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First described in [[Expert Card Technique]] (1940) and generally credited to [[Dai Vernon]] with a description it featured in [[Stars of Magic]] Series 5, N° 3, ''Dai Vernon’s Mental Card Miracle'' (1949).
 
First described in [[Expert Card Technique]] (1940) and generally credited to [[Dai Vernon]] with a description it featured in [[Stars of Magic]] Series 5, N° 3, ''Dai Vernon’s Mental Card Miracle'' (1949).
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Bart Whaley's THE ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF MAGIC credits the invention to [[A.J. Cantu]] who taught it to Charlie Miller in the late 1930s.
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Also was popularized by George Sands in his "Super Optical Illusion" trick in Hugard's Magic Monthly (December 1946).
  
 
[[Category:False Counts]]
 
[[Category:False Counts]]

Revision as of 11:37, 31 August 2008

The Buckle Count is a method for doing False Counts with cards, usually showing a number of cards as a fewer number than you actually have.

First described in Expert Card Technique (1940) and generally credited to Dai Vernon with a description it featured in Stars of Magic Series 5, N° 3, Dai Vernon’s Mental Card Miracle (1949).

Bart Whaley's THE ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF MAGIC credits the invention to A.J. Cantu who taught it to Charlie Miller in the late 1930s.

Also was popularized by George Sands in his "Super Optical Illusion" trick in Hugard's Magic Monthly (December 1946).