Effect
The Pick-up Vanish
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 2 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.
Performer holds a lighted cigarette in right hand. He closes left hand around it and takes it away from right. Suddenly he opens his left hand and cigarette has vanished. It is then produced from left knee.
How it is done
The method, 4 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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