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[[Cards Across]] is a classic plot in card magic wherein an amount of cards disappears from one pile (of cards) and reappears in a second pile. Typically, this is performed with 2 volunteers, each of which holds a pile.
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'''Cards Across''' ''(or Thirty Card Trick, The Flying Cards, The Ten-and-Ten Card Trick, Passe Passe Cards)''  is a classic plot in card magic wherein an amount of cards disappears from one pile (of cards) and reappears in a second pile. Typically, this is performed with 2 volunteers, each of which holds a pile.
  
In J.N. Ponsin's [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] (1853) there is a version called  "The Multiplication of Cards while in a Spectator's Hands".  
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Performers known for this effect:[[Leipzig]], [[Paul Le Paul]], [[Al Baker]], [[Howie Schwarzman]] and [[Derek Dingle]].
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== Publications ==
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* "The Multiplication of Cards while in a Spectator's Hands" by  J.N. Ponsin in  [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] (1853)
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* "Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" by Robert-Houdin in [[Les Secrets de la prestidigitation et de la magie]] ([[Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]]) (1868), translated by Professor Hoffmann in 1878
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* "To pass several cards from one person's pocket to that of another" attributed to Mdlle Patrice in [[The Modern Conjurer]] by [[C. Lang Neil]]  (1903)
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* Thirty Card Trick in  [[Cyclopedia of Magic]] by [[Henry Hay]] (1949)
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* Thirty Card Trick in [[Amateur Magician's Handbook]]  by Henry Hay (1950)
  
In Robert-Houdin [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] (1868) there is an effect called "Mane, Thecel, Phares" that describes how to pass (and prove) a number of cards from one spectator's packet into that of another.
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== History ==
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* "Some Aspects of the 'Flying Cards'" by [[Peter Warlock]], Supplement to the [[Magic Circular]], June, 1953
  
Performers known for this effect:[[Leipzig]], [[Paul Le Paul]], [[Al Baker]], [[Howie Schwarzman]] and [[Derek Dingle]].
 
  
:See also [[Thirty Card Trick]]
 
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 14:37, 2 January 2011

Cards Across (or Thirty Card Trick, The Flying Cards, The Ten-and-Ten Card Trick, Passe Passe Cards) is a classic plot in card magic wherein an amount of cards disappears from one pile (of cards) and reappears in a second pile. Typically, this is performed with 2 volunteers, each of which holds a pile.

Performers known for this effect:Leipzig, Paul Le Paul, Al Baker, Howie Schwarzman and Derek Dingle.

Publications

History