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[[Dunbury Delusion]] is a classic card routine by [[Charlie Miller]] that was published in [[Expert Card Technique]] where the audience is led to believe the magician has initially failed.
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'''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.  
 
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It's been said that [[Charlie Miller]] named it Dunbury after the Dumbarton Bridge that crosses San Francisco Bay.  
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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.  
 
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.
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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.
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It's been said that Charlie Miller named it ''Dunbury'' after the Dumbarton Bridge that crosses San Francisco Bay.  
  
 
== Versions ==
 
== Versions ==
* The Partagas “Sell” - Victor Farelli, Farelli’s Card Magic Part Two (1933)
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* "The Partagas 'Sell'" ([[Victor Farelli]]): ''[[Farelli's Card Magic]] Part Two'' (1933, p. 79)
* The Dunbury Delusion - Charlie Miller, Expert Card Technique (1940)
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Charlie Miller]]): ''[[Expert Card Technique]]'' (1940, p. 319)
* Fours of a Kind - Jean Hugard, The Royal Road To Card Magic (1951)  
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Edgar Heyl]]): ''[[Sphinx]]'', Vol. 45, No. 8 (October 1946, p. 238)
* Design for Laughter - Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue, The Royal Road To Card Magic (1951) p. 54)
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* "Fours of a Kind" ([[Jean Hugard]]): ''[[The Royal Road To Card Magic]]'' (1948)  
* The Dunbury Delusion - Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic (1952)
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* "Design for Laughter" (Jean Hugard and [[Frederick Braue]]): ''The Royal Road To Card Magic'' (1948, p. 54)
* Dunbury Drop - David Ben, Tricks 
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* "Dunbury Delusion" (Frederick Braue): ''[[Show Stoppers With Cards]]'' (1948, p. 9)
* And Counting - Karl Fulves, Packet Switches (Part Five)
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* "Danbury Delusion" ([[Bill Simon]]): ''[[Effective Card Magic]]'' (1952, p. 83)
* Dunbury Delight - Frank Garcia & Dai Vernon, Million Dollar Card Secrets
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* "Franke's Confusion" ([[Harry Franke]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 1953, p. 54)
* Dave's Delight - Dave Lederman, Super Subtle Card Miracles
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* "Sell or Delusion" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[The Tabled Palm]]'' (1957, p. 19)
* Deep Dunbury - Ed Marlo, Marlo's Magazine Volume 1
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* "A Card is Revealed" ([[John Braun]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 65)
* Did-Dan-Dunbury - Martin Nash, Sleight Unseen
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* "By the Power of Three" ([[Sam Mayer]]): ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 67)
* Quick Deep Dunbury - David Solomon, Marlo's Magazine Volume 1
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* "Streamlined Dunbury Delusion" (Ed Marlo): ''[[Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms]]'' (1960, p. 86)
* Dunbury Delusion Revisited - David Solomon, Solomon’s Mind 1998
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* "The Expert's Dunbury" (Ed Marlo): ''Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms'' (1960, p. 104)
* The Coué Test - Roberto Giobbi Card College Volume 1 (1996)   
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* "The Dunbary Delusion" ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[Cardman's Secrets, Vol. II]]'' (1964)
* Easy to Master Card Miracles volume 4  by Michael Ammar.  
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* "Dunbury Delight" ([[Frank Garcia]] & [[Dai Vernon]]): ''[[Million Dollar Card Secrets]]'' (1972)
* “Bob’s Delusion” by Bob King in Precursor (Number 83, July 2002)
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* "Dave's Delight" ([[Dave Lederman]]): ''[[Super Subtle Card Miracles]]'' (1973)
* The Trick That NEVER Fails in Precursor by Paul Cummins
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* "Deep Dunbury" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1]]'' (1976)
* Make Mine Dunbury Well - Jon Racherbaumer Cardmagic
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* "Quick Deep Dunbury" ([[David Solomon]]): ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1'' (1976)
* Finger on the Card - Gary Ouellet Masters of Magic series
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* "And Counting" ([[Karl Fulves]]): ''[[Packet Switches]] (Part Five)'' (1977)
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* "Finger on the Card" ([[Gary Ouellet]]): ''[[Masters of Magic]] Series'' (1978)
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* "Did-Dan-Dunbury" ([[Martin Nash]]): ''[[Sleight Unseen]]'' (1979)
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* "Bauer's Delusion" ([[Ron Bauer]]): ''[[Genii 1982 March|Genii]]'', Vol. 46, No. 3 (March 1982, p. 169)
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** ''[[Secrets for the Part-Time Magician]]'' by [[John Luka]] (1992, p. 17)
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** ''[[Uncovered]]'' by John Luka (2009, p. 73)
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* "Dunbury Delusion Re-Done" ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[The New Tops]]'', Vol. 22, No. 6 (June 1982, p. 32)
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* "Make Mine Dunbury Well" ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''[[CardMagic]]'' (1983)
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* "Direct Dunbury Delusion" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6]]'' (1988, p. 1)
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* "Logical Dunbury Delusion" (three methods) (Ed Marlo): ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6'' (1988, p. 280)
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* "Another Dunbury" ([[Danny Smith]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 19 (January 1988, p. 17)
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* "Still Another Dunbury" (three methods) ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''Precursor'', No. 22 (November 1988, p. 14)
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* "Hofzinger's Delusion" ([[Chris Carter]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 70, No. 9 *(September 1990, p. 82)
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* "The Coué Test" ([[Roberto Giobbi]]): ''[[Card College, Vol. 1]]'' (1996)   
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* "Dunbury Delusion Revisited" ([[David Solomon]]): ''[[Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon]]'' (1997)
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Jim Swain]]): ''[[Genii 2000 September|Genii]]'', Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2000, p. 61)
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* "Bob’s Delusion" ([[Bob King]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 83 (July 2002, p. 18)
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* "Dunbury Drop" ([[David Ben]]): ''[[Tricks]]'' (2003)
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** ''[[New York Notes]]'' by David Ben (2003, p. 13)
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* "The Trick That NEVER Fails" ([[Paul Cummins]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 85 (February 2003, p. 6)
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* "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Harry Riser]]): ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 95, No. 1 (June 2005, p. 14)
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* "Fred on Dunbury" ([[Fred Robinson]]): ''[[The Magic of Fred Robinson]]'' by [[Peter Duffie]] (2009, p. 214)
  
*?? Jim Swain had a great handling of it using something he called the Cool-Out Move, I think, in a GENII a couple years ago. It must have been around Summer or Fall of 2000, but I don't have the exact reference or my index handy.
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==Videos==
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* Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 4  by Michael Ammar.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=167716
 
* http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=167716
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* http://www.questx.com/magic!/1-500.html
  
  
 
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[[Category:Card Plots]]
[[Category:Classic card routines]]
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Latest revision as of 15:21, 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