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** Dai Vernon, ''[[Early Vernon]]'' (1962, pp. 49-51).
 
** Dai Vernon, ''[[Early Vernon]]'' (1962, pp. 49-51).
  
* '''Hornswoggled''' ([[George Starke]]): [[J. G. Thompson]], ''[[My Best]]'' (1945, pp. 189-194).
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* '''Hornswoggled''' ([[George Starke]]): ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 2 No. 7 (December 1944, pp. 85, 89).
** ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 2 No. 7 (December 1944, pp. 85, 89).
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** ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 51 No. 7 (July 1971, pp. 86-88).
*** ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 51 No. 7 (July 1971, pp. 86-88).
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** '''Hornswoggled: The Smash Finish''' (George Starke): ''Hugard's Magic Monthly'', Vol. 2 No. 11 (April 1945, pp. 111-112).
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* '''Hornswoggled: The Smash Finish''' (George Starke): ''Hugard's Magic Monthly'', Vol. 2 No. 11 (April 1945, pp. 111-112).
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* '''Hornswoggled''' (George Starke): [[J. G. Thompson]], ''[[My Best]]'' (1945, pp. 189-194).
  
 
* '''''Bamboozle''''' ([[Bert Allerton]]): ''[[Stars of Magic]]'', Series 3 No. 2 (1947; 1961, pp. 43-45).
 
* '''''Bamboozle''''' ([[Bert Allerton]]): ''[[Stars of Magic]]'', Series 3 No. 2 (1947; 1961, pp. 43-45).

Revision as of 06:29, 26 January 2015

Shortchange Trick refers to the trick in which the performer apparently demonstrates how a con artist shortchanges unsuspecting marks, by counting the bills and then showing money has disappeared. Popular versions include George Starke's Hornswoggled and Bert Allerton's Bamboozle.

Publications

  • Hornswoggled: The Smash Finish (George Starke): Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 11 (April 1945, pp. 111-112).
  • Shorty: A Baffling Short Change Routine: Ray Grismer, 1978; 1981 (with props).
  • The Magician and the Flim-Flam Femme: Larry White, 1999 (with props).

Sleight-of-Hand Bill Steals

References