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Bottle, Bottle, Where's the Bottle?

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
12 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

This is sort of a variation of Three Card Monte, in which the puzzle is to determine the exact location of the bottle. It is an interesting variation of the Passe-Passe Bottle and Glass.

Performer places a bottle and two glasses at three different spots on the table. He covers bottle and each glass with a tube. Audience is asked to pick location of bottle and is unable to do so as bottle seems to jump about under the covers at performer's will. The bottle and glasses seem to change places under the covers at magician's command.

How it is done

The method, 15 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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