Chink-a-Chink

Chink-a-Chink is an effect where three or four small objects (dice, dominoes, sugar cubes and coins) travel mysteriously from hand to hand.

Notable performances

• Max Malini with 3 sugar cubes
• S. Leo Horowitz with 4 sugar cubes
• Al Goshman using bottle caps
• Doug Henning using small sea shells

Publications

• "Sugar" in Edwin Sachs' book Sleight of Hand published in 1877.
• Stanyon's Magic (May, 1912) as The Travelling Sugar using 4 lumps of sugar.
• Stars of Magic Series 3, No. 3: S. Leo Horowitz's Malini-Bey Chink a Chink
• Classic Secrets of Magic by Bruce Elliott
• David Roth's Chink A Chink in Apocalypse, Vol. 1, No. 1, january 1978.

References

• http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=6&Number=45062&Searchpage=6&Main=4181&Words=%26quot%3Bchink+a+chink%26quot%3B&topic=0&Search=true#Post45062