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[[Card Through Handkerchief]] is a classic plot in card magic in which the deck wrapped in a handkerchief and shaken. One or more cards penetrate through the fabric. {{Youtube Thumb|5QiJT7r1PHo|350|Tommy Wonder}}
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'''Card Through Handkerchief''' is a classic plot in card magic in which the deck wrapped in a handkerchief and shaken. One or more cards penetrate through the fabric.
  
 
The first description was in [[New Era card Tricks]] (1897) written by [[August Roterberg]] and is not attributed.
 
The first description was in [[New Era card Tricks]] (1897) written by [[August Roterberg]] and is not attributed.
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== Published versions ==
 
== Published versions ==
* Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks by Walter B. Gibson
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* ''The Card and Handkerchief'' by [[S.W. Erdnase]] in [[The Expert at the Card Table]] (1902)
* The Complete Magician by Greer Marechal
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* [[Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic]] by [[Walter B. Gibson]] (1941)
* The Second Now You See It, Now You Don't! by Bill Tarr
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* [[Tarbell Course in Magic]] - Vol. 3 (1943)
* Tarbell Course in Magic - Vol. 3
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* ''Card Through the Handkerchief'' by [[Martin Gardner]] in [[Tarbell Course in Magic]] - Vol. 5 (Deck is in case) (1948)
* Card Through Hanky Handling by Derek Dingle in The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
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* The Complete Magician by [[Greer Marechal]] (1977)
* Shakedown by Alex Elmsley in The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 2
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* The Second Now You See It, Now You Don't! by [[Bill Tarr]] (1978)
* The Card and Handkerchief by S.W. Erdnase in [[The Expert at the Card Table]]
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* ''Card Through Hanky Handling'' by [[Derek Dingle]] in [[The Complete Works of Derek Dingle]] written by [[Richard Kaufman]] (1982)
* Card Through the Handkerchief by Martin Gardner in Tarbell Course in Magic - Vol. 5 (Deck is in case)
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* ''Shakedown'' by [[Alex Elmsley]] in [[Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. II]], written by Stephen Minch (1994)
* Card through Handkerchief in Card College, Vol. 2
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* ''Card through Handkerchief'' in [[Card College, Vol. 2]] written by [[Roberto Giobbi]] (1996)
* Fabricated by Tommy Wonder in The Books of Wonder - Vol. 1
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* ''Fabricated'' by [[Tommy Wonder]] in [[The Books of Wonder]], Vol. 1, written by Stephen Minch (1996)
  
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 13:53, 7 July 2013

Card Through Handkerchief is a classic plot in card magic in which the deck wrapped in a handkerchief and shaken. One or more cards penetrate through the fabric.

The first description was in New Era card Tricks (1897) written by August Roterberg and is not attributed.

The second was in Conjuring with Cards (1898) written by Ellis Stanyon who writes : "I am indebted to Mr. Geo. Weston, a very clever amateur conjurer, for this excellent little trick."

Published versions