Effect

Kolar's Balloon and Silks

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time: 28 min read + 10 min practice
Materials: In the library
Prerequisites: None

Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.

This effect is one of Kolar's favorites. It has a flash finish in the nature of a surprise. Though this is not a trick definitely in the classification of Oriental Magic, it fits nicely into an Oriental program.

Performer blows up a toy rubber balloon and gives it to lady assistant to hold in her left hand. In her right hand, she holds a wand. Magician then shows a few colored silks and places them in a cloth bag. Suddenly bag is turned wrong side out and silks are shown to have vanished. Magician then touches balloon with wand and it disappears, leaving the silks in its place.

How it is done

The method, 52 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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