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Center Tear

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Center Tear is special technique used by magicians in Mentalism routines for secretly reading a message written on a piece of paper.


Published Record

  • "What Is It?" manuscript by Joe Ovette (1929).
  • "Ne Plus Ultra Reading Method" in Thayer's Trick of the Month brochure by Annemann (August 1932) credited to Ted Arnold (reprinted in Annemann's Mental Bargain Effects (1935) )

Variations

  • "One-Handed Center Tear" by Al Koran
  • "Umbrella Move" by Al Baker
  • "Surrounded Slow-Motion Center Fold" by Richard Osterlind

References

  • The Life and Times of A Legend compiled by Max Abrams