Vanish

119 entries in Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
False Transfer
1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIII)
182
To consume (or rather to conveie) one or manie balles into nothing lapping ball after false transfer for complete vanish
 		1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIII)
183
Pass 1 right hand classic palm, fake transfer to left (described with coin but for all small objects)
 		1876
Modern Magic
147
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Schule der Magie third part, on holding the hand correctly when a larger object is apparently in it
Related to Mar. 1898
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 9)
129
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Schule der Magie fourth part, more on the false transfer
Related to Apr. 1898
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 10)
145
Das Changieren false transfer, multiple methods with different props
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
139
Tom Sellers A New Cigarette Sleight cigarette rolls over back of hand into other hand, false transfer
 		1933
More Secrets
3
The Vanish
1938
Greater Magic
659
Franklin M. Chapman Disintegrosphere bottle with small steel ball in it vanishes from under handkerchief, rattle of ball can be heard until last moment
 		Nov. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 5)
1
Edward Victor Billiard Ball Section – An Effective Vanish and Recovery ball is dropped out of fist into other hand as it makes a pass over it
 		1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part Two
93
Dr. Stanley Jaks La Boule Fantôme ball vanishes in handkerchief and appears in mouth, rubber band method
 		Mar. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 3)
3
Lloyd W. Chambers The Flying Ball ball (or other object) placed in sack, pistol fired at sack blows open sack and ball is gone, reel pulls ball into opening of sack
 		1941
Original Ideas in Magic
6
Eddie Joseph Toss Up Vanish orange tossed up, vanishes, ditch in pocket
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
114
Eddie Joseph The Single Palm ball vanishes using the classic palm
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
8
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Pass false transfer with three balls at once
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
11
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Slide vanishing a ball when already palming two
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
11
Senor Charles Mardo The Homing Ball Ball and Cone routine, narrow top of cone has natural Chop Cup mechanism, “my variation of the Jameson Mystery”
 		1945
Routined Magic
8
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 Scoop right hand steals ball from left fingers as it passes over it and left fingers close
 		1945
Routined Magic
19
Dai Vernon Vanish put-type
 		1949
Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
75
Harry E. Snider Caligari's Hi-Ball Vanish ball inside glass vanishes under cover of handkerchief
 		Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
520
Wally Dean Deanball drop ball vanish
 		May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 202)
806
Tony Slydini Vanish of Paper Ball as lapping application
Also published here 1954
Stars of Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
163
Push Through Drop Vanish
1956
Top Secrets of Magic
58
Tony Slydini Vanish of Paper Ball as lapping application, see also next item
 		1960
The Magic of Slydini
23
Tony Slydini Vanish of Paper Ball as lapping application
Also published here 1966
Slydini Encores
14
Arthur Setterington Joe's Master Mystery five colored balls in a bowl, one color is selected all the other balls vanish, three methods
 		1968
The Joe Smith Mysteries
15
Bob Ostin Ball Vanish
1968
Fingertip Fantasies
15
Bob Ostin The Cigar Tube Mystery small ball vanishes from cigar tube
 		1968
Fingertip Fantasies
40
Ellison Poland Cup And Ball Moves six false transfers
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
187
Jerry Andrus Ball and Coin Routine dollar and rubber ball transpose between both hands, both vanish, lapping
 		1973
Five Dollar Trix
12
Sam Aaronson The Basic Sleight false transfer
 		Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10)
778
Al Schneider Basic Vanish very clear instructions, also possible with other small objects
 		1975
Al Schneider On Coins
6
Tony Slydini A Direct Palm with Checkpoints
 		1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
23
French Drop
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
124
Palm Vanish
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
128
Basic Cups and Balls Vanish
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
153
Arthur Setterington Diception ball vanishes in a tube between two dice
 		May 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 9)
408
Shigeo Takagi False Transfer brief
 		1977
Shigeo Takagi's One Cup Routine
1
Frank Garcia The "Garcia" Master Vanish Moves false transfer for small ball
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
24
The Finger Palm with steel ball
 		1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
82
Basic Ball Vanish - Method One false transfer
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
49
Basic Ball Vanish - Method Two wand pushed through fist with ball
 		1979
The Chop Cup Book
53
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon False Transfer from One Hand to the Other
1979
Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket
13
First Sleight (The Feint) false transfer
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
59
David Williamson The Striking Vanish
  • Alternate Handling (closed fist)
Variations 1981
Encore II
21
Neil See The Neil See Ball Vanish retention
 		1982
The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II
49
David Williamson Striking Vanish brief
 		1984
Side Effects
[14]
David Williamson Striking Vanish with alternative handling with closed fist
Also published here 1984
For Your Eyes Only
25
David Williamson The Striking Vanish with alternative handling with closed fist
Also published here 1984
Striking Magic
21
Turk Pipkin S'No Ball ping-pong ball vanishes as it is tossed in the air
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
116
Max Malini, Charlie Miller, Frederick Braue A Deceptive Palm for the Cups and Balls false transfer, detailed, "It should be again stressed that the sleight must be performed very slowly, very casually"
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
8
Jonathan Townsend Best Ball-Retention Pass according to Jonathan Townsend, Andrew Galloway uses a similar vanish
 		June 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 6)
1215
Joe Givan Day of the Jack-less toy jacks appear, they and rubber ball vanish, topit
Also published here Feb. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 7)
6
Thomas Hierling False Transfer with some thoughts on false transfers
 		1987
New Wave Close-Up
25
Joe Givan Day of the Jack-less four metal jacks are produced from four Jack playing cards, the jacks and a small ball vanish (topit)
Also published here 1987
Magic from the Attic
1
Juan Tamariz Second Example: False transfer handling details
 		1988
The Five Points in Magic
23
Harvey Rosenthal The Retention Toss coin vanish adapted for small ball
 		1990
Impossibilia
84
Gary Ouellet The Greatest Effect in Magic explanation of false transfer with a small ball
  • Practice Drill Number One: The Finger Palm
  • Practice Drill Number Two: The Closing of the Right Hand
  • The Vanish
  • Eye Movement
 		1990
Close Up Illusions
15
David Williamson Striking Vanish brief
 		1990
Top Secret Stuff
159
Ken Brooke Griff Nr. 1 - Die Scheinübergabe
Also published here Oct. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)
132
Shigeo Takagi False Transfer
1990
The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi
27
David Williamson Striking Vanish
1991
The Magic of Michael Ammar
16
David Harkey Hot-Handed Principle a bit like Striking Vanish
Also published here
  • lecture notes "From the Depths", 1988
 1991
Simply Harkey
40
David Harkey Hand Ditch Vanish dropping item into other hand, like lapping without lap
 		1991
Simply Harkey
89
Ronnie Ramin A Natural Ball Vanish false take
 		1991
Strange Happenings
2
Alexander de Cova, Roy Benson Fake Transfer described with fake egg
Also published here 1991
Heba's Fez
6
Chris Kenner, Homer Liwag Magic Man Finesse tips on vanishing an object / coin
 		1991
Magic Man Examiner (Vol. 1 No. 1)
10
Alexander de Cova, Roy Benson Fake Transfer described with fake egg
Also published here 1992
Ein Profi packt aus...
28
Gary Kurtz False Transfer of a Ball
1992
Leading with your Head
14
The Vanish false transfer
 		1993
Cups & Balls (Western)
4
David Williamson Striking Vanish with bottle cap
 		1993
The Warpsmith's Toolbox
[15]
Paul Gertner False Transfer with steel ball
 		1994
Steel and Silver
197
Harold Cataquet Re-Retention Vanish
July 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 7)
2531
Harry Riser French Drop Handling
Inspired by
  • Secrets of Conjuring and Magic, Robert-Houdin, p. 51
 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
24
Bob Farmer Big Solid Ball Vanish ball rolled from cup into hand and seen, vanishes
Related to
  • "The Vanishing Buckeye" (Eddie Fields' Secret Diary, p. 19)
 1998
Cyclops
7
Push Through Drop Vanish
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)
96
Al Schneider The Schneider Technique intro on vanishing items
 		June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
50
Al Schneider Basic 3D Vanish
  • The Schneider Technique
 		July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
62
Gregory Wilson Pit Stop ditching items in the arm pit, various applications like bounce/no-bounce ball, coin vanish, thumb tip, .. credit information on using the arm pit
Related to June 2000
MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 10)
68
John Cornelius False Transfer with lapping afterwards
 		2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
126
False Transfer
2002
Constant Fooling 1
169
John Carney, Dai Vernon The French Drop
2002
The Book of Secrets
251
Ron Bauer Fake Put Sequence Take Vanish vs. Put Vanish (Charlie Miller), En Route Principle
 		2002
Dixie
18
False Transfer
July 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 7)
53
David Acer High Invisibility Ball vanishes and reappears held between two fingers visually
 		2004
Random Acts of Magic
251
The Classic (False) Pass
2004
Street Cups and Balls
44
The French Drop
2004
Street Cups and Balls
47
David Williamson Striking Vanish brief
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
7
Alexander de Cova A Novel Ball Vanish ball drops into other hand secretly as it reaches toward the wand under the arm
 		2004
Treasures
15
Robert E. Neale The Five Gifts of Life Five different objects in hand, four are removed and placed in pocket, last object vanishes from hand.

Has packet trick variation where the last card becomes blank
Also published here 2008
This Is Not a Book
8
Joshua Jay The False Transfer
2008
Under, Over
43
Robert E. Neale The Five Gifts of Life five different objects in hand, four are removed and placed in pocket, last object vanishes from hand
Also published here July 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 11)
82
Adam Rubin Over the Shoulder Boulder Loader
  • Braindrops
small object like ball vanishes and appears from performer's shoulder
 		June 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 10)
72
Roberto Giobbi The Rossini Insight "It's Better to Take Than to Put", on false transfers
 		2012
Confidences
139
David Williamson Striking Vanish
2013
Calculated Chaos
19
Christian Scherer Die Kraft des Qi two in the hand one in the pocket with Baoding Balls, then a big ball appears just to vanish under a handkerchief
 		2014
Schlaglichter
60
Christian Scherer Das Becherspiel als Salonkunststück general remarks on the Cups and Balls
  • Der Handlungsablauf beim Becherspiel
  • Die Struktur (structure)
  • Der Vortrag (patter)
  • Die Becher (cups)
  • Die Kugeln (balls)
  • Der Zauberstab (wand)
  • Der Tisch (table)
  • Die Tischoberfläche (table surface)
  • Die Handhabung der Becher (handling of the cups)
  • Die falsche Übergabe (false transfer of a ball)
  • Die Ladung (loads)
  • Das Platzieren der Ladungen (placement of loads in pockets)
  • Die Ladetechnik (loading technique)
  • Die Ladung vor den Blicken der Zuschauer verbergen (hiding the loads)
  • Indirektes Laden (indirect loads)
  • Das Abstellen der geladenen Becher (putting cups with loads on the table)
Also published here 2014
Schlaglichter
175
Verschwindegriff
May 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 18)
589
Alexander de Cova, Roy Benson Fake Transfer described with fake egg
Also published here 2016
Burners — Vol. 5
51
Alexander de Cova Der Verschwindegriff detailed
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
125
Johnny Thompson Retention Vanish of Ball false transfer
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
21
Danny Dew Danny Dew Final Vanish of the balls, ditch in breast pocket
Related to 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
32
David Williamson, Johnny Thompson Covered Striking Vanish
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
92
Alexander de Cova, Tony Slydini Crossing The Gaze
2018
Burners — Vol. 6
85
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
Alexander de Cova False-Transfer Subtlety
  • Notizen
put vs. take
 		Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
52
Al Schneider Small Ball False Transfer
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
61
Al Schneider The Multiple False Transfer three balls at once
 		Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
62
John Carney Rolling False Transfer
2020
Sleights & Insights
77
John Carney French Drop
2020
Sleights & Insights
265
Guy Hollingworth False Transfer
2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
14
Guy Hollingworth Patrick Page Ditch pocket ditch after false transfer while sleeve is pulled up
 		2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
17
Guy Hollingworth Flapping concealing small item like ball under front edge of jacket or shirt, ungaffed, detailed discussion with applications
Related to
  • sponge ball hold-out in Howard Schwarzman lecture note, 1970s, p. 7
 2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
20
Aurelio Paviato About Pointing pointing in vanishes, French Drop example
 		2022
Studies in Deception
155
Put False Transfer
Sep. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 9)
66
Christian Scherer Essay on the Cups and Balls general remarks on the Cups and Balls
  • Plot
  • Structure
  • Patter
  • The Cups
    • Shape
    • Size
    • Weight
    • Sound
    • Visual appearance
  • Balls
    • Size
    • Color
    • Material
  • The Magic Wand
  • The Table
  • The Table Surface
  • Handling of the Cups
  • False Transfers
  • Loads
  • Placement of the Loads in pockets
  • Loading Technique
  • Hiding the Load from the Audience
  • Delayed Loading
  • Putting Down Loaded Cups
  • Presenting the Loads
Also published here 2024
Mosaic
181
Silent Mora, Dai Vernon Wand Spin Vanish
2025
Practicing the Art of Magic
109