Sperber, 2010)	Aug. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 59)	428	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Selection Routine
Burton S. Sperber	Mind Master	single card divination, 9 force		1977	Magick (Issue 194)	967	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Burton S. Sperber	Chips	four poker chips with different colors in performer's pocket, one is selected by spectator and divined, see also p. 1120 for ideas by Orville Meyer		1979	Magick (Issue 223)	1111	Chip / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Burton S. Sperber	Mind Scam	two thirds of the deck are shown, performer memorizes the cards and names cards in the third packet	Related to The Lazy Mentalist Returns (Martin Joyal, 1997)	1979	Magick (Issue 231)	231	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Burton S. Sperber	One Step Beyond	two decks, one in performer's and one in spectator's pocket	Also published here One Step Beyond (Burton S. Sperber, 2010)	Jan. 1982	Magick (Issue 301)	1501	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Miracles of my Friends	by Burton S. Sperber		Jan. 1983	Epoptica (Issue 3)	144	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Burton S. Sperber	Mind Flash	headline prediction, predictions inside envelope		Nov. 1987	Magick (Issue 398)	1987	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Philip T. Goldstein	A Clash of Symbols	three phase ESP routine with cards in envelopes which also have symbols, "three-sided approach to the Gilbreath Principle"	Related to Pay Envelope Miracle (Burton S. Sperber, 2010) Variations Routine Two: Fore-Closer (Chuck Hickok, 2005) Also published here A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 1998) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 1999) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 2000) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 2000) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 2000) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 2002) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 2003) A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 2003) A Clash of Symbols (Max Maven, 2009) A Clash of Symbols (Max Maven, 2011) A Clash of Symbols (Max Maven, 2016)	1991	Thavant	41	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle ESP Cards / Divination ESP Cards / Miscellaneous ESP Cards / Prediction
Jonathan Cooke (reviewer)	Miracles of My Friends	by Burton S. Sperber		Mar. 1993	Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 9)	4	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Martin Joyal	The Lazy Mentalist Returns	divination of bunch of cards, deck shuffled by three spectators	Inspired by PSI-Stebbins (Larry Becker, 1979) Club Kicker (Larry Becker, Ross Johnson, 1992) Related to Mind Scam (Burton S. Sperber, 1979)	1997	The Six-Hour Memorized Deck	147	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Cabaret Card Divination
David Britland (reviewer)	Duke Tricks with Cards	by Burton S. Sperber		Feb. 2010	Genii (Vol. 73 No. 2)	79	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Eric Mead (reviewer)	Miracles of My Friends II	by Burton S. Sperber		Dec. 2010	Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12)	84	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Burton S. Sperber	Preface			2010	Miracles of my Friends II		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Burton S. Sperber	Larry Becker	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	2	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Leo Behnke	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	8	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	David Ben	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	12	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Robin DeWitt	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	16	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Paul Draper	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	22	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Ed Fowler	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	26	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Richard Ganstwig	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	34	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Paul Green	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	38	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Scott Grossberg	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	42	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Bascom Jones, Jr.	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	52	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Todd Karr	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	62	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Nick Lewin	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	68	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Max Maven	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	72	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Jheff Poncher	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	78	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Burton S. Sperber	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	82	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Three-Card Do As I Do	three matches		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Burton S. Sperber	Pay Envelope Miracle	six numbered envelopes with bills, selection procedure, amount of dollars predicted	Related to A Clash of Symbols (Philip T. Goldstein, 1991)	2010	Miracles of my Friends II	85	Bill / Prediction Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Burton S. Sperber	Miracle From Your Pocket	ten cards chosen, then collected and pocketed, performer assigns them to spectators in pairs	Inspired by The 20 Card Trick (Walter B. Gibson, 1939)	2010	Miracles of my Friends II	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Pseudo Psychometry
Burton S. Sperber	Find the Mate	two cards chosen, performer finds their mates, deck in pairs		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Burton S. Sperber	Pass Out the Cards	hotel trick with four times four borrowed business cards		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Hotel Mystery Business Cards
Burton S. Sperber	Mind Play	Frixion pen scrambles become selected card		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	94	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Burton S. Sperber	Mind Flash			2010	Miracles of my Friends II	97	Newspaper / Headline Prediction
Burton S. Sperber	One Step Beyond	two cards chosen by spectator and performer from pocketed decks, they match	Also published here One Step Beyond (Burton S. Sperber, 1982)	2010	Miracles of my Friends II	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Burton S. Sperber	The Ten-Card Trick			2010	Miracles of my Friends II	103	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Burton S. Sperber	Jack Tillar	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	106	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Chris Woodward	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	110	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Rob Zabrecky	mini bio		2010	Miracles of my Friends II	114	Articles / Biographical
Burton S. Sperber	Acknowledgements			2010	Miracles of my Friends II	119	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Burton S. Sperber	Other Sperber Publications			2010	Miracles of my Friends II	121	Articles / Bibliography
Burton S. Sperber	Colophon			2010	Miracles of my Friends II	124	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Clay Shevlin	In Memoriam: Burton S. Sperber			Dec. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)	15	Articles / Obituary

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