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Frederick Braue Card to Pocket card vanishes from deck via Gardner's method
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
14
Routine routine outline:
  • Surprise Spell
  • Card turns over
  • Ambitious
  • Rub a Dub Dub
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
18
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers No. 9, paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with card values on paper or card layout (chosen card turned over is only odd-colored at the end)
Also published here 1985
Self-Working Paper Magic
18
Karl Fulves Soup to Nuts No. 61, price of dinner chosen from menu predicted, Martin Gardner Principle
Related toVariations 1985
Self-Working Paper Magic
108
Martin Gardner Dollar Bill Game game/puzzle about auctioning off a dollar bill
Also published here
  • Metamagical Themas (Douglas Hofstadter)
 1985
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 1)
20
Martin Gardner, Milbourne Christopher Christopher's Knot dissolving knots routine
Inspired by
  • Milbourne Christopher's Square Knot (Hugard's Magic Monthly, August 1958)
Related to 		1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part II
30
Martin Gardner Las Vegas Knot knot appears or not
Related toAlso published here
  • Scientific American, September 1983
 1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part III
58
Martin Gardner The Binary System historical information and punch card sorting applications
  • sorting 32 punch cards in numerical order
  • divining selected number
  • solving logic problem
VariationsAlso published here
  • Scientific American, Dec. 1960
 1986
The Cyberdeck
1
Paul Swinford Gardner Adenda comments on Martin Gardner's article
  • A Problem Solved
  • A Message Retold
Inspired by 1986
The Cyberdeck
31
Rudolf Braunmüller Mit leeren Taschen intro to the following collection of impromptu magic, mostly from Martin Gardner's column in Hugard's Magic Monthly
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
117
Karl Fulves Jinx Deck a red ace rises through handkerchief covered deck, then deck drops out leaving other red ace behind
Inspired byAlso published here 1987
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One
13
Karl Fulves Q-dini performer's wrists knotted with handkerchief, he turns and he's free, then knotted again
Inspired by
  • item in Martin Gardner's "Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic"
Related toAlso published here 		1987
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two
45
Jerry Sadowitz A Vanish and a Cull card shown missing (Martin Gardner) and three mates culled in the process
Related to 1987
Inspirations
32
Martin Gardner Fingers-Nose Do-As-I-Do
Mar. 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 2)
13
Martin Gardner Burned, Restored, Unrestored Match restoring burned match
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)
24
Martin Gardner The Mouse No. 31, folding mouse out of handkerchief, "The following description, made available by Martin Gardner, is the first complete account to appear in print."
 		1988
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
87
Karl Fulves Jinx Deck No. 58, a red ace rises through handkerchief covered deck, then deck drops out leaving other red ace behind
Inspired byAlso published here 1988
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
171
Martin Gardner MG Trio #1 six red cards and black cards in two rows, collected alternating, suddenly they are in pairs r-r, b-b, ...
Related to 1989
Prototype
19
Martin Gardner MG Trio #2 variation of previous trick
Related to 1989
Prototype
20
Martin Gardner MG Trio #3 orientation of head on QS and KH used for monte type guessing game, turning on vertical or horizontal axis ("The principle behind this trick has floated around a while.")
Variations 1989
Prototype
20
Robert E. Neale Heads Turn orientation of head on picture cards
Inspired by 1989
Prototype
22
Karl Fulves Rightful Place deck spread face-down on table, spectator marks back of any card, spread turned over, magician correctly guesses card, multiple methods
Variations 1989
Quick Card Tricks
20
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Approach different method for "Rightful Place"
Inspired by 1989
Quick Card Tricks
23
Steve Beam Leftovers on "Peter's Quotations", Channing Pollock, Clayton Rawson, Martin Gardner, Scott Robinson, Richard Bartram
 		1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)
504
Milbourne Christopher Square-Knot Paradox No. 21, square knot dissolves when pulled, repeated
Related to 1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
44
Martin Gardner Scissorcut No. 44, scissors threaded onto rope, released "magically" by cutting rope, rope restored
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
88
Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves Martin Gardner's Elusive Ace Monty Hall problem with three Aces, monte type routine by Fulves
Inspired byRelated to 1990
Swindle Sheet (Issue 1)
6
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Well Stacked on top of bottle is a bill, followed by a stack of coins, problem of removing the bill, multiple methods
Related to 1990
Swindle Sheet (Issue 2)
23
Karl Fulves The Office further comments on the referenced items, poker probability problem by Martin Gardner
Related to 1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 1)
6
Alex Elmsley, Martin Gardner Card Hopper selection is found by moving a prop from card to card in a row, Martin Gardner's Parity Principle
Variations 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
371
Martin Gardner Introduction
1991
Swindle & Cheat
1
Karl Fulves Square Paper
Related to 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 6)
62
Martin Gardner Rattle Rock Spoon making rattle rock from bowl of plastic spoon, reverses direction when spun on table
 		1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 7)
69
Martin Gardner Red-Black Paradox three cards dealt, a matching pair turned up, color of third card is bet on
 		1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 9)
84
Jerry K. Hartman To Spell the Truth Lie speller, inspired by Martin Gardner
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
332
Martin Gardner Hide-Out showing cards in packet while hiding selection
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
4
Martin Gardner Double Speller "Surprise Spelling", credited to Gardner
Related to 1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
22
Martin Gardner Triple Corte cut in preparation for a red/black riffle shuffle
Also published here
  • "Hugard's Magic Monthly" Vol. VIII.
 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
78
Robert E. Neale Casino three red and three black cards are used for betting game, with bills
Inspired by
  • "Random Walks and Gambling" (Martin Gardner, Mathematical Circus, 1981)
 1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
99
Martin Gardner Cornered King proposition bet with 3x4 chess grid
 		1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
103
Ken Simmons Ideas for Gardner's Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine
  • First Suggestion
  • Second Suggestion
  • Third Suggestion
  • Fourth Suggestion
  • Fifth Suggestion
  • Sixth Suggestion
  • Seventh Suggestion
  • Eighth Suggestion
  • Ninth Suggestion
  • Tenth Suggestion
Inspired by 1992
Choice Effects — Number One
1
Martin Gardner Vanishing and Reappearing Card spectator cuts deck and remembers card, halves placed face-to-face, selection vanishes (cards shown one by one) and reappears
Also published here 1992
Choice Effects — Number One
1
Ken Simmons Updating The Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine card reappears from pocket
Inspired by 1992
Choice Effects — Number One
7
Michael Weber (reviewer) Fractal Music, Hypercards and More... by Martin Gardner Jan. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 5)
49
Michael Weber (reviewer) On The Wild Side by Martin Gardner Apr. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 8)
60
Bob Farmer Scam to the Future word play bar bet with two predictions, spectator has to proclaim whether he thinks the performer is a fraud or a psychic
Inspired by Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Martin Gardner Blow Up marshmallow grows to twice the size in vacuum and then instantly collapses again
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 1)
10
Martin Gardner Table Tricks intro
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
13
Martin Gardner Vanishing Salt Shaker sitting down
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
13
Martin Gardner Force Field animating things on table, apparently no finger moves
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
14
Martin Gardner Hydrick's Bill Trick "four psychic tricks" No. 1
bill spins on needle under inverted glass tank, also spinning pencil on table
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
30
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Fortune cards with "He Loves Me", "He Loves Me Not", petal principle
Related toVariations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 4)
43
Martin Gardner Coiled ring & spring
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 4)
44
Karl Fulves Wraparound credit comment on the tapestry procedure, Tom Daugherty's "Folderol"
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 3)
20
Martin Gardner Fortune information on the petal principle force
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 4)
25
(reviewer) The Healing Revelations of Mary Baker Eddy by Martin Gardner
reproduced review 		1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
45
Jon Racherbaumer Psychic Leap Frog card chosen, a few cards tabled, origami frog from card produced and it locates a card (with Card Hopper parity principle) with funny message, frog unfolded and it is the selection
Inspired by Sep. 1993
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 3)
15
Martin Gardner Penny Tube stack of penny coins placed into a brass tube that is covered with a handkerchief vanish
Also published here
  • Martin Gardner Presents
 Feb. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6)
52
Martin Gardner The Farmer And The Watermelons Thieves and Sheep version with matches
 		Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
56
Bob Farmer Three Card Monty Hall
  • Flim-Flam
on the monte hall problem
Related to
  • "The Elusive Ace" (Martin Gardner Presents, p. 228)
 May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
61
Michael Weber (reviewer) Martin Gardner Presents by Martin GardnerRelated to May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
64
Richard Kaufman Product
  • Letters
Related to June 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 10)
10
Michael Weber (reviewer) Mathematics, Magic and Mystery by Martin Gardner July 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 11)
61
Martin Gardner Band Release rubber band penetrates card case or something else
Inspired by
  • Dan Harlan item on video The Band Shark
 Aug. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 12)
56
Martin Gardner The Come-Back Bill folded bill vanishes and reappears under interlocked fingers, optional transformation kicker
 		Oct. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 2)
59
Tenkai Ishida, Martin Gardner Gardner-Tenkai Reverse
1994
Las Vegas Kardma
102
Philip T. Goldstein Yada pack with ten arrow cards
Inspired by 1994
Thabbatical
59
Karl Fulves Foldover Notes
Related to 1994
Crooked Tales
40
Martin Gardner Crazy Coin marked coin travels from envelope to envelope, no palming
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
102
Martin Gardner Rising Marble marble rises to the top in rice-filled glass
Also published here
  • "Physics Teacher" (Sept. 1994)
 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
115
Martin Gardner Pushdown saltshaker or other item penetrates bottom of glass with handkerchief cover, joke phase before effect phase
Inspired by
  • Arthur Setterington item in Swami (Vol. 1 No. 12, Dec. 1972)
 Jan. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 5)
51
Prof. M. O'Snart Martin Gardner: Encore! Encore! Encore!
Related to Apr. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 8)
60
Martin Gardner Gardner's Magnetized Knife secretly magnetized knife used for paper clip vanish/travel effects
 		Apr. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 8)
71
Jim Gardner Gardner(s)
  • Letters
Related to June 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 10)
11
Martin Gardner Triangular Curiosity ten cards in pyramid layout, one changes into selection
 		July 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 11)
57
Lyndon B. Wainwright Lucky Number Divination crossing-out with 5x5 square of numbers, some of which where decided upon by spectator, remaining sum predicted, matrix force
Inspired by
  • "A Prediction Square" (Martin Gardner Presents, 1993)
 Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
62
Nob Yoshigahara Invisible Glue
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
row of cards on table, with bare fingertips the cards are picked up and apparently stick to finger
Also published here Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
64
Martin Gardner The Bent Playing Card
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
leaning card seems to bend, optical illusion
 		Oct. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
67
Martin Gardner The Waltzing Egg Shell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
egg shell waltzes around on plate
 		Nov. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
69
Martin Gardner Colored Shadows
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
colors of shadows of red and green light bulbs are reversed
 		Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
65
Joseph K. Schmidt The Big "Ripp-Off" five torn cards are matched
Inspired by
  • "The Five Torn Cards" (Martin Gardner Presents, p. 183)
 1995
New Card Control Systems
92
Martin Gardner Hand-Held Pasteboard Prevarication Detector credit information
  • Phase One: Guessing the Selected Card
  • Phase Two: Detecting Lies
  • Phase Three: Testing for ESP
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
188
Joe Berg, Martin Gardner Knot from Nowhere & Variations thing where you don't let go of ends and still make knots
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
191
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Martin Gardner Separating Knots two ropes together are knotted, knots separated, with Single Rope Variation, With Silks
Related to 1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
196
Martin Gardner The Pyramid Spell using some pyramid layout on the table, two versions
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
198
Martin Gardner Self-Suspending Matches without pre-wedged broken match
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
200
Martin Gardner Quad Rise using tilt
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
202
Martin Gardner Tilt Finesse spreading top cards back
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
204
Martin Gardner Chromo-Clairvoyance five envelopes, five color cards, spectator puts them in, performer guesses all correctly, three methods
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
205
Martin Gardner Literary Brilliance book/magazine cover as shiner
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
207
Martin Gardner Sefalaljia Sans
1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
208
Martin Gardner, Jeff Busby Two Quick Tricks & Associated Ideas: A Reversal Method a card turns over, based on cut deeper force
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
210
Martin Gardner, Jeff Busby Additional Methods & Handlings card turns over
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
210
Martin Gardner Packet Parity color prediction with chess pieces, also with cards (color of a card is predicted)
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
212
Edward Marlo Slop Shuffle Or Triumph? slop followed by riffle shuffle, no selection, Aces face-up at end
Related to 1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
47
Martin Gardner Introduction
1995
A Die Of Another Color
1
Martin Gardner Basic Tosses fair tosses, slide and dump toss
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
3
Martin Gardner Classifying Controls on controlled dice tosses
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
4
Martin Gardner In Closing end of introduction
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
4
Martin Gardner The Classic Palm one from a group
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
6
Martin Gardner Control 1 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
8
Martin Gardner Rolling Any Number with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
10
Martin Gardner Controlling Two Dice
1995
A Die Of Another Color
11
Martin Gardner Control 2 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
12
Martin Gardner Control 3 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
13
Martin Gardner Control 4 - Little Finger Palm with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
14
Martin Gardner, Eddie Fechter, Audley Walsh Control 5 with cup
Related to
  • "Eddie Fechter's Dice Holdout Methods for Magicians" (Jerry Mentzer, 1974)
  • "Dice Dexterity" (Audley Walsh, Ed Mishell, 1953)
 1995
A Die Of Another Color
15
Martin Gardner Control 6 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
17
Martin Gardner Control 7 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
17
Martin Gardner Control 9 with cup, kick-off shot
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
19
Martin Gardner Basic Grip similar to a purse palm with dice
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
21
Martin Gardner The Pick Up getting into palm position
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
22
Martin Gardner Control 10 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
23
Martin Gardner Control 11 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
24
Martin Gardner Without The Cup
1995
A Die Of Another Color
27
Martin Gardner Control 1 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
27
Martin Gardner Control 3 without cup
Also published here
  • "Dice: Squares, Tops, and Shapes" (Burton Williams, 1982)
 1995
A Die Of Another Color
29
Martin Gardner Control 5 inverted whip shot, without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
31
Martin Gardner Control 8 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
33
Martin Gardner Control 9 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
34
Martin Gardner Control 11 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
36
Martin Gardner Control 12 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
37
Martin Gardner Addendum about Steve Forte's demonstration on Gambling Protection Series Vol. 4
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
38
Martin Gardner Surprise Finish production of giant dice from under dice cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
39
Martin Gardner Bibliography on controlled dice throws
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
40
Simon Aronson Moves and Removes marker moved on 3x3 layout, final card predicted, with 4x4 "Sixteen Card Version" on p. 30
Related to
  • Martin Gardner Presents (1993), p. 149
 1995
Simply Simon
19
Cigar Levitation cigar clings to hand, reprinted from reference
Also published here
  • Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic, Martin Gardner
 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
1
Martin Gardner Cornered bar bet with checkerboard pattern and coins
 		1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
23
Karl Fulves (reviewer) More Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
28
Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton LIII-Kelihood small packet is counted and card remembered at number in remainder, then 10, 9, 8 count to find card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
155
Martin Gardner Rotating Egg
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
raw vs. boiled egg
 		Jan. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 5)
65
Martin Gardner Curious Feedbacks
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
moving fingers together under a stick, pulling on a rope with two different-sized knots
 		Feb. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 6)
67
Martin Gardner Two Corking Good Challenges
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
two challenges with a cork swimming in glass of water
 		Mar. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 7)
66
Martin Gardner The Candle See-Saw
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
balancing candle that is burning on both sides
 		Apr. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 8)
88
Martin Gardner Headline
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
Bernoulli effect demonstration be blowing on balancing ruler
 		May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
61
Martin Gardner Blacker Than Black
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
white paper appearing blacker than black paper
 		June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
69
Martin Gardner Mysterious Circles
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
card with straight lines is spun and circles are visible
 		July 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 11)
73
Martin Gardner The Enchanted Die
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
hollow form optical illusion
 		Aug. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 12)
71
Bob Farmer A Penny For Your Thoughts proposition bet with head/tails triplets
Related to Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
80
Martin Gardner The Frustrating Papers
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
83
Martin Gardner Stabbing an Eggshell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
piercing a piece of egg shell with a knife
 		Nov. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
78
Martin Gardner Light From The Wrong End
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bottom end of just-blown-out match light another match
 		Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
83
Marcello Truzzi RetroCognition on Uri Geller, Anna Eva Faye, Houdini, Kellar, Goldston, D. D. Home, Eusapia Palladino, Martin Gardner, Stanley Jaks, Kreskin
 		Feb. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 8)
9
Martin Gardner The Mysterious Ring a ring on a rubberband penetrates the hand
 		Spring 1996
The Looking Glass (Issue 2)
59
Tenkai Ishida, Martin Gardner Twistover (Optical Revolve)
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
56
Martin Gardner Saliva Card Rise with handkerchief
 		1996
New Card Rises
36
Martin Gardner Face-Up Gemini Twins
Inspired byVariations 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
29
Karl Fulves Cross Hatched
Inspired by 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
30
Karl Fulves How To Beat The Test color cards in paper folders are guessed with above-average score in three ways
Inspired by
  • "How Not To Test A Psychic" (Martin Gardner, 1989)
Related to 		1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
48
Karl Fulves Smoke/Silver "A routine for the cigarette thru quarter"
cigarette and quarter held between first finger and thumb of both hands, the hands link and unlink
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
52
Martin Gardner Color Magnets card cut into deck attracts a few card of same color, based on fact that at least four card of same color are together in most shuffled decks
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
56
Karl Fulves Notes Gemini Twins with a stooge, Face-Up Gemini in which the backs match instead of faces
Inspired by 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 3)
38
Kuda Bux Kuda Bux's Secret dough blindfold method
Related toAlso published here
  • Weird Water & Fuzzy Logic (Martin Gardner)
 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
70
J. W. Sarles Magnetic Personality chosen court card clings to magnet
Inspired by
  • "Dippy Magnet" (Harbin)
Related to 		1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
74
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles on Martin Gardner, David Copperfield
 		1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
76
(reviewer) The Night is Large by Martin Gardner
reprinted from a newspaper 		1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
76
Martin Gardner Der esoterische Glas-Trick air bubbles in upside down glass filled with water
 		1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2)
83
Bob Farmer The Third Scam... A Column To Honor Martin Gardner
  • Flim-Flam
more on the referenced proposition bet with head/tails triplets
  • Irwin Stern Calls Flim-Flam's Bluff
  • Debruijn Doublets
  • Hustler TH, Mark HH
  • Hustler XX, Mark YY
  • It's Triplets, Mr. Farmer
  • The Secret Formula
Related to Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
80
Martin Gardner The Mysterious Balloon
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
inflating a balloon inside a bottle
 		Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
83
Martin Gardner A Square That Ain't There
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
optical illusions
 		Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
73
Bob Farmer Thugs & Tugs bet about tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
72
Martin Gardner Pool Hustler Scam
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet about knocking over a nail that's standing on its head between three pool balls
 		Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
73
Michael Close, Mac King Martin Gardner To Rubber Chickens...
  • Product Reviews
 		Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
77
Martin Gardner Zombie Glass
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet about hight of glass and circumference
 		Apr. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 8)
87
Martin Gardner Transporting an Olive
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
moving an olive with a glass upside down around
 		May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
73
Martin Gardner Somersault Shell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
half an egg shell is put in water, it turns over as it sink, spectator cannot duplicate this
 		June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
71
Martin Gardner An Illusion of Weight
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
haptic weight/gravity illusion with large and small can
 		July 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 11)
73
Martin Gardner The Cartesian Matches
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
matches floating up and down in bottle of water
 		Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
85
Martin Gardner The Biased Penny
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bias in spinning a new penny on glass surface
 		Sep. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
79
Martin Gardner The Puzzling Quarters
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
puzzle about moving coins around on a surface without touching
 		Oct. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
89
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Catch The Terrorist instruction game with map, final destination predicted
Inspired by
  • "The 3-by-3 Matrix" (Martin Gardner, Scientific America, Aug. 1960)
 Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
67
Martin Gardner Roly-Poly Folder
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
empty and bent match book somersaults on the table
 		Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
79
Nick Trost Seven Card Count Variation of Six Card Repeat, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The Linking Ring, Feb. 1955
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
19
Nick Trost The Penney Paradox sucker bet
Related to
  • Trine (Lewis Jones, 2002)
  • "Penney-Ante" (Walter Penney, The Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Oct 1969)
  • "On the Paradoxical Situations that Arise from Nontransitive Relations" (Martin Gardner, Scientific American, Oct 1974)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
89
Nick Trost Automatic Lie Speller Lie Detector with verification
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
155
Karl Fulves Power of One pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it, two methods
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Paranoiac Pyramid" (Shigeo Futagawa, Jan. 1992, Genii)
Variations 		1997
The Vampire Chronicles
58
Ron Bauer The Lie Detector three packets, selection is found on top of remainder, impromptu version
Inspired by 1997
L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians
1
Martin Gardner A Curious Number Force Ace through Nine in 3x3 layout
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
62
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 5)
109
Martin Gardner, Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix A New Year Curiosity
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
apparently random calculation with a 3x3 matrix, 1997 arrived at
VariationsAlso published here
  • REC Newsletter (Michael Ecker)
 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 5)
127
Martin Gardner Pepper presentation for the stunt in which pepper in water rushes to the edge of the glass, soap
 		1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
154
Sam Schwartz A Very Good Year
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
apparently random calculation with a 3x3 matrix, 1998 arrived at
Inspired by 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
163
Martin Gardner Eine Mutprobe spectator is told to hold paper strip while it is burning, it rolls up towards his fingers
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
104
Martin Gardner Stegreif-Hellsehen items given to performer behind his back, he can describe them, two methods
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
114
Martin Gardner Balancing A Book
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
book balanced on three fingers which move together to always the same spot
 		Jan. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 5)
77
Martin Gardner How To Make Magic Changing Pictures
Related to Feb. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 6)
60
Martin Gardner Magnetized Pencils
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
two pencils held together with force, they seem to cling together then
 		Feb. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 6)
73
Martin Gardner A Mirror Paradox
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
phrase that reflects lengthwise in the mirror but not sideways
 		Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
73
Alan Ward Thought Snapper chosen card "appears" on mechanical paper construction
Related toAlso published here
  • Griff on Close-up
 Apr. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 8)
14
Martin Gardner Which Thread?
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
heavy item hanging on middle of a thread, one pulls at the bottom thread, question about whether the thread breaks above or below the object
 		Apr. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 8)
77
Andrew C. Weaver Changing Pictures
  • Letters
Related to May 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 9)
20
Martin Gardner Sneaky Switches
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
light bulb and switch board
 		May 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 9)
73
Martin Gardner Two Ten-Cent Betchas
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
picking up a coin with a straw, and dropping a coin so it lands on its edge
 		June 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 10)
76
Martin Gardner Penny For Your Thoughts
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
one of several coins pressed on forehead while performer is out of room, he divines the coin, temperature
 		July 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)
81
Martin Gardner A Water Transfer
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
construction with glasses, liquid and knives
 		Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
81
Martin Gardner The Rising Marble
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
dry rice with marble is shaken and marble rises, also with mix of small and large nails
 		Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
75
Martin Gardner Retinal Retention
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
moving board with slit up and down a page
 		Oct. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
85
Martin Gardner Water Level Riddle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
small glass swims in water
 		Nov. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
81
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Corner
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
stunt in which card turns face up by itself when held at opposite corners
 		Dec. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
75
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, faro placement
Related toVariations 1998
Card College — Volume 3
700
Karl Fulves Paper Folding Note
Related to 1998
Mutus Nomen
54
Martin Gardner Two Stunts
  • "Bronx cheer effect" with tv screen
  • tissue around end of tube, filled with salt, tissue cannot be broken
  • affecting television screen with magnet
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
95
Martin Gardner The K Diaries spectator chooses word, counts forward according to the number of letters a few times, final word predicted, Kruskal principle
Related toVariations 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
103
Martin Gardner The 7th Clip six paper clips in paper cup cling to it when turned upside down, when seventh clip is placed inside, they drop out
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
120
Mel Bennett K-Plus spelling instead of counting, Kruskal Principle with words
Inspired by 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
123
Karl Fulves Stebbins Clock clock layout, one card turned over and put in center, counting procedure with the value and last card on count always turned over, remaining card forced
Inspired byRelated to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
176
Martin Gardner The 3 Switch Problem
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
puzzle about three switches on the wall
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
203
Karl Fulves 4 In A Row
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
betting game with Ace through Ten and sequences within the row that are decreasing or increasing
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
207
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
226
Nob Yoshigahara Static Cling "an offbeat ace assembly"
four Aces face-down on table in a row, right first finger presses on first Ace, it clings to finger, places it on next Ace, both cards cling to finger, and so on
"in Science Magic Martin Gardner credits it to Nob Yoshigahara of Tokyo"
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
232
Philip T. Goldstein Paradox Redux
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
tapestry parity principle, credit information, 4x4 number matrix, 19 or 61
Inspired by 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
247
Martin Gardner The 3 Switch Problem
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
solution
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
249
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 9)
274
Jack Avis Folding Numbers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, sum of one orientation predicted, parity
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
86
Martin Gardner Calculated Swindle variation of the calculator trick with 12345679
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
110
Martin Gardner The Ball That Rolls Uphill
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
experiment with two pencils and a ping pong ball
 		Jan. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 5)
73
Martin Gardner How Far Apart?
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
puzzle with object between two mirrors
 		Mar. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 7)
79
Martin Gardner The Unreversed Reflection
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
curiosity with reflected image, bent mirror surface
 		Apr. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 8)
79
Martin Gardner Two Stunts With A Bottle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
trapping air under pressure in a bottle to blow out a candle, and coin on top of (cold) bottle moves
 		June 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 10)
72
Martin Gardner Psychic Motor
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
paper balancing on needle spins, heat
 		Sep. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
74
Martin Gardner The Pulfrich Illusion
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
swinging pendulum swing unexpectedly when viewed through 3d glass lens
 		Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
75
Martin Gardner Swinging Cups
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
two hanging and swinging coffee mugs behave unexpectedly with one starting the swinging when the other one stops
 		Nov. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
83
Martin Gardner The Revolving Circle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
circle on spinning top
 		Dec. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
86
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo spectator shuffles between rounds
Related toVariations 1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
16
Harry Lorayne, Christian Scherer Lorayne's Poker Deal royal flush kicker
Inspired by 1999
Abgezockt!
13
Martin Gardner Suspend A Cup "Two Floating Cup Ideas"
plastic cup clings to hand
Inspired by
  • suspended tumbler in Hatton & Plate's "Magician's Tricks" (1919)
Variations 		1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
134
Martin Gardner Cheap Zombie "Two Floating Cup Ideas"
styrofoam cup floats between hands, hole in back
Variations 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
134
Karl Fulves Mathematical 3-Cup Monte idea with three styrofoam cups
Inspired by 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
135
Martin Gardner Five x Five
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
number puzzle with equation
 		1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
345
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Mental Magic by Martin Gardner 1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
2
Martin Gardner Short Armed spectator stand in front of wall with out-stretched arms, fingertips touch the wall, a bit later the arms seem shorter
 		1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
2
Martin Gardner Dice Catch
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet of getting two dice held at side of glass into glass
 		Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
84
Michael Close (reviewer) Martin Gardner's Table Magic by Martin Gardner Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
33
Martin Gardner Apparition
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
after-picture after staring at an image
 		Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
87
Martin Gardner Tabletops Illusion
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
classic optical illusion
 		Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
81
Martin Gardner Three Balls High
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
height of cylinder that contains three tennis balls is less than the circumference of one ball
 		Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
76
Martin Gardner Zero Gravity
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
water doesn't run out of holes in a bottle if the bottle falls
 		May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
75
The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America
  • Al Flosso (1895-1976)
  • Jean Hugard (1872-1959)
  • John Ramsay (1877-1962)
  • Penn & Teller
  • Percy Abbott (1886-1960)
  • Dr. Albert M. Wilson (1885-1930)
  • Roy Benson (1915-1978)
  • John Gaughan
  • Martin Gardner
  • Neil Foster (1921-1988)
  • Nate Leipzig (1873-1939)
  • Frances Marshall
Related to June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
56
Martin Gardner Climbing Bear
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
paper carton figure climbs up when pulling on string
 		June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
75
Martin Gardner Various Anecdota Magicana
  • 48 Years Ago...
anecdotes left out of Martin Gardner's "Argosy" article, on John Mulholland, Paul Fleming, Rudy Miller, Milbourne Christopher, Blackstone, Paul Stadelman, Carl Ballantine, Roy Benson, Dr. Jaks, Norman Jensen
Also published here June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
112
Michael Close (reviewer) Science Magic by Martin Gardner July 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)
31
Martin Gardner Optimal Optical Cut straight cut to table
 		Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
77
Martin Gardner The Jumping Pencil
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
pencil jumps out of plastic bottle with balloon insert
 		Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
83
Martin Gardner Reverse Jack's Profile
  • Martin Gardner's
seeing one-eyed Jacks through glass of water, mirror writing
 		Sep. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
78
Martin Gardner Two Stunts With Eggs
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
black egg is silver under water, egg floats in middle of glass, salt in water
 		Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
85
Martin Gardner Three Drop Task
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
challenge of dropping match or cork so they stand in impossible conditions
 		Dec. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
92
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi, Martin Gardner The Stop Trick
Related to 2000
Card College — Volume 4
910
Dan Tong, Martin Gardner The Pad Spread
2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
144
Karl Fulves Introduction on legal battle of "largest and oldest magic group", clairvoyants, atom pearls, movie "The Blair Witch Project", auction of Martin Gardner material on Erdnase by H&R Books, on Erdnase being a woman
 		2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 2)
23
Martin Gardner The Balancing Deck deck sands upright on back of hand, with comment by Joseph K. Schmidt
Related to 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 2)
25
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