$10(1 customer rating) ★★★★★
This is a disarmingly simple yet baffling effect suitable for a close-up or parlor show. A simple cardboard tube is placed on the table and lifted to reveal that inside it is an inverted wine glass with a large red ball on top of it. The tube is freely displayed and can be examined by a spectator. The performer's hands are otherwise empty.
The tube is placed on the table and the inverted wine glass is dropped down inside. Finally, the ball is dropped into the tube so that it rests again on the base of the glass. A snap of the fingers and the tube is immediately lifted off again to reveal that the ball is now impossibly trapped under the glass! The tube is genuinely empty and both the performer's hands are still empty.
This quick effect requires no gimmicks and creates an incredibly clean handling.
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