The Ultimate Rip-Off by Paul Harris

Art of Astonishment Vol 1 by Paul Harris Page 113 et seq.
also Close Up Fantasies by Paul Harris Page 3 et seq.

Personal Comment: Uh boy, this is bad. Not as bad as The Torn as Restored Routine by Blake Vogt, but still pretty bad. In Close-Up Fantasies the lead in to this trick is that Paul says that he originally thought this would be a "good stand alone one trick seller", that the basic modus operandi was so freaking new and original that this would justify being sold individually. When reading this it comes across as a gracious gift by him to include this in Close-Up Fantasies. What a load of BS.... it sucks.

If you wanna know a really, really good Torn and Restored trick... Drawing Room Deceptions is your choice. More about that later.

Difficulty 2/5

Set-Reset Plus by Roberto Giobbi

Card College 3 by Roberto Giobbi
page 616 et seq.

Personal Comment: Paul Harris' effect Set-Reset has been through a lot of trouble. The inherent flaw in structure and method. The later has been worked on many, many times. This version by Roberto Giobbi is a synthesis of Paul Harris, Bernard Bilis and Richard Vollmer. I like it. I added the presentational layer, which I think has been done before. But it solves the inherent dramatic flaw well I think. Or to say it in as few words as possible: Works for me!
The original description includes a flourishy type of colour changes that I am simply unable to do. I don't have the dry hands required for the "snap action" as it is written up. Couldn't include so, I went for a more traditional type of colour change near the end.

Difficulty 3/5

Interlaced Vanish by Paul Harris

Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne (and still Richard Kaufman)
Volume 1, Number 1 January 1978
Page 1 et seq.

Personal Comment: The very first trick published in the Apocalypse in it's twenty year run. It is a nice trick, although there is no margin of error in this trick, if you mess up, you mess up and there is no out. Not for me. Now 32 years later there are better versions of the effect.

Difficulty: 4/5