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| − | An [[Ace Assembly]] effect where four Aces are shown, placed on the table, and covered with three other cards. One by one the Aces vanish from three piles, assembling together under the fourth pile held by the spectator. | + | An [[Ace Assembly]] effect where four Aces are shown, placed face up on the table, and covered with three other cards. One by one the Aces vanish from three piles, assembling together under the fourth pile held by the spectator. |
== History == | == History == | ||
The trick was credited to [[Mac MacDonald]] (a one armed magic pitchman) by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson around the 1960s which used gaffed cards. | The trick was credited to [[Mac MacDonald]] (a one armed magic pitchman) by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson around the 1960s which used gaffed cards. | ||
| − | The plot was first created by [[Hofzinser]] around 1850 and was called "The Power of Faith". Also, the use of double face cards in a four of a kind routine was in the | + | The plot was first created by [[Hofzinser]] around 1850 and was called "The Power of Faith". Also, the use of double face cards in a four of a kind routine was in the [[Hofzinser's Card Conjuring]] (1931) as "The Four Kings". |
| − | There is also a description that predate's MacDonald's version in the | + | There is also a description that predate's MacDonald's version in the book [[My Best]] (1945) by [[J.G. Thompson]] written up by [[Orville Meyer]] as "Greatest Four Ace Trick ". |
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
Revision as of 08:12, 16 June 2008
An Ace Assembly effect where four Aces are shown, placed face up on the table, and covered with three other cards. One by one the Aces vanish from three piles, assembling together under the fourth pile held by the spectator.
History
The trick was credited to Mac MacDonald (a one armed magic pitchman) by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson around the 1960s which used gaffed cards.
The plot was first created by Hofzinser around 1850 and was called "The Power of Faith". Also, the use of double face cards in a four of a kind routine was in the Hofzinser's Card Conjuring (1931) as "The Four Kings".
There is also a description that predate's MacDonald's version in the book My Best (1945) by J.G. Thompson written up by Orville Meyer as "Greatest Four Ace Trick ".
Versions
- Johnny Thompson's "Automatic Aces"
- John Mendoza's "MacDonald's Four Aces".
- Alexander De Cova's "MacDonald's Aces"
- John Guastaferro's "Famous Aces"
- Guastaferro's "Vino Aces"
- Martin Nash's "The $10,000 Ace Routine."
- Frank Garcia's "MacDonald's $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick". New Stars of Magic, Vol. 1 No. 2, 1972
- Guy Hollingworth's "An Ace Assembly"
- Jennings' "McJennings Aces" published in MAGIC.
- Dingle's "Slow Motion MacDonald's Aces"
- Gary Ouellet "A Dream Of Aces"
- Michel Huot's "Ultimate Aces"
- Gilles Couture's "Macoins" (MacDonald's Aces with coins)
- Jon Racherbaumer's Olram Aces
- Stewart Judah's MacDonald's Aces. Pallbearers Review, Autumn 1974 Issue (Volume 9).
Frank Garcia's MacDonald’s $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick:
