These effects are not original, but as yet they have not worked their way into the literature of magic, and for that reason I offer them. The first trick is now fairly well known. Clip a silver quarter between the first and second fingers ad pick up a glass of water as shown. The quarter is invisible to those in front. By applying pressure with the middle finger and allowing the edge of the quarter to slip from between the fingers, you can cause the quarter to strike the glass with a loud "click". If you raise the glass to…
Prepare for this trick beforehand by dropping a dime into the right side of the cuff on your right trouser leg. You can carry a dime there all day without fearing of losing it. Borrow a dime from someone and ask him to mark it in some way for later identification. Take the dime and pretend to place it in your right trouser pocket, actually palming it before your hand is withdrawn. Explain that any small object placed in your pocket immediately travels down through a concealed tube in the cloth to the trouser cuff. As proof you reach down…
A number of coins are collected in a borrowed hat which the wizard places on the table crown down. Announcing the date of a coin, the performer puts his hand into the hat, and brings forth a coin which he immediately passes for inspection. It bears the date he named ! He repeats with the others. One advantage of this method is that no extra coin is used, and another is the fact that the spectators may note the dates on their own coins before dropping them into the hat. Thus each may claim his coin immediately after its date…
For an old trick, this has been but very little usage, and in this day and age, when publicity is freely given to those who apparently can see through all sorts of blindfolds, etc., it should be an excellent impromptu test. Argamasilla, the Spanish nobleman who confounded N.Y. critics for a short time with his reputed ability to see through metals, could have used this stunt to good advantage for press interviews. Two parties note the date on their own half dollar and place the date sides of the two coins face to face. The performer takes them in that…
Every once in a while a trick is invented by the discovery of an odd fact before you constantly but not known. This is one of those mysteries and the astute performer will, upon going over the effect and method carefully, see at once the possibilities for a veritable miracle in the working. It can almost be made into a challenge effect and has practically no explanation. Five coins are shown and examined. Four of them are United States nickels and the fifth is a Canadian nickel or five cent piece. They are sealed in borrowed envelopes which the performer…
Effect The performer borrows a handkerchief and places it over the open palm of his right hand, center of the handkerchief being over the palm and the ends draping over the hand. A half dollar and an English penny, token, or lucky piece (How about a Green River coin ? Ed.) are shown and placed on the handkerchief. The hand turns palm downward so that the handkerchief covers the coins, and it is twisted around them making their escape impossible. A spectator now holds the end of the handkerchief and can feel the coins inside. Still holding the ends he…
In the fairest manner possible, ten half dollars are counted onto the left palm which is covered with a handkerchief. A spectator holds the four corners while ten more coins are counted onto a tray and dumped into the cupped hands of another. The first spectator shakes the handkerchief a selected number of times, and that number of coins travel across space to the hands of the other. Mr Fischer’s subtlety in handling the first ten coins is the basic principle of the feat. The rest can be varied to suit individual taste. On a small stand, like the one…
A handkerchief is spread over the palm of your left hand and a dime and a penny placed in the center. The fingers of your left hand grasp the coins through the cloth from underside, holding the handkerchief up by the center so that the corners hang downward. The right hand now twists the handkerchief ropewise to hold the two coins securely. The right hand now takes hold of the coins and the left pulls the dime right through the cloth, leaving the penny still twisted inside. Untwisting the handkerchief, only the penny remains. For this effect is used the…
Effects which are impromptu are always popular, especially when they are a little out of the ordinary and very clean from the start to the finish. While not startling, this coin routine is simple of execution and appears like real magic. Borrow a quarter but have the spectator note the date before giving it to you. It is openly folded in the cloth of your right trouser leg above the knee, and after the donor has felt it there, the fold is dropped and the coin has vanished whereupon it is produced from the trouser pocket. Once more it is…