Compiled by Doug Atkinson (email: magicref@lycos.com)

Last update: 28 March 2007: Bob Mason Tooled Leather One Cup & Ball; Benson Bowl & Spongeball Routine (props)

Please note that none of these items are for sale from this website. This listing is provided for informational purposes only and many of these items listed here are likely to be no longer available.

For tons of information and photos on Chop cups and cups and balls, see the following three websites:

Clark Wirthlin: http://www.clarkwirthlin.com

James Riser: http://www.jamesriser.com

The Cups & Balls Museum: http://www.cupsandballsmuseum.com

For a short article on the Chop Cup written by me, click HERE.

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Books

Alan, Don: Chop Cup Routine. The Don Alan routine is in a small pamphlet sold by Magic Inc. and also by Rings 'n Things II. You need to contact Magic Inc. directly as the routine doesn't appear in their catalog. You can also find the routine in Don Lawton's "Lots of Lawton", Jon Racherbaumer's "In a Class By Himself", and in a thorough manuscript by Ron Bauer (see entries below). Don's routine is short but concise, to the point, highly entertaining, and recommended. You can view an excellent performance by Don Alan in his Magic Ranch video series. $10

Ammar, Michael: Encore III. Encore III includes a single "cup" routine using a "Beenie Weenie" (baked bean) can. At the climax, the can is revealed to be still sealed. Book also includes Flash Coins; Coins Thru Silk; Yeast Card; Card on Ceiling; Two Dollar Bill Tear; Roger Klause's The Name is The Same; Bill Switch; Sponge Ball Up Sleeve; Horace Bennett's Absent Minded Miracle. Silver Sponge; Mike Gallo's Magical Change; Two Dollars to Four Halves and more. $20

Ayling, Will: Knowing the Chop Cup (and Other One Cup One Ball Routines). From the Supreme Know How Series, 1989. This book features not just the Chop Cup, but a solid cup routine and an impromptu paper-covered glass routine as well. Great coverage with lots of moves and routine variations. Routines by Ayling, Ken Brooke, and Lewis Ganson. Many B&W, clear photos throughout. Highly recommended. 40 pages, 8.5x11" softbound $9

Bannon, John: Impossibilia. Includes lots of magic including 1) Of Cups And Fuzzballs, a Cups and Balls routine, and 2) Chop, a Chop cup routine with several loads.

Bauer, Ron: The Complete Don Alan's Chop Cup. The complete work including Don's theory, handling and presentation of his legendary routine. 28 pages includes photos and all the real work. $15

Biro, Pete: The Tomato Trick. As performed by Rezvani. Similar to Benson Bowl rotuine, using red sponge balls instead of tomatoes. Includes a reprint of Rezvani's routine with notes by Pete. $20 H&R Books

Brewer, Doug: Unexpected Visitors. Includes 9 excellent walk-around coin routines as well as Chopped Taters: a Chop cup routine using a shot glass sized Chop cup, 3/4" balls, a wand, and two tiny potato loads. $30

Caveny, Mike: Magicomedy Book. Includes a cup routine Benson Plunger. This is a Benson bowl routine using a toilet bowl plunger & sponge balls (I'd recommend not using a used plunger). Other routines include Folding Money (50 penny vanish), 3.32 two coin matrix, Signed Bill in Cigar, Club Soda jumbo card routine with soda production, Tearable Times torn/restored newspaper, Bent Spoons, Homing Card Comes Home, Comedy Load Bag, Broken & Restored Matchstick, Vacuum Cleaner Illusion, Cents of Touch penny routine, Appearing Jumping Rising Vanishing Reappearing Thimble, Substitution Barrel. $30

Colombini, Aldo: Laser Cup routine. Uses differently colored balls, with a giant ball load of mixed colors. Routine is also found in Colombini's IMPACT (see below). Routine and special balls $25, routine with aluminum Chop cup $38. Mama Mia Magic.

Colombini, Aldo: IMPACT. Includes Cups & Knots: A cups & balls routine using a rope and knots, Pom Pom Cups, and Laser Cup: A chop cup routine using a green and white pair of "chop cup" balls, one regular red ball, a 2" multicolored ball (red, green, and white), and a cigarette and lighter. Also 56 other routines including ropes, cards, coins, linking rings, ring & rope, and comedy. 145 pages. $22.50. Mamma Mia Magic

Dr. Bob: The Chop Cup Routine. Dr Bob's Complete Chop Cup Routine $5. Goblet Chop cup and video are also available from Dr. Bob's site.

Elliot, Bruce: Classic Secrets of Magic. This book contains lots of great instruction and includes a Benson Bowl routine. Also includes chapters on card revelations, water, paddle moves (knives), 4 Ace routines, Miser's Dream, Egg Bag, Chink-A-Chink, 2 billiard ball routines, ambitious cards, and cups & balls (simple through gimmicked), and more. 266 pages.

Fedko, John: Magic Treasures Compiled and Edited by Tom Clifford. Hardbound. 54 effects using Coins; Cards; Silks; Sponge Balls; Rope; Wallets; Beads; Card Boxes; Flashlights; Chains; Envelopes; Matchboxes; Wands; Bills; Wooden Blocks; Spot Cards; Chop Cups; Cups and Balls and more. $45

Fraps, Thomas, et.al.:The Book, or Don't Forget To Point (Kaufman). Includes Fruit Cups, a two cup (one Chop cup) routine. Includes: The Tweezers coin production, Scrooge McDuck coin in cigarette packet, If Worse Comes to Worse (cards), Sympathetic Ten (cards), Cupid Joker finds mates, Chameleon (cards), Double Blind card to rubber bands, It's Shoe Time card in shoe, Bombshell fused cards, Mis-made Warp, Chaos Cut false cut, Thumb Tips ditch, A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose production, Theory, and more. $40

Frederick, Ron: The Professional Routines of (As Told to Ron Zallweg), Edited by Ed Eckl 1982. Three good routines with the sponge balls, the Chop cup, and silks (used like a rope). 47pg

Friedhoffer, Bob: Magic Tricks, Science Facts. A children's book of science principles used in magic. Contains "Chop Chop's Cup", with instructions on how to make your own and a simple routine (no final load).

Galloway, Andrew: The Ramsay Legend, the Magic of John Ramsay. Includes a One Cup and Ball routine. Other items include: Biography, Basic Coin Technique, Three Coins in a Hat, Coins in Glass, Coin Transposition, Marked Coin Transposition, New Pocket Coin Trick Two Coin Vanishes and a Repeat Coin Thru Hand, Thimble Vanishes and Transposition, Ten Thimble Production, Cut and Restored Rope, Eight Cards to Pocket, Ramsay Color Change. 62 pages. $10

Ganson, Lewis: The Art of Close Up Volume 2. Includes One Cup Two Balls (by J. Van Rinkhuyzen "Rink"), a short routine using a Chop cup and two balls. Well written close-up magic by many contributors. No card magic except as props. Some of the effects are: Cut and Restored Silk, Bennett's Bones, Note in Cigarette, Three Rings for Dai Vernon by Lewis Ganson (routine adapted from Symphony of the Rings but using only three rings. The moves are explained well); Mental effects, Rapping Hand, Chinese Matches, Glass Levitation, Flash Business Card, Torn & Restored Napkin, Chink A Chink, Rope Thru Neck, Horace Bennett on coins (coins thru table, change purse, Okito routine, etc.), David Berglas on Sleeving (includes Cups & Balls info!), Benard Switch, Devano rising cards, the Egg Bag by Lewis Ganson, and more. 286 pages.

Garcia, Frank: Close Up Magic of Frank Garcia, Part II. Cards, coins, Chop Cup, thumbtip, dollar bills, salt routine. 102 pages. $18

Guinn, Scott: Great Scott! It's A Magic Lecture! Lecture notes include Great Scott's Table Hopping Cups and Balls Routine, which uses 2 cups from a Combo set (one Chop cup) and ends in a large ball climax. Also contain cards, coins, and ring and string. $10

Harris, Paul: Art of Astonishment Volume 1. Features Uncanny, a Chop cup type routine with a solid ball and solid tin can (originally from Las Vegas Close-Up), and Bayberry Bag Swindle, a Chop cup routine using a paper bag (from Magic of Paul Harris)! This heavy volume also includes other effects from Paul's earlier works: New Stuff, Magic of Paul Harris, Intimate Secrets, Super Magic, Las Vegas Close-Up, and more.

Harris, Paul: Las Vegas Close-Up. Lots of magic including Uncanny, a Chop Cup type routine with solid ball and tin can, where the ball eventually changes to larger ball, and at the end the can is shown to be sealed at both ends. (Also in Art of Astonishment volume 1).

Harris, Paul: Magic of Paul Harris (by Jerry Mentzer). Cards, coins, business cards, and Bayberry Bag Swindle, a Chop cup routine using a paper bag. $12.50

Harris, Paul: Paul Harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets. Includes The Super Bowl by Patrick Snowden--A bowl routine involving bowl, wand, four red sponge balls, one black, and one large load for the climax.

Hollingsworth, Scott: Strolling Chop Cup Routine. From 1999. Simple & Basic professional routine. Includes a vanish, appearance, penetration, audience participation and a surprise climax. Utilizes a small glass and Chop Cup, with double lemon climax. Wirebound. 24 pages. $12 Scott Hollingsworth

Hooper, Edwin: A Host of Surprises. 84 tricks in 14 chapters. Includes Do As I Do Linking Ropes, Kiddie-Rama, Silks, Catch Coin Vanish, Routine with the Finger Chopper, Economy Chop Cup, Rabbit Rabbit Where's the Rabbir, Little Magic Rabbit, Three Pig Surprises, Card in the Wallet Surprise, and E-Zee Card to Wallet, amongst others. 1990. 

Jennings, Larry: On Card and Coin Handling. Published by Jeff Busby, 1977. Lots of good card magic. Also includes Chop cup routine using shot glass and silk.

Jensen, Jon: Professional Sponge Ball Tricks Volume 2: contains 13 complete routines including: Silk To Sponge Ball, Multiplying Sponge Balls, the Benson Bowl Routine and many more. $14

Kaps, Fred: It's So Simple. Magic Circle lecture on audio tape. Includes Coin and Glass Routine; Coins and Cup; Topit Vanisher; Palming Coins; Cigarette To Coin; The Hoo Coin; The Tie Topit; Secret Pockets; What's New; Sail Through A Crisis; Princess Card Trick; Three Jokers; Chinese Bowl and Chopstick Move; Ring Through Silk; Ring Off String; and more $11

Kaps, Fred: Kaps Lecture Book. Coins Thru Table, his Twisting the Aces, One Cup Three Ball Routine, In Debt money monte routine, Real Magic Silk effect, Newspaper to Dollars, Tenkai Card Production, Red in Blue Deck, Sound Coin Vanish, Silver & Copper, Close-Up Working Area, Dreibeek Variations, Coin Change & Vanish, Kap's Theory. $6.00 Denny & Lee's

Kaufman, Richard: Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi. Close up, stand up, and stage magic. Includes coins, cards (including a Wild Card routine), ropes, The Solid Cup (a one cup & ball routine), Owan To Tama (Japanese Cups & Balls routine), Monte With Four (a four card Monte routine), and New Era Linking Rings. 120 pages.

Kaufman, Richard: Paul Gertner's Steel and Silver. Many excellent routines including: Triple Die-lemma, a routine with dice which climaxes with progressively larger dice being produced (final load is four inches square). Based on Roy Benson Bowl Routine and includes "Two-in-the-hand, One-in-the-pocket" phase.

King, Bob: Bob King's Close Up Tutorial 6: Chop Cup Routine. Professional routine for the Chop Cup. Includes set of special balls. $15 Bob King Magic

Korem, Danny: Korem Without Limits. Haunted Deck, non-prop stand up magic, coins, ropes, cards, mentalism, matrix, New Wave Chop Cup (with stand up final load), ring & rope, torn & restored bill, and more. $35

Lavand, Rene: Magic from the Soul. Expanded translations of Slow Motion Magic I and II together with the unpublished third volume and Lavand's bread crumb and teacup routine. Also includes Rene's life story. 228 pages, hardbound. $45

Levent and Todd Kar: Roy Benson by Starlight. Published by The Miracle Factory. This 800 page book contains over fifty incredible effects and sleights, including chapters on Cards, Coins, Balls, Close-Up, and Stage Magic. Routines include the Benson Bowl Routine, Ring on Stick, Long Salt Pour, Billiard Balls, Benson Linking Ring Routine, Benson Rice Bowls, The Hugard Newspaper Tear, and much. more. Also includes the complete text of two Benson books The Second Oldest Profession and Benson on Magic, a complete biography of Roy Benson, and a section on Benson's teacher, Nate Leipzig. The Miracle Factory

Leveridge, Mark: 3rd British Close Up Magic Symposium. Includes a Chop cup routine as well as effects by Trevor Lewis, Simon Lovell, Steve Bedwell, Mark Leveridge, Dave Jones, Richard Wiseman, Graham Jolley, Al Smith, Chis Payne, Walt Lees, and Michael Ammar. Effects include rotuines with coins, cards, matches, mentalism, and a table hopping cap and pence routine. 52 pages, large format comb bound. Mark Leveridge magic.

Lewis, Martin: Martin's Magical Inventions Lecture. 1999. Includes Cheap Cup, a Chop cup routine. Also includes Prismatic Pencil (color change), Torn & restored cigarette paper, technicolor prediction, cardiographic routine, Come Back Card, Point of Arrival, Whispering Joker, Queenie, Lucifer's Card, and Maskelyne's 24 rules for magic performance. 36 page Spiral bound. $15 H&R Magic Books, Denny & Lee's

Lorayne, Harry: Apocalypse Volumes 1-5. L&L Publishers. Includes Allan Hayden's One Cup Routine, and Barry Govan's Las Vegas Dice one cup and dice routine. Also Tonny Van Rhee's Devil's 3 Card Monte, Okito box routines including some by Geoff Latta, David Roth, and Kirk Stiles. Overall, over 500 items from the first 5 years of Apocalypse magazine with 250 card, 140 coin, and others using bills, ropes, rings, cups & balls, sponges, knives and more. 720 pages, hardcover $80

Lorayne, Harry: Apocalypse Volumes 6-10. L&L Publishers. Among a ton of other magic, features a No Magnet Chop Cup Routine by Bill Brodersen. This is a one cup and ball routine with large load finale.

Marcom, Ralph A.: Marcom Presents Magic. Original routines with macabre themes. Includes Brass Bowl and Four Sponges, and a Chop cup routine using a small elf. Also The Monster, Eropetion, My Father, the Pirate (with cards, balls, and a coin assembly), Alchemist's Corner, Vampira Revamped, Bean Trick, and Three Ring Rhapsody (Frank Caple's), among others. 70 pages $9. Magic Inc.

Maxwell, Mike: The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings. Over 85 routines. Contains a single cup and ball routine (not a Chop cup) using a silk. 288 pages. $40.00

MacGregor, Jerry: Real World Magic (JM) 1999. While mostly a book about the presentation of magic, the second half of the book includes lots of routines. Includes "The Logic Cup" by Jerry MacGregor, which is a Chop Cup routine using a mug.

Mendoza, John: Mendoza Cup & Ball Routine. Uses the Combo Cups & Balls Set, with minimum sleight of hand, performed seated. $5

Mendoza, John: Sequel To The Mendoaza Cups And Balls Routine. A follow up routine for the Mendoza Cup & Ball Routine, featuring the use of the Combo Cups & Balls set (one cup is a Chop Cup). 6 pages. Morrissey Magic.

Miller, Hugh (editor): Rink's Magic From Holland: Includes cards, coins, closeup and more. Features Indian Cups and Balls routine, a start for Chop Cup, a Chop Cup prelude, and a Double Chop Cup routine.

Nelson/Walking: The Chop Cup Book (Mark Wilson). 100 pages hardbound. Hard to find! $30

Ouellet, Gary: Two Goblets. 32 pages. Ouellet's two cup (one a Chop cup) and ball routine produced by Camirand Academy. $12.50

Page, Patrick: Magic by Gosh: Life and Times of Albert Goshman. Salt and pepper shaker routine, Copper/Silver Coins, A.G. Sponge Balls, Coins through the Table, Chink-A-Chink, Spiked Coin, Winged Silver, Coin in Glass, Nudist Deck and Rising Cards, Cards through Newspaper, Card in Purse, Glass through Table, A.G. Benson Bowl Routine, and more. $30

Pierce, Lance: The World-Famous Bowl Routine. This routine begins as a Bill in Lemon routine, which segues into the Benson Bowl Routine with a lemon production finale (wherein the bill is found). Also includes "Sponge!" commercial sponge ball routine. 89 pages. $25 Lance Pierce

Pinard, Andrew: The Shared Experience: An Approach on the Presentation of Magic. Lecture notes with information on how to transform the presentation of tricks into fully developed performance pieces. Includes performance pieces: The Hole-Y Grail multi-layered Chop cup routine that is a good opener, Coins Across Redux 5 phase routine, Static Currency floating bill, Autograph Collection $100 bill switch; Open & Closed Prediction; Fifty Two To Tango card to glass/forehead/wallet plots. $10. The Shell Game Store

Racherbaumer, Jon: Arcade Dreams, Marlo without cards. 67 effects with coins, bills, cups and balls, silks, mentalism, dice, linking pins, sponge balls, Chop cup and more. Includes State-Street Cups & Balls, Chop Cup to the Max (three Chop Cups!), Tea for Three impromptu cups & balls, Three Ring Classic 3 Linking Ring routine, and Egg Bagatelle egg bag routine. Hardbound. 100 pages. $40

Racherbaumer, Jon: In a Class By Himself, The Legacy of Don Alan. A broad collection of the magic of Don Alan, including video stills from Stevens Greater Magic Library Volume 28 on Don Alan, and the Magic Ranch series put out by William McIlhany. Includes Chop Cup, Cap and Pence, Benson Bowl, Scotch and Soda, and lots more. 296 pages, hardbound. $45

Raucherbaumer, Jon: Magie Duvivier - The Magic of Dominique Duvivier. 30 card routines (includes versions of Triumph and Ace Assemblies), Duvivier Omnibus card to Wallet, 3 coin routines (including the Duvivier Coin Box), Duvivier Cups and Balls (a fourth cup appears at the end and uses a Chop cup!), Linking Pin effect, and the props for the card effect "Printing". 179pg, $40

Riding, Joe: New Chop Cup Routine. $18 (used) Micky Hades

Salinas, Jamie: Jamie Salinas' Chop Cup Routine. Not designed to be new, this routine was created to be simple and direct and provide the greatest impact. Routine has been proven in many live performances. At one point, the ball appears under the cup in the spectator's hands. Ends with two large load climaxes. Jamie is a Houston, TX magician performing in the Dinner Theatre Magic Island. 6 pages. $5 PDF Download; $9.65 Print. LuLu eBooks

Sankey, Jay: Sankedelic Magic. Includes Raising Sugar Cane (torn & restored sugar packet); Pandora's Envelope (signed card visibly appears in envelope), Chop Cup Subterfuge (add to your routine); Stuck-Up (card appears between stapled cards); Extended Credit (cut and restored credit card); Sweet Bread (bill and sugar packet transposition in spectator's hand). 20 pages. $12

Shute, Merlyn: How to Book of the Chop Cup. In depth coverage of the Chop Cup. History, moves, loads, variations, and routines. 34 pages, highly recommended. 45 pages. Morrissey Magic Ltd

Shute, Merlyn T: Cups Cups Cups. Morrissey Magic Ltd, 1980-96. Includes some routines using the Combo Cups & Balls set (cups and balls set including one Chop Cup). 44 pages.

Sisti, Jim (editor): The Magic Menu, Years Six Through Ten. This journal for the restaurant and bar magician features quite a few routines utilizing the Chop Cup. Highly recommended. $45

Sisti, Jim: The Working Professional's Chop Cup. Second in the Confidential Manuscript series. Includes a color change to throw off even the observant spectator, and the spectator is never made fun of. "Six-phase routine that's been tested under fire for thousands of performances for restaurant and bar audiences alike". Wire-bound softcover, 16 pages, 28 photographs. $9.95 Jim Sisti Magic

Swain, James: 21st Century Card Magic: Mostly a card book with: Departure; Metamorphosis; The Miracle Deck; and Two effects by Bill Malone. It also includes Swain's handling of Jennings Famous Chop Cup Routine $45.00

Thompson, John: Polished Polish Prestidigitation (Busby Magic). 8 routines: Le Quick Cartes, Benson Bowl Routine, Garbage Collectors (card), Wings of Warsaw (doves), Polish Epic (mental), Chink-A-Chink, Another Universal Card. 39 pages. $12.50 Denny & Lee's

Trickshop: Benson Bowl Routine. Uses an ungimmicked bowl and sponges. Entire routine requires just one, easy-to-learn move (Roy Benson's "retention of vision" vanish). Manuscript includes Background, Overview of Roy Benson's Routine, Properties, The Benson Sponge Move, Set-up, Performance and more. 13 pp or 400 K zipped PDF file. $14.95 printed, $6.95 e-book. Trickshop

Wilson, Ron: Uncanny Scot (Kaufman). Way Out of This World, Color Changing Silk, Card in Wallet, Chop Cup, Mental Miracles, Linking Finger Rings, Ring Flight, Rope Restoration, Torn and Restored Newspaper, Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper, and more. $35

Wolfsberger, Gary: Wolfsberger's Chop Cup and Ball Routine. 1976. Published by Magic Emporium. A routine to be performed seated, using a Chop cup, shot glass, and a silk. Uses a few bold moves. 9 pages, stapled booklet 5x8.5"

Wonder, Tommy: Tommy Wonder Entertains. Canned Craziness: Chop cup routine with a soup can and a meatball. Also Cough Cough routine, Jos Bema Cups & Balls routine. 50pg. $12.50

Yee, Shaun: The Lecture Book. 1998.16 effects and ideas including: Coloured Gypsy Thread, The Mirage Knot, Colour Chance, Knotted Ring Escape, Easy Dice Routine, Chop Cup Rainbow Routine, Triple Colour-Changing Silk, Time Travel, Spirit Images, Magnified Pips, Finger Printed, Loading/ Switching/ Vanishing a Card, SY Forcing Deck, Transposition Surprise, The Chinese Prediction and A Bloody Card Stab. 31 pages. Price: Euro 8.00.

Zak, Frank: On the Board Lecture Notes. Frank's 2nd set of audience tested notes from behind the bar. Includes: The Dice Game; Restoration Fuse; One Cup Routine; Four Ace Production; and 11 others. Also available on CD with additional notes (Zak's Baker's Dozen and more), or as a DVD (see below). $15. Frank Zak Magic

Zavis, William: Diverse Deceits. Paper cups, crochet balls, coins, rubber balls, cards. Cups &balls w/one cup. 80pg. $15.00

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Videos/DVDs

Alan, Don: Greater Magic V28. Includes Chop Cup, rising cards, nickel on forehead, cigarette through quarter, invisible deck, little to big cards, big deal, 3 1/2 of clubs, card stab, Ranch bird, scotch & soda, Don Alan's bowl, Don Alan's big Nut production, Coat Hanger from Purse, Ring Flight, Fez Load (not all explained). Stevens Magic

Alan, Don: Don Alan's Magic Ranch Series. Four videos of historic television footage. Features Don Alan performing close up magic and special guests for each show, such as Jack Gwynne, Johnny Platt, Clarke Crandall, George and Betty Johnstone, Al Flosso, Richard Himber, Jummy Reneaux, Sam Berman, Karrell Fox, Jay Marchall, Chan (Vic Torsberg), Ralph Pierce, and Neil Foster. Includes performances of Don Alan's Chop cup routine, Himber's Linking Rings, and an Indian cups & balls routines, among much more. $98 Stevens Magic

Ammar, Michael: Michael Ammar World Class Close Up (video). Videonics #62. Videonics were the original releases of a series of videos that have largely been republished by L&L Publishing. Includes: the Striking Vanish taught with Michael's One Cup and Ball routine with a sausage can (Beenie Weenie). Also: Gallo Pitch: do the coins thru table without lapping; and The Card on the Ceiling. $35.00

Ammar, Michael: Early Ammar V2: World Class Close Up Video. L&L Publishing. Beanie Weenie (single cup routine), Striking Vanish, Coin in Pen Cap, yeast card, Ambitious Card Bluff move, one handed card fold, coins across, Gallo pitch, card on ceiling, $2 Bill into 2 ones, Coins in Silk, Gary Ouellet Moves on the Ambitious Card Deck Vanish. $29.95. L&L Publishing

Baker, Carroll: Magic On The Menu DVD. Table-hopping/strolling magic. Includes: Sponge Bunnies 3 phase routine for any audience; Inflation enlarging coin routine; Cheaters Lament card opener; Shaken, Not Stirred “twisting the Aces” routine; Just Think; Chopped Lemon un-gimmicked, chop cup routine that you can walk away and leave on the table; Coins across; Ambitious Card to Wallet (no-palm); Dragon Okito one ahead coin box routine that starts and ends clean. Leftovers; The Ring in Box trick (performance only). £19.95 JBTV

Burt, Brad: Video #8, The Chop Cup. A full introductory coverage of the Chop Cup. Includes performance of the routine; Intro to the Equipment; How to Handle a Chop Cup; The Roll Vanish; The Sneider Vanish with a ball; The French Drop; Ball Thru Cup Move; How to handle the Large Loads; The Routine Explanation. $40 Brad Burt's

Carney, John: Classic Carney, The Video. Eight routines from Carnycopia, including a Chop cup type routine using a coffee cup and a bill. $45.00

Cloutier, Carl: Carl Cloutier's World Class Magic Video, 90 mins. Includes: Sports Illustrated - Miniature sports balls vanish, appear and transform; Smoker's Delight - flash appearances and vanishes; Pencil Through Coin; Lit Cigarette In Coat; Single Cups & Balls - Miniature cup and balls routine. The cup appears, the balls appear, change color, grow and vanish; Candy Cards - Cards, candy bar, and a roll of Lifesavers; To Bounce or Not to Bounce: Bounce; Simple Battery - A battery is produced from a deck of cards; Money Madness. $30

De Cova, Alexander: Treasures Vol 2: Blank Cheque Transpo, Chopstick Vanish (improvements on classic Benson bowl routine), and more. $25 Steven's Magic

Dr. Bob: The Coin Box Video. A complete 6 phase Okito Box routine with a bonus Chop Cup routine. $30 Dr. Bob's

Galloway, Andrew: The Magic of John Ramsay Volume 2. Three Coins in the Hat, Five Fly Cards, Ten Thimble Production, Four Little Beans, The Changeling, One Cup & Ball routine, Coins to Glass, Black & White Handkerchiefs, Okito Box routine, The Forgotten Card Trick, Switch is Which, The Coin & Jam Jar, New Pocket Coin Trick, Tasseled Rope Trick (performance only), The Pegasus Coin & more on 'The Real Secrets Of Misdirection'.Duration 90 minutes.

Gertner, Paul: Steel and Silver Vol Two video. Includes Ring on the Hourglass, That's Ridiculous, Cups and Balls with Steel Balls, Reversed Assembly, Blackjack, Snap Bounce Assembly, Spellbound Roll Reverse, and the Card in Candy Box. $30

Giobbi, Roberto: Taped Live at the 7th British Close Up Magic Symposium. 112min. Wild Business, The Peek, Master Grip, Miracle Prediction, Card to Wallet, Sponge Ball and Bowl Routine, LePaul Envelope Nest $29.95

Goshman, Albert: Albert Goshman Live at the Kennedy DVD-R. From 1985. Performance only of: Salt Shaker, Sponge Balls, Coins Through Table, Chink-A-Chink, Nudist Deck, Benson Bowl, Rising Card. $45 Meir Yedid Magic

Greater Magic Teach-In: Classic Chop Cup DVD by Twin Cities Magic & Costume Co. Routines by Larry Jennings, Don Alan, Martin Lewis, and Brad Burt. 65 Minutes. Meir Yedid's Magic, Stevens Magic

Guyatt, Terry: Presents Close Up Magic: One Cup & balls routine, Magic Knife, Expansion of Texture, Relflextions/Do As I Do, Wand through Hanky, Erdnase Colour Change. 90 minutes. Stevens Magic

Harris, Paul: Immaculate Close-Up Stars of Magic Video #12: 90mins. Immaculate Breakthrough (any deck melts through the top of the card box); Uncanny (A solid cup routine using a can of Beenie Weenies); Bleached Black Jack ( an unbelievable card transformation); Okawa's Cellophane Surprise (a new technique for extracting a cigarette from its pack); Stapled; Double Decker; The Perfectionist; Over Exposer; The Splat Move; Tap Dancing Finale; Galaxy plus Paul Harris' Immaculate Video Scam $30

Jennings, Larry: Thoughts on Cards video (Latest release includes 2 volumes on one tape): Outstanding Triumph, Nothing Yet Aces, Twisting the Aces With a Twist, Flawed Tranposition, Single Cup & Ball, Estimated Toss, LarRoy Reverse, Deck to Pocket, Cannibal Kings, Sucker Punch, Oil & Water, Aces for Experts, Card Up Spectator's Sleeve, Tips on Top Card Cover Pass, Tips on Gambleer's Cup, plus a live performance at the Magic Castle. $30 L&L Publishing

Johnson, Roy: In Person (Original in German, also released in English): Colour in View - Revelations of a selected name, The £80 Trick-A close-up or cabaret betting game, One at a Time - 'Coins Thru' Table with a gimmick. Instant Aces - Amazing close-up card transposition without skill. Chopper - The Chop cup ... with a difference. $55 Tannen's Magic

Jon, Finn: Pierre Mayer Finn Jon vol 5 Stage Magic. Includes Three billiard ball routine, Chop Cup routine, among others. $31 Stevens Magic

Lamanske, Todd: Get Real Volume 2, More Close-up Magic for the Real World (video). Routines used for close-up and restaurant, from beginner to advanced. Includes: Foreign Exchange; Flying Aces; The Time Machine; Chop Cup; Mini-morphosis; Happy Birthday Card Trick; Hi Ho Silver; Let's Get Real! $30

Lancaster, Lou: Lou Lancaster teaches Classic Routines, International Magician's Society (IMS) Volume 10. Teaches the Miser's Dream, Billiard Ball Manipulation, Larry Jennings Chop Cup Routine, Coins Through A Table and more. I. M. S. (International Magicians Society) (516) 333-2377 fax (516) 333-6328

Lavand, Rene: Three Bread Crumbs Video w/props. Coffee Cup and bread cups routine $47.50 Stevens Magic

Lewis, Trevor: The Magic of Trevor Lewis DVD. Lecture, taped live at Mark Leveridge’s 3rd British Close-Up Magic Symposium. Includes: Trevor’s Opening - icebreaker; Arm Gag; Tap Top water production from fist; Cigarette Prediction; Broken and Restored Eye Glasses (borrowed); Card On Tie; Paper-Clipped Card; Trevor’s Card Force; Second Dealing broken into easy-to-master steps; Trevor’s Ace Location Routine (using the 2nd Deal); One-At-A-Time Ace Assembly with Kicker; Coin Matrix using four coins but just two cards; Egg Bag Routine (Malini); Chop Cup with table hopping advice; Razor Blades become magically strung on a length of thread.

Mendoza, John: John Mendoza Live V2. Final Four Aces, Five Star Prediction, Coins Thru Table, 3 Pound Drill Bit Production, Chop Cup, Coins Across, Cups & Balls, Torn & Restored Card $31 Stevens Magic

Mendoza, John: My Best Volume 1 DVD Dice Stacking - routine with shrinking & growing dice and a drink approved at the end. Also includes Ambitious 1-2-3-4-5; Ace Production; Simple Collectors; Red/Black Shuffle Routine; Chop Cup (short, sweet, and to the point); Female (card); Routined Poker Mental; Mendoza Cups and Balls. 1hr 50 minutes. $35

Mendoza, John: My Best Volume 2 DVD Bowl Routine (Roy Benson routine with an in the spectator's hands portion); Bendix Bombshell (2 signed cards to wallet; no palm routine good for strolling); Have You Ever Heard Of (three & four card Monte moving toward production of four Aces); Coins Thru the Table; Vernon Cups and Balls (Vernon's used as a starting point); Multiplying Bunnies (sponges); Automatic Deck (Ace production); Three Card Monte (ungimmicked cards); Translocation (four coins hand to hand); Barry Nelson's Flash Cups (a 20 second Cups and Balls routine). 1hr 58mins.

Menoza, John: Routined Close Up. International Video Magic Series Vol. 1. Chop Cup, Collectors (Performance Only), Dice Stacking, Coins Across (Performance Only), Ambitious 1,2,3,4,5, Torn & Restored Card(Performance Only), The Squeeze, Cups & Balls (Performance Only), Routined Poker Mental, Mendoza's Cups & Balls $50 Tannen's Magic

Novak, John: Two Cups, One Ball video. Uses One regular and one matching Chop cup. Plus how to make your own. $16 Stevens Magic

Ouellet, Gary: The Very Best of, Volume Two DVD. Includes: Photography Trick (4 Queens cut to), Two Goblets two-cup and ball routine (w/Chop cup), Threshold torn and restored card effect, Three Ball Routine, Coin Moves (Gallo Slide, Visual Slide, Table Slide, Ultimate French Drop, Himber Switch, Master Switch, Wiffledust II routine), Three Triumphant Cuts, and Sloppy Triumph $35

Ouellet, Gary: Gary Ouellet Vol. 3. Videonics Program #20. 1 hour. The Photography Trick; The Two Goblets two cup and ball routine with all the advantages of a three cup routine combined with a Chop cup and no disadvantages. Threshold torn and restored card effect; the Ouellet Switch, a move that you will undoubtedly use in other effects. $35.00 Denny & Lee's Magic Studio

Page, Patrick: Secret Seminars of Magic Volume 5: Sponge Balls DVD. Sponge ball vanishes, productions, color changes, Benson Bowl routine, Professional routine, and more. 12.50 L&L Publishing

Pinard, Andrew: The Shared Experience: The Nuts and Bolts Video. Five routines: Hole-Y Grail multi-layered chop cup routine; Coins Across Redux; Static Currency floating bill; Autograph Collection bill switch application; Fifty-Two To Tango fusion of card to glass, card to forehead and card to wallet plots. 85 min $29.95

Sanderson, Martin: Corporate Close-up DVD. Includes: Ambitious Four Phase (with card to wallet and surprise finish); Coin Under Watch; Rapid Fire Chop Cup; Think of a Card; Bill in Kiwi; Boomerang Card; Storm Force 7; and Hints and Tips on securing corporate work. Approx. 2 Hours. £25.00 JBTV

Sanderson: Martin: The Business By Martin Sanderson DVD. It's a steal! and The 3 way cut! flashy opener; Boxing; Simplex Signed Aces to Pocket; Impromptu Chop Cup; Simplex Signed Card in Sealed Envelope; Ring in Sealed Envelope (gets your business card in their hands); Trade Show SF7; Business Section on improving your  performance, treating magic as a business, and hints and tips on table management, etc.; The Business Card and You. £25.00 JBTV

Thompson, Johnny: Commercial Classics of Magic V1. Balls & Net, Coins through Table, Han Ping Chien Coin Trick, Winged Silver, Copper & Silver Transposition, Vanishing Glass, Benson's Bowl Routine, Matching the Cards, Automatic Aces $29.95 L&L Publishing

Tomosini, The Great: Greater Magic V21. Stage Act performance, Roy Benson Bowl Routine, Universal Card, Garbage Collector, Translation Deck, You're the Polish Magician, Dove production Steven's Magic

Tong, Danny: Dan Tong Finally Volume I includes: Card To Wallet (simple no palm approach); Bill Matrix (coin assembly); Sponge Balls with an in-the-spectator's hands portion; Ring Flight/Ring on Stick; an additional Matric routine; and Bill & Bowls (Benson bowl routine with borrowed bills and a sugar bowl)

Tong, Dan: Dan Tong Finally Volume 2 DVD. Malini Egg Bag (in three phases with glass production); Chop Cup (short, fast routine); Card on the Ribbon; Thompson’s Aces; Ropes (routine with cut and restored, Professor's Nightmare, three to one restoration); and Jack (an old trick). 78 Minutes. $35

Various: 4 Stars Live, Videonics Program #58. Dai Vernon performs the Linking Rings and Three Card Monte. Gary Ouellet performs Lips, The Silver Passage, The Two Goblets, the Homing Ring, and his Super Shells routine. Michael Ammar performs Vernon's Travellers, Visible Expansion of Texture, Card on Ceiling, the Ambitious Card (Yeast Card), Derek Dingle's Rollover Aces, and his One Cup and Ball routine. Steve Freeman performs Vernon's Slow Motion Four Aces, plus a number of his own effects. In this tape no explanations are offered. $20.00

Various: Magic of France, Greater Magic V48. Socrate: Perfect Voodoo, International Newspaper (perf); Alpha: Fireworks from Hand (perf), Handkerchief in Fire, Hell's Bank Note, Flying Fireball; Hanry Mayol: Coins Through, Self Bending Spoon; Bernard Bilis: Four Jokers, Paranoid; Duraty: Magic Salt Shaker, Topsy Turvy Vanish; Majax: Fantasy with Thimbles; Etienne Lorenceau: Ungimmicked Chop Cup, Subtleties for Cups & Balls; Tabary: Rope Sequence, Ring & Rope; Georges Proust: Musee de la Curiosite Tour Stevens Magic

Wilson, Paul: Restaurant Act by A-1 MagicalMedia. Includes: Vanishing Silk, Sponge Balls (table hopping), Ambitious Card, Card to Wallet (table hopping), Chop Cup (spectator involvement), and Strange Intruder. $30.

Zak, Frank: On the Boards DVD. Frank performs and explains all the routines found in the lecture notes of the same name. Includes: The Dice Game; Restoration Fuse; One Cup Routine; Four Ace Production; and 11 others. $25. Frank Zak Magic

Zavis, William: William Zavis Vol. 4, Videonics Program #17. 1 hour. Single Cup and Ball (not Chop Cup). A Lesson in Subtraction jumbo card routine. Up His Sleeve card routine $20.00 Denny & Lee's

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Products

Allen, Mark: PD Chop Cup. For strolling magicians: a Play Doh cup with clay. A ball of clay is used in place of a regular ball, and at the end, the cup is full of clay again. $20

Arjan's Professional Copper Chop Cups & Ball Combination Set. Made from polished solid brass. German made. Supplied with hand knit balls, no instructions. $90. Arjan's Magic Shop, Netherlands

Bazar de Magia Combo Cups and Balls. Highly polished aluminum spun metal cups, one is a Chop Cup. With 4 balls (one Chop ball), draw string carry bag, instructions. $20

Bazar de Magia Chop Cup. Aluminum, designed for large loading capacity. Comes with crocheted balls, cloth carrying bag, and routines. $12. Hocus Pocus

Benson Bowl & Spongeball Routine (with DVD) $80. Comes with bowl, the "Growing Ball", (4) - 1.5 inch sponge balls, (1) - 34 inch multi colored thumb tip streamer, purse frame, thumb tip, and DVD. Please note: The DVD in this package appears to be a DVD-R; it may not play in all machines. Earth's Largest Magic Shop

Benson, Roy: Benson Bowl Routine. The classic effect using a bowl and sponges and a Chop stick, somewhat like a one cup routine. $30 Steven's Magic, Tannen's

Bourgoin, Stephane: Dice Chop Cup. Dice cup rigged as a Chop cup. Routine is a gambling theme ending with a roll of $20 bills and your own watch. $79.95

Bourgoin, Stephane: Pool Chop Cup. A miniature billiard ball is dumped from a "corner pocket" taken from a pool table and a 10" pool cue is your magic wand. Includes the Chop cup, 2 miniature billiard balls, pool cue/wand, a shot glass, silk, and 2 large wooden billiard balls. $125.

Crosewl Magic: Chop Cup Goblet. Wood Goblet Chop cup, no instructions for balls included. Hand-turned on a lathe. Can be made from Cherry, Mahogany, or Walnut. $49.95 Crosewl Magic

Daytona Magic Brass Chop Cup: Made in New England, maker not specified. Made from solid piece of brass. Measures almost 2 ¼" high and as a diameter of almost 1 7/8" at the base. Highly polished and comes in its own draw string bag with two balls. $60 Daytona Magic

Dr. Bob's Chop Cup. A beautiful Brass Goblet. Stands slightly over 3 1/2 " tall. Comes with 2 balls and booklet with Dr. Bob's routine. $50.00 Video and written routine also available seperately. Dr. Bob's Magic

El Duco Golden Combination Set by El Duco. Two normal cups and one Chop cup. Brass cups are ground, polished, and burn-lacquered. With 4 red balls (one gimmicked) and cloth bag. $100 El Duco's Magic Supply

Electrofun Professional Metal Chop Cup. Seamless spun aluminum. Approximately 3" diameter, 3.5" high. Comes with balls, Pom Pom climax ball, and manuscript of moves and routines in a knitted wool carry bag. Made in India by Electrofun.

Fantasma Magic: Chop Cup with Buddha Load. Wooden ornate chop cup ends with a large wooden Buddha statue climax. $60 Magic Depot

Funtime Magic (Calcutta, India): Chop Cup - Metal. Turned from a metal block. Small enough  to carry in your pocket, (approximately 2.5" in height, 2" in diameter at the mouth and 1.4" at the base), and is supplied with a Magnetic Ball, matching crocheted Ball and a Pom Pom Ball for a climax production, in a handsome carry bag, plus instructions of moves and routines with the cup. 

Funtime Magic (Calcutta, India): Chop Cup - Wood. Turned hard wood, polished and lacquered. Includes a set of Chop Cup Balls, and an extra set of large 2" size crocheted sponge Chop Cup Balls for a more visible routine. Complete with routines.

Hale, Howard: Chop Cup & Chop Stick. Beautifully hand-crafted from select African Padauk, Wenge, Zebrawood and American Red Oak and match perfectly to each other. The Chop Cup is standard size and will hold a "normal" final load. The Chop Stick has a graceful, tapered design, 15 inches long and although one end is smaller than the other it is balanced for the "wand spin". Complete with small balls, travel bag and a full routine. $255 Stevens Magic

Ickle Pickle Aluminum Chop Cup: Similar in appearance to the Morrissey aluminum cups for the cups & balls, this Chop cup matches the Ickle Pickle aluminum Cups & Balls set. US Toy Magic

Jenest, Mark: Jiggernaut. One cup and ball routine with a shot jigger, realistic olive, and a finale load of two large wine corks. $20

Johnson Products Chop Cup: beautifully designed to match their acclaimed Cups & Balls set. Weight is almost 1/2 pound. Size is 3" tall with 2.5" mouth and 1.5" indented bottom. Comes with 2 ball set and black drawstring cloth carrying bag. $75 Denny & Lee's; Magic Warehouse

Kaymar Magic Leather Chop Cup. This is a black leather dice cup gimmicked as a Chop cup. Comes with balls and a routine. Contact Morley Budden of Kaymar Magic, 189a St. Marys Lane, Upminster Essex RM14 3UB, England. Telephone: (44) 01708 640 557 (click for image: Kaymar Chop)

Millennium Chop Cup: Looks like an "ordinary" plastic cup, and uses a crumpled up dollar bill rather than the balls. for a more "impromptu" appearance. Also has a feature for the Miser's Dream where coins are plucked from the air and can be seen and heard as they are dropped into the cup. Fits a large load such as a baseball. $25 Daytona Magic

Morrissey Chop Cups & Balls Combo: Two normal cups and one Chop cup. Use the Chop cup alone for many of the standard Chop cup routines, or use in combinations for some unique variations of the standard cups & balls. Morrissey cups are a good step up from the plastic sets and come in aluminum or copper. The tops (bottoms?) are indented, but not greatly. The copper is preferred for durability. Comes with four knit balls (one gimmicked) and drawstring bag. Large Aluminum $32, Large Copper $50, Mini Aluminum $32 Mini Copper $50 Morrissey Magic (click for image: Morrissey Combo)

Morrissey Chop Cup. The design of the Chop cup is different than the single cup from the Combo set. Some reasons for the design differences are outlined in Shute's How to Book of the Chop Cup. Available in aluminum or copper. Again, copper is preferred for durability. Large Aluminum $22, Large Copper $24, Mini Aluminum $15, Mini Copper $19. Morrissey Magic

Murray, George: Chop Cup Tea Cup. A nice looking Japanese ceramic tea cup gimmicked as a Chop cup. Can hold a small lemon for a load. Includes two rubber balls, one gimmicked. Other Chop cup balls may work in this cup, but the balls included may not work in other Chop cups. $45. Nielsen Magic

Mycroft, Roger: Chop Can: A beverage can gimmicked as a Chop cup. Available in Coke, Pepsi, Lite Beer or Bud. Comes with two balls. $25 Hank Lee's Magic Factory.

Paul Howard Pro Magic: Chop Cup Russian. Uses a much larger ball and a wooden cup, no magnet. Ball is 1.5". Cup is hand turned from hardwood. Climax is the appearance of a Russian Doll. All the usual moves can be performed and the cup fits into your trouser pocket holding two balls making it easy to go around the tale. It works on the old marble vase principle using two bouncing balls which lend themselves to palming. Complete with cup, two balls, a Russion doll and routine. £25.00 Paul Howard Pro Magic

Porper, Joe & Pete Biro: Cocktail Surprise. Combination Cup and Ball Routine with beautiful Mini Cocktail Shaker that has a Liquid Kicker Finish. Comes with stainless steel modified Mini Cocktail Shaker for a liquid pour climax, two-piece Porper Wand, balls, shot glass, custom case, carry bag, and 8 pages of color photos. Perfect for the bar magician or the table hopper, can be done up close. $695

RAR Magic: Little Flat Chop Cup. This cup is unique in that it leather and can be unfolded (not gimmicked)! Includes a routine with four different endings, and you can use a borrowed banknote. Includes balls. £32. RAR Magic,

RNT II Bowl. With Original Don Alan Bowl Routine & Lance Pierce Benson Bowl Book. Spun from 050 solid copper and polished to a mirror finish. Comes with Sponge Balls, Wand (wand style may vary), Don Alan Bowl Routine from Magic Inc. and the Lance Pierce Benson Bowl book and an embroidered bag. $125 RNT II

RNT II: Don Alan Chop Cup®  Authorized, authentic Don Alan Chop Cup with an added bold bronze lining and lip.3.75" high; 3.5" wide. Stainless steel (13.5oz); Aluminum (9.5oz).  Comes with plush bag, 2 1 1/4" white crocheted balls (one Chopped), and Don Alan's Original Chop Cup Routine. Limited run. $200.00 RNT II

RNT II: Don Alan Stubby Copper Cup. Mike Brazill announces the birth of the Don Alan 50th Anniversary Stubby Copper Cup. Machined from a solid block of copper and lined with bronze that wraps around the lip. 3.25" high and designed to hold a larger load than Wheatley's original. Comes with bag, two one and 1/8" crocheted balls, Ron Bauer's Don Alan's Complete Chop Cup manuscript. 3.25" H x 3.25 D"  Very limited availability $300 RNT II

RNT II: Little Don Chop Cup. A miniature version of the Don Alan Chop cup. 2 1/8" x 2 1/8", about 2 oz. Stainless or Copper $125. Also Baby Don Alan Chop Cup - "Le Petite", the smallest chop cup in the Don Alan family. Copper, with black embroidered bag, high-quality, tightly crochetted working balls and a pocket-sized routine booklet. $75  RNT II

RNT II: Monte Combo Cup Set. Look and feel of the original Monti cups. In copper and offered as a Chop Cup combo set. 3" high with 4 balls, presentation bag and instruction booklet. Limited supply. $280. RNT II

RNT II: Olive Sets. Realistic looking olives, hand made, with a realistic pimento inserted. Each set includes 4 olives (3 straight and 1 gaffed for Chop cup) $16.95 RNT II

RNT II: Glitter Working Balls. Crocheted glitter high visibility balls in Gold, Silver, or Red; available in 1", 3/4", 7/8", 5/8" and 1/2". 3 straight and 1 gaffed for chop and combo cups. $30. Also, 2" final load balls $25. RNT II

Riser, James & Dennis Loomis Micro Chop Cup: James Riser has some great information on the cups & balls, and he has manufactured some nice cups and balls and Chop cup sets as well. His latest is a tiny Chop cup that comes with excellent routining by Dennis Loomis and is highly recommended. Available in copper or stainless steel (slightly different sizes). Combo set w/both cups, balls, routine, stainless steel flask & gimmick (for vanishing liquid), load balls, and bag $100; Copper set w/cup, balls, routine, flask & gimmick, load balls $88; Steel set $70; Copper cup w/balls & routine only $55; Steel cup w/balls & routine only $45. Other accessories will be released soon. Available from James Riser or Dennis Loomis exclusively.

Rogers, Mike: Miniature Baseballs. Mike Rogers produces a set of miniature baseballs to be used for the cups & balls or Chop cup, as well as a larger, but still mini, load ball to be used for a final production. Highly recommended by many. Available in 7/8" or 1" size. $24 set of 4. $15 set of Chop cup balls. Available from Stevens Magic

Solari, Bob: Mini Chop Cup Goblet. A mini brass goblet gimmicked as a Chop cup. It stands 2 1/2" tall and comes with a velvet carrying bag and two balls (one gimmicked) and one load ball. $38 Listed at Tannen's and Hank Lee's.

Star, Tim Style Deluxe Chop Cup (Don Alan design) by Hank Lee. Deluxe Chop Cup (The Cadillac of Chop Cups) $26.00 (10.208) Chop Cup Comes complete with the Cup, Small Balls, and the entire routine. $19.50 (10.035) Mini Chop Cup (Aluminum) $14.00 (10.036) Mini Chop Cup (Copper) $17.50 Hank Lee's Magic Factory

Star, Tim Style Combo Cups & Balls. Hank Lee's Magic Factory

Starsinic, Frank: Frank at The Ambitious Card produces a variety of leather products, including dice cups, Chop cups, Cones, and leather cases for magic items. His line of Chop Cups and cones include:
Killer Chop Cup: dark leather Chop Cup that looks like a standard dice cup. $45
Leather Chop Cup Ren Faire Cup. Leather tapered cup good for Rennaissance Fairs. (see image at top of page, right) $49
Leather Chopped Dice Stacking Cup: Dice-Chop Combination Cups. Design allows the ball to be rolled out. Includes crocheted balls and casino dice. Rigid cup with internal frame, leather sewn around the frame. Straight sides. 3.5" tall, 2.4" diameter. Use for Chop cup or Dice stacking cup. $85 (see image at top of page, center)
Beaded Chop Cup: Rigid with internal frame, leather sewn around the frame. 3.25" tall, 3.25" diameter. With crocheted balls that match the cup. $59 (see image at top of page, left)
Leather Cone for the Ball and Cones. Available with or without balls. $39 and up. The Ambitous Card

Stone: Dragon Bowl Chop Cup. An Asian style ceramic chop cup. You'll need to be seated at the table and you'll also need the red paper included with the dragon bowl. Use the red paper as a mat while doing your routine, then steal the finale' load and place it under the bowl. The bowl goes off the mat and directly on the table. Pick up the paper and patter about its strange qualities, then wrap the paper around the bowl. Now lift the bowl and the paper as one, displaying the finale' load to stunned applause. Now get ready to pause a long heartbeat, and slam the bowl down on the table. Included is a bonus finale' load with complete instructions. MagicCity.com

Tannen's Ultimate Chop Chop Cup. Designed after the original Al Wheatley Chop-Chop cup with modifications. Spun from aluminum, anodized to satin finish. 4" tall with 3" mouth for large loads. Includes balls, routine and bag. $55 Tannen's Magic

Teufel, Mark: Wood Chop Cup. An "incredibly well made Chop cup!" (Magicsmith). Light weight and size, made from Cocobolo wood; hand turned on a lathe. $200

Wayne, Thomas: Thomas Wayne Magical Products Coffee Mug Chop Cup. Full size white ceramic coffee cup as found in many restaurants. Balls are unipolar to not attract when on top of the inverted cup, thus both balls are gimmicked. Comes with cup, balls, Thomas Wayne routine, and care instructions. $37.50 Denny & Lee's

Wilson, Gregory: Kiss Off. Chop cup routine using a can of Hershey's syrup and candy kisses. The climax includes production of two jumbo kisses and the result that the syrup can is sealed. Comes with 2 jumbo kisses, small kisses, and video. Hershey stopped making the can, so you have to get your own. $40.

Trickery Shop Combo Cups & Balls. Brass combination cups & balls (two normal, one Chop cup). Three balls rest comfortably on top. Includes four balls (one gimmicked), oak wand, and bag. $125. Also available in mini size (2.25" high) in copper for $75 (no wand). The Trickery

Viking Manufacturing Company Wooden Chop Bowl/Benson Bowl Routine. Bowl can be used for Benson Bowl routine, but is also gimmicked like a Chop cup! Comes with polished hand-turned solid wood bowl, two crocheted balls, 4 sponge balls, and a 4" production donut. $82.40 Viking Manufacturing, Stevens, Denny & Lee's

Viking Manufacturing Company Wooden Chop Cup. Hand-turned from select hardwoods, and hand polished to a satin finish.Cup measures 3.5" tall and 3" across the opening. Comes with two balls and complete instructions. Made in the Don Alan style.$95. A solid matching cup is also available. for $79. Viking Manufacturing, Stevens

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