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To "Slip" a Card
Variations 1876 35
The Multiplication of Money coins are borrowed and multiplied, with or without coin tray
Related to 1876 176
The Mesmerised Watch To Make any Watch a Repeater, watch answers question with bell sound, featuring sound gimmick
Related toVariations 1876 222
The Magic Portfolio cage with birds and other 3D objects produced from thing portfolio
Related to 1876 468
The Climbing Coin "A Florin made to climb up the face of a small Wooden Pillar, into a Box at top", mechanical
Related toVariations 1890 181
Paper from an Egg paper coil
Related toAlso published here 1890 339
Joseph Michael Hartz The Climbing Egg climbs up a wooden stick
Also published here 1890 345
The Wine and Water Trick - Improved Methods wine and water mixed, separate again
Related to 1890 375
The Shower of Gold empty glass vase covered on table, coins travel into it
Variations 1890 428
Coin in Card, Paper in Candle Trick marked coin travels into card, piece of paper into candle
Related to 1902 249
Joseph Michael Hartz The Glass with Mirror Partition appearing candy, silk transformation, removing partition, methods for turning glass around, as servante
  • Different Forms of the Glass
  • Illustrations of its Uses
1903 42
Joseph Michael Hartz Shower of Gold Addition
Inspired by 1903 47
Joseph Michael Hartz Fish and Ink Trick
1903 48
Joseph Michael Hartz Contrivances for "Passing Off" getting borrowed items behind stage
  • The Hartz Bottle
  • The Hartz Matchbox
Also published here 1903 49
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz Pistol for getting a borrowed ring behind stage
1903 52
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces hook from ceiling with mechanical piece that can make bells ring, etc.
  • The Magic Bell (bell rings by itself)
  • The Crystal Cash-box (borrowed coins appear in glass box that hangs from ceiling)
  • The Bird-Cage (canary appears in suspended cage)
Also published here 1903 68
Joseph Michael Hartz An Improved "Repeater" watch answers question with bell sound, featuring sound gimmick
Related to 1903 149
Professor Hoffmann, Joseph Michael Hartz, Professor De Vere The Locked and Corded Boxes nest of boxes
  • The Old Method
  • The Writer's Own Method
  • The Hartz Method
  • The De Vere Method
1903 172
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Joseph Michael Hartz The Mystic Glove and Rings four finger rings borrowed, placed in pistol, glove put over glass tube, pistol shot, glove blows up with ring on each finger
  • The Old Method
  • The Hartz Method
Also published here 1903 198
Joseph Michael Hartz The False Thumb
1903 214
Joseph Michael Hartz A Couple of Handkerchiefs Turned into a Snake fake snake
  • Hartz's Method
1903 333
Joseph Michael Hartz The Ribbon-Producing Egg
Related toAlso published here 1903 432
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Related toAlso published here 1911 602
Joseph Michael Hartz Hartz Finale for Crystal Balls
Related to 1911 612
Joseph Michael Hartz A Devil of a Hat hat borrowed, production of handkerchiefs, goblets, a wig, cigar boxes, cage, ..., twenty-two minute act
Also published here 1911 625
Joseph Michael Hartz Rising Skull out of hat
1911 640
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inexhaustible Handkerchief production trick, fish bowls and other items
Also published here 1911 648
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Inspired byAlso published here 1911 655
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplication of Money coins counted and amount changes, plate, coin holder
Also published here 1911 659
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mysterious Addition crystal bell divines written numbers
Also published here 1911 662
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inverted Glass of Water
Also published here 1911 666
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
VariationsAlso published here 1911 669
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 1911 672
Joseph Michael Hartz The Dematerialised Glass of Water full glass of water vanishes under handkerchief, performed with spectator on stage, with handling variations
Also published here 1911 672
Joseph Michael Hartz Card, Coin and Candle coin wrapped in paper vanishes, reappears in chosen card, piece of paper into piece of candle
Related toAlso published here 1911 686
Joseph Michael Hartz The Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, they separate again
Related toAlso published here 1911 695
Joseph Michael Hartz Bran to Wine
1911 699
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911 700
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911 703
Joseph Michael Hartz Deck Switch into profonde and from under vest
1911 707
Joseph Michael Hartz The Portfolio Trick production from portfolio
Related toAlso published here 1911 712
Joseph Michael Hartz The Second-Sight Trick
Also published here 1911 715
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 719
Joseph Michael Hartz The Aërial Walking-Cane clings to fingers
Also published here 1911 725
Joseph Michael Hartz The Egg and Rings Trick egg produced from borrowed hat, three finger rings put into beaten egg, poured into hat, then flowers with rings on ribbons removed from hat along with bird cage
Also published here 1911 733
Joseph Michael Hartz Hartz Finale for Crystal Balls
1911 65
Joseph Michael Hartz A Devil of a Hat hat borrowed, production of handkerchiefs, goblets, a wig, cigar boxes, cage, ..., twenty-two minute act
Also published here 1911 79
Joseph Michael Hartz Rising Skull out of hat
1911 95
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inexhaustible Handkerchief production trick, fish bowls and other items
Also published here 1911 103
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Also published here 1911 110
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplication of Money coins counted and amount changes, plate, coin holder
Also published here 1911 115
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mysterious Addition crystal bell divines written numbers
Also published here 1911 118
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inverted Glass of Water
Also published here 1911 123
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
Also published here 1911 127
Joseph Michael Hartz The Dematerialised Glass of Water full glass of water vanishes under handkerchief, performed with spectator on stage, with handling variations
Also published here 1911 131
Joseph Michael Hartz Card, Coin and Candle coin wrapped in paper vanishes, reappears in chosen card, piece of paper into piece of candle
Also published here 1911 145
Joseph Michael Hartz The Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, they separate again
Also published here 1911 154
Joseph Michael Hartz Bran to Wine
1911 158
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911 159
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911 163
Joseph Michael Hartz Deck Switch into profonde and from under vest
1911 166
Joseph Michael Hartz The Portfolio Trick production from portfolio
Also published here 1911 172
Joseph Michael Hartz The Second-Sight Trick
Also published here 1911 176
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 181
Joseph Michael Hartz The Aërial Walking-Cane clings to fingers
Also published here 1911 188
Joseph Michael Hartz The Egg and Rings Trick egg produced from borrowed hat, three finger rings put into beaten egg, poured into hat, then flowers with rings on ribbons removed from hat along with bird cage
Also published here 1911 197
Joseph Michael Hartz Contrivances for "Passing Off" getting borrowed items behind stage
  • The Hartz Bottle
  • The Hartz Matchbox
Also published here 1911 202
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces hook from ceiling with mechanical piece that can make bells ring, etc.
  • The Magic Bell (bell rings by itself)
  • The Crystal Cash-box (borrowed coins appear in glass box that hangs from ceiling)
  • The Bird-Cage (canary appears in suspended cage)
Also published here 1911 206
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Joseph Michael Hartz The Mystic Glove and Rings four finger rings borrowed, placed in pistol, glove put over glass tube, pistol shot, glove blows up with ring on each finger
  • The Old Method
  • The Hartz Method
Also published here 1911 215
Charles T. Jordan The Pack that Cuts Itself No. 19, rubber banded deck cuts itself at selection, duplicate
Variations 1919/1920 56
Jack Merlin Improved Card From Pocket pack in spectator's pocket, he removes cards then the deck, only his card remains in the pocket
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1927/28 3
Theodore Annemann Two Mindreading Publicity Effects center tear presentation as newspaper test or living/dead test
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 6)
24
Stewart James Miraskill
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
147
Victor Farelli The Harrison Deal Royal Flush lands in magician's hand
Variations 1936 36
Eddie Joseph A Practical Lesson on Cups and Balls
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Cups on the cups used
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Balls on how to make the balls from cork
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Palm on the flat palm of a ball and bringing ball to other position
1936 1
Eddie Joseph The Secret Introduction how to load a ball under a cup, two methods
1936 2
Eddie Joseph Secret Extraction stealing ball from under cup while lifting it
1936 2
Eddie Joseph To Show Ball Under an Actual Empty Cup
1936 3
Eddie Joseph To Simulate Action of Placing Ball Under Cup
1936 3
Eddie Joseph Showing One Ball When Holding Two
1936 3
Eddie Joseph The Jo-Jo Introduction loading ball into cup
1936 3
Eddie Joseph The Setting
1936 4
Eddie Joseph Execution production of three balls, opening for cups and balls
1936 4
Eddie Joseph 1st. Finale number is named, repeat production of a ball, handling for final loads
1936 4
Eddie Joseph 2nd. Finale two cups placed mouth on mouth, smoke from cigarette appears inside
1936 5
Eddie Joseph 3rd. Finale liquid produced from cup, gaffed cup
1936 5
Eddie Joseph 4th. Finale production of three filled glasses under cups, using Percy Abbott's "Keene" holder
1936 5
Eddie Joseph Additional Moves a. spectator holds cup on palm, ball appears under it
b. borrowed hank vanishes and appears under cup
1936 6
Eddie Joseph Suggestions using dice and shaker, tea cups etc
1936 6
Eddie Joseph Conclusion
1936 7
Joseph Ovette The Buddha Whispers "has one of these the same value?"
Variations 1937 350
Impromptu Poker Deal
Variations 1937 373
Joseph H. Fries The Mystic Necktie
June 1937
The Jinx (Issue 33)
213
Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens Call Your Hand ten card set-up, see credit claim by Val Evans on page 259
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 36)
243
Joseph H. Fries A Sailor's Rope with extra loop
Also published here Nov. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 38)
256
Joseph Maynard The Premier Silk Gimmick to roll up silk(s) for production
1937 78
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mechanical Pack brief description of solid deck with rubber wheels
1938 403
Joseph J. Kolar The Card and Ribbon Trick wrong card is attached to ribbon with a sticker and put in deck, when pulled out it is now selection
1938 505
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Related toVariations 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
324
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1938 1
Eddie Joseph Part One: What Is "Intuitional Sight?"
1938 3
Eddie Joseph "The Blindfold" and Its Accessories
1938 4
Eddie Joseph The Flour Paste dough on eyes
1938 4
Eddie Joseph The Cotton and the Surgical Bandage
1938 7
Eddie Joseph The Handkerchiefs blindfold, two variations
1938 8
Eddie Joseph Part Two: The Act setting and patter
1938 12
Eddie Joseph First Test different colored ribbons, picking the right one blindfolded
1938 13
Eddie Joseph Second Test performer writes called out numbers on blackboard and adds them together, blindfolded
1938 13
Eddie Joseph Third Test cards are named
1938 14
Eddie Joseph Fourth Test 52 cards are behind a glass, performer points to the named cards
1938 14
Eddie Joseph Fifth Test separating black and white balls
1938 15
Eddie Joseph Sixth Test describing members from the audience, one ahead
1938 15
Eddie Joseph Seventh Test describing objects from the audience
1938 16
Eddie Joseph Eighth Test describing a written word / number on a slate
1938 16
Eddie Joseph Ninth Test copying a word in a foreign language
1938 16
Eddie Joseph Tenth Test correcting a misspelled word
1938 17
Eddie Joseph Part Three: The Inner Secret additional tips and ideas
  • The Undressing
1938 17
Joseph H. Fries Rope Riting forming word with rope on black board
Feb. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 53)
382
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1939
The Jinx (Issue 57)
404
Eddie Joseph Man of Attraction The Human Magnet, sticky substance, prelude with some "body magic" stunts
Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 64)
447
Joseph Dunninger Nomenclature three random names are spelled, selection found, automatic placement procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 64)
450
Stewart James (reviewer) Modern Magic Programs No. 7 by Joseph DunningerRelated to Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 70)
478
Joseph H. Fries Torn Sentiment message appears cut out from newspaper
Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 71)
482
Purvis W. Miller Poker Hand Repeat Trick six card repeat with poker presentation
Related toVariations 1939 33
Joseph Cottone The "Cottone" Squeeze Production multiple single cards, two procedures
Related to 1939 47
Joseph Cottone The "Cottone" Snap Production multiple single cards
1939 50
Joseph Cottone Change Over Palm
1939 51
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1939 3
Eddie Joseph The Call of the East names of eastern cities are written on pieces of paper and folded, then mixed with other billets, the performer finds all the eastern cities, without opening the billets
1939 4
Eddie Joseph The Wandering Bottle - With a Sucker Climax accidentally two bottle show, then the paper tube is torn and one bottle vanishes as a climax
1939 6
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Six Card Trick with just six cards, three phases where seemingly three cards are put in a hat
1939 8
Eddie Joseph False Count glide position, similar to a Biddle steal
1939 12
Eddie Joseph "Es-Ta" Burnt and Restored Handkerchief in spectator's hands
1939 12
Joseph Ovette Impaled thumb covered with newspaper is pierced with needles
Oct. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 4)
2
Joseph Ovette Nite Club Silk Production from a rolled up menu, performer produces stream of silks and as a climax a glass with a goldfish, with a tray
Nov. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5)
3
Joseph Dunninger The Secret with flash paper addition, using a glass of water, credit claim
Related toAlso published here Jan. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 74)
495
Theodore Annemann A Card in Hand card changes in spectator's hand, stabbing presentation, backdated for ten years
Related toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 80)
522
Albert Cohn Combination dealing trick
Inspired by 1940
The Jinx (Issue 91)
568
Joseph Cottone The Cottone Spider-Grip False Cut
1940 19
Joseph Cottone Tilt Position in different context
1940 20
Joseph Ovette A Penny "Sucker" dime and penny version, one coin vanishes
Jan. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 7)
3
Joseph Ovette Match-Ic Manipulation five matches vanish and appear in matchbox
Feb. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 8)
3
Joseph Ovette A Lulu! coin vanishes and appears in rolled up bill, to small to hold the coin
Apr. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 10)
3
Joseph Ovette Ovette's Paper Strip Tear burnt and restored
May 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 11)
2
Joseph Ovette Foreword
1940 3
Joseph Ovette Think And Take spectator finds other spectator's card, reversed
1940 7
Joseph Ovette Bagging The Card one half card of cut deck is selected, ribbon placed in paper bag and bag is bursted, other half of selection appears
1940 8
Joseph Ovette Number Telepathy cards with numbers on them, sum prediction
1940 10
Joseph Ovette, Louis Lam A Tip on Slow Motion Card Vanish thin card stuffed in thumb tip, with other method by Louis Lam for thumb nail method
1940 11
Joseph Ovette The Whispering Thought assistant in other room divines card
1940 11
Joseph Ovette Midget Stack of Bowls on Palm of Hand production of small fish bowls, with handkerchief
1940 12
Joseph Ovette Shoe Laces To-day metal tips of shoe laces are cut, vanish and appear back on
1940 13
Joseph Ovette Impromptu Hathaway Box built from a shoe box, brief
1940 14
Joseph Ovette A Routine For a Card Silk silk is just removed from pocket
1940 14
Joseph Ovette The Perfect Pellet Switch with chewing gum
1940 15
Joseph Ovette Simple Location with Ace through King of one suit in order to locate card
1940 16
Joseph Ovette A Simple Do As I Do two cards are exchanged, they turn out to be the same
1940 16
Joseph Ovette Audience Do As I Do
1940 16
Joseph Ovette Different Princess Card Trick with Jumbo cards, to pocket
1940 17
Joseph Ovette Clean Rabbit Vanish in a tube, with two trays
1940 18
Joseph Ovette Transparent Tube Production plastic Tube is filled with confetti, then handkerchiefs are produced, with Okito's Substitution Principle
1940 20
Karl Germain, Joseph Ovette Germaine's Butterfly Trick handkerchiefs transform into large silk butterfly
1940 21
Joseph Ovette Dropping the Eggs spectator holds tube on his hand and eggs and performer breaks eggs open into tube, eggs vanish
Also published here 1940 23
Joseph Ovette Magician Versus Layman cigarette is lit with blown out match
1940 23
Joseph Ovette Slate Message Reading three pieces of information are written on a slate and divined by performer
1940 24
Joseph Ovette A New Production Frame covered with paper, large silk production
1940 25
Joseph Ovette A Sock Die Box Twist after die appears in hat, rabbits are produced, with sucker presentation
1940 29
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1940 / 1992 7
Eddie Joseph Basic Principle of Pickpocketing
1940 / 1992 9
Eddie Joseph Misdirection Techniques
1940 / 1992 13
Eddie Joseph Your Audiences and Volunteers
  • Choosing Volunteers
  • Working with Volunteers
  • Secret and Full View Steals
  • Getting Caught
1940 / 1992 20
Eddie Joseph Stealing Objects from Pockets chapter intro
1940 / 1992 25
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Handkerchief from Outer Breast Pocket three methods
1940 / 1992 25
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Pen or Pencil from Outer Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 29
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Pen or Pencil from Inside Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 31
Eddie Joseph Stealing Miscellaneous Articles from Inner Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 32
Eddie Joseph Stealing from Outer Coat Pocket
1940 / 1992 34
Eddie Joseph Stealing from the Hip Pocket
1940 / 1992 36
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Wristwatch
  • Buckle Bands
  • Expandable Metal Band
  • Clasp-Type Bands
1940 / 1992 37
Eddie Joseph Stealing Articles of Clothing chapter intro
1940 / 1992 45
Eddie Joseph Stealing Suspenders
1940 / 1992 45
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Shirt stooge
1940 / 1992 48
Eddie Joseph Stealing Assorted Objects
1940 / 1992 50
Eddie Joseph Tricks of the Trade
1940 / 1992 52
Eddie Joseph Delivering the Goods
1940 / 1992 56
Eddie Joseph Training Techniques
1940 / 1992 60
Eddie Joseph Mystic Rectical picture cards with different symbols and letters on the back, alphabet is called and cards touched, last card is chosen symbol, repeated with more cards
1940 ca. 1
Eddie Joseph Everywhere Yet Nowhere three cards are placed in card stand and one selected it matches selection from second deck
1940 ca. 3
Eddie Joseph The Boy and the Watch borrowed watch changes to egg and egg to chicken, watch appears inside lady's slipper attached to back of spectator
1940 ca. 4
Eddie Joseph The Damsel Escapes escape tied up on chair with rope, rings and silk
1940 ca. 6
Eddie Joseph Evaporation coins and rings vanish from handkerchief, natural channel across diagonal center to hide objects
1940 ca. 7
Eddie Joseph Perpetual Coins production of multiple coins from handkerchief
1940 ca. 8
Eddie Joseph Seeing with the Imagination two glasses placed inside two borrowed hats, milk is poured inside one glass and travels to other glass
1940 ca. 9
Eddie Joseph The Spirit Crochet selection is placed inside box with needle and thread, chosen symbol is found woven on the card
1940 ca. 10
Eddie Joseph Almost a Miracle two selections are found, with apparent failure
Related to 1940 ca. 11
Eddie Joseph Throw Change Variation to palm top and bottom card from small packet and produce them from pocket
1940 ca. 12
Eddie Joseph The E. Jay Book Test coin placed inside book by spectator to select page
1940 ca. 12
Eddie Joseph Personal Publicity magic square with letters on business cards, playing checkers with spectator, word aid
1940 ca. 14
Eddie Joseph Liquid Milk milk travels from glass to other glass in hat
1940 ca. 15
Eddie Joseph Drunk or Sober? card travels, monte them, one card ends up on chair
1940 ca. 16
Joseph Dunninger, Theodore Annemann Gipsies Won't Tell thoughts on the reading act
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 125)
723
Joseph H. Fries Painless Chirurgery cut in thumb heals
1941
The Jinx (Issue 126)
730
Eddie Joseph Suspensamus bowl with rice suspends on knife
Related to 1941
The Jinx (Issue 129)
741
Joseph Cottone The Dip Color Change
Also published here 1941 21
Joseph Cottone The Snap Color Change Herrmann Pass
1941 22
Joseph Cottone Visible Color Change Snap Change on face of pack
1941 24
Joseph Cottone Auto-Location
1941 40
Joseph Cottone The Aerial Count
1941 42
Joseph Cottone Throwing One-Handed Bottom Deal
1941 43
Joseph Cottone The Jumping Joker selection flys out of deck
1941 43
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1941 2
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Touch performer riffles through shuffled deck, spectator says stop, performer names card stopped at
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Riffle Glimpse & Heel Break card in center remembered and kept under control with heel type break
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Heel Break Riffle Force one-handed
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Slip Riffle Force one-handed
Related to 1941 4
Eddie Joseph Top Card Glimpse during riffling
1941 4
Eddie Joseph "I Get The Aces" Aces shuffled into deck by spectators, red or black Aces produced as chosen
1941 4
Eddie Joseph "The Gambler Gets Your Cards" four selection pushed in different parts, performer finds them by riffling to them one by one
1941 5
Eddie Joseph Push-Through Jog four cards at different positions are hit into deck and come out at inner end
1941 6
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Second Dealing second deal demonstration with three duplicates
1941 6
Eddie Joseph Three Card Monte "(a different version)", without monte toss
1941 7
Eddie Joseph Monte Switch fan of three cards, apparently top card tabled but second card taken instead
1941 8
Eddie Joseph Two Card Switch optical monte type switch, two cards pushed against each other as they are turned face down
1941 9
Eddie Joseph Cutting the Pack named number of cards cut off, estimation and false count
1941 10
Eddie Joseph Overcount packet counted from hand to hand
1941 10
Eddie Joseph Undercount last block counted as one
1941 11
Eddie Joseph The Sensational Poker Demonstration two phase routine, overhand shuffle stack of Aces, then all players can draw
1941 11
Eddie Joseph Aces found in Pocket Switch deck switch during effect in which Aces are located with deck in pocket
1941 12
Eddie Joseph Heads or Tails spectator is always wrong, coin held on edge until spectator commits
1941 16
Eddie Joseph "Hitting the Spots" two dice thrown, thrown total matched with chips in performer's hands after hearing total
1941 17
Eddie Joseph Predicting the Spots die placed in match box and rattled, number predicted
1941 20
Eddie Joseph The Thimbles & Dice three thimbles of different colors, small die put under one and jumps around in a monte routine
1941 21
Eddie Joseph Suggestions for Knitting a Routine
1941 22
Eddie Joseph Eddie Joseph's Ringed ring ends up knotted on rope held by spectators, behind screen
1941 ca. 80
Eddie Joseph Eddie Joseph's Restored String cut and restored string
1941 ca. 103
Joseph Ovette Ovette's Supreme String Mystery cut and restored string
1941 ca. 105
Joseph J. Kolar Joseph Kolar's Straw and String Trick string in straw is cut and restored, with effect variations
1941 ca. 118
Joseph Dunninger Dunninger's East Indian Rope Trick stage method
1941 ca. 385
Frederick Braue The Stock Shuffle I. To Place One Card in Position to Fall to the Dealer in a Five-Handed Game
II. To Stock Two Cards to Fall to the Dealer in a Five-Handed Game
III. To Stock Three Cards to Fall to the Dealer in a Five-Handed Game
VariationsAlso published here 1942 5
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1942 6
Eddie Joseph The Wrist Vanish coin on back of left hand, picked up with right hand, secretly slid into sleeve under watch wrist band
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Hurdle Vanish coin on left fingertips, right hand hits hand and coin jumps on left palm, hand closes and coin vanishes
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Pulsation Vanish left hand closes, coin secretly at end of fingers, dragged out with right hand towards wrist
1942 8
Eddie Joseph The Backer Vanish coin secretly tossed back to other hand as body moves back
1942 9
Eddie Joseph One-Hand Vanish fingers shoot coin back into bend of elbow as they close
1942 9
Eddie Joseph The Tip of Nose Vanish coin balanced on nose, secretly slid in mouth but apparently taken off
1942 9
Eddie Joseph Down Below Vanish coin dropped down the leg into cuff
1942 9
Eddie Joseph The Cuff Throw Vanish coin apparently tossed onto floor where it vanishes, really into cuff
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Strop Vanish coin in left palm stroked with card or business card, vanishes, ditch in breast pocket
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Sweat Band Vanish coin dropped in hat, vanishes when hat is turned over
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Envelope Vanish envelope with slit
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Cone Vanish small paper cone made from paper, coin vanishes from it
1942 12
Eddie Joseph The Kick Vanish coin kicked into sleeve during head or tails toss
1942 12
Eddie Joseph The Toss Vanish coin apparently tossed in air, really left on shoulder
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Spin Vanish coin tossed up with right hand, secretly kicked into other hand before next toss
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Tip Vanish coin covered with handkerchief and taken, vanishes, back clip in other hand
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Throw Vanish coin thrown in other hand, really directly into sleeve
1942 14
Eddie Joseph The Paper Bag Vanish coin put in small paper bag, blown up and vanishes, really sucked into mouth
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Cross Leg Vanish coin "lapped" between legs, without table
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Wack Vanish coin apparently whacked from left first finger, held in right-hand edge type grip, openly placed in sleeve
Related to 1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Pencil Vanish coin balanced on pencil, right hand strokes it and it vanishes, left under arm pit
Related to 1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Container Vanish spectator drops coin into container, stolen out as lid is replaced with upward jerk
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Salt Mound Vanish coin vanishes from under card piece that is covered under salt, on pull
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The Elbow Grease Vanish as coin is rubbed against elbow, it is secretly tossed in other hand which then leaves it behind collar
1942 18
Eddie Joseph The Coat Vanish pendulum pull attached with wax
1942 18
Eddie Joseph The Garter Vanish trouser-fold vanish with duplicate inside trouser so spectator can feel it after steal
1942 19
Eddie Joseph The Coverage Vanish one-handed vanish under two cards on table
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Heel Vanish vanish under shoe with slot in heel of shoe, sucker element
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Four-Corner Vanish coin vanish in handkerchief where all four corners are folded onto coin, wax on thumb nail and not corner
1942 21
Eddie Joseph The E. J. Coin Fold
1942 22
Eddie Joseph Part Two - Changes visible and invisible (switches)
1942 24
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Slow Motion Invisible Change one-handed, using thumb palm
1942 24
Eddie Joseph Low Finger Palm on using the third and fourth fingers
1942 25
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Slow Motion Visible Change variation of previous switch, coin given to spectator
1942 25
Eddie Joseph The Swing Exchange as coin is given into other hand, using thumb palm
1942 26
Eddie Joseph The Drop Exchange finger-palmed coin dropped and visible coin covered at same time, one-handed
Related to 1942 26
Eddie Joseph The Slide Exchange quarter hidden behind half dollar, coin dropped into spectator's pocket, switched for quarter
Related to 1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Cover Exchange switch on table with card
1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Pencil Exchange coin balanced on pencil, hand waves over it, it changes
Related to 1942 27
Eddie Joseph The Penetration Change coin through hand as secret switch
1942 28
Eddie Joseph The Deliberate Exchange coin vanishes and reappears in pocket, actually excuse for switch
1942 28
Eddie Joseph The Front Palm Exchange one-handed
1942 29
Eddie Joseph The Band Exchange coin switched for coin under watch band when explaining that some performers hide things up their sleeves
1942 29
Eddie Joseph The Friction Exchange coin hidden in fold at elbow switched for visible coin
1942 30
Eddie Joseph The Balance Pass coin balanced on thumb, hand turns over and coin goes into back thumb palm
Related to 1942 31
Eddie Joseph The Clip Pass coin ends up clipped at back of first and second finger
1942 31
Eddie Joseph Natural Coin Clip coin clipped between knuckles
1942 32
Eddie Joseph Producing Coins Singly from Palm from classic type palm
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Producing Coins Singly from Finger-Palm low finger palm
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Waxing and De-Waxing a Coin
1942 34
Eddie Joseph The Flat-Palm Pass higher classic palm for a flat hand
1942 35
Eddie Joseph The Cotton Rail thread around hand to hold coin in place on front or back of hand
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Coin on the Wall coin sticks to wall
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Ring Hold-Out match stick piece under finger ring, for vanish or production
1942 36
Eddie Joseph The Getaway importance of ditching coin before revealing vanish, coin ditched under belt
1942 37
Eddie Joseph Palming Aide rubbing resin on coin edges
1942 37
Eddie Joseph The Stack Transfer using edge classic palm
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Looped Coin loop of thread on coin
  • For a Vanish
  • For Production
  • For Continuous Front- and Back-Palm
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Hold Back methods with finger or classic palm
1942 39
Eddie Joseph The Wrist Turn Over keeping a coin on wrist under sleeve and turning hand over
1942 40
Eddie Joseph An Idea for Quantity Production short production routine
1942 40
Eddie Joseph A Dose for the Smart Guy glass of water under newspaper, paper whipped away, as sucker trick, coins balanced on glass
1942 40
Eddie Joseph A Smart Move stack of coin on palm, spectator takes all coins, one is left behind automatically
1942 41
Eddie Joseph The Tie Hold-Out slit in tie
1942 42
Eddie Joseph A Real Fooler for the Magicians spider grip vanish with thumb back palm
1942 42
Eddie Joseph The Hair Gimmick hair/thread rolled around pencil until ready for use
1942 43
Eddie Joseph Something Worth Knowing on using invisible thread
1942 43
Eddie Joseph The Sleeve Holder small pocket near opening of sleeve to keep coin from falling out
1942 44
Eddie Joseph The Coat Holder
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Lapel Holder
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Coin Pick-Up change over palm instead of shuttle pass
1942 45
Eddie Joseph The Double Revelation finesse for opening hand to show two coins
1942 46
Eddie Joseph To Make Any Coin Appear Double-Headed
1942 46
Eddie Joseph To Make Coin Turn Over in Closed Hand
1942 46
Eddie Joseph An Idea for the Front- and Back-Palm slow execution
1942 46
Eddie Joseph The Single Steal one of a stack stolen as stack is placed on table
1942 48
Eddie Joseph The Passing Steal as stack of coins is handed to spectator
1942 48
Eddie Joseph The Kick coin stack on table, coin rolls towards it and knocks out selected coin
Related to 1942 48
Eddie Joseph One in Many finding selected coin out of bunch of coins
1942 49
Eddie Joseph Part Four - Combination Moves of Coins with Matches chapter intro
1942 49
Eddie Joseph The Super-Subtle Secret Introduction secretly loading a coin inside a match box, from clip position
1942 49
Eddie Joseph Super-Subtle Secret Extraction stealing a coin out of a match box
1942 51
Eddie Joseph The Secret Pick-Up coin covered with match box drawer, secretly picked up with it, also multiple coins
1942 52
Eddie Joseph The Coin Lurk coin held back in match box drawer with match, can appear when set down with force
1942 52
Eddie Joseph Under Cover getting one ahead from loading a coin from a match box
1942 52
Eddie Joseph The Roofer coin appear in match box, stuck to top
1942 53
Eddie Joseph The Slide Concealment coin under tabled match box drawer, shown empty
1942 53
Eddie Joseph Rattling an Empty Box match box, coin hidden underneath
1942 54
Eddie Joseph The Basement Steal coin steal from out of match box with slit
1942 54
Eddie Joseph The One Way Rattle coin shaken in match box, knowing which coin is up
1942 54
Eddie Joseph A Secret and Its Possibilities recipe for glue which permanently glues a coin to a smooth surface, gag application of glueing a coin to the floor and watching people trying to pick it up
  • The Scotch Coin
  • In the Office
  • In a Hotel Lobby
  • At a Convention
1942 54
Eddie Joseph Date Detection several coins in hat, performer reaches in and divines dates
  • Mental Presentation
  • Sensitive Touch Presentation
1942 57
Eddie Joseph Dating the Coin each coin wrapped in paper, performer divines coins, impression
1942 60
Eddie Joseph The Date Mystery spectator makes calculations with the date on a selected coin, coin divined
1942 62
Eddie Joseph The Masked Helper blindfolded spectator takes coins one by one, performer divines dates, one ahead, with gag sequence in which spectator holds on to dummy wax hand without knowing
1942 63
Eddie Joseph The Missing Date several coins on table, spectator pockets one, performer names sum of digits of chosen coin's date
1942 65
Eddie Joseph Mental Delineation spectator names sum of digits of a coin's date (via a number of colored beads), performer names year
1942 66
Eddie Joseph Part Seven - "Close-Up" Tricks intro
1942 70
Eddie Joseph The Wacker coin appears in handkerchief, spectator is hit with coin through handkerchief as gag
Related to 1942 70
Eddie Joseph The Monocle Mystery marked coin held with eye, taken out, vanished, and shown back in eye, double lift with coins
Variations 1942 71
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Coin Trick marked coin penetrates into left fist, repeated a few times, then coin travels into spectator's pocket which is loaded during routine
1942 71
Eddie Joseph The Sleeve Bogey routine with sleeve as fake explanation for coin vanish, coin ends up in spectator's sleeve
1942 73
Eddie Joseph Shoulder Arms performer behind spectator with arms around him, coin vanishes, reappears on spectator's shoulder
1942 75
Eddie Joseph Nail Flick Transfer first finger nail flicks coin onto its finger
1942 75
Eddie Joseph The Big Bite coin travels to collar twice, second phase with duplicate coin
1942 75
Eddie Joseph The Double Bite coin pressed on spectators forehead, he is told to make it fall but it's not there, it really is left there for second spectator, coin reappears under lapel of third spectator
1942 76
Eddie Joseph Unfair Exchange half dollar given to spectator, performer grabs same half dollar from air, quarter found in spectator's hand
Related to 1942 77
Eddie Joseph The Twister borrowed coin switched and given back without spectator noticing, application where borrowed coin travels inside a bill
Related to 1942 78
Eddie Joseph The Scotchman and the Jew half dollar and quarter transpose between two spectators
1942 79
Eddie Joseph The Coin Toss six methods for controlled head or tail toss, seems risky
  • The First Method
  • The Second Method
  • The Third Method
  • The Fourth Method
  • The Fifth Method
  • The Sixth Method
1942 81
Eddie Joseph Matching the Coin coins brought out heads or tails to match spectator's actions or wishes, by feel
1942 85
Eddie Joseph Perfect Timing two coins on table edge, pushed off table towards floor, one straight down one sharply forward, they hit floor together
1942 85
Eddie Joseph The Money Changer half dollar changes into smaller coins that make up fifty cents
1942 86
Eddie Joseph The Street of Colon is Paved with Gold speck of dust changes into coin, repeat, then shower of coin from hand
1942 87
Eddie Joseph Money is Made to Go coin tossed towards left fist, vanishes and is found in fist, repeated with four more coins, last to spectator's hand
1942 88
Eddie Joseph Double Coin Pick Up coin picked up from palm, second coin secretly aligned with it, double lift with coins
1942 89
Eddie Joseph The Colorful Transformation coins put in hand change into paper with funny message, then changes into confetti (hidden in egg container) or a lemon
1942 92
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Fingers marked coin mixed with other, performer finds it
1942 93
Eddie Joseph Hold On, Brother coin vanishes and appears in spectator's breast pocket
1942 94
Eddie Joseph The Magnetic Coin a coin is apparently magnetized, it is removed from other coins with knife, wax
1942 95
Eddie Joseph The Eccentric Coin coin clings to blade of knife
1942 95
Eddie Joseph The Vicious Triangle monte routine with three coins under cards
1942 99
Eddie Joseph The Coins Assembly
1942 102
Eddie Joseph Right First Time quick way of counting high stack of coins, using coin as ruler
1942 103
Eddie Joseph How the Devil Does He Do It selected coin found in hat of coins by spectator
1942 104
Eddie Joseph Curing a Bad Habit cigarette and/or matches change into coin
1942 105
Eddie Joseph Good Shootin' coin stack on table, coin rolls towards it and knocks out selected coins
Related to 1942 105
Eddie Joseph My Hat coin (glass disc) vanishes from glass and appears in hat
1942 106
Eddie Joseph Money Sense three different coins in three glasses, performer can name coin when he is handed a glass blindfolded, or when a coin is dropped into a glass
1942 106
Eddie Joseph The Stolen Money three coins on table under three match boxes, spectator removes a coin when performer turns away, match box with missing coin is divined
1942 107
Eddie Joseph The Coin in the Cookie
1942 107
Eddie Joseph Par Avion coins travel from hand to tabled handkerchief
1942 108
Eddie Joseph The Purse Swindle purse sold with two coins which turn out to be different coins later, detailed
1942 109
Eddie Joseph The Coin and the Orange coin and paper-wrapped glass, coin vanishes, orange appears under glass, orange vanishes, glass vanishes, orange found in pocket, coin in orange, no lapping
1942 112
Eddie Joseph Toss Up Vanish orange tossed up, vanishes, ditch in pocket
1942 114
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1942 3
Eddie Joseph Part One - Some Sl(e)ight Changes in Some Standard Sleights intro, on naturalness
1942 7
Eddie Joseph Card Palming
1942 8
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards on the Feet
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
1942 8
Eddie Joseph How to Return Palmed Card into the Pack card transferred to other hand behind back while spectator is shuffling and replaced with other hand
1942 11
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards at a Table one-handed as tabled deck is pushed forward
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Slip
Inspired by 1942 11
Eddie Joseph Bottom Dealing left hand moves away at bottom deal, bottom cards slanted out
1942 12
Eddie Joseph The Side Steal card not palmed, only held with tips of fourth finger and thumb
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The Top Change left thumb does not push card off, back of right first finger does
1942 13
Eddie Joseph To Turn a Card Over in the Pack during overhand shuffle
1942 14
Eddie Joseph A Queer Location performer's finger pushes out a bunch of cards from center and spectator remembers face card of bunch, apparently it is always the same card when done twice
Variations 1942 14
Eddie Joseph A Double Location two-card version of previous location, with variations:
  • the two selections come next to each other
  • several men choose the same card, women also
Inspired by 1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Jumping Location card cut to, remembered and replaced, deck hit on table and selection jumps out
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Riffle Location card hit through deck so it come out at inner end, located via short-card riffle then
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Palm Location
1942 16
Eddie Joseph Replacement Steal top half replaced and bottom card of top half side palmed into right hand
1942 16
Eddie Joseph Palm Take Switch card apparently take from deck in left hand, card from right palm taken instead
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Corner Riffling Location deck riffled and card replaced, gap seen
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Nick" Location punch-like nick made in key card, deck in hand or on table with pointing motivation
Related to 1942 16
Eddie Joseph Part Three - Tricks for All Occasions chapter intro
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The E. J. Color Change with Cards color change sequence in which the face card is palmed one-handed before it is seen
1942 17
Eddie Joseph Your Thought Read spectator cuts anywhere and remembers face card, which is divined
1942 18
Eddie Joseph Another Card Discovery spectator counts off cards and stops, remembers card and replaces rest, either counting by ear or key card
1942 19
Eddie Joseph Think of a Number three numbers counted to, cards predicted or divined, bluff count force (original top card)
1942 19
Eddie Joseph Gesture Glimpse top card pushed off and back as hand gestures to spectator
1942 19
Eddie Joseph A Test of Sobriety half card double facer to affect a transposition with apparently only two cards used
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Elimination Trick tantalizer type elimination in which the spectator has to eliminate the pile each time without his thought-of card, so no real effect, "The above should be worked rapidly and no time given to them to think."
Related to 1942 21
Eddie Joseph Card Resurrection selection torn and card at named position noted, torn card restores into noted card and original restored selection is at named position
1942 22
Eddie Joseph Thought Transference five card mental force, card to pocket out with four duplicates
1942 23
Eddie Joseph Stop! Fire! several cards chosen, highest card noted, all cards written on billets and burned one by one, performer stops burning of highest card's billet and names it
1942 24
Eddie Joseph High Card Force having only one high card in center of deck, spectator remembers highest card of bunch drawn from center
Related to 1942 25
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Touch five cards on table, performer receives any card behind his back and names it, tiny paper shapes stuck to card
1942 25
Eddie Joseph The Die Trick spectator rolls die and takes as many cards off the top, performer removes card with same value
1942 26
Eddie Joseph A Quick Four-Ace Trick Aces "mixed" with twelve cards, four hands dealt, one gets the Aces
1942 26
Eddie Joseph Gone Right Through top card of tabled deck lapped with handkerchief
1942 27
Eddie Joseph Gone Beyond Recognition spectator peeks at a card with a knife, that card vanishes, reproduced from pocket
1942 28
Eddie Joseph Wandaphone card chosen, another spectator choses a card of same suit and choses an amount of cards that matches the value
1942 28
Eddie Joseph Simple Stabbing Force just taking cards above break
1942 29
Eddie Joseph Your Age Will Find You Out spectator takes card at position of his age, card and age divined
1942 29
Eddie Joseph One Out of Five card thought of, one of five, located with mediocre procedure and deck in pocket
1942 30
Eddie Joseph What's in a Name spectator's name and prediction written on paper for three spectators, they spell to their names and find the predicted card
1942 31
Eddie Joseph The Writing on the Arm named card appears on arm, index on arm
1942 32
Eddie Joseph The Electrified Card selected card sticks out of deck after it is shaken, short card, dropping short card out of loosely held deck
Related to 1942 33
Eddie Joseph The Tekka Card Trick four amounts of cards divined after lots of dealing and pile-making, Aces as key cards distributed in deck
1942 33
Eddie Joseph Esta Kard Mystery three cards stopped at and tabled, they change into indifferent cards which are then sealed in envelopes, they transpose with the selections
1942 35
Eddie Joseph End Grip Stop Force block taken when spectator says stop
1942 35
Eddie Joseph Envelope Load and Switch card loaded into envelope from top of deck, card apparently put into envelope but left on top of deck
1942 37
Eddie Joseph The Secret Out - Not Quite sucker trick in which you explain the key card but selection ends up next to another card
1942 38
Eddie Joseph The Final Speller a few cards chosen, one of them though of, it is spelled to without adjustments
1942 39
Eddie Joseph Quadruplication deck dealt into four piles, four cards chosen and moved to another pile, performer located them
1942 42
Eddie Joseph The Hazelite Mystery card and position remembered, it is no longer at that position, located again with deck in pocket
1942 43
Eddie Joseph The Cardiana Roll selection lost, deck hit and it splits at selection, using lead piece
1942 44
Eddie Joseph The Hooded Hew deck with selection in handkerchief that is held like a bag, spectator stabs knife into deck through handkerchief next to selection, bent card
1942 45
Eddie Joseph Sympathetic Bond three cards chosen from blue-backed deck, the duplicates of those cards from a red deck travel into the blue deck
1942 46
Eddie Joseph Daub Deception location tricks with daub
  • Preparation for the Daub
  • First Method of Daubing
  • Second Method of Daubing
  • Third Method of Daubing
  • Fourth Method of Daubing
  • Fifth Method of Daubing
  • Sixth Method of Daubing
  • Seventh Method of Daubing
  • Eighth Method of Daubing
  • Ninth Method of Daubing
  • Tenth Method of Daubing
  • Eleventh Method of Daubing
  • Twelfth Method of Daubing
  • Thirteenth Method of Daubing
  • Fourteenth Method of Daubing
  • Fifteenth Method of Daubing
  • Sixteenth Method of Daubing
  • Seventeenth Method of Daubing
  • Eighteenth Method of Daubing
  • Nineteenth Method of Daubing
  • Twentieth Method of Daubing
  • A Few Words of Advice
1942 48
Eddie Joseph Part Five - Exquisite Experiments chapter intro
1942 55
Eddie Joseph The Somersault spectator cuts off packet from tabled deck, remembers bottom card and replaces, deck hit off table edge into air, all cards land face-up except selection face-down near spectator
Related to 1942 56
Eddie Joseph The Smacker different way to do "The Somersault" by hitting deck off spectator's hand
Related to 1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Renegade deck tossed from hand to hand, selection jumps back into throwing hand on its own
1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Prodigious Card card thought-of, deck spread on table, covered with handkerchief, spectator is told to lift handkerchief with one card, it is the selection
1942 57
Eddie Joseph Psychological Riffle Peek Force in-jogged card affects slight pause at force card
1942 57
Eddie Joseph The Sensational Card Restoration card torn in quarters and restored in spectator's hand except for one quarter which fits, then whole card restored
1942 58
Eddie Joseph Torn Quarter Switch as fan with four quarters is handled
1942 59
Eddie Joseph Hallucination selection lost, three cards against glasses, every one shown to be selection, then none, three duplicates
1942 62
Eddie Joseph Handling Double Cards which are then leaned against glasses
1942 63
Eddie Joseph Shirt Ditch double card shown, face card ditched in shirt with body turn
1942 64
Eddie Joseph Card in Cigarette
1942 65
Eddie Joseph The Pellet Test three numbered paper slips, three cards chosen and written on the slips, all mixed in hat, one chosen, performer divines card, ungaffed impression on deck
1942 66
Eddie Joseph The Popinjay rubber banded deck tossed up and selection shoots out halfway, repeated with other selections
1942 67
Eddie Joseph The Writing on the Wall card chosen and some personal information written on paper, card reverses and information divined, impression with daub
1942 69
Eddie Joseph Fan Close Turnover
1942 70
Eddie Joseph A Remarkable Coincidence two cards chosen from two decks match, repeat, two-way Mirage decks
1942 71
Eddie Joseph Peculiar Passage two roughed red/blue menetekel decks, thought of or chosen card(s) transposes between red and blue decks, four methods
1942 73
Eddie Joseph A Home-Made Cement for Card Work
1942 76
Eddie Joseph Extra-Sensory Detection spectator thinks of a card with deck in his hands, risky
1942 77
Eddie Joseph A Kute Kard Konception spectator cuts off pile, remembers card and replaces, card located after shuffle by appearing in performer's sleeve, two spectators hold both wrists of performer
1942 78
Eddie Joseph The Raw Recruit card reverses repeatedly under strict conditions, duplicates
1942 79
Eddie Joseph "A Letter from Satan" named card predicted in letter, index
1942 80
Eddie Joseph Rapid Transit three cards selected, they travel into three envelopes (actually hanging behind), one duplicate
1942 81
Eddie Joseph The Revolution rubber banded deck, card removed and put back, then it shoots out at right angle as in Impromptu Haunted Deck
Related to 1942 83
Eddie Joseph The Mental Marvel silent code for medium with arrangement on stage of spectator, table, chair
1942 84
Eddie Joseph Distant Thought Penetration silent code for medium to which is brought pad and pen
1942 87
Eddie Joseph The Sticker large sticker attached to wrong card halfway, when card is pulled out of deck, it is now the signed selection
1942 88
Eddie Joseph Two Old Horses in New Harness "Cards to Pocket", using rubber band around wrist to hold cards
1942 90
Eddie Joseph Cards from Pocket to Pocket
1942 92
Eddie Joseph My Card System on memorized decks and memorizing a deck, see p. 99 for grid as help
  • My Table of Pictures for Memorizing Cards
Also published here 1942 94
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1942 96
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1942 97
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942 100
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1942 6
Eddie Joseph The Appealing Force of "Cups and Balls"
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm intro
1942 8
Eddie Joseph The Single Palm ball vanishes using the classic palm
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
1942 8
Eddie Joseph The Double Palm palming two one-inch balls at once
1942 9
Eddie Joseph The Triple Palm palming three one-inch balls at once
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Drop palming three one-inch balls at once, variation
1942 10
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Pass false transfer with three balls at once
1942 11
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Slide vanishing a ball when already palming two
1942 11
Eddie Joseph One Hand Production of Three Single Balls
1942 11
Eddie Joseph One-Hand Production of Two Balls Together
1942 11
Eddie Joseph Producing Three Balls Singly a la Billiard Balls
1942 12
Eddie Joseph Secret Introductions intro to cup loads
1942 12
Eddie Joseph Secret Introduction of Two Balls Under One Cup Simultaneously
1942 13
Eddie Joseph Secret Introduction of Single Balls from the Double Palm
1942 13
Eddie Joseph The "Two-in-One" Introduction
1942 14
Eddie Joseph Secret Introduction of Three Balls Together Under One Cup
1942 14
Eddie Joseph The "Tip-Up" Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Torpedo Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The "Back-Street" Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The Cup Introduction
1942 15
Eddie Joseph The "Infinite" Introduction
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Stratagem" Introduction
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Top-Hole" Introduction
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The Jubilee Introduction
1942 17
Eddie Joseph The Hinge Extraction ball steal
1942 18
Eddie Joseph The Double Extraction
1942 19
Eddie Joseph The Triple Extraction
1942 19
Eddie Joseph The "Jam" Vanish
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The "Grasshopper" Vanish
1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Slide Vanish ball dumped into left fingers below table edge
1942 21
Eddie Joseph The Elevator Pass ball passes upwards through stack of cups
1942 21