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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.

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