When I was young....a saw an magician who had a small ball with little balls inside.
When you rubbed the first ball a second appears, ....
He got 3 or four balls at the end.
What is the trick called and where can I buy it?
Greeting and thanks,
broow

It's called the multiplying balls surprisingly enough . They can be bought in most online magic stores.

eg. http://www.hanklee.org/xcart/product.php?productid=3349

Oh and welcome to the Magic Café !

Hi Broow and welcome to the magic Café.

Do you remember if the balls were squishy (sponge) or solid like wood? There are two great tricks that might be what you remember and a little more information if you remember would help.

My guess would be sponge balls, as the description sounds like a presentational premise.

What you describe is either Multiplying balls or sponge balls. They are both great and can be found almost anywhere.

Oh yeah it could also be the sponge balls. Strange wonder why didn't think of that...

Anyway if the magician positioned his hand in a way similar to the picture in the link I gave then it's probably the multiplying balls.

If the ball was put into someone's hand, they closed their hand into a fist and the balls multiplied when the hand was opened then it's probably the sponge balls.

I have a set of multiplying balls I've had for years. They are about 1 1/2" in diameter, red, made of wood and from germany. A nice little set actually. I still use them once in a while...

...as well you should, mysto59, and proudly, too! Mastering wooden multiplying balls seems to be a dying art. Anyone can learn to use the rubber ones.

Broow,

To confuse things even more you could have seen Goshman's Multiplying Sponge Balls:

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=314

The following video clip (it's not me!) is not very inspiring, but did it look something like this?:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/473663/mul......e_balls/

This is the Multiplying Billiard Balls done with Sponge Balls as opposed to a Sponge Ball Routine where the sponges multiply in the spectator's hand. Are you completely confused now!

Welcome to the Magic Café!

Andy

"When you rubbed the first ball a second appears"

I think your talking about sponge balls since you say the word "rubbed" Usually, people do rub the balls to multiply them but they use sleight of hand to do so.

Hey everyone,

I don't know exactly how multiplying balls work, but could you produce three final load balls and make the fourth one a multiplying ball? That might look interesting... It could also be a false explanation of the fourth final load. You could say something like "Two balls came out of this cup because the balls keep multiplying."

-Matt