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== Versions ==
 
* "The Partagas 'Sell'" ([[Victor Farelli]]): ''[[Farelli's Card Magic]] Part Two'' (1933, p. 79)
 
* "The Partagas 'Sell'" ([[Victor Farelli]]): ''[[Farelli's Card Magic]] Part Two'' (1933, p. 79)
* ''The Dunbury Delusion'' - [[Charlie Miller]] in [[Expert Card Technique]] (1940)
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Charlie Miller]]): ''[[Expert Card Technique]]'' (1940)
* ''The Dunbury Delusion'' - [[Edgar Heyl]] in [[Sphinx]], Vol. 45, No. 8 (October 1946, p. 238)
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Edgar Heyl]]): ''[[Sphinx]]'', Vol. 45, No. 8 (October 1946, p. 238)
* ''Fours of a Kind'' - [[Jean Hugard]] in [[Royal Road To Card Magic]] (1948)  
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* "Fours of a Kind" ([[Jean Hugard]]): ''[[Royal Road To Card Magic]]'' (1948)  
* ''Design for Laughter'' - Jean Hugard and [[Frederick Braue]] in Royal Road To Card Magic (1948, p. 54)
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* "Design for Laughter" (Jean Hugard and [[Frederick Braue]]): ''Royal Road To Card Magic'' (1948, p. 54)
* ''Dunbury Delusion'' - Frederick Braue in [[Show Stoppers With Cards]] (1948, p. 9)
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* "Dunbury Delusion" (Frederick Braue): ''[[Show Stoppers With Cards]]'' (1948, p. 9)
* ''The Dunbury Delusion'' - [[Bill Simon]] in [[Effective Card Magic]] (1952)
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Bill Simon]]): ''[[Effective Card Magic]]'' (1952)
* ''Franke's Confusion'' - [[Harry Franke]] in [[The Linking Ring]], Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 1953, p. 54)
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* "Franke's Confusion" ([[Harry Franke]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 1953, p. 54)
* ''A Card is Revealed'' - [[John Braun]] in [[The Linking Ring]], Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 65)
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* "A Card is Revealed" ([[John Braun]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 65)
* ''Streamlined Dunbury Delusion'' - [[Ed Marlo]] in [[Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms]] (1960, p. 86)
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* "Streamlined Dunbury Delusion" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms]]'' (1960, p. 86)
* ''The Expert's Dunbury'' - Ed Marlo in Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms (1960, p. 104)
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* "The Expert's Dunbury" (Ed Marlo): ''Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms'' (1960, p. 104)
* ''Dunbury Delight'' - [[Frank Garcia]] & [[Dai Vernon]] in [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1972)  
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* "Dunbury Delight" ([[Frank Garcia]] & [[Dai Vernon]]): ''[[Million Dollar Card Secrets]]'' (1972)  
* ''Dave's Delight'' - [[Dave Lederman]] in [[Super Subtle Card Miracles]] (1973)
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* "Dave's Delight" ([[Dave Lederman]]): ''[[Super Subtle Card Miracles]]'' (1973)
* ''Deep Dunbury'' - [[Ed Marlo]] in [[Marlo's Magazine]], Vol. 1 (1976)
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* "Deep Dunbury" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Marlo's Magazine]], Vol. 1'' (1976)
* ''Quick Deep Dunbury'' - [[David Solomon]] in Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1 (1976)
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* "Quick Deep Dunbury" ([[David Solomon]]): ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1'' (1976)
* ''And Counting'' - [[Karl Fulves]] in [[Packet Switches]] (Part Five) (1977)
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* "And Counting" ([[Karl Fulves]]): ''[[Packet Switches]] (Part Five)'' (1977)
* ''Finger on the Card'' - [[Gary Ouellet]] in [[Masters of Magic]] Series (1978)
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* "Finger on the Card" ([[Gary Ouellet]]): ''[[Masters of Magic]] Series'' (1978)
* ''Did-Dan-Dunbury'' - [[Martin Nash]] in [[Sleight Unseen]] (1979)
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* "Did-Dan-Dunbury" ([[Martin Nash]]): ''[[Sleight Unseen]]'' (1979)
* ''Bauer's Delusion'' by [[Ron Bauer]] in [[Genii 1982 March]], Vol. 46, No. 3.
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* "Bauer's Delusion" by [[Ron Bauer]]): ''[[Genii 1982 March|Genii]]'', Vol. 46, No. 3 (March 1982)
* ''Make Mine Dunbury Well'' - [[Jon Racherbaumer]] in [[CardMagic]] (1983)  
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* "Make Mine Dunbury Well" ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''[[CardMagic]]'' (1983)  
* ''The Coué Test'' - [[Roberto Giobbi]] in [[Card College]], Vol. 1 (1996)   
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* "The Coué Test" ([[Roberto Giobbi]]): ''[[Card College]], Vol. 1'' (1996)   
* ''Dunbury Delusion Revisited'' - David Solomon in [[Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon]] (1997)
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* "Dunbury Delusion Revisited" (David Solomon): ''[[Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon]]'' (1997)
* ''The Dunbury Delusion'' in [[Genii 2000 September]], Vol. 63, No. 9, page 61. [[Jim Swain]] had a great handling of it using something he called the Cool-Out Move.
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* "The Dunbury Delusion"): ''[[Genii 2000 September|Genii]]'', Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2000, p. 61) [[Jim Swain]] had a great handling of it using something he called the Cool-Out Move.
* ''Bob’s Delusion'' by [[Bob King]] in [[Precursor]] (Number 83, July 2002)
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* "Bob’s Delusion" by [[Bob King]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 83 (July 2002)
* ''Dunbury Drop'' - [[David Ben]] in [[Tricks]] (2003)
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* "Dunbury Drop" ([[David Ben]]): ''[[Tricks]]'' (2003)
 
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* "The Trick That NEVER Fails" by [[Paul Cummins]]): ''[[Precursor]]'' Date ?
* ''The Trick That NEVER Fails'' in [[Precursor]] by [[Paul Cummins]] Date ?
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==Videos==
 
==Videos==

Revision as of 14:40, 27 May 2016

Dunbury Delusion is a classic card routine credited to Charlie Miller in Expert Card Technique where the audience is led to believe the magician has initially failed.

Plot: A card having been chosen and returned to the pack without the magician knowing what was selected. The magician removes three cards stating they will help him find the selected card, but the spectators notice that one of them IS the selected card thinking that the magician has already failed. However, after turning the 3 cards face down, the magician triumphantly produces the chosen card from the pack, the card which was down on the table changed to an indifferent one.

The first known version of this plot was published as The Partagas Sell in Farelli's Card Magic Part Two, which was developed by Senor Partagas, a magic shop owner in Barcelona, Spain.

It's been said that Charlie Miller named it Dunbury after the Dumbarton Bridge that crosses San Francisco Bay.

Versions

Videos

  • Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 4 by Michael Ammar.

References