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The [[Ovette Master Move]] is a card sleight developed (or attributed to) by [[Joseph Ovette]] around 1927 to secretly place a chosen card on the bottom of the deck. It later reinvented as [[Kelly Bottom Placement]].
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The [[Ovette Master Move]] is a card sleight developed by (or attributed to) [[Joseph Ovette]] around 1927 to secretly place a chosen card on the bottom of the deck. It later reinvented as [[Kelly Bottom Placement]].
  
 
== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
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*The "get-ready" for the Kelly Bottom Placement uses a "get-ready" that is similar that used in the "Tip-over Change" (see page 86 in [[Expert Card Technique]] by Hugard & Braue - 1940).
 
*The "get-ready" for the Kelly Bottom Placement uses a "get-ready" that is similar that used in the "Tip-over Change" (see page 86 in [[Expert Card Technique]] by Hugard & Braue - 1940).
  
=Videos=
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==Videos==
 
* Daryl's Video: [[Encyclopedia of Card Sleights]], Vol. 4  (1997)
 
* Daryl's Video: [[Encyclopedia of Card Sleights]], Vol. 4  (1997)
 
* The move is shown by [[Johnny Thompson]] on the video The Commercial Classics of Magic, Vol. 4 (1999) in conjunction with the Malini Card Stab.
 
* The move is shown by [[Johnny Thompson]] on the video The Commercial Classics of Magic, Vol. 4 (1999) in conjunction with the Malini Card Stab.
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==Variations==
 
==Variations==
 
* Racherbaumer's book [[Card Finesse]] (1982) has a no clutching or odd-looking right hand grip version called ''No-Clutch Bottom Placement''.
 
* Racherbaumer's book [[Card Finesse]] (1982) has a no clutching or odd-looking right hand grip version called ''No-Clutch Bottom Placement''.
* [[Ron Bauer]] discussed his handling of the move in [[Genii 1982 December]], Vol. 46, No. 12. (Santa on the cover.) It was in [[Charlie Miller]]'s Magicana Column.
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* [[Ron Bauer]] discussed his handling of the move in [[Genii 1982 December]], Vol. 46, No. 12. (Santa on the cover.) It was in [[Charlie Miller]]'s [[Magicana New Series|Magicana]] Column.
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* [[Eric Mason]] shares his thoughts on this move in his book, Stuff (1983).
 
* Paul Harris describes a variation of the move in [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996) within an effect called ''Face-Lift'' by [[Allan Ackerman]].
 
* Paul Harris describes a variation of the move in [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996) within an effect called ''Face-Lift'' by [[Allan Ackerman]].
* [[Gene Maze]] has a variation of the move in [[Apocalypse]], Vol. 20 No. 12 December 1997, on page 2878. (The Final Issue!)
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* [[Gene Maze]] has a variation of the move in [[Apocalypse]], Vol. 20, No. 12 December 1997, on page 2878. (The Final Issue!)
*In MAGIC, Vol. 9, 3, november 2000, page 87, there's a palm based on the Kelly Move, called the ''Kelly Kop'' by [[Seth Kramer]].
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*In MAGIC, Vol. 9, No. 3, november 2000, page 87, there's a palm based on the Kelly Move, called the ''Kelly Kop'' by [[Seth Kramer]].
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:25, 12 April 2019

The Ovette Master Move is a card sleight developed by (or attributed to) Joseph Ovette around 1927 to secretly place a chosen card on the bottom of the deck. It later reinvented as Kelly Bottom Placement.

Publications

Videos

Variations

  • Racherbaumer's book Card Finesse (1982) has a no clutching or odd-looking right hand grip version called No-Clutch Bottom Placement.
  • Ron Bauer discussed his handling of the move in Genii 1982 December, Vol. 46, No. 12. (Santa on the cover.) It was in Charlie Miller's Magicana Column.
  • Eric Mason shares his thoughts on this move in his book, Stuff (1983).
  • Paul Harris describes a variation of the move in Art of Astonishment (1996) within an effect called Face-Lift by Allan Ackerman.
  • Gene Maze has a variation of the move in Apocalypse, Vol. 20, No. 12 December 1997, on page 2878. (The Final Issue!)
  • In MAGIC, Vol. 9, No. 3, november 2000, page 87, there's a palm based on the Kelly Move, called the Kelly Kop by Seth Kramer.

References