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Card on Ceiling or Wall
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Card on Ceiling or Wall is a classic Card Revelation plot where a (usually signed) card is returned to the pack and tossed at the ceiling or a wall. All the cards come down except for the signed card still stuck to it.
Some versions have no apparent reason for the cards to "stick", others use a thumbtack.
This is typically an effect done as a closer.
Karl Norman at the Forks Hotel originated the handling popularized by Michael Ammar with the box of Sucrets.
Published versions
Ceiling
- Bruce Elliott's Classic Secrets of Magic (1953)
- Jay Bedsworth's Hit The Ceiling! in Apocalypse Vol. 6-10
- David Ben's Card On Ceiling in Tricks
- James F. Herpick & Jack Thimbleny's Improved Card on the Ceiling in Tarbell Volume 3
- Karl Norman's Card On Ceiling in 40 Years at the Forks
Wall
- John West's From Lapel To Wall Apocalypse Vol. 16-20
- John Kennedy's Card Missile in The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 2
- Ed Reno's "Tack It" in Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 3
Other surfaces
- Michael Ammars' Indoor Baseball in The Magic of Michael Ammar
- Korem's Card on Tie in Paul Harris Las Vegas Close Up and Art of Astonishment.
- Ping Pong Plus Cards: Selected card ends up stuck on ping pong paddle in Milbourne Christopher's Magic Book Tricks for the Living Room, Dinner Table, or Stage (1977)
Variations
- Michael Ammar's Coin on Ceiling in The Magic of Michael Ammar
- Thomas A. O'Lenk's Aero-Dynamic Dollar in The Art of Astonishment - Book 1