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G.W.
Hunter |
ACROBATIC MATCHBOX |
|
Albert Winkler |
AGA
LEVITATION |
|
John Fabjance |
AIRBORNE
GLASS |
U.F.
Grant |
ALTAR LIGHT |
|
Alberti |
AMBITIOUS
CARD |
Bob
Andre |
ANTI-GRAVICO |
Russ
Walsh |
APPEARING CANE |
Gustave
Fasola |
APPEARING ELEPHANT |
John
Albenice |
ARABIAN BEADS |
U.F.
Grant |
ARM CHOPPER |
David
Devant |
ARTIST'S DREAM |
Dr.
Arturo de Ascanio |
ASCANIO SPREAD |
Servais
LeRoy |
ASRAH |
Robert
Harbin |
ASSISTANT'S REVENGE |
|
Jack Hughes |
ATTABOY |
|
*Ellis Stanyon |
BACK
PALM |
Dante |
BACKSTAGE ILLUSION |
Al
Baker |
BAKER SLATE |
|
Ed Balducci |
BALDUCCI
LEVITATION |
|
Ed Balducci |
BALDUCCI
WALLET |
|
*Jacques Ozanam |
BALL
VASE |
Harold Sterling |
BANG GUN |
Tom Sellers |
BANK NIGHT |
David Bendix |
BENDIX BOMBSHELL |
Conradi |
BEWILDERING BLOCKS |
|
Elmer Biddle |
BIDDLE GRIP |
|
Emil Jarrow |
BILL IN LEMON |
Walter Gibson |
BILL TUBE, DOUBLE |
Max Auzinger |
BLACK ART ACT |
J.N. Hofzinser |
BLACK ART TABLE |
Frank Ducrot |
BLENDO |
Lyman Allen |
BLOK-CORD |
Hans Trunk |
BLUE PHANTOM |
J.N. Hofzinser |
BOOK TEST |
|
Howard Brooks |
BRA
TRICK |
|
Ralph W. Hull |
BRAINWAVE
DECK |
|
Fred Braue |
BRAUE
REVERSAL |
Robert Nickle |
BREAKAWAY FAN |
|
A.J. Cantu |
BUCKLE
COUNT |
Dr. Robert Neale |
BUNNY BILL |
|
Alan Alan |
BURNING
ROPE ESCAPE |
|
Horace Goldin |
BUZZ SAW
ILLUSION |
P.T. Selbit |
CANE CABINET |
Russ Walsh |
CANE TO TABLE |
William Ceretta
Jeans/ Horace Goldin |
CANNON ILLUSION |
Louis Nikola
or G.W.
Hunter |
CARD CASTLE |
L.L. Ireland |
CARD DUCK |
J.N. Hofzinser |
CARD FRAME |
Claude Chandler |
CARD IN BALLOON |
|
John Rannie |
CARD ON
CEILING |
Lewis Davenport |
CARD SILK |
J.N. Hofzinser |
CARD STAR |
Roy Walton |
CARD WARP |
|
Paul Harris |
CARDBOARD
CONNECTION |
|
Paul LePaul |
CARDS TO
ENVELOPE |
|
Martin Sunshine |
CENTER
TEAR |
|
Jack Hughes |
CHAIR
SUSPENSION |
|
Tabarin |
CHAPEAUGRAPHY |
Arthur Findley |
CHEEK TO CHEEK DECK |
Ken Allen |
CHINATOWN QUARTER |
Edward Massey |
CHINESE FLAME CLOCK |
|
*Howard Thurston |
CHINESE
STICKS |
Al Wheatley (Chop
Chop) |
CHOP CUP |
|
Frank Ducrot |
CIGARETTE
DROPPER |
Pressley Guitar |
CIGARETTE THRU QUARTER |
|
Jack Hughes |
CLATTER
BOX |
|
T. Nelson Downs |
CLICK
PASS |
Kolar |
CLIPPO |
Robert Heller |
COIN LADDER |
|
Al Schneider |
COIN
MATRIX |
J.N. Hofzinser |
COIN SHELL |
George Sanderson |
COINS THROUGH THE TABLE |
Harlan Tarbell |
COLOR CHANGING HANDKERCHIEF |
Walter Cerretta
Jeans |
COLOR CHANGING KNIFE |
James Rainho |
COLOR CHANGING RECORDS |
Martin L. Sunshine |
COLOR
VISION BOX |
Bob Kline |
COPENETRO |
|
Fred Culpitt |
COSTUME
TRUNK ILLUSION |
|
Arthur Setterington |
CRAZY
MAN'S HANDCUFFS |
|
Carl Brema |
CUBIO |
|
J.N. Hofzinser |
DANCING
CANE |
Anna Eva Fay |
DANCING HANDKERCHIEF |
|
Buatier DeKolta |
DEKOLTA
CHAIR |
T. Nelson Downs |
DIME AND PENNY TRICK |
|
Lester Lake |
DISECTO |
|
Carl
Owen |
DR Q
SLATES |
Fred Culpitt |
DOLL HOUSE ILLUSION |
|
*Richard Neve |
DOUBLE
LIFT |
T. Nelson Downs |
DOWNS PALM |
|
Servais
LeRoy |
DUCK PAN |
|
Tommy Windsor |
DYE BOX |
|
R.N. Menge |
EGYPTIAN
WATER BOX |
|
J.N. Hofzinser |
ELECTRIC
DECK |
|
Alex Elmsley |
ELMSLEY
COUNT |
Edward O. Drane |
EUREKA DECK |
Conrad Haden |
EXPANDED SHELL |
S. W. Reilly |
FA-KO DECK |
Charles Morritt |
FALSE (SIXTH) FINGER |
Audley Walsh |
FANNING POWDER |
Edward Massey |
FINGER CHOPPER |
John Cornelius |
FISM FLASH |
J.N. Hofzinser |
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS |
Jack Gwynne |
FLIPOVER BOX |
|
*Bob Swadling |
FLIPPER
COIN |
J.N. Hofzinser |
FLOATING CANE |
Harry Blackstone,
Sr |
FLOATING LIGHT BULB |
Christian Fechner
or Lee Grabel |
FLOATING PIANO |
|
Bro. John Hamman |
FLUSHTRATION
COUNT |
U.F.
Grant |
FLYING CARPET |
|
*Edwin Sachs |
FOLDING
COIN |
Ching Ling Foo |
FOO CAN |
Milbourne
Christopher |
FORGETFUL FREDDIE |
Bill Paul |
FRAIDY CAT RABBIT |
Van Cleve |
GAG-BAG |
Burling Hull |
GHOST CARD |
Alex Elmsley |
GHOST COUNT |
P.T. Selbit |
GIRL WITHOUT A MIDDLE |
Lubor Fiedler |
GOZINTA BOX |
Brunel White |
GLOVES TO DOVE |
|
Lester Lake |
GUILLOTINE,
LESTER LAKE |
|
Bro. John Hamman |
HAMMAN
COUNT |
|
Han Ping Chien |
HAN PING
CHIEN MOVE |
George Stillwell |
HANDKERCHIEF BALL |
Cecil Lyle |
HAT TEARS |
|
Joe Carson |
HEAD
TWISTER |
|
Dr.
Persi Diaconis |
HIMBER
RING |
Richard Himber |
HIMBER WALLET |
The Great Norman |
HIPPITY HOP RABBITS |
Cyril Yettmah |
IASIA |
Les Levante |
IMPALING |
George McAthy |
INSURANCE POLICY |
|
Jardine Ellis |
JARDINE
ELLIS RING |
Peter Kane |
JAZZ ACES |
Charles T Jordan |
JORDAN COUNT |
Ken Allen |
JUMPING GEMS |
|
Stanley Collins |
JUMPING
RUBBER BAND |
|
Carl Wolf |
KEY-R-ECT |
John Neville
Maskelyne |
LEVITATION |
Robert-Houdin |
LIGHT & HEAVY CHEST |
Dr. Persi Diaconis |
LINKING FINGER RINGS |
Jerry Andrus |
LINKING PINS |
E.J. Moore |
LINKING ROPES |
|
The
Great Lafayette |
LION'S
BRIDE |
Jack Lippincott |
LIPPINCOTT BOX |
Louis Nikola |
MAGIC WELDING |
Earl Morgan |
MATCH TO FLOWER |
|
Burling Hull |
MENETEKEL
DECK |
Hen Fetsch |
MENTAL EPIC |
Ralph
W. Hull |
MENTAL PHOTOG DECK |
|
Harry Houdini,
Franz Kukol, James Vickery |
MILK CAN
ESCAPE |
Louis Nicola
and Roy Enoc |
MILK PITCHER |
Ralph
W. Hull |
MIRAGE DECK |
J.N. Hofzinser |
MIRROR GLASS |
|
P. Howard Lyons |
MISMADE
DOLLAR |
|
Carl S. Lohrey |
MISMADE
FLAG |
Chuck Jones |
MISMADE GIRL |
|
William H. McCaffrey |
MONEY
PADDLE |
Buatier deKolta |
MULTIPLYING BILLIARD BALLS |
|
Clarence Slyter |
MULTIPLYING CANDLES |
Henry
Gordien |
MULTIPLYING GOLF BALLS |
Dr. Robert Nelson |
MULTIPLYING RABBITS |
August Roterberg |
MULTIPLYING THIMBLES |
|
*Bev Bergeron |
MULTIPLYING
WANDS |
Benson Dulay |
MULTUM IN PARVO |
|
Arthur
Buckley |
MUSCLE
PASS |
Lewis Davenport |
MUTILATED PARASOL
(self contained) |
Dr. Henry Slade |
NAIL WRITER |
Bruce Spangler |
NEEDLE THRU ARM |
Walter Gibson |
NICKELS TO DIMES |
|
Ernest Thorn |
NOAH'S
ARK ILLUSION |
Theo Bamberg |
OKITO COIN BOX |
Walter Gibson |
OIL AND WATER |
Logan Wait |
OOM |
|
Robert-Houdin
or Pinetti |
ORANGE
TREE |
Paul Curry |
OUT OF THIS WORLD |
Bob Ellis &
Clare Cummings |
OUT TO LUNCH |
Thomas
Tobin |
PALENGENESIA |
Ludwig Krug |
PENETRATION FRAME |
|
Prof.
John Henry Pepper |
PEPPER'S
GHOST |
|
Henry Hardin |
PRINCESS
CARD TRICK |
Bob
Carver or Paul Young |
PROFESSOR'S NIGHTMARE |
|
Al
Baker |
PURSE
FRAME |
Audley Walsh |
RABBIT WRINGER |
|
Carl Brema |
RATTLE
BARS |
William Buerger |
RAZOR BLADE TRICK |
Roy Roth |
RING CRUNCHER |
Al Koran |
RING FLITE |
Edward Massey |
ROD THRU BODY |
J.N. Hofzinser |
ROUGH AND SMOOTH PRINCIPLE |
Dr. Carlo |
RUBBER DOVE |
|
Harry Leat |
RUN,
RABBIT, RUN |
Eugene Bosco |
SAND FRAME |
P.T. Selbit |
SAWING A WOMAN |
|
Horace Goldin |
SAWING A
WOMAN IN TWO |
|
Pinetti |
SECOND
SIGHT |
|
John Albenice |
SERPENT
SILK |
Cyril Yettmah |
SHADOW BOX |
Si Stebbins |
SI STEBBINS SYSTEM |
Tom
Sellers |
SILK CABBY |
|
Fred Culpitt |
SILK TO
EGG TRICK |
Tommy Tucker |
SIX CARD REPEAT |
Dr. Howard Kayton |
SOFT SOAP |
Ken Allen |
SOO-ZEE APPLICATOR |
|
Henry Roltair |
SPIDORA |
Andre Kole |
SPIKES THRU BALLOON |
Thomas Fitzgerald |
SPIKES THRU COIN |
|
Carl Brema |
SPIRIT
NUT |
Robert Haskell |
SPLIT DECK |
|
Jessie L. Lybarger |
SPONGEBALL
MANIPULATION |
Buatier deKolta
|
SPRING FLOWERS |
Louis Histed |
SQUARE CIRCLE |
Percy
Abbott |
SQUASH |
Edward Massey |
SQUEEZAWAY BLOCK |
|
Charles Kalish |
STEEL
BALL AND TUBE |
|
Wesley Whitehouse |
STIFF
ROPE |
|
Harry Houdini |
STRAIT
JACKET ESCAPE |
U.F. Grant |
STRAT-O-SPHERE |
Robert Stull |
STULL WATCH |
U.F. Grant |
SUPER X LEVITATION |
|
Dr.
Stanley Jaks |
SUPERSONIC
CARD PREDICTION |
Burling Hull |
SVENGALI DECK |
|
Yank Hoe |
SYMPATHETIC
COINS |
Jack Gwynne |
TEMPLE OF BENARES |
U.F. Grant |
TEMPLE SCREEN |
|
Tenkai |
TENKAI
PALM |
Carlyle |
THREE-TO-ONE ROPES |
Professor Herwin |
THUMB TIP |
|
Carl Brema |
TWENTY
ONE CENT TRICK |
Dai Vernon |
TWISTING THE ACES |
|
Frank
Ducrot |
TWENTIETH
CENTURY SILKS |
Theodore DeLand |
TWO CARD MONTE |
|
Hugh R. Johnston |
V
SHUFFLE |
Buatier DeKolta |
VANISHING BIRD CAGE |
Carl Rosini |
VANISHING CANE |
Milbourne
Christopher |
VANISHING CARD CASE |
|
Ernest Thorn and Heinrich
Thorn |
VANISHING
HORSE |
Robert Harbin |
VANISHING RADIO |
Theo Bamberg |
VANISHING WAND |
Joe Berg |
ULTRA MENTAL DECK |
Franz Harary |
WALKING THRU A GIRL |
Russ Walsh |
WALSH CANE |
Steve Dusheck |
WALTZING MATILDA |
Stanley Payne |
WANDERING LIPSTICKS |
|
Harry Houdini |
WATER
TORTURE CELL |
|
Servais
LeRoy |
WHERE DO
THE DUCKS GO |
|
Robert Hummer |
WHIRLING
CARD |
Peter Kane |
WILD CARD |
|
Howard Wise |
WILLMAN
DECK |
Steve Dusheck |
WUNDERBAR |
Theodore DeLand |
X-RAY DECK |
Hiroshi Kondo |
ZIG ZAG CIGARETTE |
Robert Harbin |
ZIG ZAG GIRL |
Joe Karson |
ZOMBIE BALL |
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