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'''The Double Lift''' is a sleight by which two cards are "lifted" and shown as a single card. It is referred to as a '''Double Turnover''' if the cards are immediately placed back on the deck.
 
'''The Double Lift''' is a sleight by which two cards are "lifted" and shown as a single card. It is referred to as a '''Double Turnover''' if the cards are immediately placed back on the deck.
  
The "concept" was first described in ''[[The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious]]'', written by [[Richard Neve]] in [[1716]]. The title was "To Fein to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). Many magicians have published techniques for the Double Lift since.
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The "concept" was first described in ''[[The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious]]'', written by [[Richard Neve]] in [[1716]]. The title was "To Seem to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). Many magicians have published techniques for the Double Lift since.
  
 
[[Arthur Finley]] is generally recognized as the first to use a Double Turnover, where the cards are turned over and immediately placed on the pack.
 
[[Arthur Finley]] is generally recognized as the first to use a Double Turnover, where the cards are turned over and immediately placed on the pack.
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** '''The One Hand Push-Off Double Lift''' ([[Frederick Lowe]]): ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 6 No. 6 (November 1948, p. 484).
 
** '''The One Hand Push-Off Double Lift''' ([[Frederick Lowe]]): ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 6 No. 6 (November 1948, p. 484).
  
* '''The Double Lift (Second Method)''' ([[Cy Endfield]]): [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic III]]'' (1958, pp. 55-58).
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* '''The Double Lift (Second Method)''' ([[Cy Endfield]]): ''[[The Gen]]'', Vol. 8 No. 8 (December 1952, pp. 241-242).
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** [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic III]]'' (1958, pp. 55-58).
  
 
* '''The Knock-Out Double Lift''' ([[Martin Nash]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[Ever So Sleightly]]'' (1975, pp. 17-27)  
 
* '''The Knock-Out Double Lift''' ([[Martin Nash]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[Ever So Sleightly]]'' (1975, pp. 17-27)  
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** [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[The Dai Vernon Book of Magic]]'' (1957, pp. 119-122).
 
** [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[The Dai Vernon Book of Magic]]'' (1957, pp. 119-122).
 
** [[George Starke]], ed., ''[[Stars of Magic]]'' (1961, pp. 78-79).
 
** [[George Starke]], ed., ''[[Stars of Magic]]'' (1961, pp. 78-79).
** '''The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover''': [[Ron Bauer]], ''The Mechanical Deck'' (''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series]]'', No. 11) (1999, pp. 19-30).
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** '''The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover''': [[Ron Bauer]], ''[[The Mechanical Deck]]'' (''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series]]'', No. 11) (1999, pp. 19-30).
  
 
===Strike/Hit Lift===
 
===Strike/Hit Lift===
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** '''Daley Strike Double''' ([[Daryl Martinez]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler]]'' (1980, pp. 48-49).
 
** '''Daley Strike Double''' ([[Daryl Martinez]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler]]'' (1980, pp. 48-49).
 
*** Stephen Minch, ''[[Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus]]'' (1987, pp. 5-7).
 
*** Stephen Minch, ''[[Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus]]'' (1987, pp. 5-7).
 
* '''Leipzig Double Lift''' ([[Nate Leipzig]]): [[George Starke]], ed., ''[[Stars of Magic]]'', Series 10 (1952, p. 3).
 
** George Starke, ed., ''Stars of Magic'' (1961, p. 143).
 
** [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig]]'' (1963, pp. 29-30).
 
** '''Modified Leipzig Snap''' ([[Joseph K. Schmidt]]): ''[[Genii 2009 September|Genii]]'', Vol. 72 No. 9 (September 2009, p. 22).
 
  
 
* '''Hit Double Lift''': [[Ed Marlo]], ''[[The Cardician]]'' (1953, pp. 52-53).
 
* '''Hit Double Lift''': [[Ed Marlo]], ''[[The Cardician]]'' (1953, pp. 52-53).
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* '''Instant Double and Triple Turnover Technique''' ([[John Hamman|Brother John Hamman]]): [[Richard Kaufman]], ''[[The Secrets of Brother John Hamman]]'' (1989, pp. 11-14).
 
* '''Instant Double and Triple Turnover Technique''' ([[John Hamman|Brother John Hamman]]): [[Richard Kaufman]], ''[[The Secrets of Brother John Hamman]]'' (1989, pp. 11-14).
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===Leipzig Double Lift===
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* '''Leipzig Double Lift''' ([[Nate Leipzig]]): [[George Starke]], ed., ''[[Stars of Magic]]'', Series 10 (1952, p. 3).
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** ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 11 No. 5 (October 1953, p. 52).
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** George Starke, ed., ''Stars of Magic'' (1961, p. 143).
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** [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig]]'' (1963, pp. 29-30).
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** '''Modified Leipzig Snap''' ([[Joseph K. Schmidt]]): ''[[Genii 2009 September|Genii]]'', Vol. 72 No. 9 (September 2009, p. 22).
  
 
===Stuart Gordon Turnover===
 
===Stuart Gordon Turnover===
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* '''The Double Lift Turnover (Method B)''': Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, ''Expert Card Technique'' (1940, p. 9).
 
* '''The Double Lift Turnover (Method B)''': Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, ''Expert Card Technique'' (1940, p. 9).
 
** '''Domico Snap Over Double Lift''' ([[Carmen D'Amico]]): [[Arthur Buckley]], ''[[Card Control]]'' (1946, pp. 15-16).
 
** '''Domico Snap Over Double Lift''' ([[Carmen D'Amico]]): [[Arthur Buckley]], ''[[Card Control]]'' (1946, pp. 15-16).
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** '''The Snap-Over Double-Lift''': [[Paul Le Paul]], ''[[The Card Magic of Le Paul]]'' (1949, pp. 73-75).
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*** Paul Le Paul, ''[[The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M.]]'' (1958, p. 28).
  
 
* '''Two as One''' ([[Frank Herman]]): ''[[Genii 1942 October|Genii]]'', Vol. 7 No. 2 (October 1942, p. 41).
 
* '''Two as One''' ([[Frank Herman]]): ''[[Genii 1942 October|Genii]]'', Vol. 7 No. 2 (October 1942, p. 41).
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* '''The Double Lift (Five Methods)''': [[Anthony Norman]], ''[[Basic Card Technique]]'' (1948, pp. 103-109).
 
* '''The Double Lift (Five Methods)''': [[Anthony Norman]], ''[[Basic Card Technique]]'' (1948, pp. 103-109).
 
** Anthony Norman, ''Basic Card Technique'' (1968, pp. 30-31).
 
** Anthony Norman, ''Basic Card Technique'' (1968, pp. 30-31).
 
* '''The Snap-Over Double-Lift''' ([[Paul Le Paul]]): Paul Le Paul, ''[[The Card Magic of Le Paul]]'' (1949, pp. 73-75).
 
** Paul Le Paul, ''[[The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M.]]'' (1958, p. 28).
 
  
 
* '''Pittman One-Hand Double Lift''' ([[George Pittman]]): ''[[The Sphinx]]'', Vol. 48 No. 2 (April 1949, p. 35).
 
* '''Pittman One-Hand Double Lift''' ([[George Pittman]]): ''[[The Sphinx]]'', Vol. 48 No. 2 (April 1949, p. 35).
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* '''The "Incredible" Double Lift''' ([[Douglas Hood]]): ''[[Abracadabra]]'', Vol. 12 No. 291 (Aug. 25, 1951, pp. 67-68).
 
* '''The "Incredible" Double Lift''' ([[Douglas Hood]]): ''[[Abracadabra]]'', Vol. 12 No. 291 (Aug. 25, 1951, pp. 67-68).
  
* '''The Double Lift (First Method)''' ([[Cy Endfield]]): [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic III]]'' (1958, pp. 53-55).
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* '''The Double Lift (First Method)''' ([[Cy Endfield]]): ''[[The Gen]]'', Vol. 8 No. 8 (December 1952, pp. 240-241).
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** [[Lewis Ganson]], ''[[Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic III]]'' (1958, pp. 53-55).
  
 
* '''The Double Lift''': [[Cliff Green]], ''[[Professional Card Magic]]'' (1961, p. 17).
 
* '''The Double Lift''': [[Cliff Green]], ''[[Professional Card Magic]]'' (1961, p. 17).
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===With a Short Card===
 
===With a Short Card===
 
* '''The Double Lift With a Short Card''': [[John Northern Hilliard]], ''[[Greater Magic]]'' (1938, pp. 475-476).
 
* '''The Double Lift With a Short Card''': [[John Northern Hilliard]], ''[[Greater Magic]]'' (1938, pp. 475-476).
** John Northern Hilliard, ''[[Card Magic]]'' (1945, pp. 475-476).
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** John Northern Hilliard, ''[[Card Magic: a Practical Treatise on Modern Card Conjuring]]'' (1945, pp. 475-476).
  
 
* '''The Double Lift''': [[Joe Stuthard]], ''[[Svengali Subtleties]]'' (1938; 1948, p. 1).
 
* '''The Double Lift''': [[Joe Stuthard]], ''[[Svengali Subtleties]]'' (1938; 1948, p. 1).
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===Altman Trap===
 
===Altman Trap===
 
* '''The Altman Trap''' ([[Art Altman]]): [[Ed Marlo]], ''[[Advanced Fingertip Control]]'' (1970, p. 147).
 
* '''The Altman Trap''' ([[Art Altman]]): [[Ed Marlo]], ''[[Advanced Fingertip Control]]'' (1970, p. 147).
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* '''Spooky Altman Trap''': [[Allan Ackerman]], ''Every Move a Move'' (1992, pp. 3-4).
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** Allan Ackerman, ''[[Las Vegas Kardma]]'' (1994, pp. 57-58).
  
 
==Replacement Moves==
 
==Replacement Moves==

Latest revision as of 21:49, 24 July 2015

The Double Lift is a sleight by which two cards are "lifted" and shown as a single card. It is referred to as a Double Turnover if the cards are immediately placed back on the deck.

The "concept" was first described in The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious, written by Richard Neve in 1716. The title was "To Seem to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). Many magicians have published techniques for the Double Lift since.

Arthur Finley is generally recognized as the first to use a Double Turnover, where the cards are turned over and immediately placed on the pack.

Popular Techniques

Push-Off

The "Vernon" Push-Off

Vernon's Simulated Push-Off

Strike/Hit Lift

Leipzig Double Lift

Stuart Gordon Turnover

Other Publications

Other Techniques

  • A Double Lift: Frank Lane, Two Hours With Frank Lane (1933, p. 7).
  • The Double Lift: Tommy Tucker, What Next! (1936, p. 31; 1975, p. 22).
  • The Jamison Double Lift (R. M. Jamison): Jean Hugard, More Card Manipulations No. 2 (1939, pp. 10-11).
  • The Triple and Quadruple Lifts: Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, Expert Card Technique (1940, pp. 3-4).
  • The Double Lift in Action: Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, Expert Card Technique (1940, pp. 6-7).
  • The Triple and Quadruple Lifts in Action: Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, Expert Card Technique (1940, p. 7).
  • The Double Lift Turnover (Method A): Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, Expert Card Technique (1940, p. 8).
  • The Double Turnover: Wilfrid Jonson, But Not to Play (1946, pp. 24-25).
  • The "S" Shaped Turnover (Ed Marlo): Ed Marlo, Marlo in Spades (1947, pp. 6-7).
  • The Double Lift: Lewis Ganson, How Right You Are (1948, p. 6).
  • The "Flick" Double Lift (Will Prothero): The Wizard, Vol. 5 No. 51 (September 1951, pp. 79-80).
    • Koynini's "Flick" Double Lift (Toni Koynini): The Wizard, Vol. 5 No. 51 (September 1951, p. 80).
  • A Double Turnover: Roberto Giobbi, Card College, Vol. 1 (1995, pp. 130-131).

With a Short Card

Double Lift Substitutes

Altman Trap

Replacement Moves

Stanley Collins Replacement

Vernon Replacement

Tamariz/Bruce Replacement

Other

  • The New Dai Vernon Double Lift (Dai Vernon): The Gen, Vol. 19 No. 7 (November 1963, pp. 175-176).

Get-Ready Techniques