Floatation

14 entries in Match & Matchbox / Match / Floatation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Floating Match up and down on top of matchbox
 		1938
Greater Magic
830
Earl Morgan Rising Flame flame from match floats up to light cigarette
 		1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
15
Floating Match burning match, behind fingers
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
9
Jack Yeager Anti-Gravity Match matches stick to matchbook
Also published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
 1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
8
Aaron Wainer Floating Match in Bottle lighted match floats in bottle
 		Dec. 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 2)
308
Ken De Courcy The Blowaway Suspension match box is opened upside down, matches stay inside drawer and drop on command
 		1971
At the Drop of a Match
8
Karl Fulves Zombie Match book of matches rises behind a handkerchief and floats, in the end one of the matches lights spontaneously
 		1982
Wireless II
38
Ben Harris Cosmosis match floats over a playing card
  • The Basic Principle
  • The Supplied Props
  • Making Up a Cosmosis Card
  • The Basic Handling
  • Introducing the Card
  • Pre-Flexing the Card
  • Basic Rise #1
  • The One Handed Rise
  • In the Spectator's Hands
  • Off the Table
  • Under a Glass
  • The Seance Presentation
  • The Bus Ticket
  • The Jumbo Card (rising a cigarette or business card)
  • Basic Rise #2
  • The Curly Rise
  • Let Them Take the Match!
  • Notes
Variations 1986
Cosmosis
[5]
Matchless floating match
 		1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 35)
639
Jim Kleefeld Cosmosis Tips
  • Tip 1
  • Tip 2
  • Tip 3
  • Tip 4
  • Tip 5
  • Tip 6
  • Tip 7
  • Tip 8
  • Tip 9
  • Tip 10
  • Tip 11
  • Tip 12
Inspired by 1990
Cosmosis Tips
[2]
Ben Harris Ultimate Cosmosis match floats over a playing card signed by the spectator
Inspired by 1990
Cosmosis Tips
[5]
Geoff Pearce The Geoff Pearce Ring Move match floats over a playing card, finger ring is used to show that nothing is attached to the match
Inspired by 1990
Cosmosis Tips
[5]
Dean Dill Floating Match folded paper match, using ITR thread reel
 		1997
Intimate Miracles
55
Karl Fulves Lighter "Unsolved Mysteries"
match pushed into tray of matches, tray clings to match, posed as a problem
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
177