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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. | |
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 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 | + | It's been said that Charlie Miller named it ''Dunbury'' after the Dumbarton Bridge that crosses San Francisco Bay. |
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
| − | * The Partagas | + | * "The Partagas 'Sell'" ([[Victor Farelli]]): ''[[Farelli's Card Magic]] Part Two'' (1933, p. 79) |
| − | * The Dunbury Delusion | + | * "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Charlie Miller]]): ''[[Expert Card Technique]]'' (1940, p. 319) |
| − | * Fours of a Kind | + | * "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Edgar Heyl]]): ''[[Sphinx]]'', Vol. 45, No. 8 (October 1946, p. 238) |
| − | * Design for Laughter | + | * "Fours of a Kind" ([[Jean Hugard]]): ''[[The Royal Road To Card Magic]]'' (1948) |
| − | * | + | * "Design for Laughter" (Jean Hugard and [[Frederick Braue]]): ''The Royal Road To Card Magic'' (1948, p. 54) |
| − | * | + | * "Dunbury Delusion" (Frederick Braue): ''[[Show Stoppers With Cards]]'' (1948, p. 9) |
| − | * Dunbury Delight | + | * "Danbury Delusion" ([[Bill Simon]]): ''[[Effective Card Magic]]'' (1952, p. 83) |
| − | * Dave's Delight | + | * "Franke's Confusion" ([[Harry Franke]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 1953, p. 54) |
| − | * Deep Dunbury | + | * "Sell or Delusion" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[The Tabled Palm]]'' (1957, p. 19) |
| − | * Quick Deep Dunbury | + | * "A Card is Revealed" ([[John Braun]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 65) |
| − | * Did-Dan-Dunbury | + | * "By the Power of Three" ([[Sam Mayer]]): ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 67) |
| − | * Make Mine Dunbury Well | + | * "Streamlined Dunbury Delusion" (Ed Marlo): ''[[Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms]]'' (1960, p. 86) |
| − | * The Coué Test | + | * "The Expert's Dunbury" (Ed Marlo): ''Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms'' (1960, p. 104) |
| − | * Dunbury Delusion Revisited | + | * "The Dunbary Delusion" ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[Cardman's Secrets, Vol. II]]'' (1964) |
| − | * The Dunbury Delusion | + | * "Dunbury Delight" ([[Frank Garcia]] & [[Dai Vernon]]): ''[[Million Dollar Card Secrets]]'' (1972) |
| − | * | + | * "Dave's Delight" ([[Dave Lederman]]): ''[[Super Subtle Card Miracles]]'' (1973) |
| − | * The Trick That NEVER Fails | + | * "Deep Dunbury" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1]]'' (1976) |
| − | * | + | * "Quick Deep Dunbury" ([[David Solomon]]): ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1'' (1976) |
| − | * Dunbury | + | * "And Counting" ([[Karl Fulves]]): ''[[Packet Switches]] (Part Five)'' (1977) |
| + | * "Finger on the Card" ([[Gary Ouellet]]): ''[[Masters of Magic]] Series'' (1978) | ||
| + | * "Did-Dan-Dunbury" ([[Martin Nash]]): ''[[Sleight Unseen]]'' (1979) | ||
| + | * "Bauer's Delusion" ([[Ron Bauer]]): ''[[Genii 1982 March|Genii]]'', Vol. 46, No. 3 (March 1982, p. 169) | ||
| + | ** ''[[Secrets for the Part-Time Magician]]'' by [[John Luka]] (1992, p. 17) | ||
| + | ** ''[[Uncovered]]'' by John Luka (2009, p. 73) | ||
| + | * "Dunbury Delusion Re-Done" ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[The New Tops]]'', Vol. 22, No. 6 (June 1982, p. 32) | ||
| + | * "Make Mine Dunbury Well" ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''[[CardMagic]]'' (1983) | ||
| + | * "Direct Dunbury Delusion" ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6]]'' (1988, p. 1) | ||
| + | * "Logical Dunbury Delusion" (three methods) (Ed Marlo): ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6'' (1988, p. 280) | ||
| + | * "Another Dunbury" ([[Danny Smith]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 19 (January 1988, p. 17) | ||
| + | * "Still Another Dunbury" (three methods) ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''Precursor'', No. 22 (November 1988, p. 14) | ||
| + | * "Hofzinger's Delusion" ([[Chris Carter]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 70, No. 9 *(September 1990, p. 82) | ||
| + | * "The Coué Test" ([[Roberto Giobbi]]): ''[[Card College, Vol. 1]]'' (1996) | ||
| + | * "Dunbury Delusion Revisited" ([[David Solomon]]): ''[[Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon]]'' (1997) | ||
| + | * "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Jim Swain]]): ''[[Genii 2000 September|Genii]]'', Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2000, p. 61) | ||
| + | * "Bob’s Delusion" ([[Bob King]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 83 (July 2002, p. 18) | ||
| + | * "Dunbury Drop" ([[David Ben]]): ''[[Tricks]]'' (2003) | ||
| + | ** ''[[New York Notes]]'' by David Ben (2003, p. 13) | ||
| + | * "The Trick That NEVER Fails" ([[Paul Cummins]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 85 (February 2003, p. 6) | ||
| + | * "The Dunbury Delusion" ([[Harry Riser]]): ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 95, No. 1 (June 2005, p. 14) | ||
| + | * "Fred on Dunbury" ([[Fred Robinson]]): ''[[The Magic of Fred Robinson]]'' by [[Peter Duffie]] (2009, p. 214) | ||
| − | + | ==Videos== | |
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* Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 4 by Michael Ammar. | * Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 4 by Michael Ammar. | ||
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
- "The Partagas 'Sell'" (Victor Farelli): Farelli's Card Magic Part Two (1933, p. 79)
- "The Dunbury Delusion" (Charlie Miller): Expert Card Technique (1940, p. 319)
- "The Dunbury Delusion" (Edgar Heyl): Sphinx, Vol. 45, No. 8 (October 1946, p. 238)
- "Fours of a Kind" (Jean Hugard): The Royal Road To Card Magic (1948)
- "Design for Laughter" (Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue): The Royal Road To Card Magic (1948, p. 54)
- "Dunbury Delusion" (Frederick Braue): Show Stoppers With Cards (1948, p. 9)
- "Danbury Delusion" (Bill Simon): Effective Card Magic (1952, p. 83)
- "Franke's Confusion" (Harry Franke): The Linking Ring, Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 1953, p. 54)
- "Sell or Delusion" (Ed Marlo): The Tabled Palm (1957, p. 19)
- "A Card is Revealed" (John Braun): The Linking Ring, Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 65)
- "By the Power of Three" (Sam Mayer): The Linking Ring, Vol. 39, No. 11 (January 1960, p. 67)
- "Streamlined Dunbury Delusion" (Ed Marlo): Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms (1960, p. 86)
- "The Expert's Dunbury" (Ed Marlo): Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms (1960, p. 104)
- "The Dunbary Delusion" (Nick Trost): Cardman's Secrets, Vol. II (1964)
- "Dunbury Delight" (Frank Garcia & Dai Vernon): Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972)
- "Dave's Delight" (Dave Lederman): Super Subtle Card Miracles (1973)
- "Deep Dunbury" (Ed Marlo): Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1 (1976)
- "Quick Deep Dunbury" (David Solomon): Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1 (1976)
- "And Counting" (Karl Fulves): Packet Switches (Part Five) (1977)
- "Finger on the Card" (Gary Ouellet): Masters of Magic Series (1978)
- "Did-Dan-Dunbury" (Martin Nash): Sleight Unseen (1979)
- "Bauer's Delusion" (Ron Bauer): Genii, Vol. 46, No. 3 (March 1982, p. 169)
- Secrets for the Part-Time Magician by John Luka (1992, p. 17)
- Uncovered by John Luka (2009, p. 73)
- "Dunbury Delusion Re-Done" (Nick Trost): The New Tops, Vol. 22, No. 6 (June 1982, p. 32)
- "Make Mine Dunbury Well" (Jon Racherbaumer): CardMagic (1983)
- "Direct Dunbury Delusion" (Ed Marlo): Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6 (1988, p. 1)
- "Logical Dunbury Delusion" (three methods) (Ed Marlo): Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6 (1988, p. 280)
- "Another Dunbury" (Danny Smith): Precursor, No. 19 (January 1988, p. 17)
- "Still Another Dunbury" (three methods) (Ed Marlo): Precursor, No. 22 (November 1988, p. 14)
- "Hofzinger's Delusion" (Chris Carter): The Linking Ring, Vol. 70, No. 9 *(September 1990, p. 82)
- "The Coué Test" (Roberto Giobbi): Card College, Vol. 1 (1996)
- "Dunbury Delusion Revisited" (David Solomon): Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon (1997)
- "The Dunbury Delusion" (Jim Swain): Genii, Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2000, p. 61)
- "Bob’s Delusion" (Bob King): Precursor, No. 83 (July 2002, p. 18)
- "Dunbury Drop" (David Ben): Tricks (2003)
- New York Notes by David Ben (2003, p. 13)
- "The Trick That NEVER Fails" (Paul Cummins): Precursor, No. 85 (February 2003, p. 6)
- "The Dunbury Delusion" (Harry Riser): M-U-M, Vol. 95, No. 1 (June 2005, p. 14)
- "Fred on Dunbury" (Fred Robinson): The Magic of Fred Robinson by Peter Duffie (2009, p. 214)
Videos
- Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 4 by Michael Ammar.
