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'''Million Dollar Mystery''' was a card trick created and marketed by [[Theodore DeLand]] in which a spectator just thinks of one playing card and after showing several boards with playing cards pictured on each and asking answers "yes" or "no" as to which board has their card, the performer divines the chosen card.<ref>Million Dollar Mystery By THEODORE DELAND, JR, [[Sphinx]], April, 1910 </ref>
 
'''Million Dollar Mystery''' was a card trick created and marketed by [[Theodore DeLand]] in which a spectator just thinks of one playing card and after showing several boards with playing cards pictured on each and asking answers "yes" or "no" as to which board has their card, the performer divines the chosen card.<ref>Million Dollar Mystery By THEODORE DELAND, JR, [[Sphinx]], April, 1910 </ref>
  
 
Based on the [[Age Cards]] effect,
 
Based on the [[Age Cards]] effect,
  
A "modern version" was released in 1936 by Herman Hanson.<ref>[[Jinx]] (April 1936), page 104</ref>
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A "modern version" was released in 1936 by Herman Hanson.<ref>[[Jinx]] (no.  19, April 1936), page 104</ref>
  
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 16 March 2015

For the stage illusion, see Million Dollar Mystery

Million Dollar Mystery was a card trick created and marketed by Theodore DeLand in which a spectator just thinks of one playing card and after showing several boards with playing cards pictured on each and asking answers "yes" or "no" as to which board has their card, the performer divines the chosen card.[1]

Based on the Age Cards effect,

A "modern version" was released in 1936 by Herman Hanson.[2]

References

  1. Million Dollar Mystery By THEODORE DELAND, JR, Sphinx, April, 1910
  2. Jinx (no. 19, April 1936), page 104